National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-02-18
ON THE AVENUE.
Small TAN. About Men aud rLeanrre

the meeting Of tho democratic national COM
mittoe says I'VE don't want to go to Cincin-
natl at all; too much water, you know. When
wo went thore in 80 tho Ohio river put on q
squirt, and as q result you could not got tea.
spoonful of water in tho town that was not
about so per cent. of mud. The hotels
were damned, and myself and Judge Blank
spont tho first night on billiard
table, but the next day wo were given
room. Owing to the condition of tho water
tho hotel people had habit of allowing tho
basins to stand full so as to allow the mud to
settle. Tho judge went over TO ablute, and
as he plunged his faco and hands into tho
basin the stirring thickened up tho fluid to
about tho consistency of cream. Starting
back in horror, he exclaimed, at was beastly
dirty democrat who washed in that water"
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A rising young artist Of this city has
written most charming comedietta called
my Daughter Paints, which Is happy satire
upon pseudo art and artists. Those who
have seen the manuscript pronounce it to be
full of droll situations and repleto with rich
humor. 1t has been taken in hand by num-
Der of ladies and gentlemen of the West
End, and is to be produced at an
early day for the benefit of the
Washington Training School for Nurses
The cast will DO made up of n number of
well-known society people, ladies and gentle
men of decided talent, and elaborate prepa.
rations are now in progress to make tho first
presentation of the play something unusual
in the way of costumes and mounting. Tho
first performance will take place at Castle
Stewart at an early date.
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The Hon. ]. Randolph Tucker advocated
the cause of Van II. Manning, In the Manning
Chalmers election contest, in tho house on
Friday, with great emphasis. In tho course
of his remarks, he said: an Gods name, let
us permit these people to BIO represented on
this floor by man entitled upon his return
to that seat, and then lot us determine
hereafter the question whether he is
legally entitled by the election to hold
that seat" Said the general in the gallery:
Mr.. Tucker has got his invocation little
mixed. He knows, of course, that the gov
ernor's certificate is fraudulent and that the
proof of it is filed with the return. He knows
that Chalmers was fairly elected and no GER
tainly must have meant to say in the DEVILS
name when he called upon these statesmen
to countenance an outrageous fraud. Any
other supposition would assume that Mr..
Tucker had profaned the name of the Deity,
and surely Mr.. Tucker is not profane man."
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The reasons why Cincinnati will not be
chosen for the democratic national conven-
ton appear to be numerous. The Kentucky
statesman gave his In this fashion: mo
decent man will put himself in the power of
that despicable Enquirer In 1850, while the
convention was sitting, that paper contained
the most dastardly attack upon Mcdonald
that was ever made upon any public man.
1t was made, too, on tho very morning when
it seemed that Mcdonald would certainly be
nominated, and whom he would have been
nominated If he had given his consent. There
was absolutely no ground for tho attack, but
that made no difference to Mclean. 1t was
intended for that day, and that was enough.
The convention will eth er go to Chicago or
Baltimore. The friends both of Mcdonald
and Morrison want 1t to go to Chicago. The
influence for Baltimore comes from demo-
cratic senators and congressman. who, as
congress will be in session at the time, want
the performance to come off in the vicinity Of
Washington"
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A we'll posted democrat says that the ap-
| preaching session of the national committee
| of his party will have no influence whatever
on the question Of the nomination. Said he:
''They may locate the convention at st.
Louis or Chicago, but it won't help
the boom of Bill Morrison or put
it OF Cincinnati, and it won't nominate
Payne or any other Buckeye democrat
Hendricks's chances? Mighty slim, think.
He's handicapped by Tilden, and SO long as
tho New Yorker holds out any mention of
Hendricks's name only serves to suggest the
old ticket, and this is fatal to his ambition
for the first place. OF all our available cam
didates it seems to me that ex-senator
Mcdonald il far to the front. His nomina-
ton would make Indiana almost certainly
democratic Throughout my section, the
south, he is regarded as our strongest man
and we believe that we have the best posi-.
bio chances for success with his name at the
head of our ticket believe he will be thu
choice of nine-tenths of the delegates from
the south and southwest"