National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-03-18
ON THE AVENUE.
Small rain About Men and measuro..

Small Talk About 1Ien and Measures.
"Jim Blaine is slick one" said an Iowa
man who was holding up one Of the pillars in
the Willard rotunGa. "He can give 'om all
points in the game of politics. just SEQ how
no is working his book for all IL is worth in
gathering in shokels and making votes at the
same time. Why thousand Of agents are
now pushing the sale of his book in all the
states. And | can tell you that evory man
engaged in the work has been selected with
especial reference to his being an enthusiastic
Blaine man and smooth, plausible talker.
This whole book business was timed so that
this sort of bedrock compaign could be
worked Oh the other candidates. When ten
or twelve thousand keen, bright fellows arc
travelling all over the country finding out
who aro likely to be delegates, and working
up neighborhood sentiment to influence them,
their work is bound to tell at Chicago.
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He was n member Of the house, and as rug
ged a specimen as ever discolored tho carpet
on the democratic side with the dark brown
juice Of the nicotian weed. lie strollel into
Ford's Saturday night TO see "Young Mrs.
Winthrop" As tho play progressed he APP
peared to be deeply touched by the woos Of
tho unhappy Constance. and frequently mop
ped his nose to conceal his emotion. In the
climax Of the second act whore the mothers
heart is reft by the announcement of Rosio's
death, and she shrinks shuddering away from
her husband aud kneels sobbing beside tho
tablo upon which rests the birthday doll, the
solon broke up completely, aud with tho
10, Irin ttv frnV, HE mi. l,1 ,.h
kers, he made his way out of the 'theater, say
ing: 81 wouldn't sec any more Of this for
the best ffty acres of tobacco land in the whole
state of ----'
We've got new variety of 'em now" said
the old veteran OF tho Row" ave had
several coupe correspondents and one or two
bicyclers but now something strikingly orig
inal, gelatino correspondent"
whats that" queried the avenue man.
"Oh, gelatino correspondent is scribe
with about two score of newspapers that he is
forced to serve with Washing ton news over
about six rival telegraph lines. OF course he
can't duplicate, SO his only recourse Is to get
up his dispatch es OH typo writer and HEX
tograph them The gelatine does tho bust
every competing line. See?"
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Tho question OF Senator Cameron's return
home is definitely settled by letter recently
received from him by Hon. NJ. S. Quay. In
this letter, after stating that his health has
been steadily improving Senator Cameron
says that he will arrive in tho United States
about the first week in May. It is the opinion
of the senator's friends here, however, that
ho will be in Washington at least two weeks
earlier than the date fixed in his letter.
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The friends of the bonded extension bill in
and out Of congress are busy discussing the
their measure. Ono of these, who is men,
Der of the house, said that, after careful in
quiry, he was convinced that the one cause
which more than anything else had contrib
uted to awaken opposition had been the ILL
advised methods employed in having ex-
members of congress and eX-governme mt
officials who were also eX-members Of con-
gress, on the floor of the house actively
lobbying for the bill. The presence of these
was severely commented on at the time, and
several members had takeh occasion to state
openly, just before tho effort was made to
take up the bill, that while they were in
favor of giving tho measure a hearing they
would vote against its consideration at that
time because they did not care to counte.
its advancement.