Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-06-14

date and the good work goes bravelv
on at the average rate of forty or fifty
day, AT this rate the country is
safe. Since the return Of the first rs.
sistant postmaster general the
rewards for fourth.class post.
masters has been accelerated
in a most acceptable man.
ner. These crossroads and village
mail managers are the most offensive
partisansn In the eyes Of the commu.
mites in which they have been polit.
ical organizers and wirepullers. 1t
goes rough against the grain OF coun.
try Democrat to have his mail han
died by an impudent four-hundred.
dollar-a.year Republican. have gone
into the matter OF removals to show
that the removal ball is rolling alorg.
Keep quiet. Give the president
chance, and remember the notice
b He'd upon the walls Of Leadville
church; "Please do not shout at the
against he is doing the best he cam
JUDGE CHENOwETH.
Judge James q. Chenoweth is costly
ensconsed In his revolving chair as
| fl rst auditor, and Is making capital
officer. He Is ~ fun of business as an
egg Is of meat. A few days ago he sat
down upon So, 600 steal that had lun
over upon him from the Repu Nlican
regime. he has "A microscopic eye for
such matters, and IL will have to be an
exceedingly shrewd scheme and very
cold day when he Is left. Every body,
from the president to the treasury
subordinates, are pleased with his pO.
lite, STRAIGHTFORWARD ways, and no
Texan or Kentuckian ever fails 10 call
and pay his respects. There is sin.
gular coincidence in the judges sur
Toundings and those of n distinguished
hentuckian who preceded him, He
has the same room In the treasury de-
partment that James Guthrie occupied
| when secretary OF the treasury; he has
the same private apartments ON +
street, opposite the Ebbitt house; they
were born In the same city-Louis-
vile. And, / might have added, that
they both mixed a mint julep well
when the weather was ripe. The judge
refuses to discard his white brosd.brim
had. He says II was in style where he
came from and the Lone Starr Is
some bigger than the District Of Co.
| lumbia, anyway. A splendid picture
of President Cleveland hangs on his
office wall. 1t was painted and pre-
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| Chenoweth of this city.
| HISTORICAL HOUSES
Speaking of Judge Chenoweth's
suite of rooms at 1897 + street reminds
me that the house has a history. IL
is plain three-story brick, painted
light lead color, with dark-green
shutters. Henry Clay and Secretary
Bsyard had rooms together there;
Tom Corwin died in one Of the rooms;
Jefferson Davis slept in the third story
when young member Of congress;
| Richard Coke, senator from Virginia
and uncle of the grand old Texas sena-
tor, stretched himself there half
a century ago; Mrs. Trollop,
the mother of Anthony, aired her van
ity within its walls John Sherman
| Matched some OF his shrewdest
schemes beneath its chandeliers; SEN
ator John s. Williams, "Cerro
GoIdo, Of Kentucky was late occu-
pant, and Hon. Joseph Miller, COM
missioner of internal revenue, and
First Auditor Chenoweth are the last
Of note, The gentleman who now
rents the house was consul in China
ten years.
Three doors below Is the old double
brown brick, which WAS the residence
of President Madison and OF John
| Quincy Adams when he was secretary
OF state and afterwards when he WAS
chief magistrate. One side OF the res
idence was built by Mr.. Adams, and
the property remained in the family
until two years ago,
TEXAS PROSPECTUS
! A prominent politician, well posted
| In Texas affairs, thinks Col. w. l..
| Cabbell will be made marshal for the
Northern district, Joseph Magofiin,
collector of customs at FL Paso, John
! +. McComb Of Montgomery county
attorney for the Western district, and
Mr. Stephens Of Parker county at.
torney for the NortherH district
HOW HENDERSON GOT THERE
! President Cleveland hesitated about
turning Flanagan out simply upon the
strength of the famous Cincinnati
speech are we here for, etc +,
but Judge Chenoweth threw his bulky
frame into the balance In favor Of
Henderson and the rest is a twice told
tale. When Flanagan's immortal de-
claration was repeated 10 the president
he smiled and said, And what are
the rest OF you here for ." That was "A
"Lalla.coolern but Chenoweth got
there all the same.
COL. THos. A. WASHINGTON
of San Antonio Is here and is an appll-
cant for an Indian agency. Col.
Washington il one of the nearest kin
OF our first president. He Is the great
grandson Of Samuel Washington, the
eldest brother VI the general. He
graduated at West Point Mt the head OF
his class, and at the breaking out OF
the war was chief OF engineers In the
regular army, stationed In Texas. He
sided with the South.
GEN JOHN 4. LOGAN
comes back To the national capital a
conquering hero. In the eyes OF his
friends the Illinois triumph is a bril-.
liant feather in his political cap, and
they have announced this far In adj
va uce that he Ia to he the Moses OF the
dismantled Republican coht rte In 1883.
He IL expected 10 execute the sun
dance and all sorts Of spectacular things