The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-05-31
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RANDOM NOTES.


Every Democratic senator In the country ia here,
believe, except Payne, OF ohio, aud blackburn OF
Kentucky" said Congressman John l.. Vance 10 .
party of friends at the Riggs last night. "I am
certain met nfteen of them at least to day ON the
street,
"what are they after 90 asked.
"Why they are here looking after the Offices, OF
course. Don't you remember how the Constitution
reads The President shall appoint with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Senate. They are here TO
give advice and consent
have little doubt OF the truth of the report that
tue Republican senatorial caucus adopted rules IN
regard To the confirmation OF the Presidents an.
pontmens,n remarked Representative wilkins, of
ONO. 1.-THE fact OF the matter Is almost know
they did,
"How do you know 1t ." asked.
"Well, from little incident. Just before the ad.
tournment of the Senate in March called one night
hastily a, prominent Republican senator's room
did not go through the formaity OF sending up my
card, as was in hurry. Well, when l was admit
ted to the room, found 1t full of Republican
Senators. There were at least five OF the most
prominent men in the party then.
80 This is not good place for Democrat re-
marked, as hastily prepared to go.n
"No, and we will try to x things so that no place
Will he good place for Democrat remarked one
OF them.
"ihave no doubt" continued Mr.. wilkins, but they
"''e "N'"s UP 'uose r"ies Ut that meeuhg'
,
,,,. .a,o, IAN 'oor"ccs' the 'al sycamore oi the
Is ,hc n'os' appropriale man ior senator
~ ."e noos'e. S'aie tnh. coulu DC seecteu' ou'
u, ,"'' country 'ney 10 things IN an oh-hand way,
and Dan knows Just how to get up on a stump and
make good speech, kiss baby, even II its face is
little dirty, and shake hands with the horny handed
'ous ,, VI 'on.
=, 4" en saw Nun the o,her Jay up ihthe postmaster
oene , a, % once Win u uozeh hooser omce-seekers
aoou. ~ MN ne appeared 10 me ike patrlarch OF Old.
n ,ae. ,ns Is eettlng TO be good deal OF patri-
a.e"'oai government anyhow, anu lhe senators are
man Is patriarch DO you sec:
senator Jones, OF floriia' Is ine-lookng gentle-
'ai' he 10 e"p"a'icaiy s'a'cshah oi Tue oiu
sohooi.
how 10 you IKE fresiuent Cleveland,"l asked
MN.
firsi rate ne answered promptly. "The Presl-
ue.' mas haru Jop out ne suoIng anu ought
goou ueai more OF man tnan the people Imagined
WHEN 'uey eiec'eu him.
rue "iihcuities III 'he way OF 'he new men VINO
,ake charge OF department bureaus are very great.
A'uios. inVar'aoiy 'hey are surrounded oy uepuues
anu neaus vi DIVISIONS whose interest lies iii project
ing tue Ola order OF things ana In keeping away from
contact WIN their cmeIs the Iew democrats or nom
parosans VINO nave been holding their clerkships by
sneer emciehey' anu whose services anu ADVICE are
a'"ost iuuispehsaoie 10 proper reorgahizati0h.
A"ong 'he new chieis VINO neutrality-suspicious. are I'M
preston Is Skin AUDITOR Mcconville, VINO impresses
every Que VINO comes III contact with MN as man
" ,he n.st GLASS; All MS moves thus iar ia"e SHOW
once which Is one OF the hardest IL 1t IS deficient
III iorce anu Tue WORK wheh tue new Auditor came
III was sieauy oehinunan"' MS pest clerks pro-
uounoe a'.' Mcooh'hie the ao'es' anu most eher-
se'io cuiei 'hey nave ever hh".
veteran Albany pohticiah was III town last week.
ASKED what impression Tue new Administration was
ian,us anion3 '''e New ork rkpemocracy he rephed:
Excenehl. eAcep, ,nat our people want q re-
.orh pehociauc ADMINISTRATOR ihslead OF re-
the democrats are not In once YET, ana they cont
peeVe there can pe real reform as long as 'he Re-
puoiicahs hoiu nearly All tue omces'
see that hehry L. Neisoh' the correspondent, Is
W nave soihe uipiomat.c place.! remarked the writer
inqu,iihgy 10 an lnteiiigehl t"e'deW.
news ALMOST 100 good 10 oe true," was the reply.
suoh an apPoih'heh' wouiu pe most whoiesothe'
eu. niainiess lhehoers Vi Tue JeuteSse dorer, OF
uruhkeh auVehturers' whose ihhuenta Iriends toist
'neih oh he puohc serVice, seem 10 h'ano Tue pest
his letters are among the most vigorous and thought
full that go out Of Washington; he has written
novel OF striking originality and power, and the best
essay on civil service reform for the Atlantic that
ever appeared In an American magazine. He Is q
man who would do credit to any position"
Il see,' said cynical observer, " that young
MackeY has been drawing pistol on some one in
The fact that he Is only twenty-three years old ia
sufficient comment on the matter That a boy of
that age should be consul with power by his hot
headedness to embroll two nations is an outrage.
In well-ordered diplomatic services boys are some
times employed, but only as attaches, where they
always under the supervision of older and more
experienced heads That a boy of twenty-three
should be exercising Independent official functions
shows what burlesuue our consular service ISL
notice that the New York Sun has n good deal to
say regarding the effect OF gasppes upon the trees
In Central Park. 1t is urged that the use of gas
many trees of great value. The experience of the
city of Washington ought to count for something.
1t has more shade trees than any city on the globe
and the gradual extension OF the gas company's
pipes are coincdent. 1t may be that the gas-pipes
exert deleterious effect upon our trees, but ap-
pearances wonld warrant the very opposite concu-
sion.
Quite revival OF croquet has been noticed OF late
among the shop girls. We have observed that the
girls are quite experts in handling and tossing the
change-bas OF the cash-carrler systems in some OF
the stores 1t has been hinted that they take the
balls home In the afternoon and use them as croquet
balls on account of tneir superior polish, which se-
cures better results when the game Is played scien-
aa1-t
orthographica' maitreatment from the press thah
any other ciassoi sporIs' In one OF the papers we
had paragraph ABOUT an ehterprislng young wheei-
man OF the city who had ridden to Great Falls
+" eighteen miles without a discountn Another not