The Washington critic., 1885-12-01

INTO inc ice lrcSlucul company
Hendricks replied alirmativcly in an
absent minded manner, but as he caught
sight of the smile that was spreading
over my face he reused up and said
hastily: "Who2 Eustis2 No for
heavens sake,no. Anybody but Eusts
The newspapers would never let us
hear the lastof It,. Senator Blair got
the invitation and accompanied Mr..
Hendricks to Riverside.
~
Says "Rob Reimer" in the New
York World: Congressman Morrison
is one of the features of the Avenue.
He stands about five feet ten inches,
has bushy, full beard, nearly all gray
and his face indicates the sterility Of n
wcather-bcatcn farmer. lie seems in
different to heat or cold and walks
along in his summer blue coat and
trousers. The coat is buttoned once
and that across his breast. His right
hand is always in his trousers pocket,
and this vecrs him in his gait little to
the left shoulder. He steps with u
measured tread, rs If he were mentally
surveying the length, dircctncss and
force Of his sentences, and he throws
up his head with quick jerk, as much
as TO say, That sentence is complete.
He is, no doubt, Indifferent to every
thing save the careless manner In which
he wears his SLOUGH hat, the rim of
which droops in sort of crows wing
over his left eye. His conversation is
not brilliant. but it is very profound
and bulges with subtle statecraft. His
laugh is chirpy, thin and far away, Il
sort of pensiye revcric taking the
heart out of 1t.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Birmingham Age says: "TnE
Critic is doing good work in agitating
the question of opening the public
museum and public libraries on Sun.
day. Come to think of it, it is hard
that those public institutions are prac-
tically denied the large majority of
our citizens. After hard days work,
the mechanic doesn't feel in humor to
visit such places of amusement, and
even if he did, it would be denied him,
for they close at p. IN. And it is very
evident that Sunday is the only day
when he could enjoy, with profit to
mind and soul, these institutions of
learning and amusement. And another
thing in the favor of the movement Is
that if the worltingman had access to
these institutions on Sundays there
would be less drunkenness on that day
and the business of the saloons would
be comparatively light.
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"You served in the Senate together, i"
suggested reporter of the st. Louis
Republican to ex-senator John b. Hen
derson while conversing with him rcla-
tive to Mr.. Hendricks. Eyes" replied
| Mr.. Henderson, "from 1868 until 1859,
and at that time there were only four
or five members of Mr.. Hendricks
party in the Senate, but they all
counted. Though there were so few of
them, they made the very best of every
point which could be attacked in our
ranks Yes" the General soliloquizcd,
"thcy were troublesome, and whenever
the least thing occurred to allow of an
attack, those men could always be
counted on to make the most of it,.
These were Reverdy johnson of Mary
land, Willard Salisbury, James +. Bay
ard of Delaware, Buckalew of Penn
sylvania, Hendricks of Indiana and
sometimes McCreery and Davis of Ken
lucky acted with them, but head and
shoulders above them all stood Tom
Hendricks, fighting the Democratic
battle in the Senate when it seemed
sheer folly to expect to accomplish any
thing, but never stopping to think of
the chances of success. So, nearly all
alone he conducted his debates with re-
markable sagacity and brought to his
aid an enthusiasm born Of his sincerity
and convictions" "And, so he Is
dead" he continued. "IIe and | sat
next each other for six years and be
came in fact intimate friends, though
We voted and acted against each other
on almost every occasion.
40
General James b. Fry, in his article
on Grant in the North american Re
rioio, has this to say of the Fitz.Johr
Porter CASE Porter's claim that III
had been wronged by the court-mar
tial which convicted him in 1868, anC
that new evidence to prove 1t would bt
presented if hearing could bt
granted, was laid before Grant a.
early as 1867, but the appeal was re
fused or neglected. AS long as Gran
was General in Chief of the Army anC
President Of the United States, will
power to act effectively in redressin!
the alleged wrong, he accepted tn
verdict of the court-martial withou
understanding the record of tina
tribunal and the new evidence whici
j Porter offered to produce. But il
September, 1881, when he had becom
aprivate citizen and II resident of Ney
York city, Porter asked an interview
To this Grant replied in writing, Sep
TENDER 81, 1881: II will hear wh0
} you have to say, and will cndcavo
to listen without prejudice; and
convinced that was wrong in forme
: opinions, entertained and possibly eX
pressed, / would be willing to corrcc
, them" The result was that Gran
agreed to study the whole case, in
| Guiding the record of the court martial
and state his conclusions. The invest
: cation, which was prolonged till Dc
, cember 49, convinced him that grcG
! wrong had been done, and he becam
, deeply distressed that he had not mas
tered the subject while he was i
, power. Then, regardless of the incor
sistent attitude in which his change o
mind placed him, and the antagouism
ii created, he devoted all of his abilit
{ and influence to procure for Porter tn
justice he thought due him. In lei
Ter dated November B, 1888, whic
was given to the public, he said t
Porter: "As long as have voice
shall be raised in your support, will
out any reference to its effect upon m
e or others.