National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-24
PUTTING ON AIRS
What Took tIle FriIIs Ont Of One Elan
Who Came TO Warrington.

VINE came 10 "
He was a shrewd, White-headed old gentleman
tourist who sat slipping lemonade in the Baldwin
BARRON the other day, and who remarked, as
sclffmportant looking individual came in and
ordered whisky straight:
Now, s'pose that gentleman is one of your
business fellows and owns about tWo-thirds OF the
real estate round here
NO" we replied, "he's much greater person.
age He is one Of the successful candidates of the
late election"
81 might have known itr' exclaimed the old
gentleman, emphatically. He acts just as did
when was elected to Congress"
How was that?"
'Wcll. YOU see. I was elected NJ. C. from the
Fourth District just after the war. We had pretty
lively campaign of it, and as never had been in
politics before 1 somehow got the idea that the
whole country had quit work and was watching
luv contest with qUivering anxiety. Every time
the other side accused of being chicken thief
or a biea!aist OF something and I'd back at them
with card in RedviIle HJTard00p headed, AN
other Lie Nailedr' I'd send marked copy to every
leading paper in the country"
Did he
s.Ycs: and was GisguStcd to find they never
paid The slightest attention to he either. What
surprised ne most was that, although l kept the
President and Cabinet advised of everything that
a.'ilIlt SJt llLS 1t't4is Mum
anyof them. was an administration man. too,
and ! thought it was blamed singular"
Didn't notice You at ALP
d" Not at all sir: and when was elected, and the
boys lighted 4 bonfire in the main street, and
scscnadyd me, and spoke six hours in the open
air As To my future course on the tarifa finances,
the New York papers merely said that a Mr.. Gum
had been elected by a small majority, my name
being Concy, as you know"
That was hard"
Well, I put that all down to envy and malice,
ana started for Washington. I expected that at
least The Speaker of the House and a committee
appointed by the Senate would be down at the de-
poi 10 welcome NE to the Capitol"
They did So"
The only persons that met me were commit
tee Of hackmcn, who tore my overcoat half off,
Tammed me into hack, and robbed me, with the
aid and assistance of the hotel clerk, who then
gave me a dark room on the top floor, and asked
the first weeks board in advance; said it was the
Iue ofthe house with Arkansas members"
The impudent rascal
That's what l thought Well, the next morn
ing ! got away from the bcd-bugs as well as
could. and went up to the White House to see if
the President would like to stroll down to the
House to Introduce me and see me sworn in. Isent
w. my card ana in an hour or two some secretary
b-cat.;,>, and couldn't be bothered
That was pretty short wasn't it."
Vel, l was Just dumfounded. However,
went down IL The Capitol and told the SeTgeantat-
Arm, 70 90 in and announce TO the members that
lad arrived. He grinncdand said, That's deviliSh
good, that is and rushed off I expected that of
course thcmembers would come crowdng up to con-
graduate me. and say something like, Magnificent
slecchofyours that last one, GOnley. Beat EN- by
furjyeight votes, too, old fellow. And then mebbe
they'd give me three cheers, and all that sort of
thing"
and did they?"
Ne sir; hope may never stir if they didn't
give nc a back seat in the cloak-room until my
name was called, and a door-keeper fired me out
into the corridor twice on the impression that
Was lobbyist. Well, after had been put on the
Joint committee on spittoonS and window washing,
and spent couple of months trying to wedge in
my great four-hOur speech on thematch tax, some
thing occurred that let down my check rein, and
took all the frills out of me for good"
What was that?'
We'll, ! was taking drive out to the Soldiers
Aame one afternoon with three other members
when light buggy went by like a streak of
creased lightning, the trotter driven by solemn
looking man il a rusty plug hat, who was smoking
cigar and steadying small terrier on the seat
N''''''- 14i''I . 1'''1ShCA lDoSJ sdIu OlIS "
my companions with great interest; 'trots in
twenty He's r0ttling good stepper bet your
life"
Did you notice that dog?" said another. "Best
pred pup in tOwn-tail no bigger than rat-in-
lernal fine dog that
As had nothing else to say casually inquired
who the driver was.
Why, that's the President" said one of them
win yawn. By Jove, how I'd like to have one
Of those pupsw
That settled it. I've been as meek and sad as a
cas-hoISe pulling picnic ever since-San Fran
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