The Washington critic., 1885-11-16

pears TO be part on himself JUSTICE
Miller throws his about as though he
dcspised it, and Stanley Matthews
handles the collar Of his rs though he
were uncomfortable in It, The Su-
premc Judge wears his gown like the
purple of king but little Judge Brad
ley has his gown buttoncd close up TO
his neck and his bright eye and nervous
manner remind one of little old
faced boy with his grandmothors
black apron tied about his neck,
Chief Justice Waite shows no traces of
his recent sickness. lie is rs brown as
a berry, and there are yet enough black
hairs in his head to make watch
chain Stanley Matthews is aging,
and his high forehead is creeping very
close into the region of badness. His
wifc's death has already sown the sill
erin his sandy beard, and he does not
look happy. Justice Field has not
| changed in recent years. Justice Brad
| ley at ~ looks "a If he might outlast
several Administrations, and, | am told,
he has no intention of rcsigning. lie
| Is worth thrcc-quartcrs of million
and sits on the bench for amusement.
Judge Gray has grown fatter, and
looks more than ever like giant
edition of Dickens Fat Boy with II
bald head. Judge Miller, who is also
ready for retirement, appears to be in
perfect health, and, in fact, all of the
Justices look as though they slept well
of nights and used iudiciously the 80.
GOO year which they will have for
the rest of their lives whether on the
bench or off II.
For some years before his death, says
writer in the PHILADELPHIA Times,
| John MCCULLOUGH most bitter. viru
lent enemy was George II. Butler, n
once brilliant newspaper man. who
| possessed much of the rhetorical
ability and power of invcctivc that dis.
tinguished his uncle, Benjamin Il. But.
| Ter, but whose intellect has been
clouded and whose life has been com.
plGtelv wrecked by the fumes that rise
from the flowing bowl, Mccullough
| and Butler were ut one time very good
friends. On the opening night of one
of his engagements in Washington,
| some years ago, there was brought to
| Mccullough in his dressing room a
note which ran thus:
DEAR JONI: Send me $50 by bearer or will
give you fits In the papers. Your friend,
GEOnGE II. BUTLER.
Mccullough, supposing this to be
merely jocular manner of requesting
a friendly loan, enclosed $50 in the fol.
| lowing reply.
DEAR GEORGE: Enclosed please find SEQ. Do
not give me fits in the papers Just yet Your
| friend, JomS McCULLouGu.
The tragedian never thought of the
matter again until his next visit
to Washington, when he received
from Butler a precisely similar note
1t then occurred to him that this was Il
somewhat peculiar manner of request
ing second loan, especially as the
| previous one had not been repaid, but
knowing his friend Bohemian tendcn.
cics, he again sent him the 500, with II
somewhat similar reply. On third
repetition of Buffers request and its
accompanying threat to give him Gifts
in the papers unless it was complied
with, the tragedian became convinced
that Butler was not in jest, but in earn
est, and he Indignantly refused TO com
| ply with his demand. From that time no
man ever had more implacablc enemy
or one who assailcd him more fiercely
with tongue and pen at every oppOrtu-
nifty than Mccullough had in Butler.
1t Is curious coincidence that only q
few days before Mccullough death
his former friend and later enemy was
committed for six months to the work
house in Washington.
w.
"a sure sign of decay in National
institutions, and the laws of integrity
and honesty on the part of the masses
of any nation is furnished by the
springing up and flourishing of crime
of office brokerage" said an old official
at the Postolllce Department to the
correspondent of the Minneapolis
Tribune the other day, when the
people of Spain" continued the
official, "began to indulge in these
ofIenses against the life of that nation,
they speedily forfeited the respect and
esteem they had before enjoyed among
the nations of all Europe, and soon sunk
from first.class position to that of a
fourth rate power, Up to the present
time the people of the United States
have never been cursed by the practice
of this species of corruption, and happy
should they be in consequence. But
because they have escaped thus far
they should not conclude that they
never will be 50 troubled" "You seem
to think there is such a thing as Office
brokerage being conducted now" eX-
claimed your correspondent. Eyes,
replied the official; already it is wits.
pcred about the offices of this city that
certain men have been here ever since
the 4th of March, living at the best
hotels, dressing as extensively as any
body about the city, eating and drink.
ing the best OF everything, though
when at home their circumstances
compelled them to live as modest as
the majority of their neighbors. On
inquiry ii is found that these men are
in some of the Departments, at least as
referees, TO whom are referred all appli-
cations for appointments for their re-
spective States or Territories, and who,
in fact, really make the appointments
in and of themselves. Now, is it rca.
sonablc to suppose that they incur all
this expense and undergo all this worry
without pay, and If they are paid, who
pays, and how much are they paid, and
upon what kind of scale is this matter
granted, and is there any 'divvy' made
of these so-Called fees, and If there Is,
who is the lucky MANI | would like
to sec the facts brought out in this mat.
ter Of Office brokerage"
Voting at the National Rifles Fair
At the close of the National Rifles faiI
Saturday night the voting resulted in the
success of the following candidates; Gold
-, ~, prtnNfp,r nOinn