New-York tribune., 1883-03-18
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITOL.

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE Colorado million
naire whose S2jOiught-gOwns and jet checKei-'oaI
sccve-5itt0ns with tie alternate squares SCI Win
diamonds and his various expensive etceteIas' ino
him famous In twenty-eght days term III '"'
United States Senate returned 10 town ycSlei""y
without any provOcatOu. and called on tue i''''-
dent-which was an injury the Presideht Va" """'
nothing 10 deserve. cold shudder mas son
through Washington at the rumOr that the Colorado
man liked Washington. intended to buiid nerc anu
live Every body knows By this time what Ihe Coio-
RADIO man Is capable Of and the shudGer arises
at the thou rht OF the things he may do to get INTO
that society which he evidently believes hlInselI
fitted TO adorn. The facilities for thrusting oneself
into peoples houses unaSked are probably greater
here than in any other city, and necessarily So Inc
wives of Cabinet officers mns have certain days tor
general receptions to which all are mt liberty to
come The same is true of a number OF Senator'S
wives and other ladies whose husbands hold hign
official positions. This fact has led various persons
who imagine that, being at liberty to drop BIT OF
pasteboard into card recevero be courteouSiy re-
ceiyed by the ladies, and after an interval
TO retire is "going into society," to say,
with great zeal emphasis, that any
body can get into Washington society"
This is true. Anybody" can-to Just that extent
But the existence oi this system adds terorS to the
possibility of social Intrusion that are not so hkely
to be known elsewhere. Indeed, this facility lor
walking into strange houses seems to lead some
pushing peope. of whom there are always pIenty
here TO suppose that they can plunge through all
the regulations of society very much as circus
riders dive through paper hoops Uninvlted persons
will walk into an afternoon tea" here with
camnes5 not TO be behed in other latitu les though
such occurrences are probably not unknown. AZ
one of the principal houses in town
lady added herself unexpectedly to the
c0mpany at one of these entertainments.
saying in the most affable manner, g haven't
been able to call before, and so l thought would
come to-day" At another hous'. one day, several
persons kindly explained that they came because
they were sure their invitations overlooked by
mistake Others still will PERHAPS come Ill without
any explanation whatever All this seems like n
digression but ii is really swinging around circle
with the Colorado man for centre. If he deter
mines to go into Wasnin gOn society, lie will get IN
Just as far as the robust energy of the pioneer will
carry him.
The whole episode of the Colorado one
that an American Daudet is wanted to do justlce
to. Washington is waiting for such
novelist who will see both sides of 1t,
the good as well as the evil, most of them having
seen only the evil heretofore, and who viii know
both sides Of 1t. There is no,hng IN Daudet 80 pic
turesquely vulgar as thus gorgeous hotel wedding
Of pair who had been married ior months already,
hut who were determined 70 have TIE cclat OF being
married over again III Senatorial capacity no mat
ter what the Senatorshp or the wedding might
cost Not the half has beea told of ths aiIa,r-the
table set for fifty guests with only seven present
making IT, as one of them said in an awestr ck whls
per to his ncighbOr, "mOrc like funeral than
wedding": all the ladies invited either cScusins
themselves or declining their invitations ont
right; the imposition upon the priest who
was to marry them and who does
rot think it part of his puestly duty 10 keep
the run of the divorce suits in the newspapers the
de ezcrptions of the personal charms oi the bride,
written in the sweet secuion of tie family circle
and carried aftcrwaru to the newspaper offices; the
sums of money offered If they could b, printed;
the rousiag of the Colorado man deal oi night
by anxious reporters to know If his marriage was
LEGAL; the sending out # false ana fictitious list
of guests. which was TO give The Senatorial we'd
ding great social distinction IN the neighh'r-
hood of the Rocky Mountains; Of thc con-
tradc,iln OF The Same AZ the rcqa's, OF
the persons whose uau.es were use /; the o7te1-
tatious appearance of the bride III The senate
gallery enjoying for tWo three DAYS the ProNd
q distinction of being Senator's wife, and the hu'
band 3 osentious exhibition of her 20 ms fellow
Senators until everybody III the galleries knew
/ IL
man to that modest widowcr DAVID DAVIS. that he
had beard that he was going to take womaa,'
and ne (the Colorado IN" ~ had just got "A woin- H.
and if Senator Davis Uii ing they would 90 of
on a trip together, each taking his woman" and
! ut shouldn't cost him cent: the apparent de-
! light of the Colorado man in all the n0torcty he
got out OF every new scandal many of the Things
| have beeh written, but many others never VIII
! be, because they cannot be put INFO
any chronicles even Of the most sensational
! kind Pe. haps the Colorado Inan VIII bug
| another term in the Senate sometime. Some of
/ his remarks utiInated that lie thinking
Of such an investment AT any rate lie Is
sure to 60 abroad aud take his diamond
! checkcr-boarl eleeyeLuttOns with him, and
be viii sign himself large on ,hc hotel REGISTERS rs
Senator" and write l.. 81 after il. aud ue viii
be REGARDED by the average citizen and By 1hc sat
tuddy Rcr;er u Tmai product of American iH5I-
tutions. Considered from any point OF view, She
! Colorado man presents an appalling prospect. lie
! accomplished useful thing, however while be
WAS here. lie was instrumental IN incsea.n2
/ the polite knowledge Of ccran red-haircd
| member of Congress whose home "s
/ in tie settin' sun" The morning after
the wedding TINS member as describing the cstiy-
! ity TO some fellow member, and friends. she
! came in" said he, " al diamonds, aud her dress,
/ my II was dck-o-lct. / tell yOuW "Dc-
colty !-DecOity!' gently said a Statesman pres
ont who had held position in the consular service.
/ Look herc,' said tie member whose LONE " is IN
! the sottin SUM-" "You say ONE e-leite, don't you
| why can't you say dek-o-let" 1hereupon n contro-
versy arose. the like Of which was not seen upon
any Of the appropriation bills. II was only ended
by sending for "a member OF the House, a most AZ
complished gentleman, who had served a number
of years III the diplomatic service, and who
instructed the statesman whose homo "was in the
settin sun in the mysteries Of French accents.
General Brady has beon the stand in the Star
Route trial three days. and the most interesting
part is yet to come apparently, If the Court holds
that he car he questioned upon the Price drafts SAID
to have been paid TO HIM for corrupt purposes.