The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-15
Ono OF Those Pups.

IleInan touTlSt VINO Sat SlpplnB his lemOnnuC
in tho Baldwin barroom, San Francisco,
recently, and who remarked, as q self-im.
portant looking individual came in and
haughtily ordered = whisky straight
"Now, s'pose that gentleman is one OF
your bonanza fellows, and owns about two
thirds Of the real estate round hcrc2"
"No," we replied, ''hc's one of the sue
cessful candidates of the late election"
81 might have knowp it'll" exclaimed the
old gentleman, emphatically. Gle acts
just as did when was elected to Con-
gress."
elbow was that2"
"Well, ycu see was elected M. G. from
tho Fourth District just after the war. We
had a pretty lively campaign of it, and as
never had been in politics before, some
how got tho idea that tho whole country
had quit work and was watching my con
test with quivering anxiety. Every time
the other side accused me CT Icing chicken
thief, or bigamist, or something, and I'd
get back at them with q card in the Red
vile lVurhoop, headed "Another Tic
Nailed" I'd send a marked copy to every
leading paper in the country"
''Dld, ehf"
eyes, and I was disgustcd to find they
never paid the slightest attention to me,
either. What surprised he most was that,
although kept the President and Cabinet
advised Of everything that occurred never
got the slightest sympathy from any of
them. l was an administration man, too,
and thought it was blamed singular"
''Didnt notice you at all3"
"Not at all, sir; and when was elected
and the boys lighted bonfire in the main
street, and serenaded me, and l spoke slx
hours in the open air as to my future course
on the tariff and finances, tho New York
papers merely said that "a Mr. Gunn had
been elected by small ma jority, my name
being Gonley, as you know"
''That was hard
"Well, put that all down to envy and
malice, and 1 started for Washington.
expected that at least the Speaker of the
House and committee appointed by the
Senate would be down at the depot to well
como me to the capital"
t'1'hey did so2"
''The only persons that met me werc a
committee of hackmcn, who tore my over
coat half off, rammed me into hack. and
robbed me, with the aid and assistance of the
kotcl clerk, who then gave ME room on
the top floor, and asked the first week 8
board in advance; said it was tho rules OF
the house with Arkansas members"
''The lmpudent rascal" .'.
'1'hat's what thought. Well, the next
morning got away from the bed-bugs rs
well as conl(, and went up to the White
House to see if the President would like to
stroll down to tho House to introduce me
and see me sworn In. &c / sent up my card
and in an hour or two some secretary or
other sent back word that the President W as
at breakfast and couldn't bc bothered.
"That was pretty short, wasn't it?'
swell, was just dumbfounded. How
ever, went down to the Capitol, and told
the Sergeant alarms to 60 in and announce
to the members that had arrived He
grlnned, and said, 'That's devilish good,
that is; and rushed Off. expected that,
Of course, the members would come crowd
ing up to congratulate me, and say somo-
thing like sMagnihcent speech of yours,
that last one, Gonley. Beat 'om by 48
votes, too, old follow Aud then mebbc
they'd give mo three cheers, and all that
sort of thing" .... ... ...
"And did theys"
'tNo, sir; hope may never stir If they
didn't give me back seat in the cloak room
until my name was called, and door
keeper fired me out into the corridor twice
under the impression that was lobbyist.
Well, after had been put On the joint COM
mittee on spittoons and window washing,
and spent couple of months trying to
wedge In my great four hour speech on tho
match tax, something occurred that let
down my check rein, and took oil the frills
out Of me for good" ....
"What was that2" ... ....
stWell, was taking drive out to the
Soldiers Home one afternoon with three
other members, when light buggy went
by like streak of greaseu lightning, the
trotter driven by solemn looking man in
a rusty plug hat, who was smoking cigar,
and steadying a email terrier on the seat
with his elbow. THAT'S Butcher Boy,
said one Of my companions, with great in
terest; 'trots in 20. He's rattling good
stopper, bet your life.' i'
"sDid you notice that dog, said another.
Best bred put in town--tail no bigger
than rat's--infernal fine dog that
GAS had nothing else TO say casually
inquired who the driver was.
"'Why, that's the President. said ono
Of them with a yawn. by Jove, how'd
you like to have one Of those pupsl'
"That settled it. I've been as meek and
sad as carhorso pulling picnic ever
since.