The Evening critic., 1883-03-08

him, also. John G. Thompson doesn't know
what defeat is and he will be the
next Sergeant tat-Arms, and I'm dead sure
of it,"
And the member proceeded to give some
good argument to sustain his prediction.
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A number of street urchins we're stand
ing about the entrance to the White House
when the Malagassy envoy entered yester-
day morning Said one of them: Jim
dye ye know who them fellers are?" YES"
responded Jim, they are de Mala-glass-
eyes. That front Teller is Ram-him in the
eye, and the one with him is Ramrod, his
partner"
A good story is told by Kentuckian on
General Frank /. Wolford, member-elect
to the next House of Representatives, from
the Eleventh Congressional District, Ken
lucky. The gentleman who tells the story
says that it looked pretty blue for the
Democracy there for some time in the
early days Of the campaign. The Republi-
cans were eXerting every effort to carry
the district, which was composed largely of
ex-Confederate soldiers, who are not, he
says, a reading class to any considerable ex-
tent. General Wollord, when the war
broke out, espoused the Union side and was
tinued to do battle for the Union until Lin
coin issued the emancipation proclamation.
Being large owner of slaves, as soon as the
proclamation came to his knowledge he re-
signed and went to the Confederate Army.
For this and other reasons he was thought
to be the best man to put on the ticket to
carry the Eleventh District. To overcome his
power and influence General Frye, of
Evansville, Ky, who was among the
"a s,, f1,., IT,,,n
almost the equal of Clay on the stump, was
sent by the Republican Committee to battle
against Wolford. General Frye was known
by nearly every man in the district.
The first place in the district that Gen
eral Frye and General Wolford met was at
a little town called Jamestown. About
three thousand people had gathered to-
gether to hear the two distinguished ora
tors. General Frye led off in speech of
an hours length. In closing he said:
FELLOW CITIZENS This is the best Gov
ernment the sun ever shown upon. The
freest. Why, who ever heard Of such mag
nanimity as was shown by this Government
to the Confederate soldiers when the war
ended Not a drop of blood was split or
life lost"
Just here Wolford arose and said:
General Frye, may ask you question
right here ?"
'Certalnly,' Salu Frye.
"Well, what did they do with the great
and good soldier, General Robert L. Lee,
when he surrendered at Appomatox ?"
Without giving Frye a chance to answer
his question he proceeded by saying:
II will tell you They tied his hands be-
hind him, tied his feet, put a rope around
his neck and hung him on the spot. Raise
up, Bill Skys, and tell what you know
about it. You was there"
Bill, raising up, said "Yes, was thar
it's so, gentlemen"
The General proceeded by saying further:
"Wbat did they do with JEFF Davis? Why,
/ will tell you. They took him to Fortress
Monroe, put him in the hull Of a gunboat
and kept him there until he died from
rheumatic pains. Raise up, Bill Skys, and
tell what you know about that; you was
| there"
Bill arose and answered: 81 was-I was
thar; was one of the pall.bearers."
The General, closing, said:
"They would have killed me, too, had
| they not been afraid"
| shooter, he asked What have you to say
to that?"
Nothing" answered Frye. "There is
nothing between you and me-"
1t is needless to say Frye left the dis
trict deeply impressed with the intelligence
of the people and the fact that he could
| not contend with General Wolford's style
| ofargument and the superior knowledge of
| the people in his district. Ofcourse, VOL
| ford was elected.
The gossips say that there is clash be-
| tween First Comptroller Lawrence and
Commissioner Raum. The Judge sealed
the expense account of brace of the Com
missioner's special agents, decreasing il
something like dozen shillings or so, and
the Commissioner, it is said, has deter.
mined to take the matter to the Court oi
Claims and test it. He believes the Judge
has no right to say whether his agents shal
cat forty-cent lunches instead of thosC
costing twenty five, and cannot scale the
bill for Herdic fare to the level of bobtai
car. 1t is said also that the printing of the
decision has already cost several times the
amount of the sum in dispute. But it is 9
contention over great principle!
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Perhaps no man ever presided over the
deliberations of the Senate who was so re
ligiously hated by the lobby as Judge Ed
munds is. AS an instance The Critic will
mention a little circumstance that tool
place on Saturday night preceding tn
adjournment of Congress.
| lucIb - u iuuu III buc Guy utlllGu sly
Ubanks, for short, who has grown gra!
in the service of the lobby. He is a Yer
monter and has brother in whose ofiic
Judge Edmunds read law. Ubanks ha
gathered together great many Southern
claims and by hard work succeeded il
getting the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee to tack them ON to the Defcenc,
bill. The bill came up in the Senate sooi
after Judge Edmunds took his seat a
President pro tenn. The clerk read along
and old man Ubanks sat in the CALLER,
with both eyes and ears wide open.
When the clerk commenced to read thu
amendment, which provided for tho pay
ment Of the claims of Ubanks, which, if i
had got through, would have netted hin
about $4,000 the President pro TEN said
Stop" to the clerk.
What is that? The clerk will read
again. That is clearly out of order" sait
the Judge. "It is new legislation and th
Chair rules it out"
Ubanks was thunderstruck, ana as 500
as he could get control of his legs, wen
out in the corridor and be
gan to curse Edmunds 70
everything he could think os He wa
finally Joined by other lobbyists, VIII
agreed 60 see their man next session, an
have Edmunds bounced. 1t would be i'm
possible to get anything that had none
in it through the Senate as long as old Ed
munds was in the chair aud Cockrell o
the floor, and they both ought to be in th
lunatic asylum.