The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1882-01-31
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v;ow NY ,soro T. vnw ,i,,,e am, II
was ,sroe,v hy h;s adro;t manaoc.
mon, Ms, ,bs ioo., eTnor;e,ceJ nnJ
noores, n,ai;f.d ns ali ,ha car1;d.,es
secured ,hesiSncakcrshin. and alter
Kiefer wos clcc,rd In ao.in Ind
Rohesou's va,u,L,e ass;s,ancs in fx.
mo I'm the Comm;,,ecs TLer. ran
he mn ourstion ,ha, In ,h;s lat vnrt
Tho notorious navy iobber had his
own way. and thai Ia paid nil the
underestimate for the Speaker in the
canvass and all his own yrudges be-
sides Not onlv were MANY able and
axncrienced men assigned to npim-
nortaut Committees. but the most i'm.
portant ones-those that control tho
orca,ost disbursements OF money
were found 10 contain the names OF
men chiefly notorious in previous
Cnnorcsses for lhcir a,ldic,Ion To iob.
hiug. while on The Ap,rplriaIion
Commit,ce The Naval Committee. tho
Communities mi Rulcs and Expendi-
,ures the Navy Department. the ro-
,unds mariner himself appeared. Ias
evidence that he had not neglected.
III, own opportuuities. pESl
Of,Ie wide. spread Dissatisfaction
which followed and which tjmo
seems only to intensity, enough has
already bepn writt, il. The a,tcmp.
Of Mr.. Robeson and the Speaker 10
smoo,hsthings over by adding from
three 10 five mem bora 10 some OF. the
Committees in the hone thns to u n.
cate gentlemen previously sliohpd,
raised a storm more disastrous thai
| the srhenlcrs could lave cOnteniph.-
ted The House viii not consent, to
nny such Daich. worI. As MIR. Ka>-
son said in his excellent speech Oh
The subject. larger Committees would
be n disadvantage rather than an aid.
Mr.. Speaker and his lirutenait innst
stand Ly their work and lnke the con-
seouencrs, one of which will, as [
indicated last week. be change in
the msnner of selecting tho Commit.
,ees hereafter. To show how disin-
terested MI. Robeson IL: Ills pro-
posed change IN tho Committees in-
creascs the membership Of all the i'm
portant ones except the Naval Com.
mi,tcc. which he has got .pu, upp to
suit himself and his schemes in con-
nectiou with a ..new navy" The in-
,lications are that Robeson has over
reached himself and | want TO take
back what | said sometime ago about
his being the ablest man on the Re-
publican side of.tho House. | should
have said.tIiat he ia lie ".martest. :"
Smar,ncss is not ability in It's broad
sense.
Tho great DR.. Newman, who was
bigh priest and father confessor of the
State church during the reign of
IJlysses the /. and who took a tour
Of iIurope at Government expense un-
der the thin pretex, of being diplo.
matte ayeut. has fallen from grace and
len Tho Methodist church. lie han
i yone over. soul and body. TO to tho
Conyrcyationalists. and General
Grant tbey say. has gone with him.
The Metbodists of Washington
where The DIR. was regarded almost
God among them. are very chagrin-
ed and incensed Mt his action. II IL
said that prior TO taking this step
DR., Newman indicated in a private
| and confidential way to his old churcl,
| here. the Metropolitan. that If that
BODY would dissolve its connection
with the Methodist Conference and
| become an Independent M. L Church
and call him 10 the pastorate hc
would personally undertake to pay
Off the debt OF $4,000 hanging over
| them and return here. The PROPOSE
| ton was not accepted, and having be-
come con yinced that his claims for
advancement to bisbop's robes
would continue to he overlooked. tho
learned servant OF God end mammon
decided upon tho step he has since
taken.
| A good story Is told of tho stout,
GOOD. natured and woalthy Democrat
ic Senator from Nevada. The bo-
panza Senator recently called upon u
widow who formerly resided on the
} Pacific coast aud who has a bright
little girl five or six years of age.
Senator Fair during his visit got oi,
such friendly terms with this Young
Miss that abe insisted upon showing
! him her doll. II was a very common
rag doll. but the little girl OF course
thought II a beauty, and the Senator
left without being aware that the rag
doll was In his coat pocket where tho
child had put 1t. lie discovered it
the next dav. however, and instead
| nj rptlrniuU III IN The lllnuVll0 OWN
ar eaut har a hny containing "A num :