The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-01-16
CARLISLE'S CHUM.
How the Committee slate was Formed
IN the i.atiers Interest.
1 New Presidential Candidate.
Ainrri.nn OF nlInnI..

Fight y,a,saro, Whnn the dyinF speaker
Ktrr Rauounra4 hlf mmtltt1, n Wa
ionnd that william III, Morii'oh hni lh'
muHf honorable place nt nuuu.n i4' ea'i'uN
td in that connection, Mr' AN'i Nun N.'
made chairman oi the ways huu meahF'
rhen the country asked whl N'ltla'. Nus'
In Illinois ihty tnog hiW Ha ,h" frpfr
sentative "a thr district tlni iha n 8 s.'ppl
hounds on che yes and directly opp'a.ls
the middle nt which 10 ihr q 49, So Louis
But in Illinois he seemed Go belong morr 20
Missouri than 90 thu ErtH' p are hirlt
They sad when Nj. Kerr made MnHisnh
the chairman o tho ways uud n.ahn lh
he did a. ta Nquidatu oohl Nlrfl.nh
shrewd 20 zeal work had made h'If
YET Sir. Holman ri,,H 20 yourc0frespon'
dant the follovluR autcdu't; "ilu uirh'
before Mr.. Kerr announced hih comihlhst,
ho sent for me. H. was p.ti miuhlfAN
found the speaker In hts room, hlon''
weary and with the look OF death upon hh
fsee more marked than | had before seen
II Heaskrd my advice about several mat
iers ana then said. Il tm In perplrNiy
nhout the wAys aud means COMMIT lee'
| The Craftsmanship ought 10 go 70 NoN
York, but both Mr.. Wood ana NJ. OnA
have made such desperate personal nEht
| for II, and have 30 Thoroughly otthh'Aeu
| their friends that cannot see how can APP
point one wiinout seriously Offending the
other. What shall ! doY the speaker
paced the door LONG time, ana Al las',
taking up his pen, wrote Mr.. MoTrlson
name AT ihe head of the list There ne
said, Il have hit Il. The place snail 80 70
| Morrison. asked him II Mr.. Morrsoh
could Afford 70 take II, ~ NeN OF tng
fact that he had WORKED
SO hard and so oanspicuou'ly, TO
secure the election Of MIR. Kerr as speaker
Mr. Kerr replied that the appointments Was
mad. in good faith, without previous IN
derstAndlng or hint or suggestion, ana lhal
there was no reason Why II could not De
honorably rendered aud honorary &c
cepted / at once went To horiisOu ana
told him that the speaker had paoru hlih
AZ he head OF the ways hnd means O mmll-
ice. Morrison sAid: Il won't take the
nlace, 1 can't afford 10. | shall be charged
With bargaining aud such charges eau never
he answered. ! shall decline me page,
When | told this to Mr. Kerr, he sail; MT.
Morrison cannot decline n 10 me / shall
snnoint him and he must decline the
mouse take the responsibility oi appoint,
ing him; he must take the responsibility oil
refusing in public" A.,
This aneciote is alluded 20 because Mr..
Morrison is again accused, and almost pre-
cisely as he was eight years ago.. No uls'
appointed, the obvious ana the Jealous say
mat he made Mr. Carli-le's committees
hat he rs Carlise's black pops and that he
il using the privilege To- i.rward MS plans
10 capture the next democratic convention
Well Mr.. Morrison is n candidate FOR he
nomination. HIS state las presented ms
name before and viii 80 80 again. / Is
true that he had fioger IN the comm
lists. rpe speaker hid himself good
many times ia NJ Morrison's quiet, htllc
ned room AZ Willard's and he took the IL
linois statesman with him when ne Weni 10
| The capitol on Sunday, and tha Two men,
with the speakers clerk, were locked ~
aud hidden there from noon urul dawn OF
day. Yet II may be said ~ the honesl
| opinion OF lair men that, II Mr. 'lor lHoh
would make ~ good "a president a. he IA. u
compounder Of committees, he ought TO ne
| nominated aud elected. The committees
are IN. Joint work Carlisle AID Morrison.
| Mr.. Carlisle would like 10 see Mofrlson
nominated for the presidency. lie hkes
the man, respects his common sense en-
Joys his humor' .-,.,-
Morrison is singular product OF the nat
prairie OF lower Illinois. Personally ne is
knotty man of five feet eight, good proper
tion. well shaped head, when his BAR IS
not so disheveied as to conceal u, bushy eye
brows, black eyes full OF fun, with humorous
wrinkles running from the corners OF them;
a grizzly gray beard ana mouslacne Gu
snort; small hands Ior iarner, enu NV Nv
ouslv small feet. He loves slouched nat
his hands are more comfortable When
showed into his pockets than anywhere
else, except when powing through the
locks of his hair which they leave standing
slraight up on end sRd crossing each othei
like the paths OF a labyrinth; careless about
his clothes, but neater withal then a good
many statesmen, and very fond OF n high
polish on his boots. Mentally he 10 bright
bright as "a prec1cous child, with supert
gilt for condensiug perfect description OF
n man or principe into WORD or tWo'-
[Springfield Republican.