The Washington critic., 1885-05-13
MR.. GARLAND CoMPLIMENTED.
a Bright and breezy View OF the New
AttOrney.GeneraI.

What do you think of the Attorney
General?' asked Con" the Washington
correspondent of the omaha Bee, of Demo-
cratic politician.
"The best of the lot" he replied; "hes
Just what he seems and nothing else. He
believes in rewarding his friends and pun
ishing his enemies, and has the courage to
act upon his convictions. He treats you
with consideration; does not send you out
word when your cardis sent in that he Is
busy in consultation and cant be dis
turbed, but lets you run your chances of
getting word in edgeways with him, aud
he is always surrounded by people four feet
deep in his Office meets you with smile,
ard frankly tells you what he can do or
can't do, aud it is usually that he will do
what he says, and he keeps his word, which
is a law unto himself"
"Do you think there is any danger of his
falling r victim to that fell disease that
cuts of SO many of our American statesmen
in their early manhood-fattery"
"Well, you might as well undertake to
appease the appetite of a hungry blood
thirsty lion with spring poetry as to sup
pose Attorney General Garland could De in
iluenced or spoiled by battery. OF course
a Cabinet officer has great deal to tempt
his vanity, but Mr. Garland knows merited
praise from soft fattery without using fine
sieve TO find it,
The correspondent then continues
"Were Mr.. Garland society man he would
be the belle of the ball. so to speak for
physically he is handsome man. He has
a clean-cut, close shaven face that would
attract a true woman or innocent child to
him trustingly by instinct. l heard many
expressions of admiration for him by some
very elegant looking ladies in the Supreme
Courtroom the other day, while the object
of their admiration sat all unconscious of
their words, which might turn his heart if
not his head, and all the more dangerous
that they were unconscious of the fact that
he was Cabinet officer and widower.
They pronounced the justices 'horrid and
stupid and turned their attention to the
lawyers in the ring, and supposed Mr.. Gar
land one Of them-you see they were
strangers. / told them who the object of
their great admiration was, and that he
might prove catch for somebody. Oh
said tall, bright.eyed girl, IN set my cap
for him, but dear me, how am to pro-
ceed?'
make late call at his house some
Wednesday afternoon, and prolong your
chat with his dear old mother, till her boy
returns, for to her he is still my boy aud
he is deeply devoted to the kind, honest
hearted, motherly old lady who presides
over his home"
There are no pretensons of style or
fashion in his plain but home like resi-
dence. His young daughter, who is not
old enough to do the honors OF society yet,
being school girl, does sometimes assist
| her grandmother in receiving the many
| visitors VINO pay their respects Wednes-
| day afternoons, and it is refreshing to be
| welcomed by this aged, true, noble woman
| and innocent girl after going the rounds of
| the giddy whirl of society call-making. 1t
was cold wintry day that made my first
| call. after having paid my respects to the
| other ladies Of the new Cabinet and it was
| a pleasant experience to enter home-like
| home that had no suggestions of modern
| city residence but took me back to the
| homes of my childhood and tho homes |
| have entered in the far West. The relation
| between mother and son is tender, beauti-
| full, old. fashioned one, where affection and
| consideration control each. Mrs. Gar
| land-or rather Hubbard, she has been
| twice married-seems fond of society,
| and you feel that her invitation IA call
| again is sincerely given. Mr.. Garland is
| not unmindful of what is required of him
| socially as a Cabinet officer, and he has
complied with the requirements to the ex-
| tent of getting "swallow-ta tailed" coat,
| and mighty handsome he looks in it, too.
| His indifference to society makes him all
| the more at ease. People who are fond of
society, and desire to please are always
| over anxious and thereby i'll at ease. Our
unmarried bellies who grow younger and
| younger with each new administration
| have their eyes upon the great catches"
tho President, Secretary Lamar and
Attorney General Garland. Should they
| ask any advice, and of course they will,
| l should say by all means take the At
| torney General