Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-17

A Colorado View Of 1.-THE True I'm.
wardncss Of the New Alliance.

wardncss Of the New Alliance.
From the Chicago Herald.
prominent official In the government build
ing yesterday met Herald reporter at place
where they were taking upa collection for little
Bourbon county heather, and asked, "Did you
see the Tabor wedding cards? I've got one"
The card was addressed to the gentleman, as
he said with knowing look, ''in the brides own
hand" 1t was broad bit Of pastebOard, with
q silver margin half an inch wide on two sides.
The engraved superscription was also in silver,
thus carrying out the Tabor idea of "silver
Senator's" consequence to perfection. II was
in Washington when the thing took place." said
the gentleman. land to a man who knows the
ex-senator and his bride it was very funny
You knew the bride then, before:" asked
the reporter.
Lord, yes; and her whole family. And a
nice, plain. respectable family. Old Peter Nc
Court, the father. is a French-Irshnlan. and he
has been around Oshkosh for many years. He's
tailor by trade, and of late years he has been
ing his family. There are four children
In all-twO sons and two daughters.
The sons are promising young men. The
oldest daughter is nicely married. Lizzie.
whom Tabor has gone wild over, is the
youngest of the family. Pretty? No, not
exactly, but she is very voluptuous-look-
ing, very fond of admiration, and smarter than
steel trap. She has only made one blunder in
life so far, viewed from a worldly sense, and
that was when she married young Doe. He
wasn't any account, and they didn't get on very
we'll together. He was jealous of her-not alto
gether without cause. guess, for she was
always seeking admiration. Doe was the son Of
an old Oshkosh man, who afterward got down in
the world. The Does went to Denver three
years ago, and it was there that the fair Lizzie
m a vI1n c,1cf hon hnrri 70
rich. There isn't any use dwelling on what fol-
lowed. 1t is enough to say that Tabor's influ-
ence ana Iab0rS money procured a divorce for
the lady as fast as stern justice in Colorado
could see its way clear. / think Doe too, was
pensiOned off in a mild kind of way-given fat
job in Leadville. or somewhere in one of Tabor's
mines From that time the fortunes of the
McCourt family have improved. Old Peter has
closed up the tailor shop and they say that
well. no matter what they say. Peter doesn't
work any more. Of course it would have been
better all around If the ex-senator and his bride
could have called in the priest before, but the
former Mrs. Tabor was kind Of stumbling
block. She wouldn't consent to divorce, nor
didn't. until the Tabor sack yielded something
like 100000. The old lady had got 300. 900
before, and she wouldn't have objected prOba-
bly,, only she knew about the Lizzie Doe busl-
ness, aud she swore that if Tabor wanted the
Oshkosh beauty he must pay big money to her
(Mrs. TO- for the privilege. She got It; for
If there was an infatuated old rake it was
Tabor"
"Dd understand you were at the weddng?"
asked the reporter.
eyes, was there. The Washington news
papers got onto it pretty we'll, but 1T took man
who knows the antecedents of the party to APP
prcclate the fun. 1t was great sport to see how
Ill at ease the President was. and how he seemed
to realize that he had got into snap. It was
Tom Bowen who got him to go, and l shouldn't
wonder If that very thing will make the atmOs-
phere little cool for Tom around the White
House during the remainder Of Arthur's term.
about the real inwardness of the Tabor-Doe at
fair. and has known it for two years, and he
ought not to have got the President in such a
position. But nobody seemed to dare to hint
to the President that the wedding was no place
for him. The Hills ought to have said some
course, refused to have anything to do with it.
Senator Hill ought to have dropped the Presi-
dent a hint.
But Tabor did the thing in style. so far as
money could make 1t stylish. He had the whole
second floor front at Wizards, and I suppose
there We're nearly ton of flowers sent from
New York to decorate them. They had floral
bell six feet in diameter. You ought to have
seen the Colorado boys laugh when thew saw
that me ceremony was very brief. Tom Bowen
and Arthur stood to the right of the bride, and
Tom Ochiitree. Jim Bedford, and three or four
Others to the left. The brides sister was there,
and her mother. and they were about the only
ladies present, except some Of the ladies of the
hotel. After the ceremony Tom Bowen drag
ged Arthur up to congratulate the pair, and
the bride, who had evidently been re-
hearsng for the occasion. dexterously
removed her cOrsage bouquet, divided
1t and pinned halt to the Presidents coat While
she was doing that Chefs eyes were downward
cast upon her lovely form, and he seemed to en-
Joy it, for he fingered and his eyes sparkled with
appreciation. You bet Arthur is one of the
boys. and has an eye for the beautiful The
banquet was rather failure in point of attend
ance, but the dance afterward when they threw
the parlors open to the public, was success
Oi course, the President went away Immediately
after the ceremony, but Tom Bowen and the
Denver crowd kept it up and the Tabor wine
bill got pretty big before morning."
eyes" continued the gentleman, sIizzie did
pretty well financially, l guess. They say he
settled S2OO, 900 on her. and fixed the McCourt
family handsomely besides.''
''What do you think Of the st. Louis mar
rlage, months ago?'
81 believe It. Oh for that matter, they might
as we'll have been married two years ago The
Washington ceremony was got up as mere
splurge to try and force themselves into society,"
That 1t proved failure Tabor has got nobody
to blame for but himself"