The Evening critic., 1882-11-11
ABOUT TOWN.
Points Personal, political ana
nfharViap.

dcpots again bear their usual buslness-llko
aspect.
Secretary Chandler Is expected to arrive hero
tomorrow.
The political backing OF many Of tho Govern
mcnt employees In this city has hoon damaged
by the defeat OF 80 many Republican C)ngress-
men.
The election cyclone continues tho topic Of
conversation at the hotels and In the Depart
mcnts.
And now Senator Joe Hnwloy is mentioned as
the next Republican candidate for tho Prosi-
dency. Can lie unlto tho party?
Senators Morrill,, Vance and Harrison md
JonCs, 81 Florida, are tho fret Senatorial ar
rivals for the season.
Speaker Kelfer Will remain In the city SOW
erBl days.
Representative Neal, chairman OF tho DIS
trict Committee, has arrived from ohio, TO
remain until the dth of March. He wilt be
Joined by his wife tomorrow, and VIII be
quartefed at tho Hamilton House.
General Ben. LeFevre, tho agricultural
statesman OF Ohio, is expected to arrive IN tho
city next week.
Senator voorhees, will bo In Washington In
few days.
Mr.. VIM. Melbourn, of Urbana, Ohio, Is visit
Ing friends In this city,
Speaker Refer has received numoer OF
sarcastic kilograms from jubilant Dom)crat5
Of Roboson's district In New Jersey.
IL Ia said that tho object OF Bill Travors, OF
| New York, In purchasing the Blaine mansion
on Fifteenth street, Is to enable him - tako up
| his residence hero this winter In order 70 en-
tertain extensively In tho interest OF Senator
Dayard's Presidential aspirations.
Every member OF the District Committee,
except one, (Cassiday, OF Neva1a,l has beon do.
feated for reelection TO the Forty eighth Con-
gress.
Department clerks aro anylously in1uirlng
what the Hubbell committee did with the
money 1t collected for campaign purposes.
There does not seem TO bo much to show for 1t
In tho way OF Congressional campaign
victory.
Tho Republicans In tho next Senate will
have one majority, Independent of Malone
! and Riddloborger.
Ben. perley Poore and Senator Anthony arc
| tho only bosses left.
Tho Hubbell committee havo saved Tom
| Ochiltrce and General Chalmers.
Howard Carroll VIII occupy n seat IN the
next House of Representativos-in tho report
ers gallery.
Senator Frye, OF Maine, Is tho prize cam.
paign conductor OF the season.
Seven members OF tho Committee of Com.
merce of the House have boon ''ousted."
Navy officers aro much elated over the defeat
| OF Robeson.
Randall, Carlisle and Eaton are mostly dis.
cusscd as probable candidates for tho Speaker.
| ship.
:. Cleveland and Voorhees, or Cleveland or
| Hoadley arc said 10 be the ticket carved out by
| some Of our curbstone Democrats for 1881.
General Ben Le Fevre is spoken Of as
| probable Democratic candidate for tho next
| Governor OF Ohio.
|
| surrender to the Hulfbreeds.
Talk on "tho Row to tho effect that Walker
Phillips may yet become general manager OF
| Erastus Brooks who has temporarily sue.
| ceeded Mr.. Houston.
They cay that the Western Associated prcss
has got the upper hand of the New York AS
| ISOLATED Pross, and that tho former will be
| able to dictate terms. Tho two arc working to-
| Gethor under nag of truce sent In by the
| Now York Association. Also that the New Eng.
land Association ia lfsgati9QeI. and Ia abnut
TO rebel against the New York Association.
Intlmated now that Henry g. Davis regrets
| making the declaration that he would retlre
| from political life next spring, and that he IS
| anxious TO succeed himself In the U. s. Senate.
| A conference OF the Democratic managers to
lay the wires for this result was held IN Balt.
moro yesterday, at which Senator's Davis aud
Camden, Hon. Lewis Baker, OF the Wheeling
Register, and Congressman Kenna were pres
ent.
