New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-11

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the Senate on the 4th Of March. will DO less tnan
tbirtv-6ve wears old when he takes the modified
oath for like almost every other man VINO COMES
To the front among Southern Democrats MT hehn"
was Confederate soldier, boy as he was then' AZ
tho House Mr. Haskell, of Kansas, who mas pourc"
hot shot into the ranks of the Democrats from tno
beginning of the tariff debate, and who has seeineu
to grow almost every hour as leader, Is only loi'1
years old and has been already Six years III |on-
press. Major Mckinley of Ohio, another OF lho
Republican leaders on the tariff, is not quite thr'y
nine. Warner Miller, who has led the protecV'on
forces in tho Senate to an unusual eh'eh' i0i
new Senator, and apparently without res"iu
to the fact that he is new Senator IS forty
Mr. Reed, of Maine, one of tho strongest hgures III
the House il forty-three Mr.. Calkins, chairman OF
the Elections Committee, who Is understoou W 10
the predcstned candidate of the Republicans Vi III
diana for Governor next year. Is NIUE lii'el
one. Mr.. Lynch. the cOlOred member from niiso''
sippi, natural orator who picked up MS
while he worked for his living is thirty-five MI.
Hiscock, chairman of the Committee on Appropr'a-
tons and leader of the House, is fortyegh There
is a suficiencv of tho leayen of old age in both
Houses but the proportion of men of early, vigorous
manhood is striking. Still, il the standard of the
young woman in one of William Blacks novels Is
correct these are old men after all. think, sald
she. he was middle-aged man-fully thirty"
Both Houses are having night sessions almost
every night In the stress of work. Several Senators
have tried to mitigate The trials of their lot by CIV
ing select dlnner-parties in committee rooms Son
ator Edmunds was the host at one the other even
ing. and Senator Pendleton at another. But roll
calls wait for no man. and so every little while the
Senators had to be routed ont of their comfortable
chairs and hurried into the chamber to let the
clerks count their button-hole bouquets among the
yeas or NAYS on tariff amendments. There seemed
TO be an impression that dining under these circu-
stances had its dlscouraglng features.
The Literary Society. society for literary and
social PURPOSES Of which General Garfield was pres
ident at the time of bis death. met the other even
ing NJ the house Of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
and will hold its next meeting at the house OF Mrs.
Charles Nordhof.
Ex-Goyernor Cornell has been here again after a
trip to New-York also Henry r. Pierson, OF Al
bany. Edward w. johnson says that 1t is non
sense to talk of Secretary Folgers political career
being ended by the 1914, 900 majority against him
last fall and predicts that he will succeed ElOriuSe
G. Lapham III the Senate In 1850.
.Joaouin Miller was before the Ways and Means
Committee this week on a small claim about the
ownership of some Oregon War Debt bonds. lie
was regarded.wtha good deal of curiosity by the
members who seemed to End him sufficiently com
monpace in appearance TO pass for Congress-
man.
Here il proof that the Chinese have all the ele-
ments OF progress The Chinese Minister was
seen - at least it looked like the Chi
pese Minister. but one can't be altogether
sure of identities with the Chinese
being driven down PennSylyania-aye. the other day
by another member of the Legation. AT least 1t
looked like another member of the Legation. lhey
! were not in a carriage, but IN an ordinary hlhe'
| teenth century buggy. Both were clad, as usual
IN their flowing silks and tho red buttons on thelr
| caps looked bright in the sunshine. The one " no
was driving handled the rens and Tho whip with al
possible ease His name is-but it was given to me
IN confidence, and perhaps 1t ought not to be re-
peatcd
Herr Won Eisendscker. the new German Minister
| arrived here this morning. He was stationed here
some years ago as naval attach6 Of tho Legation
and is sad to have been general favorite.
| Mr.. White, who was nominated by the Pres
| ident yesterday for District Judge for tho
| Southern District Of Ohio, is Speaker keiier'
| brothcr-in-.aw.
The report which seems to have gone over the
country that the Presidents life was endangered a
Miss Brewsters wedding by the pole of The carriage
behind his breaking into tho back of his carriage
was hardly justified by the facts. That was one o.
many incidents in the crush Of carriages at tha
wedding. which the police mado little or no attempt
10 control. This is SAID to be because the force II
| too small.
A queer story was told the other day by
| Ncw-York Congressman who is and Away
has been against the machine and nj
ITS works. This is that fellow membe
Of the House fell into conversation will
Mr. Conking on one of his recent trips to Washing
ton. and Mr.. Conk'lng sad, in substance. that Gen
eral Arthur had destroyed the Republican party
and that If General Garfield had lived the Rcpubli
| can party would have been united. very quee
story. which seems qucerer the more you look at 1t
but the anti-Stalwart Congressman evidently be
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