National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-11-20
THE MAN ON THE AVENUE.


Small Talk About the Men and Measure, that
People Like to Think or
As correspondent OF the Yazoo Scredmer he
| had achieved national renown aud influence
that was tremendous. "Did you see the way
did up the republican party in that paragraph
| in the ScrcdHcr," he would remark to the
statesman as they clinked glasses, and the
statesman invariably answered yes" though
to save his life he could not remember where
| the ScrcdBiCr was published, and he had mover
seen q copy of the paper. The correspondent
was satisfied that his paragraph had wrought
ruin in the enomy's camp and he never tired
OF singing his own praises During the cam
| paign he was messenger to the outside sentinel
| of the national democratic committee and on
| his return TO Washington he became a man OF
prodigious Importance. lie would stare at his
old companions with glnssy-eyed wonder that
said "Wherc have met those people? DO
know them? Aw, yes; how could have for
gotten them so soon2 Why, Tommy me boy.
how arc your Aud then he would bury him
self under his hat and stride maestically
away. This introduction brings us down to
the present.
| 1t isin front of the uptown bars that the cor
respondent Of the Scredmcr shines to greatest
advantage. He Is not pretty object to look
upon, being cross.eycd, plgcon.toed, and
shombliug. His knees arc located In the back
| OF his legs, and when his legs are In repose
they are sprung like the convex surface Of
the hickory lever Of bear trap. AS a builder
| of drunks he has no equals When In the
architectural business, which Is his principal
occupation these days, his voico increases
In volume with each successive cocktail
ard toward the Tag end of days dalliance
] tyHth gyb hn ba bna rl
| two blocks away. His oratlons are familiar TO
the habituos of "Rum row." and this is the
way they rum: Don't you think I'll get there7
Wen, now, you betchcr boots I'll get there,
and don't you fergt II. Sam RandalPs my
fren', and he'll sec me through. / don't know
much about the duties of commissioner Of
internal revenue, hut you can betcher
| life If i can't discharge 'om L can
abolish the Office and (hlc) draw the
salary. Whoop Hooray for Cleveland o,
now, won't clean out the blanked radicals
when got in2 and III get there betcher life.
| Whoopl Here, barkccp, set 'cm up again,
an gimme stovepipe of abslnthe. Hooray
I'll be great man with Cleveland. Whoop F"
The next stage of the great mans drunk Is a
shutter. The one to follow will be wooden
ovorcoat
Republicans entertain variety of views as
to the course the senate should pursue In re-
gard to the nominations Cleveland will So
In for confirmation. One class, and happily II
is n small class, is for having the senate reject
all nominations and obsiruo' business In every
possible way, Anotheryand by fur the largest
and most lcvel-hcahsd element, is for submit
ting gracefully ts''thc inevitable, holding that
so long as ,Nr. Cleveland nominates respecta'
,bie men. he should not be embarrassed or in
7 terlercd with. The prevailing sentiment Ii
that the republicans have everything to gain
and nothing TO lose by adopting II pacific con
servative line of policy. Captious oppo'
stion on the part of the senate to the
democratic president would give the bourbons
the excuse they are seeking to make clean
sweep of republicans In the departments, and
they would buckle down to the work with
energy and q determination to do good job.
II Is probable that when the president-elect
assumes his duties he will receive nothing but
the most courteous treatment from the senate,
unless it should be apparent that he is playing
"hog" In that event there would be war on
both sides.
The Mormon lobby will be strong and ag-
gressivc this winter, If reports are to be be-
lieved The story Is that the Mormons con
tributed 100000 to the democratic campaign
fund, and that in return therefor they Will de-
mand the admission of Utah as state. 1t Is
not likely that anything can be done during
the next two years, but the representatives oi
the twin relic of barbarism" will be on hand
to obsruct legislation intended to further reg
ulate the audacious saints in their polygamou:
practices In this there is little doubt they
| Iksrfn hn
of the democrats OF the Eoise, who
are owned, body and SOUL by the
followers of Joseph Smith. The democratic
party has mortgaged itself to the church oi
Mormon and full payment of money advanced
upon that very questionable collateral will be
eXacted at the earliest moment. The demo
Gratis expect TO have control of both branches
of congress as well as of the executive in 1887,
and when this day arrives, if 1t should arrive
tho latter day saints will ioreclose.
~
The representatives of foreign governments
in this city are understood to be well pleased
with the election of Cleveland aud Hendricks
and the triumph of the democratic party, II
conversation with the Man on the Avenue las
evening diplomatic made use of the follow
Ing language:
party is unquestionably very strong, and 1t Il
only n question of time when that party passe
under the control of the free traders. Revenue
reform is the flag they sail under at present
but that is only blind Revenue reform
means free trade and nothing else, and tina
fact Is thoroughly understood abroad Ii
many parts of the Old World they ar
looking for the immediate abrogation o
all laws imposing duties on articles Of foreigl
production, and their Glation knows no bounds
Ofcourse, the more Intelligent are aware tina
it will take years to bring this about, and the!
are nlso well satisfied that the only way free
trade between the United States and the othe
nations of the earth can be established l
through the continued maintenance in pOwe
of the democratic party. The free trade ele
mcnt will rule the roost before long, and Their
; will be no place in the party for protectionst
: of the Randall-Dana stripe They must tax
back seats or become republicans The sue
cess of the democrats has been hailed with jo
: across the water
y ~
= Senator Beck, of Kentucky, and Represents
, tive wilkins of Ohio, were talking yesterday
1 when the Kcntuckian esped picture of
= horse hanging on the wall "There," he OK
p claimed with rapture, "is picture of Lex
. ngton, the grandest horse that ever stood ol
J. four feet" YES said Mr.. wilkins, "he wa
y certainly very remarkable horse See, wa
= he a trotter or Il runnerY
s. A look of ineiIable scorn passed over Senate
Q Beck's broad, expressive countenance. "Wa
: he trOtter or runner2' he repeated, a.
tonishment, pity and profound disgust bein
blended in the tones of his voice. WAS he
runner or trottcr? Wcll well, we'll, d
u declare, l never heard of such Rstoundin
Ignorance before in the whole course of IN
life, excepting on one occasion, and that wa
/ three years ago, and fellow senator was tn
Il frghtful example. Iroquois had won tn
English Derby and we Kentuckians naturall
). felt proud of the success OF tho American racC