The Evening critic., 1883-04-21
THE CRITIC ABROAD.

in< Uni ~ HDnOHU,
For about two months before the adjourn
nent of the last Congress there was horde
Of able-bodied statesmen from Texas hang
ing around the Capital, each trying to in
duce the President to appoint him to the
Office of Collector at the port of Browns
vile, Texas. Each fellow was armed with
"the very best recommendations" Daily
did these noble patriots call at the White
House and ask an audience with the Presi-
dent.
The most persistent applicant, and the
one, indeed, who appeared to have the in
side track of his competitors, was the dis
tinguished Colonel Bob Taylor. Colonel
Bob is what is known on the Rio Grande as
n rough-shod statesman, aud rather i'm
pressed General Arthur with his simplicity
of manner and roughness Of speech One
day, about week before the adjournment,
Colonel Bob called ON the President, and
was informed that the collection of public
moneys at Brownsville might be intrusted
to his care In fact the President told him
in almost so many words that the office
was his'n." Bob felt elated at his inter
view with the President, and going down
to Willard's met a-half dozen other appli-
cants for the collectorship standing in front
of the hotel.
Come in, boys said Bob, Tets take
suthin'. Champagne amt any too good for
you fellows. Set 'em up Mr.. Barkeeper ~
shouted the !ubilant Robert Soon wine
was flowing like water, and Robert was
asked by the party to explain his sudden
burst of liberality.
"Why, / have got dead grip now on the
Office" said Bob: "the. President just told
me / could rest easy, and all would be
right"
3'Oh! oh p shouted the otlice-seekers in
chorus. He told us all the same thing
this morning"
"0h, h" said Bob, he did, did he?"
why, yes" they all responded.
The next morning the gallant Colonel
went to the White House and asked the
President if it was so that he had given all
the applicants the same encouragement that
he got. =,
answered the President.
"Well, Mr.. President" said the Texan,
II want distinct understanding about this
matter. / have got business at home. and
unless I can be assured that You are going
to give me the place l am seeking i shall
| leave here"
| The President gazed for a minute or two
at the beaming countenance of the Colonel,
and then said:
"If you have not already secured your
transportation you should do so at once, as
haven't got the slightest idea of making
change in the office of Collector of
Brownsville for some time at least"
| 1t is unnecessary to state that the Colonel
| has not visited the White House since that
interview.
Said Republican Hoosier to the Critic
last night:
"The telegraphing from here that Judge
c. G. Kinds, or Judge Frazier, of Indanap-
| II; To-
iudgeship of the District Court of Indiana
is a little premature"
"Why do you think SOP"
| "Well, / will tell you. Senator Harri-
son is here now, and he has given up all
hopes of either of them being appointed, if
he ever had any"
How do you know? ?"
Because I heard him say yesterday
that he was satisfied that Judge Kibbey
President; that is the reason 1 think the
dispatches were Just a little premature"
There is no quarrel in the Republican
party in Indiana now, is there-that is to
cay there is not such adherence of opinion
and want Of harmony between the two fac
tions as TO endanger the success of the
party in your State in 1884, is there %
queried the Critic.
Now, Mr. Critic, you are making in
quiry into our family affairs. / will say
this, however, that for some reason or other
the workers--the men who have heretofore
planned our battles and led us to victory
are as dumb rs oysters. They are taking
no part in our quarrels, so far as we can dis.
cern, but we suspect that they are
applying deadly poison to the party
whenever and wherever it can be done
without being discovered. The men who
put Indiana into line in 1880 and threw the
weight of the State to the Republican party
in the October election, thereby turning
the tide from Hancock to General Garfield
have been ignored by the Administration
in everything and in every way. This sort
of treatment naturally embittered them
and while they are not making an oper
| war they are, as said, using another powe
and influence in q quiet way to bury thC
party, not only in Indiana, but in til,
whole country"
"Who seems to be the choice of Indianj
Democrats for the nomination for Presi
dent in 1Ssi-McDonald or Hendricks?"
( "Ob, Mcdonald, ten to one. | tell yol
| If Joe Mcdonald is nominated by the Demo
I Gratis he will carry the State by 5000
majority. Mark my words"
Lycurgus Dalton. esq, Superintendent o
: the Senate folding-room, in conversation
L with the Critic yesterday, said that tn
Hon. William Holman was a prominen
candidate for the Democratic nomination
r for Governor in Indiana in 1854 Mr.. Dal
ton is one Of the best-posted Democrats i
the State, and he gave it as his caudi
opinion that Mr.. Holman, if nominated
4 would make one of the strongest race
that could be made. He said that Nj
o Holman has spotless record that he
q opposed to all kinds of monopolies and nse
9 less offices that he is liberal in all matter
u Of sense and justice, and that while he be
G lieved that the affairs of Government an
= State should be conducted upon the sam