The Evening critic., 1882-03-25
BOOMING PENpt,EroN

For the Presidential Race 4 Prcsi-
Icntsnl Burcau Here and Ez0w and
by whom 10 In Conduct cd work.
ing the Politicians Through Their
stOmacbs.
"Sny, Mr.. CnIT1C," said distinguished son
OF tho Buckeye state, "as you fellows are 50
Gy on predictions, rrognostlcations news ana
things why have you neglected to mention
tho fact that there is already In Washington
Presidential bureau ?"
"a what 2" asked THE CRITIC.
"why n real bona-fldc, well-developed, full
icdged, Democratic Presidential bureau right
In your midst"
"who is the presiding elder ?" queried the
scribe.
"His name," said old Buckeye, "ls George
II. Pendlcton-Gentleman George-and his
lleutenants are James Edwin speer, of tho
New York World, and the Hon. Jongee Thomp-
son, late sergeant-at-Arms of the House Of
Representatives"
"You mean TO say, then, that speer and
Thompson are running sort OF n literary
bureau In the interest OF Senator Pendleton p
put In THE CRITIC.
"That's It. The gentlemen you have named
have been hard atwork for the past six months
feeling the public pulse-tho Democratic
pulse, mean-in tho interest of Gentleman
George. They have been telling the people
that George is an awful good reformer; that
his Civil-servicc policy is just too good and
sweet for anything I'm the world, ana that If
he is nominated by the Bourbons, no one could
be selected by the Republicans to hold a
marker TO him"
"What kind Of tany" asked THE CRITIC,
"are the leutencnts giving to the polltclans?'
"Why they are Just whispering TO the boys
that George is worth all the way from three TO
nye millions in cold, hard cash, and that he
Will put up, too. You know that Kind OF talk
will go long way toward catching the aver
age politician
"Don't you think the Democrats are rather
disgusted with millionaire candidates after
O. "a laTf "
served TIRE CRITICS political paragrapher.
ayes, they are in n measure, but they know
that pendleton Is not made OF the same stun
as old Bill English. The senator Is liberal to
a fault, and being ambitious Will empty two or
three barls TO gain his point. George also has
many rich relatives and friends who Will aid
him In his ambitions"
''Mr Pendleton Is represented as being a
high-tonod aristocrat. Won't that fact cause
the plain old homespun Democrats to frown
at might under ordinary circumstances,
but since he has been in the 'hands OF his
friends, the lleutenants l mean, he has
thrown aside his aristocratic ideas, for the
time being Mt least and now mingles in with
the boys Just like n common citizen. Thomp
son and speer have told him to show the boys
that he is one OF em, and he has actually
within the past three or four months dlned
and Toasted obscure members of Congress and
small crossroads politicians. George, by way
of securing his own delegation, is Just
now coquAting with the fellows
who fix mp the primaries. II one
OF that clhSS nuppenS IN washington, ne JuSt
drops him n little note, saying; Senator
Pendlcton would be happy to have you dino
with him this evening" Now you know that u
good dinner will 'ketch almost every politician.
The guest goes to the Senator's mansion, and
after surveying the interior and tasting of the
wine and terrapln is almost led TO eNclaim
that Gentleman George is not what he has
been represented to be, but he Is n royal fel-
| Iowa good Democrat, as 1t were.'
10 "Then you Think inquired Tue CRITIC,
| ''that that sort of campaigning is what takes?i
81 know it," said the politician. 81 have
| been delegate TO twenty-one State convcn-
| tions, and four national conventions, and l
! know what l am talking about. Tllden, Bay
ard, Hendricks, Morrison, and the other promi-
nent aspirants for the Democratic nomination
| for President, had better keep their weather
| eye skinned, for l assure you that Senator
| Pcndleton is playing n big and, what is my
| opinion, VIII prove winning game for the
| Democratic turkey. 'Ketch on, my boy? z"
| The reporter nodded an assent and made his
way TO his office, there to earn his immense
| weekly stipend by "writin of the nows.