Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-10-11
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
SOME POINTS As TO BELMONT
AND BLAINE.
The Rising Young New YOrker-How the
Plumed Knight Wins Southerners
Thirty-six Dollars a Day-The Georgia
LOungers in the Dumps.

Plumed Knight Wins Southerners
Thfrty-six Dollars a Day-The Georgia
LOungers in the Dumps.
WASHINGTON, October 9.-The friends of
Perry Belmont, the young Democratic member
from New York, who so worried Blaine before
the Shipherd committee last winter, say that
there is no doubt that he will be renominated.
A denomination in his district is equivalent to
an election. 1t is to be hoped that Belmont
will be returned. He bids fair to become
one of the best men on the
Democratic side. Before he came to
the House he was a society young man, {"
spending his time entirely in pleasure But he
has shrewd head on him, well stocked with
substantial brains Though small in stature
he is athletic and powerful of strength No
greater change ever came over a man than
was worked by his election to Congress He
Immediately dropped society and ''stvle -
and went to work as an ambitious young Con-
gresham. He was expected from his great
wealth to entertain on a large scale in Wash
ington. But he did not. He procured for
himself a modest suite of apartments, and lived
no better than the poor member with large
family to support. and by his earnest work,
straightforward character and well-consid-
cred aggressiveuess won for himself name
that one session of Congress seldom gives to
man just entered that body. Belmont is not
stingv. In his business relations he has shown
himself to be the opposite. and he gave Of his
wealth here in many an instance that those
deserving OF charity remember. One little in
cident will illustrate to some extent the kind
Of man he is At u o'clock one night he ap-
peared in Newspaper Row looking for
a stenoerapher. He said he wanted
a shorthand man until four O'Clock in order
to dictate to him speech None OF the stem
ographers on Ghe row could be spared, but a
young fellow who had just landed in Washing
ton with wife and child. and was out Of
work, was recommended. He was sent for
wsS finished, at 4:30 in the mOrBing, Belmont
asked him how much it was worth "AbOut
five dollars" was the reply "Will twenty
dollars do!" Belmont asked. In agree
able surprise the shorthand man
said that it certainly would. Belmont drew a
check and handed it TO the young man. Upon
looking at it it was found to be for $40. No
wonder such man is popular. And then Bel
mont has one great thing in his favor-it is the
contrast IN what he was expected to be in
washington with the reality of what he is.
BLAINE OF MAINE.
Ex-senator Blaine is receiving-deservedly
many nice sayings from Southern people in
regard to his contribution to the monument to
Senator Hill 1t will make him even more
popular with Southern members of Congress
than he now is. For. be it understood, that
there has not been in Congress since the war a
republican as popular with Democr6tS-es
laHy Southern Democrats-as is Blaine. of
Maine. They will all tell you that "he is Jolly
good fellow" and that they cannot help but
like him. This universal sentiment of friend
snip is, lt must be admitted, somewhat remark
10 r-faA l.oc
Blame been in opposition to the politics Of the
South. He gained this popularity by being aO-
commodating and "a jolly good fellow AL
ways pleasant and always ready with
bright conversation, it could not be
otherwise than he should be- popular, and he
has always taken pains to cultivate the South
ern men. He would do them any favor in his
power, and would go out of his way to do it,
With the new members of Congress he was
ever prime favorite. He would tell them
what to do with their bills and often by his
10 has the hedging member been able to get
through that little biIl'' of so much impor-
tance to his constituents and relatively to him
self as to reelection.
Did you ever hear how Blaine and Black
burn came to be friends They are
strong friends, you know. 1t was this tyay
Blaine was in the House. Some of Black
burns consti Hents came on here inter
ested IN matter which Blaine had charge of
take them to Blaine that night. Blackburn
did not know the Maine man personally and
had acquired strong dislike for him But he
had to look after his constituents. He took
them to Blaines house, intending" as he tells
the story, ito simply introduce them and get
away as quickly as possible. We were shown
into BlaiRes Office Blaine Jumped up and
saying: Hellol Blackburn, I am very glad to
then greeted no less cordially
my accompanying constituents After
chatting agreeably for haf an hour and
enjoying some very good cigars put before US
hrTeT eTy1aeH
right Blaine said, it shall be fixed to-mor-
row. and it was fixed" Il confess, - said
Blackburn, that Blaine captured me person
ally then, anu as for my constituents, they
were so delighted with him that believe they
would almost go so far as to vote for him for
PRESIDENT, and that's saying a great deal"
GOOD LIVING.
Oh no; the members of the Tariff Commits
sion don't starve. They are not that kind OF
men. And, besides, nobody whose expenses
are pald by the government was ever known
to lack sufficient supply for the inner
man. This supply becomes luxurious when
the government places o fixed allowance for
expenses, but just settles the bills. and that's
the way the members Of the Tariff Commits
sion have been living since they went to
work. To cite an example: One of thu
Commissioners was in the city few days ago
1t was Mr.. r. ?. Porter. He stopped here ex
actly four days at q hotel II 8 bill was the
modest one Of S144 Pretty good for one man.
is it not?
NOT AS UNANIMOUS.
The Georgia Republican located In Washing
ton is by no means as unanimous now as he
formerly was The recent election in the State
seems to have kinder put a damper upon him
He does not talk near as airlly about political
affairs in Georgia-in fact he is inclined not to
talk at all about them. He does not even men
tion Gartrell's name in public, and has stopped
prophesying altogether about the great mum
Der of Georgia Congressional districts that are
to be anti-Democratic in the next House
1t is almost sad to contemplate what
a subduing effect Mr.. Stephens msjori-
ty has had upon the Georgia kepub.
leans here. 1 am sure that il Mr.. Ste
phens had knowa how demoralizIng we're to
be The figures Of his majority he woul. not
have allowed them to pile up so high in their
pyramidal symmetry. He is too kind-hearted
not to have prevented it had the knowledge Of
1he effect been his beforehand PoToMAC.