The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-04-05


tofiS s. McCALAoSr, OF Franklin, Pa, the ap-
pontee for Commissioner Of Customs, to succeed
Judge Henry {. johnson, is prominently and tavora-
bly known in Western Pennsylvania. He is lawyer
by profession but has not been In practice for some
years. He was elected president Judge of the district
formerly composed of venango and Warren counties,
serving term of ten years, during which he was
recognized as an able jurist. Judge McCalmont
graduated at West Point, and was in that institution
at the same time with General Grant, General Han
cock, General Rosecrans, and General Longstreet
At the breaking out OF the war he relnqulshed his
law business and entered the army as colonel Of
the Tenth Regiment T. II. V. c., but resigned In
May, 1862. In his younger days he was Speaker OF
the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. His
brother, the late General Alfred b. McCalmont, was
Assistant Attorney General under President Bu-
chanan Although firm Democrat previous to 1879,
in the Presidential contest OF that year Judge Nc
Calmont supported General Grant, between whom
and himself flrm friendship had always existed
III 1850 he presided over a meeting to ratify the
nomination Of Garfield, but subsequently, on the
nomination of General Hancock, who was class
mate of his at West Point and a warm friend, he
ardently espo,ised the cause Of Hancock. With the
exceptions noted Judge McCalmont has been an
active supporter OF the Democracy in their local and
national contests. He is gentleman of fine culture
anu of superior Judicial qualities.
EX-SENATOR WILLIAMS, OF Kentucky, has told,
with great relish Of the joke, of his experience in
taking delegation Of Mexican War veterans to call
on President Cleveland few days after his naugu-
| ration. He had accepted their proposition that he
| should act spokesman for the delegation, which
consisted of upwards OF two hundred veterans from
nearly every State in the Union. General Williams,
1t will be remembered, himself did valiant service in
| that war. He said, as he was not personally ac-
quanted with oil of them that he would introduce
one Of their former officers, who knew more of them
than he did, TO the President, and he should present
| the veterans as they came up in turn and then,
when all had been introduced, they were to form in
semi-circle in the East Room facing the President,
while General Williams made the address. The
first part of the programme worked well,
but when the secretary of the Associa-
| tion was introduced to the President he
| forgot what else it had been arranged was to he
done so boted out OF the window by the temporary
bridge leading from the Executive Mansion to the
sidewalk outside, and every man, as fast as he was
presented to the President followed the leader like
flock OF sheep, out of the window, until General
| Williams, their chosen spokesman, was left abso
lutely alone with the President IN the big East Room
General Williams, laughing heartily at the desertion
OF his comrades, and having now no audience hut the
| President, told him Of the speech he had been re
quesed to deliver but that he did not propose innic
on him alone, so left him after briefly assuring him
OF the respect and goodwill the veterans had desired
| should be expressed to him on their behalf.