New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04

| was in the room at that very moment, an expect
ant silence fell on the company. Was TINS TO De
! " declaration for O canddatef The orator
paused for q moment. OF the three can
didates present. began at once to study MS
bill of fare with raised eyeo'o"
and an air OF complete absorption; announcer
rubbed his beard as if he would rub it off, and the
third simply blushed The orator stopped just iorE
enough 70 allow this little by-plav to begin, and
then said quietly that he wonld not disturb inc mar
mony Of the present occasion by mentioning 'no
gentleman's name shout went up, the cahdi-
dates Joining in it, which fairly woke up the colored
| coachmen on their boxes outside-a feat usually
| only to be accomplished with several sharp
pokes of q cane In the region of the dorsal 'er'o-
brB Steele Mackaye says that :" n joke Is the pro-
duct OF the OCCASION" This seemed very fuhny 10
everybody at tho time Perhaps 1t was because Vho
speeches came of course, at the end OF the dinner
| 1t is remarkable how the average mans apprecl"
ton of humOr improves q dinner goes on. "haV
| he would have regarded before inc dlnnoi
began as utterly fiat becomes amusing "heh
| he is half way down the bill Of fare, and oy tho
time he has reached the end the most commonplace
thing is exquisite humorous.
| Speaking Of Democrats, the canvass for Speaker
of the Dext House makes little or no progress winch
must be so. seeing that only 81 of the 19l Demo
|
present one, making 100, a considerable
majority of the caucus, new members
No Capitalization need be looked for then, for some
time. 1t is clear already, however that there will
| be n bitter fgh. between the many candidates. Mr.
| Randall Will be fought hard by tho men he made
enemies of when he Speaker and on account OF
! his tanif views Mr. Carlisle is already attacked as
the creature and representative Of the whiskey inter-
est. Mr. Eaton's friends, 1t is said will urge him on
| the ground that Mr.. Rainfall and other leaders or
| the Democratic Congre ,ses were repudated by the
people IN the election of Republican House In
1880 and that while Democratic House has since
been elected it does not mean that the Old set OF
leaders has been called back to power. but that
| new set is demanded. The feeling between Mr..
| Blackburn and Mr. Carlisle is ans thing but cor
| dial Mr. Blackburn, by the way, is said
TO have formed an alliance with John b. Clark IT,,
| Of Missouri "a member of the present House and
| candidate for Clerk of the next. The canvass OF
Messrs. Morrison and Springer seems to excite no
animosity, not even between themselves, for thoy
are MS friendly as possible. There is rumor that
they have agreed TO divide the Illinois
delegation - Springer to vote for himself
and Morrison to take the rest Mr.. Springer
tells me- by tho way, that his lineage has been
traced back to about the year lO00.whcn one OF his
ancestors made a wonderful leap from high tower
This must be true. because Mr. Springer has seen
the tower Those who were disposed to wonder at
his actions during the electoral count and on various
important public occasions sin ce should remember,
therefore that he was only disp aging his ancestral
procvties all unconsc probably, OF their dis
tinguished gin. If he would only take his ancet
tors name now he would be the very strongest man
the Democrats could put their ticket TO solve
the problem how they are TO hold In
1884 the German vote they got In lss2.
| Ludw * der Springer" would sweep the country.
But as t. the Spcakership. nothing IL clear yet eX-
cepting that Mr.. Randall viii be at a marked dis
advantage in the contest through his extreme sim
plicty of character and his Ignorance OF the SIN nj
political game, which his opponents will urdoubt-
eddy practise.
Mr. Conklng is hero al7o which recalls wicked
story Of the time when DrWut C. Wheeler, COM
monty known a, Clint" wanted 10 ge' tho ap-
pontmcnt OF Second Assistant Postmaster General
from President Garfield 1t Is said that Mr.. Conk-
ling remarked, "For heavens sake, man, get
some place where they won't turn a calcium lisht
on YOU" No doubt the story /, cnt rely without
foundation many other stories are that are told
Of The brightest I'd best. On" strong Circumstance
I'm favor Z this story il thai Mr. Wheeler courts the
keen bright sunli yht Of publicity on all occasions
n. ba.k, In II In the vcstibule of Willaris Hotel
and about the rre1suiy Department and # anyone
chooses 10 think that he Is holding mp the President
on one shoulder and Sccre AIRY Foger on the
other. Mr. Wheeler wouldn't shrink from having
the fact mentioned in tho newspapers
Ex-Governor Cornell has been staying here for
a week, making very quiet visit, IN whiel b" says
there is no pc Itica tlought or significance, lilo Is
cconpanied by Mrs. Cornell, whose health If not
good and he has intnatol that II tho Washington
weather did not improve no should have
to try that further south John +.
Smyth has been staying at the same
hote-so that the town has held at the same
TIN, Arthur Folgcr Cornell and Smyth, who used
to meet at Albany in rather dill rent relations The
two las nam d are ON speaking terms but If the
Pres lent ha- invited the Ex-Governor OF New-lork
10 dinner 10 meet the Secretary Of the Treasury the
fac mas ESCAPED public notice.
Montgomery Blair is reported to be seriously i'll at
his country place. Silver Spring, f'w miles from
W.sain,tou. Mr. llrrndon, the Alabama Congress
man q, hose name II was expected few days ago,
might be added any hour 70 tho long list o. the
dead OF the NLNllth Congress Is now on the road
to .ull recovery.
Mr. ". W. Story has been one OF the conspicuous
6yu,egof Washington society this season. A few
week. ago he was asked 20 deliver ms lecture on
Michael Angelo, and willard Hall, In which the
Peace Convention was held In the VAIN hope OF put
ting oil the war was chosen as the place. When the
time came many people aro surprised and no ono
more 20 ,plrcntly han Mr. Story. to find the hail
crowded VITA Il brilliant and distinguished audi
ence.o crowded as to b. more than uncomfortable.
This ed TO his lecture bong given second time
last THURSDAY, at the Tenth Street Congregational
Church, " In repeated success. d. D. L.
A MEETING or TEACHERS