National Republican., 1883-12-29
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small raik About Men and Monuure..


" Few people understand how carefully and
expensivoly these pictures arc guarded" said
tho colonel, as he stood in the capitol rotunda.
ut costs a lot Of money, and there is little
story about IL. When Col. Dick Bright was
made sorgeant-at-arms of the senate Bell, the
photographer. made great big picture Of
him and put IL In a conspicuous place in his
show window. lie also made some othor
fine pictures for Bright. Bright naturally felt
grateful and told Boil whenever he wanted
anything to call on him. A few days after
ward Bob Odlum, the swimmer, came to see
Bell, said he was out of work, and wanted
something to do. Bell had taken some pic
lures of odlum, looking quite frightful in
his swimming costume, and felt friendly to
him. Ho wrote to Bright asking for place
for Odlum. Bright had just ono vacancy
and that was on tho list of skilled labor
ers. He immediately appointed odlum
to the place and assigned him
to duty to prevent dopredations on pictures
on tho north side of tho rotunda and in the
senate wing. For three months Odlum went
religiously every morning into the rotunda
and through tho senate wing to see that
nobody was carrying of any pieces of the
pictures. At o'clock overy afternoon he
repeated tho performance exactly. except
that then he went In at the senate door
and came out by way of tho
rotunda. For this service he drew 800
month as skilled laborer for threo
months, Then Senator Blair finally asked
for place for protege of his, and Bright
had to discharge 0dlum to make vacancy.
s.t. l..
dcpredations at 500 month ever since"
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~ see that tho monopolsts are devotipg all
their energies to tho senate" said the Califor-
mia statesman. "All they want Is to prevent
unfavorable legislation, and they think that
can be accomplished by stopping bills passed
by the house when they get to the senate,
But it is possible that unless they pay some
attention to the house, a bill may got such
impetus there that it will go through the
senate in spite Of them. Public opinion
still has some weight int this country.
Gould and Huntington have had little ex-
perience of that kind When the Thurman
bill, providing that the Pacific railroad compa-
nies pay % per cent.of their net earnings into
the treasury toward extinguishing their debt
and interest, came up for final vote in the
senate, Gould was in the gallery and Hunt
ington in the lobby. Both were as calm,
as confident, as democratic judges of
election in Mississippi. They knew that they
had the senate fixed so that the bill could not
be passed. They were mistaken. Some
senators who were expected to vote against il
chan"ol their minds. The bill passed by such
q majority that when IL got into the other
house it passed that also. Huntington and
Gould had not taken care of the other house,
but supposed they had friends enough
there to get the bill referred to some
committee that they could handle. They
thought they could whistle for brakes and
have the thing stopped, but the buzz saw had
got too lively motion and they couldn't
stop it, The same thing may happen this
year, only in reverse order, when an inter
state commerce bill or land grant forfeiture
bill comes spinning out of the house with
such velocity that it will go through the
senate in spite of the hold the monopolsts
have there"
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| There is New England publisher who is
bound to publish if it kills him. He will
publish anything, from "a 10.cent novel,
Sunday school tract, or almanac to an ency-
clopedia. He will always publish something.
A few weeks ago he was quite violently
struck with the idea of publishing, ih serial
form, the biographies Of all noted
men. Naturally, he wanted to be-
gin with President Arthur, and came
to Washington to make arrangements with
that gentleman. Tho publisher was person
ally acquainted with one senator. To him
he went, and demanded a letter of introduc-
ton to tho President. Knowing his purpose,
/ the senator said he did not feel at liberty to
give him such letter, but provided him
with note ofintroduction to Private Secretary
| Phillips. The publisher went to Mr.. Phillips
Office looked in, and saw that he wassbusy
He remarked that his business was more par
ticularly with the President anyway, and as
| Mr.. Phillips was engaged he would moi
trouble him. Brushing by everybody he
took seat beside the equally -astonished
Chief Magistrate and unfolded to him hit
scheme. The queer thing of the whole
| affair was that he came out of that
room with the Presidents subscrp
tion in his pocket. He says that he
also obtained the Presidents promise to fur
nish him with data and picture, so that hil
biography should lead off the series. Senate,
Conkling happened to be here at the time
attending to a patent case. The publisher
found him at the patent office, and unfoldet
his plan. 81 don't want it," said Senator
Conkling. The publisher insisted upor
the great merit of the thing. "Bu
l don't want IT," said Senator Conkling
The publisher made further remarks
Senator Conkling tried withering contempt
silent scorn, sarcasm, indifference, harsh Ian
guage, and all but profanity. but nothing
availed against the publisher, Finally tn,
senator demanded; "How much is this thing9'
1.-TWO dollars and half" replied the pub
Usher.
"Take it, quick, and never let me see you
face again." said the senator, in deepest dis
gust
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When the late Prof. sophocles was abou
to make voyage to Greece to visit hi
mother, some of the ladies of Cambridge
interested themselves in fitting him out TO
the trip. Among the things provided wer
some handkerohiefs, which he declined Il
take, soborly remarking that he had two al
ready-one for the voyage and one to us
after his arrival.
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The following letter gave the man to whom
it was written great deal of pleasure. Boil
writer and receiver are pretty well know