Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-31

Der of the family should be carefully de-
velOped and improved. In other words,
1t is a household that furnishes an eXam-
pie which might be followed with profit
by hundreds of adventures who are far
more pretentiOus than Mr.. Gould. Its in
fuence here would be good rather than
evil. But / am opposed to converting
Washington into a winter SaratOga-a re-
sort for rich men. Gould is well enough;
but if he comes, Vanderbilt would carry
out his oft-expressed purpose and come,
too. Others would follow, and soon we
would be drawn along in the strong current
created by their efforts to excel each other
in costly living. Rich men who will come
here and settle down to live, falling in
with the simple, sensible ways Of the
town, than which none could be more
delightful, should be welcomed. Butrich
men who would come simply to splurge
through the season, vieing with one an
Ctner IN meretrlciOus vulgar display,
would be extremely undesirable addi-
tions. Washington is different from al
most every other cit@ in the country in
that the mere possession of money does
not change a man into a social god. l
want to see ii differ as long as possible.
When its ''local COLOR is d mixture of
golden, silvery and greenery gallery tints
and its local tone hard metallic jingle, l
shall want to live somewhere else.
MALONE TRYING TO MAKE A BARGAIN
WITH BUTLER.
Malone is trying to arrange a dicker
with Butler which will enable HIM to come
to the front in the Peoples party if Butler
should be able to work it up between now
and 1855. Malone has always had a
hankering for the Vice Presidency. He
reasons that the Peoples party may be-
come an all-cOnquering power between
now ana 1855, and that its ticket may
then be Butler and Malone. May
not the name of his second son,
Butler Malone. one of the few dudes
OF W ashlngtOn, be dimly prophetic of such
contamination. At all events it is al
ways well TO have at least two strings to
ones bow, and none knows this better
than the gray fox Of Petersburg. Every
body understands, of course, that he is
absolute master of the men on the So
called Republican electoral ticket in Vir-
glnla, and that if he says so they will, if
elected, vote for Butler and whatever the
other fellows name is. Everybody I'M
derstands, too, that Malone would not
hesitate to sell these electoral votes if
ne got his price for them.
1t IS perhaps because these things are
so well known that 1 learn from New
York that the Republican National Com
mittee proposes to change the Republican
electoral ticket in Virginia so as to Sc
cure electors who, if elected, will vote for
Blaine in spite of his ancient enemy, Ma
hone. But then l have no idea that the
Republican ticket will be elected in Vir-
ginia this year.
POINTS ABOUT SURGEON BLACK.
Surgeon Black, who was drowned on
the TallapOOsa last week, was a thorough
ly good fellow. As a general rule the
medical men in both services are not only
good doctors but good fellows, and he was
one of the best of his class. He had a
merry disposition and winning manner
that made him lots of friends, and / know
no one recently deceased in either service
that Will / 2 more generally or sincerely
mOurned. For the greater portion of his
life, like millions Of us, he was simply
IAN everyday young man" doing his duty
and enjoying his pleasure in quiet OBJ
security. But you will remember that
a little over a year ago he became
suddenly famous in connection with
the savannah shrimp salad episode in the
Presidents Florida trip, 1t was DR..
Black who confirmed the shrewd inform
ers Of the newspaper correspondents
who haunted the parry, despite the
attempts of the astute Chandler to
mislead them, and it was DR.. Black
also on his return to Washington,
whittier the President and the correspOn-
dents had preceded him, who in spite of
repeated official and semi-otficial denials.
sustained the statements of the cores
pOndents. His inability to do little Off
cial lying interfered with his official pros
poets somewhat, but l know that it made
his death hour happy.
SETTING A PARAGRAPHER RIGHT.
L see a nominal paragraph floating
around in the newspapers to the effect
that whether Blaine or Cleveland be
elected the wife of the Vice President viii
be the leader Of Washington society. No
such thing. L am told by good authority
that Gov. Cleveland's sisters are quite
competent 70 preside over the White
House without assistance, and / know
that Mrs. Blaine is perfectly able to di-
rect the social fortunes of an administra-
ton. ] am afraid the direction she select
ed would be bad one, though, for she
is a proud, vain and somewhat vulgar
woman. l thought it rather suggestive
that an admiTer of her husband in sending
her his congratulations shortly fer che
announcement Uf DIalne's nomination
should have enclosed copy of the latest
work Washington etiquette.
ALL ABOUT TWO YOUNG NILLIONAIREs.
Here is the latest club story from New
York by special messenger to your cor
respondent. Two young mIlliOnaires
sin passe" are still the object of
their mothers watchful care. She never
allows them both out of her sight at the
same moment. Both belong to the same
club, and both are fond of the good things
on the clubs buffet. Every evening num-
Der one goes down to the club, fills up,
and comes back just point or two this
side of the sober limit. Then he doZes of
under the maternal eye, while number
two slips down to the club, loads up, and
returns. So it goes night after night.
Riday, their elderly next door neighbOr,
said TO one OF them: ''YOur mighty queer
fellows. just like two buckets in a well.
When one OF yOu's going down the others
always coming up" eyes," laughed
the naughty young man, s'and the one
coming up is always full"
BROWN-FLOYp.