Daily Republican., 1883-07-17
A BELL BOYS VIEW OF MEN.
Famous People Well Known by the
Hotel ErraMd Boys.

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From the Chicago News.
The bell hoy recognized the signature
Senator Bayard on the register and said: Il
seems to me hat he is "a pretty old one to be s'
far away from home Just for n frolic. He mus
want sOmethin' mighty bad" The listene
sought to soothe the apparent unjust opinion
of the urchin by remarking that Senator
Bayard might be President some day. "ltl
be cold day When he is" the boy replied
with promptness. He hasn't spent cen
since he's been here. I've made dozen trips
20 lis room to.nght with cards and othe1
hings and never got glimpse OF him.
never heard nothing from him but once. Then
he came to the keyhole and said ne didn',
want to be annoyed any more II he was he
would get up and 20 to another tavern"
YES" resumed the boy, "l've waitedon a
good many big ones and had chances to study
'em 80 that can size up a man almost by hi
rings. The daisy men to wait on are Mr.. In
gcrsoll-I never could call him Bot-an!
Jere Black. | remember one time | made {
run On Iere Blacks room, and he says to me
How much did l give y,u on the first run ?
90 cents Well says he, here's IL $3.50.
He seemed as if he meant it when he gave it
and put that in the bank Just as / got /
from him. and it's there yet. Mr.. lngersol
treats me more as was brung up to believ'
Christians act than heathens. He Away!
shakes hands with me and talks with me
Just as though | was necessary to him. 'Pon
my soul, it always makes me feel mean To
take any change from him. I'm always win
ner at the rate Of $3.50 "A day when he comes
where am. wish they would put up Black
for President and Mr.. lngersoll for Vice-Presi
ent They'd ketch every hotel vote in the coun
try"
s'It makes me sick to have to go on a rur
for woInan's ring" he said, after making 0
short run. "They never want anything excep
somcthin' from a drug store, or a magazine
and when you bring 'em back the change
they look it over and count it, and look at i,
as if they wanted to say, how much did you
steal?' There's one wOman-l should say
lady-who Is an eXcepti0n-that's Mrs. Lo
gan, the wife of the Senator. She beats hin
all holler. She never rings when she is in a
hotel unless she wants somethin', and every
ring she gives is worth half case. would
vote for Senator Logan if he was running fol
President. on account CT his wife, Mrs. Logan
"Who Is worth most to you, a Democrat o
a Republican?'
Democrat, especially when they room to
gether. remember one night when Mr.. Wat
tnrson, newspaper editor in Kentucky, anc
NInl or Harrison and Mr.. Tim Hoyne anC
somebody else had room together. My,wha
a gallus time that was. bought one II Mr.
Watterson's papers few days after that, and
the meanest thing l ever read was in his pa
per, written from here. about Mr.Mayor Har
rison. never heard Of our Mayor gamb!in,
but I've always had sneakin' mott n that he
called the kentuckan that night
You were here when the last Republican
National Convention met?'
So h. my" Then he covered himself and
remarked in IA reviving tone: 1T always
makes me have the heal disease to think o
tIluJ tlIlG. / tHlHh II / luN pccl IL uoiV-ht'
to that convention, KNOWN what saw ant
havn' gift ofgab, could have made my
reputar ion in one speect. Talk about a pic
mic. Why il was Il circus with pic mics 70
siJcshows and IA hrass-band for every act
Why. saw Don Cameron and Mr.. Arthu
have II quarrel whiclhl thought would resul
in tight,an saw Mr.. Conklin' make then
make up and shake. DO you remember tina
tellcr from Texas who said he wanted every
thing he could get i forget his name. Well
heard him tell Mr.. Foster, of Ohio. one
night. that if he ever limited somethin'-l
don't know what it washed mop up thu
sidewalk with him.
Actors are LIBERAL the bell boy said
"They want heap, but they are willing u
pay for it. Miss Abbott is an awful nice littl'
one. and throws silver half dollars over thu
transoms when you take her up apollinaris
But IL ever Catharine Lewis comes to thi
house while I'm here, am going to ask for
vacation. Never mind askin' me anything
But there's woman would break up an.
hotel on earth if she stayed at it long enough
1t don't require a very fly bell boy to tell
new married couple. Sometimes they try T.
hide it by doublin' the hush money, but it |
no use''