Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-01-25

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scented to give his claim to the woman
he deserted, on condition that he /.
should have possession of thesoldest /.
child. The youngest one--a little /.
girl whom he had never seen-was
permitted by him to remain with the
mother. Matthews placed with the
little girls mother IS, 900, in trust for
her. Mrs Matthews then determined
to live apart from Latferty until she
could obtain legal separation from
her first husband. That this legal
decree has been granted is shown by
the following marriage notice in a
local paper;
Married Lafferty- Matthews-Qn
January z, 1884, Mrs. David Matthews
to Philip Lafferty."
Speculative congressman.
Washington Letter.
Congressman can not resist the
stock tape any more than some of
them used to be able to resist the gam
ing table, though there seems to be
less speculation this year than for
some time. The winter before Gar
field was inaugurated it was no I'M
common thing TO see dozen mem
bers gather about each tape when the
market began, and watchedsthe quo
tations as closely as a Wall street
broker. Then they would rush off
to give thin orders. There has beena
suspicion that bills have been intro
duced to bull or bear the market, and
it used to be quite sight on bill day
to see the rush of the speculative
members to the telegraph office to buy
or SELF ION the strength of.the bill. Ten
years ago there was a postal telegraph
bill put in one morning, which eX
planned to the New York brokers
why they have received so many or
ders two hours before to sell Western
Union. Those who know say that
congressman are getting very shy OF
Wall street. Too many of them have
been badly bitten, and too many of
them have lost all faith in Wall street
human nature The money-seeking
congress nan is turning his attention
to other and more legitimate fields
There is a genuine Southern develop
ment boom from here. Some of the
shrewd ones see great fortunes in the
development of the South. Railway,
mining, timber, agricultural, and
manufacturing ;projects in the South
are advanced and eliminated here.
l see little Manning, the man who
got the certificate for Chalmers seat
in congress, running about in the
liveliest manner. He does not care
much whether he gets the seat or not.
He has a scheme for building a rail
road for through line into the heart
of a splendid yellow pine region in
Mississippi. He has been putting
every dollar that he can rake and
scrape together into the pine region,
Some of it he has bought for ST. 81
per acre Manning, who is the typi
cal Southerner of Nast's cartoons,
has been associated with business men
here and in New York. He seems to
have forgotten all about State rights,
the rebellion, and all such topics, and
is going in for money, and will get a
lot of it. Gordon of Georgia3was an
other who put the past behind him,
and became an enIerprising business
man. Morgan, the Alabama senator.
who used to make long and fluent
speeches, has little time now for such
things. He is up to his ears in manu-
featuring schemes, and has formed
three or four companies to develop
business of different kinds. Plumb
of Kansas and Maxey of Texas have
practically forgotten politics for bust
ness. Henry G.. Davis, the late sena-
tor from West Virginia, filled good
many members with business and
money-ma1ing ambition. He took
WindoR, Allison, Vance and others
into his companies for developing the
rich mines of West Virginia, and
into his railroad plans. Vance cares
a good deal more about the results of
the visit of the Boston capitalist to
North Carolina than about the next
president 1t is not wholly the ambi-
ton to be rich that captivates these
men who used to be lazy and be
politicians. They find excitement
and pleasure of conquest in these
business pursuits that are keener than
any enjoyment they used in the older
days to find in arguing constitu-
tional point or betting their pile on a
full hand. 1t seems to be a discovery
for these Southern men-the delights
of business.