The National tribune., 1885-05-28

lived in Washington was by that man Hayes
He just bought lots of goods of Us, and good
goods, aud he allowed us our prices without
any haggling, and when we sent in our bill a
| check would come right back from the White
| House. We never had to wait more than few
| hours for our money. 1t was just like drawing
| the money cut of bank, it was so sure. People
| may talk what they please about President
| Hayes. but say that no better ever lived III
| the White House. / like him, do"
president Hayes is certainly one of natures
| nobleman. How about Gen. Garfield ?'
well. Garfield always seemed hard up. He
| wanted to buy good goods, but he didn't seem
| TO have the money. and he figured to get what
would last and look we'll as cheaply as possible
A day or two before he was shot he sent the
| carriage down from the White House for me to
come up with some samples. He looked over
| some silk Undertaking, and seemed to want
il very bad but didn't feel as if he could afford
| it, and took something cheaper instead. But
| the worst man that was ever in the White
House was Arthur. He was regular dude
always wanted something peculiar and partic-
ular, and gave us world of trouble to suit
| him, and then WASN'T at all in hurry about
paying his bills. / remember we sent HIM up
| once lot of fine French gloves-the best kind
| that's brought to this country. He kept the
| whole lot for weeks, and then sent them back
| without taking any; had what he wanted Sc
| lected for him by some lady in New York. L
| his hosiery and handkerchief, and was awful
| finnicky about everything that he had about
| him. He was a regular dude, l tell you, and
got clear out of patience with him. l don't
think Cleveland's begun buying his furnishing
| goods here; leastways. haven't sold him any"
THE PENSION BUREAU.
| Last week Gen. Black addressed the follow
| ing letter to Mr.. S. l.. Wilson, the Pension
| Agent in this city:
10,
sioner of Pensions that great number of pension
| ers, said to be nearly 500, who paid at your
agency, have given their address at 81 Calvert
street, Baltimore, Md, you directed, beginning
| the 9Th Of June next, 10 withhold the payment
of all certificates wherein the address given in the
vouchers belonging said certificates is 81 Calvert
street, Baltimore, Md until such time the actual
bona tide address of such pensioners is furnished
you until said pensioners shall in person appear
and be identified.
| An investigation by reporters at 81 Calvert
street. showed that it was occupied by Maj
! Wm. I. Adreon, a pension attorney and brother
/ of the Postmaster of Baltimore. Maj. Adreon
| said that he had anticipated such action for
| some time, as he felt that his course was re-
garded by the Pension Bureau as irregular.
| There were, as alleged, fully 500 pensioners re-
| ceiving their payments from his office, but the
| reason was that the great majority of them
| were poor people, who were continually chang
| ing their places of residence, and as matter
| of convenience they deposited their certificates
with him and gave his place as their address,
He charged them so cents for each payment
| made and had been doing SO for eight years
| He could not see that any wrong had been
| done, as the arrangement was greatly to the
| benefit OF his clients.
DIsGUSTED DEMOCRAT.
The Washington correspondent Of the New
| Orleans Democrat writes:
visitor TO the State Department was astonshed
not to say parayzed. by an incident that occurred
there He in the Office of the Chief Clerk, Mr..
| Seyellon Brown, and felictatng himself upon the
dawn of the happy day when a Democratic admin
istraton at last ruled the country. Indeed he was
gazing about him with q species Of proprietorship
pride, when suddenly flushed and excited indi-
/ vidual dashed into the room and exclaimed:
| Brown. they've elected Logan" The langud,
| diplomatic Brown was dashed into excitement i'm
medialely, and he few into the newcomers arms
| and they snapped glory on each others neck for
| heard il and screamed "Golly!" and bounced out
to distribute the joyful tidings. In few moments
the room filed with laughing, jubilant and
excited Department officials. congratulating each
\ other on Logan's return to the Senate. and then
| that amazed visitor got up and crawled humbly
out, feeling that he was not quite much at home
as he had thought.
THE OHIO sENAToRsHIP.
The question of successor to the Hon. John
| Sherman in the United States Senate begins to
attract attention here and in Ohio, owing to
| the fact that, though Senator Sherman's term
| does not expire until the 4th of March, 1887,
| the Legislature which will be elected in his
| State this Fall will have the duty of electing
| his successor. The matter is getting rather
warm in the Buckeye State, and Gen. Beatty,
/ in an interview, spoke rather saucily about
| Sherman not daring to accept denomination,
| but would be compelled to step aside for Hon.
Charles Foster. Now. ex-Gov Foster denies
that he has any aspirations for the Senatorship,
or that there is any arrangement by which he
shall be given the place instead of the present
! incumbent. Senator Sherman also says that he
! is candidate for reelection; that his name
will be presented and il elected he shall serve.
This is supposed to settle the matter, and that
he may be considered as thoroughly in the field
for reelection and win exert all his energies
| to that end.
Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan is being urged as
successor 10 Representative S. S. Cox by men
who forget that being resident of New Jersey
he can hardly represent District in New
! York.
New York paper dominates ex-President
| Arthur for Governor of New York and Senator
| Eyarts for President in 1853.
| Ex-Speaker Keller will not be candidate
| for the Republican nomination for Governor Of
Ohio. He is in favor of Gen. Beatty for that
place. and john Sherman for Senator.
When Congressman Scott, of Erie, was told
by Secretary of State Bayard TO file the papers
of one of his constituents who was an applicant
| lOE d CoHSutsiip, fSpilcu lieu
check for $4,000 last Fall to help elect the
Administration and that was all the papers he
! intended to file
Hon. Allen Thurman says with great posi-
| tiveness that he will not accept the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Ohio.
Among the persons hunting office here is one
| Green who claims to be the man who captured
! John Brown. He was of the U. S. Marines
whom Lee took up to Harpers Ferry, and who
| burst into the engine house which Brown had
barricaded, getting the first blow at the old
| man with his saber Green halls from Michi-
gan, and is after place in the Land Office.
| RANGY FELLOW.
| A man who believes in Shooting at the
moon" in his moves in life applied last week
to be appointed one of the Auditors of the
Treasury. but modestly stated that he would
accept the pay and perform the duties of a
messenger pending his appointment to that
responsible position. Such an elasticity of mind