St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-31

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could be seen hopping around in an oak
bush saying, ''Hayes!" ''Hayes!" The
wOOdpeckers are returning from their win
ter quarters in large numbers and are re-
jocing at the prospect OF good corn crop.
BREWSFER,S BOUDOFs.
Gorgeous Furnishings OF the AttOr-
ney Generals office Undisturbed.
Washington Letter.
A number Of enthusiastic correspondents
have represented great changes in the room
formerly occupied by Brewster since plain
Mr.. Garland has taken possession. Mr..
Brewster changed the misunderstanding APP
pearance of the attorney generals room to
such an extent that it resembled, when he
had finished with it, lady'S parlOr. Instead
of the large leather-cOvered desk he had
moved in rosewood table. Over this rose
wood table he hung rich cloth of gold
Turkish spread. In the center OF this
spread he had huge leather-bound blotter
upon which he did his writing. Upon his
right and his left were two antique brass
, candleStickS with wax candles, to be en-
ployed in stamping the Brewster coat OF
arms upon the seals of his personal
notes. Back of him was statue OF
young Henry w. and bust of Augustus
Caesar l visited THE attorney generals
rooms yesterday for the purpose OF seeing
how much was the change since Mr. Gar
land has assumed the office. Mr.. Garland
has evidently taken very kindly to the
splendor of the Brewster parlOr. He has
made no changes of any note. He has
moved out the statue of Henry w. and has
had the bust of young Augustus carried
away. The two candlesticlls are taken
from the table and are placed upon the man
tel in front of him. These are the only
changes that have been made in the ap-
pearance of the room. The Democratic
attorney general writes his decisions
upon the cloth of gold as did his
predecessor. His papers upon the desk are
a model Of neatness and careful arrange
ment. 1t has been said that the new attOr-
ney general has been in the habit of coming
into his Office and hanging up his cane on
the chandelier over his desk while he put
his feet upon the desk and made notes Of
his work. The chandelier is too high for
such a use, and bold would be the man who
would venture to swing his feet upon the
rich cloth of gold left behind him by Brews
ter. 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 it absolutely
barren of furniture. The luxury Of Brews-
ter is the same to him.
Nv
Mr.. Garland addressed a letter yesterday
to Brewster, asking him to furnish his
portrait for the collection at the depart
ment. He took particular pains to request
him to send a portrait of the ordinary size.
This is a pretty direct hit at ex-AttOrney
General DevenS, who, when he sent his
portrait to the department of justice, sent a
large quarters length picture, which
occupies three times the space covered by
any of the other portraits. The usual
portrait is a vignette. The pictures have
been uniform ever since the custom of
having the portraits of the at
torney generals was adopted. Mr..
DeyenS is the first man who has
sought to impress himself upon posterity
after the fashion of the advertisement of a
circus side show. He stands i'll a very the
atrical attitude, with most exaggerated
military air. Any one might suppose that
it was some great military hero, instead of q
very ordinary eX-attorney general. The
very poorest picture in the collection is that
of MI. Evarts The color is so bad that it
looks as if the subject of it was dead and in
the first stages Of decomposition. The
likeness is only tolerable. The best painted
portrait in the collection is that of Wayne
MacVeagh. 1t is painted in a broad and
free style. The artist has caught the char
acter. The shrewd look of cunning, malice
and dissatisfaction which are the predom
mating expressions of his features are beau
tifully portrayed. | understand that
Macy agh has thus far given his tacit APP
prevail of the new administration. It is I'M
derstood that he has written congratula-
tory letter TO the president expressing his
Joy and satisfaction at the discontinue of
the politicians, singing a song Of JOY over
the triumph OF civil service reform ideas.
This is the worst blow the new administra
ton has had. If it really expects to pros
per- it must do something to secure at once
MacV eagh'S disapproyal.