Object OF Speaker Keiter's visit hore at the
present time is to urge the appointment of
Judge William White, a townsman OF the
Speakers, TO the vacant y. s. distrlct judge
ship for the Southern District of Ohio.
Looks as IL Colonel Ben Wilson might get into
the next u. S. Senate II the Republicans can get
| ten OF HIS Democratic friends I'm the West Vir-
| ginia Legislature to bolt tho regular caucus
nominee and put Ben forward ms an Iude-
pendent Democrat. The Republicans have
within ten OF enough votes TO elect.
1t is understood that Mr.. Archie Campbell
has sold n Joint interest OF his paper, the
Wheeling IateRi0sncer, to Mr.. Charles Burdett
Hart, OF tho Philadelphia Press, and that It Is
the intention of Mr.. Campbell to spend the
coming winter in Washington and next spring
| sail for Europe, to be absent for q year. Mr.
Hart will edit the IatoHlgencer.
| Mr.. John Baker, tho brilliant young son OF
| Mr. Lewis Baker, of tho Wheeling Register, OK.
| poets TO spend the winter In Washington.
Reported on Newspaper Row that Mr.. n. O.
Crawford, formerly OF tho Chicago Tins, VIII
| manage the Chicago News Bureau In Washing.
| ton this winter.
Heard that Assistant Secretary New Will soon
| resign his position In tho Treasury Depart.
mont and that Frank Hatton would succeed
him.
Voluntary contributors TO the Hubbcll fund
should not overlook the fact that Secretary
Henderson, of tho IIubbeil committee, was
elected to Congress from Iowa on Tuesday.
Hon. Waldo Hutchins is spoken OF as prob
| able candidate for the Speakership. New York
can afford to be saucy If she wants him.
Fred Steiglemnn, 'outsdo chairman" OF tho
Committee on Appropriations, as Clerk Ste
phons calls him, was In townth othor day.
lie says Ben Butterworth Will be the next Gov
ernor OF Ohio. 1t won't be Fred's fault II he
Isn't.
Governor Tom Young Will, 1t ls SAID, bo tho
Republican candidate for Mayor Of Clnclnnati
next April.
Talk OF pushing Judge william Lawronce,
First Comptroller OF the Treasury, for tho
vacant United States District Judgoshlp for
Southern Ohio.
It is said that Representatlve.elect o'Hara,
Colored Republican, Second North Carolina
District, is Ineligible, having been born In
Canada and mover having been naturalized.
The Farty-seventh Congress, first session,
fired Dibble and Tillman, from South Caro-.
lima, both Democrats. They are elected 10 the
Forty eighth Congress. Finley, OF Florida,
was bounced. He IL reelected. shelley of Ala.
bamn, was ousted. He is elected - the Forty
eighth. Wheeler, of Alabama, was booted
outi Luke nj. Pryor, Democrat, is elected IN
that district. Chalmers was turned out. lie
comes TO the Forty-eighth Congress as an In.
dependent.
No mans election TO Congress has created
moro general satisfaction In Washington than
that OF our genial red-headed friend, Colonel
Tom Ochitrec. Tom is royal good fell wv,
and VIII make as acceptable member OF tho
House as any one. II Is a rocognlzod fact that
he has done as much for his district and State
as any man in or out OF Congress. Speaking
OF Colonel Ochlltree this morning gentlsman
| at Willards said to a CRITIC reporter: "Sir,
have known Tom Ochlltree for 25 years, and a
nobler, n grander man never lived. Ho "a
| generous TO fault, and one OF the most In
| dustrious fellows | ever saw. Why, 1t Is n
matter OF fact that he has been lnstcumeutal
In getting moro appropriations for public
buildings In his State, In the past Ave yoars
| than any other ono man, although simply n
private citizen. That fact alone has made for
him many friends throughout the Lone Star
State. His election IL not only n sourca OF
| qualification 10 me, but 10 all his rlends-and
| they are legion. When Tom comes hero, am
going TO advise an extension of tho Capitol
building, for the present structure Will hardly
bo sufficiently lIrge enough To hold him."
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