The Evening critic., 1883-03-26


And he'd like II 'twould last to oternl'ty.
Jim Belford, tho "red headed rooster"
Got mad when Judge Wylie refused ter
Take back what he said,
when Jim's pocket he bled,
But for oil that jim gave him his views, sir.
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"There were some very liberal members
in the Forty seventh Congress, and some
that were as close as the bark on tree"
said the barber on the Republican side of
the House of Representatives to the Critic
the other day.
For instance, there is George d. Wise,
of Virginia. He's big hearted man. Just
before the close Of the last Congress he got
handful of crisp new one dollar bills, and
he gave every page one that he could find.
He gave the bo0tblacks and the messengers
one each, and / am told that he gave sew
eral to his barber over on the other side of
the House."
Isn't it true that the members from
the South are more liberal than those from
the North? Don't they give expression in
the acknowledgement Of favors rendered by
going down deeper into their pockets than
those from the North? ?''
"Oh, yes" replied the artist, with a
smile. "And the men who have the least
ants Tho barber on the Democratic side
can tell you more than / can about the
liberality of members, for he had more ex-
hibitions Of it than l did"
"Would you rather work over here or on
the Republican side of the House? 2" in
quired the Critic Of the barber on the
Democratic side.
81 prefer this side, SIR" he replied
promptly.
"Why?'
The Democratic members are better
natured and they are more liberal than the
| Republican members"
WHO are the most liberal members that
| patronize you?'
"They come from the far South, gen.
orally, but / remember one from above the
| line who is very liberal-it is Mr.. Cassidy,
of Nevada. He has big heart. Then
| there's Mr.. Flower, of New York; he's
| good man, too. And Mr.. Holman, of In
| diana, too. The newspapers talk about
| him being mean, and objecting, and all
| that, but he is not mean with his money /;
nor is Colonel Matson, of Indiana. He is o
| liberal man, and is always good-natured.
The men in moderate circumstances are the
ones most LIBERAL"
| "What wealthy man is the most liberal
| with you and the other men about the
House?"
"Oh, Mr.. Bliss, of New York. He's
| very liberal man."
| "How do these men show their liberality
besides giving to the employees about the
| House"
| "They give to the churches, and beggars
and all descriptions of charity. The farther
you go South the greater the liberality, as
| a general thing. The Southern men are
good-natured, mostly; but when you find
an acrid Member from the South, my but
| he's sourn and the barber screwed up his
mouth so closely that a pin couldn't have
been inserted,
The suggestion in Sundays Post, that the
electric Virginia mystery be investigated,
is good, but. John Wise is engaged in the
Massey mystery, besides the King George
mystery is so intricate il will require q
| Philadelphia lawyer to solve it. The
| Critic would suggest to the Attorney Gen
eral the name of Mr.. w. w. Ker, and that
he be designated First Special Assistant
Attorney General and sent TO Virginia,
with full power to use all the men and
money necessary to capture and convict all
the members of the electric conspiracy.
As the investigation will be attended
with some danger, the Marshal of the Dis
trict should be directed to send q deputy
with him. The newly appointed deputy
for the Police Court would be the right man
in the right place, and that would enable
Carey, who is deserving man. to hold his
position. This electric conspiracy being
widespread and powerful, second only to
the Star Route conspiracy, time will be CON
sumed in securing evidence and arresting
the conspirators. But by the exercise
of due diligence the Critic thinks
Mr.. Ker can accomplish this by the 7th of
November, 1884, and by the 4th of March,
1885, he will have them indicted and
ready for trial. As Colonel Corkhill will
not need the assistance of Mr.. Ii. H.
Wells after that date Mr.. Ker might have
his assistance, and as that would probably
be the only legacy left by President
Arthur's Administration. none who know
Mr.. Wells doubt but what he would prop
erly discharge his duty.
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An Ohio Democrat was met last night by
the Critic, and the subject of the Republi-
can nomination for Governor came up
Said the Ohio statesman:
81 do hope the Republicans will moi
nominate r. b. Hayes"
"Why?" asked the Critic.
Because If he is nominated the Demo.
cratic press of Ohio and the country al
large will endeavor to defeat him by abus,
ing him, and that will elect him."
Every once and a while" said gentle
man last night, "you see in the papers
something like the curiosities. of thu
census Now, tell you the only curiosity
in the whole census report is accuracy. 1t /
conglomeration of errors from beginning
to the end, conveying no reliable informa
tion whatever"
On Metropolitan car yesterday, between
the hours of II and l o'clock aud G ant
Seventh streets the Critic saw the aisle o
bobtail car entirely filled with passen
gers standing up, among them ont
or two ladies. The car had tn,
notice posted up so the passen
gers could read it, but not the driver
that drivers should not take more passen
gers when the car was full, but refer ap
plcants politely to the next car. Thi
, notice is piece of poor tafy for the delecta
tion of passengers only; the drivers can
read the notice, and so taste the taa,y un
less they come inside the car
A prominent Republican Senatsr said T.
. the Critic this morning, speaking of tn
r vacancy in the Cabinet, caused by tn
death of Postmaster Gnueral Howe that /