The Evening critic., 1883-03-09
THE CRITIC ABROAD.


through the carpeted halls aud rooms Of
the Executive Mansion yesterday the
Critic had his attention attracted by
series of rich baritone vocalisms proceeding
from the private parlor upstairs, aud as the
last notes of Wait Until the Clouds Roll
By" were waited out upon the hushed air
he halted in front of the parlor door
who was that singingI' he inquired in
n monotone ofa swallow. tailed attendant
who stood near by.
"sh I" replied the attendant; chats
the President. He sings nearly every
evening for his daughter, Miss Nellio.'
Just then the watery notes of an ac-
compartment on the Knabe grand were
borne to the listeners ears and childish
voice pleaded.
ooh, papa, please sing that again"
And almost instantly the Presidential
throat was cleared, as a preliminary meas
urc, and the clouds began to roll by again
in a clear baritone way, accompanied by
Miss Nellie's most charming accompani-
ment.
The Critic was paralyzod with delight
and stood mutoly drinking in the vapory
notes of cirro-cumulus, silver-streaked
cirrus and golden stratus clouds as they
foated out into the hallway in great bursts
of Presidential melody. The air finished,
Miss Nellie gave final flourish over the
ivory keys and the listener imagined that
he could see the great chief step back aud
make one of his digniied bows to an i'm
aginary audience.
Hes done now" quickly said the man
of swallow-tails, as he darted into the par
lor in which the National Concert had
taken place, to close the piano and arrange
the chairs.
The Critic meandered safely down and
out, filed with thoughts of Beethoven,
Patti, Nillson and other great musicians
meanwhile tho thoughts occurred to him,
what successful affair would be y Presi-
Dental trip through the country in the role
of vocalist, and how the houses would be
packed from the dome to pit He also
thought that the song Wait Until the
Clouds Roll By should be adopted as n
National tune, as it is understood that the
President hangs to it like a drowning man
to straw, and sings it nearly every even
ing, after the cares of the day are over, to
his pretty little daughter Nellie.
Yesterday afternoon the Critic had a
conversation with one of Ohios most dis
tinguished Republicans-a statesman whose
name is household word in the Buckeye
State and whose ability and integrityscan-
not be questioned for q moment by his
most bitter enemy. 1nasmuch as the gen.
tleman has been prominently spoken of as
q probable Republican nominee for one of
the most important offices in the State the
drift of the talk was mostly upon Ohio
politics, and the condition of the Republic
can party in the State.
"Ohio will go 10000 Democratic in 1884,"
said he, "and there is no way by which the
Republicans can disguise the fact-it is on
the face of the party there"
"Wlat are yOur grounds nDOn which
you base your predictions" inquired The
Critic.
1.-THE people of Ohio have been disgusted
with the acts Of the President, in the main,
ever since he was sworn in to succeed Gar
field. They look upon him as one who
lacks the manhood a President should
have. They have no respect for him-I
mean the majority of the Republicans
and it is not because of the disIespect he
has shown to the Garfield policy, either"
"You have had many personal dealings
with the President. What do yOu think of
him ?"
81 can't respect him There was time
when / believed he had some individuality
about him, but l consider him now as
mere toy. He isn't President of the United
States, except in name. He is clay in the
hands of his enemies, and is used by them,
and yet he is so stupid he doesn't seem to
h
Stalwart. He isn't anything"
Have you a personal grievance? Did
the President ever do you an injury?'
I'm this regard have grievance, and he
has done me an injury. He made me state
ment which proved false. He told me re-
Gently that he would make certain ap-
pointment in Ohio, because Senator Sher-
man had recommended it, and because the
man was Senator Shermans friend. Now,
"a sEal. -
recommended by Senator Sherman AMI was
not Senator Sherman's friend. 1t was the
appointment of First Assistant Postmaster
General Hatton. And, by the way, do you
know il is Mr.. Hatton who is President 2"
The Critic had heard of the selection of
Mr.. Hatton as permanent Acting Presi-
dent
President Arthur has not only made
the one mistake in the appointments in
Ohio, but his appointments have been an
unbroken series of blunders. The appoint
ment of.a district attorney at Cleveland was
political suicide, and an injustice to the Re.
publican Congressional delegation. But it
was Hatton appointment. May be the
President couldn't help it, though"
The Critic recited to the distinguished
Ohioan the circumstance of the First As
sistant Postmaster General outranling the
Postmaster-General and persuading the
President to rescind his decision in the
matter of an Indiana postmastership q
month ago, and also one in New York,
after which the Ohioan continued:
"a million dollars can't save either In
diana or Ohio in 1884 for the Republicans,
and it is altogether out of the question 10
talk about recovering New York. We are
to have Democratic administration, sure.
j honestly and candidly believe Ohio will
go G0,000 Democratic in 1854, and gather
my conclusions from observations of facts
and the most reliable information as it
comes to me from the people in different
parts of the State. The Republicans are
losing strength rapidly. The reason there
was not full Republican vote out last Oc-
tober was because there were just SO many
Republicans who would not swallow the
status of the National Republican party,
and they thought the rebuke should begin
there. These men will vote in 1884, but
they will vote the Democratic ticket, and
they will have large accessions to their
views
Who will be the successor to Senator
Pendleton %
"Senator Pendleton or some other Demo-
crat,' he replied quickly, but firmly. "The
Democrats will elect the Legislature by an
overwhelming majority. That much is
| sure
Speaking of Hatton, the acting Presi-
dent, ! am told it was his appointment
when Myers was appointed postmaster at
Columbus" suggested The Critic.
have also been so informed, and upon