Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-27
BREwsrERs CLoru OF GoLD.
The Attorney General accepts HIS
Gorgeous Decorations.

Fran tie Ne96 YORK World.
WASHINGTON, April ga plumber OF
enthusiastic correspondents have repre-
scented great changes in the room formerly
occupied by Attorney General Brewster
since PLAIN Mr. Garland has taken posses
sion. Mr.. Brewster changed the business
looking appearance Of the Attorney Gene
ral's room 10 such an exteat mat it re-
sembled, when he had finished with it, a
ladys parlor. Instead OF the large leath-
er-covered desk in the centre of the room
he had moved in a rosewood table. over
this table he hung a rich cloth Of gold,
Turkish spread. Ia the centre ofthis spread
he had "a huge lpather-bound blotter, upon
which be did his writing. Upon his right
and his LETT were two antique brass can
dlestcks. with wax candles, to be en-
piOyed I'm stamping the Brewster coat-oi-
arms upon the seals Of his personal notes.
Back az him was a statue OF young Henry
w. and a bust Of Augustus Caesar. |
visited the Attorney Generals room yes
terday for the purpose OF seeing how great
was the change since MI. Garland has as
sumed the Office. Mr.. Garland has evil
IDENTIFY taken very kindly to the splendor
ofthe Brewster parlor. He has made no
change of any note. He has moved ont
the statue OF Henry ". and has had the
bust Of young Augustus carried away.
The two candlestcks are taken from the
table and are placed upon the mantel IN
front of him. These are the only changes
That have been made in the appearance Of
the room. The Democratic Attorney
General writes bis decisions upon the
cloth of gold, as did his predecessor. His
papers upon the desk are model OF neat
ness and careful arrangement. 1t has
4 A fre.v4 aI
has been In the habit of coming INTO MS
office and hanging up his cane on the
chandelier over his desk, while he put his
feet up on the desk and made notes Of his
work. The chandelier is too high for such
use, and bold would be the man who
would venture to swing his feet upon the
rich cloth OF gold left behind him by
Brewster. The Attorney General has
been much misrepresented. He is one Of
the quietest and most simple of men. He
thinks very little Of his surroundings. He
would not have thought of changing the
appearance of the room if he had found 1t
absolutely barren of furniture. The lux
urv of Brewster is the same to him.
Garland addressed a letter yesterday to
Brewster. asking him to furnish his pOr-
trait for the collection at the department.
He took particular pains to request him
10 send a portrait Of the ordinary size.
General DeVens, who, when he sent his
portrait to the Department of Justice,
sent a large three-quarters length picture,
which occupies two or three times Ine
space covered by any of the other pOr-
traits. The usual portrait is a life-siZe
Vignette. The pictures have been uni
form in size ever since the custom of haY-
ing the portraits of the Attorney Generals
painted was adopted. Mr.. Devens
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to impress himself upon pOsterity after
the fashion of the advertisement of a cir
Gus side-shOw. He stands in very
theatrical attitude with a most eXagger-
ated military air. Anyone might sup
pose that it was some great military hero
instead Of a very ordinary eX-AttOrney
General. The very poorest picture in the
collection is that of Mr.. Evarts. The
color is 80 bad that it looks as if the sub
ject of it was dead and in the first stages
of decOmpO The likeness is only
tolerable. The best painted portrait in
the collection is that of Wayne Mac
Neagh. 1t is painted in
broad and free style. The artist has
caught the character. The shrewd
look OF cunning, malice and selfsatisfac-
ton, which are the predOminating eX
pressions of acVeagh's features. are
beautifully portrayed. understand that
MacVeagh has thus far given his tacit
approval of the new administration. 1t is
even said that he has written a congratu-
latOry letter to the President expressing
his JOY and satisfaction at the discomfi-
ture of the politicians, singing therein a
song of Joy over the triumph Of civil SER
vice reform ideas. This is the worst blow
the new administration has had. If it
really expects to prosper it must do some
thing to secure at once hacVeagh's dis
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