National Republican., 1883-07-05
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.
Small Talk About Men and Measure,

small Talk About Men ana Measures
" 1 don't believe tho plan of the commits
sioners in regard to the proposed assessment
Of stocks according to their market value Is
a good one" said tho president of we'll
known corporation to REPUBLICAN reporter.
Because law is bad one there is no
reason why IL should be rigidly enforced.
That may do in some cases, but in this in
stance the injury will be done by the first
action. Every moneyed man will feel the
proposed taxation and It will put damper
upon all local enterprises The personal tax
law is an odious one, and have advocated
its repeal ever since it was first enacted. 1t
has never been fully carried out and never
will be. 1t stfords temptation to fraud in
the making Of returns, and the amount
realized from the collections has been incon-
siderable. Yet in order to bring this tax
into more prominent dctestation, 1t is not
necessary for the commissioners to work injus-
tice upon every corporation in the district by
taxing its stock at its market value rather
than its par value. I don't know which Of
the triumvirate originated this proposition
but whoever It was it will react against him.
Tho present commissioners have made many
tho most serious mistake of their adminis-
traton."
AREN'T there good many men of property
who are favoring return to suffrage in the
district2"
Yes; and what has brought about this
change Of feeling? Why the blunders Of the
commissioners, who seem to have no sympathy
with the citizens Of tho district, and who do
not appear to make any effort to ascertain
thoir feelings and needs The partnership
between the district and the United States,
whereby tho general government pays one
half the expenses of the district is of course,
an excellent arrangement, and l should
be sorry to see it broken; but then
the citizens of the district are GER
tainly entitled to some consideration. The
commissioners, who are appointed by the
President, evidently lean entirely to the side
of the government, and remonstrance or
protest by citizen, or a committee of citizens
no matter whether they be iaboring men or
capitalists has no more effect upon them than
the wind that blows. If they would take the
trouble to study the wants of the citizens of
the district they would not be led into so
many errors but they don't, and it is this ap-
parent utter disregard of tho interests of the
citizens whose rulers they are, that is Gre
ating the sentiment in favor of a return to
suffrage and q municipal form of govern
ment."
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"The people in front of the footlights don t
know nothing about the men and women
they see on the stage" said the gentlemanly
scene shifter. "Now, there's Miss Emma
Abbott She's just tho incest little woman
you ever set eyes on, but that hus-
band of hers is nearer than the bark
on an oak tree. He don't like to SEQ a
man look in the direction of theater where
his wife is singing unless he pays fifty cents
for the privilege. Paddock, Maggie Nit
chells husband, is jolly, clever fellow, free
hearted and liberal as king, and Maggie
gives him all the money and rope he wants
"The public has formed wrong impression
of Mary Anderson. People think of her as q
living iceberg. Nothing could be further from
the truth. She Is for all the world like big
school girl, chock full of animal spirits ant
ovorhowing with jollity. Why have seer
her bound into the wings and in the exuber
anceof her frolicsome disposition jump Oh
mans back and make him carry her
Icebergs don't do that She is jus
the sweetest, incest, and best girl yo,
ever met, and not bit stuck up when yoJ
come to know her. When Louis James wa
| playing Romeo to her Juliet, in this theate
two or three years ago, he tool
her nose between his teeth when sh,
stopped over to take the poison of
| Il nd hn1I hay c;np ulI Ia HIM
Mamma Griffin saw what he was doing, ani
she was in an agony Of fear lest the audenc,
4 should SEQ it too, Just look at that devil,
she cried, coming over TO where was stand
ing, he is biting Mary's nose right there oil
the stage. Oh l wish / could get at him
What n circus there was when the curtain
rung down. Mary chased James all over tn,
stage with piece of board, and tho compan!
looked on and split their sides laughing a
the sight.
"Gen. Sherman always liked Mary Ander
son, but since the papers blasted him fet kiss
ing the chorus girls he has never gone bohin,
the scenes. When Bob Downing Joined he
company he says to her: Now, Mary
when I play Romeo to your Julie
1 am going to mako love t
you with as much earnestness q
though l were dead mashed on you. Their
will be no foolishness about my love making
1 will kiss you just as real-sure enough
lover would do. l want that understood
All right, Bob she replied; that's just wha
want you to do oh, yes, Mary Andorso,
is an iceberg-iny your mind she is"
Lynchburg News.
Special Letter.
LyNoHBURG, July 3,-The first MONTH.