The Washington critic., 1885-10-13

judges will take days and weeks to get
their decisions ready and then put
them out in the form of lengthy essays.
M#A
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Miller is n Democrat and has the true
idea of things, says the Washington
correspondent of the Cleveland Plum
dedlcr In speaking of the habit that
many politicians of both high and low
degree have of turning over in their
politics with every administration as
Pat Bowling of Toledo and Tom Jones
of Cleveland have done, he said
Pretty soon after came into Office
clerk came to me and in confidential
way said that he voted and worked for
Cleveland and that he was glad of the
change of administration. Is that SOP
said |. We'll, you are the very fellow
| am looking for. What is your name
and what is your place? He told me
and | said: I'll see that you arc
bounced Immediately. If you voted
and worked for Cleveland you got
good pile for it and can afford to retire.
Besides, you would not be reliable and
would he ready to play the Judas act
on this administration. Good.day.
Wasn't the fellow astonishcdY 'Of
course he was. But what else could
do? Il had no use for such fellow as
that"
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John II. French, for many years
Sergeant alarms of the Senate, relates
a little anccdote about Grant, which,
though coming late, is apt. We find It
in the Washington correspondence of
the st. Paul Pioneer Press. During
the closing hours of one session of
Congress Mr.. French prepared an clab-
crate lunch in his private Office for
the convenience of the Senators who
were much fatigued by the long night
session. Among those who came in
were Zach Chandler Matt Carpenter,
rare old McCrcery," Roscoe Conkling
| and dozen others, to whom a glass of
wine or something n bit stronger now
| and then was not at all disagrccable.
| After the Senators had been helping
| themselves to this lunch for an hour
or so, Chandler suddenly remarked to
French: "Thc President is in his room,
and | don't believe he has had any
thing to eat tonight. How would it
do to ask him in here?" Mr. French
said he would hardly dare to ask
the President to be his guest, al.
though he would very much like to
send him lunch. ooh, pshawl' said
old Zach: ego ask him in; he will
come" So the Sergeant alarms went
to the Presidents room and invited
him to step in and have little lunch.
Chandler met Grant at the door and
escorted him into the room. AS they
came in, Chandler nudged the Prcsi-
dent in the ribs and said There's
drop of something comfortable here"
and they stepped to the marble wash
stand at one side of the room where
bottle of fine old rye stood, and Chand-
Ter and the President each poured out
and drank from it. The invitation to
the President included the members of
his Cabinet all of whom came in. The
last to come was Marshall Jewell
Jewell was thirsty and first wanted
glass of water, so he stepped up to the
water tank, which stood near the mar
BILE wash basin, and, picking up glass
he found there, suddenly exclaimed,
There's been whisky in this glass p
and proceeded to rinse it again and
again, and then, as he turned the ice
cold water into it, remarked,
81 hate whisky, and | might also
say that hate the man who drinks it. 3"
Chandler and Grant, who by this time
were seated at the table, nudgcd each
other simultaneously and looked into
each others eyes. This may be one of
the incidents which gradually formed
in President Grant mind Il prejudice
against General Jewell, the outcome of
which was his peremptory dismissal
from the Cabinet. The Postmaster
General had what most men would re-
gard as profound reason and right to
say what he did in regard to the use
of intoxicating liquor, for although he
never used it himself in any form, it
was the cause of great domestic sorrow
and misfortune to him, as those ia
miliar with the history of his house.
hold well know.