Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-26
OCHILTREE IN PARIS.
The Texas Congressman Helping in
His Vacation to Run the French
Government.
Paris Letter in New York Sun,

Col Ochiltree has luxurious quarters al the
Continental hotel, and he is one of the attrac-
tions of the table d'hote along with the vivid
French pictures on the walls. His social side,
however, is better known in America than
here, for there is here the yawning gulf of
foreign language between the congressman
and many of those to whom he is
introduced Col Ochiltree goes to
the brink of this precipice Of diff
culties and gesticulates so oddly that, ike
condor of the Andes, he seems about to flap
his wings and sail off into the soft atmos-
phere of the French tongue, but memories of
Texas seem to restrain him from the perilous
feat. He is more at home at Poissy with his
countrymen, who discuss the tang and bou-
quet of the sparkling wines on Minister Nor
tons table. He is happiest when he is going
about with La Fayette Col. Ochiltree has
not been able to convince some of his
American friends that his intimacy with La
Fayette is not a joke. He does not
want them to believe that he is stalking about
Paris with a cheap ghost of the early friend
of the American republic, nor does he mean
to Insinuate that the old hero is still living, as
one Texan intimated. ''No, nc" says Col
Ochiltree. "Allow me to make it clear to
you. La Fayette-my chaperon, my friend
is the grandson of the Marquis de La Fay
cite, and is a devilish clever fellow; speaks
English, as all of the most cultivated French
men in public life do, and is a senator. In
fact, he is marquis in his own right, but
tell him that under the republic he should
not use his title, and l think he sees the force
of my suggestion. 1 have been telling La
Fayette that if he wants to make the republic
go he must do more as we do across the
water-get down among tie people, be
democratic-bust up all this order business
palace business and nobility business.
think land here the colonel drew volume of
smoke out of 80 centime cigar, 1 think
have given him some things to think over"
Il suppose, monsieur, you have met the
president of the French republic?"
What Gravy! Oh, yes; | know Gravy well
In fact, occupied his box in the senate cham
Der, and also at the opera. In fact, he has
shown me some marked attention, and have
held consultations with him. They are very
eager for information here about our repub-
lie across the sea-
do you think the republic has come to
staygn
why, of course. They have (modestly
spokenl received a new impetus of late in the
extension of republican doctrines. They
turned out q whole lot of judges here some
weeks ago. Now, l don't like that. They
were in for life relics Of the old rig-geem, and
L told La Fayette that to an American-one
IN public life, as it were-the act seemed a
little communistic, but he gave me salts
factory explanation. The republicans didn't
have any show before these fellows, and
they accordingly were bounced. Govern
meatal necessity"
Reconstruction policyn'
"Voraiment. That is-truly.n
This little conversation, which occurred on
the Boulevard des Capucines was abbreviated
by the arrival of some Frenchmen who took
the American statesmen Off. As they went
gayly along, the Texas congressman with
his petite straw hat perched on one side of
his head seemed to be the Frenchiest of them