The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-05
WASHINGTON GLiMPSES.
Tie Power of The Government Illus.
frated in its Public Buildings.
Hs ils ctioDs Upon the Early Obscu-ity of
Noted Chief Executives - The Prssi-
dents Informal Receptions - Tho
Russian Mission Possible for Indi-
Satis faction Over soma
tor nagee's appointment.
Especial Editorial Correspondence

WASHINGTON, April Five years ago l
attended The trial OF Lewis Il Redmond, the
''moonshiner" At nineteen he was an out
Law with q reward by the Government slim
ulsiirg strenuous attempts for his capt1re.
After eight years squad of Dep1iy L. g.
Msrshals overhau!ed him in Transylyanis
County, n. @. Hewss unarmsd and did not
know any pursusrs we're near, when FIVE
bullets were lodged IN his body. He recov.
ered, was titled. convicted aud sentenced TO
ten years imprisonment in the Auburn,
n. Y. prison. He was then twenty. seven.
mild-eyed. gentle voiced, slender being
with manners that won the friend
chip of all who met him.
Even the white haired United States Judge
who pronounced his sentence spoke words
Of sympathy for him. There were many
mitigating circumstances connected with his
offences. | was with Redmond and his guards
when they reached Washington en- route for
Auburn. 1t was on Sunday, and they had to
remain ia Washington several hours for
train, and / tohk Redmond for drive over
the city. When we had been past the de-
pariment buildings and were on Capitol
had known tie United States Government
was as big thing as 1t is would never
Rave Dc fed even one of its officers
Nowhere else can one see SO much
suggesting the fo.cs ard grandeur OF
OR Nation. For fifteen years / have
been frequent visitor here. ard an
familiar with the various Government build
ipgs. As the country has grown in wealth
and prosI Gritty, the public properties have
been couespond;ngly enlarged and i'm.
proved. Sky years ago ths Government
bui dir gs ct the Capital were not more ex
tensive or valuable than thoseof The city of
Indianapolis. But low they have grown to
be OF j cts 10 less OF wonderment than adj
n iration and rot less for our own country
men than ior the rs presen tatives OF European
soysTeignties. 1t is net q source OF regret that
the Pre.itent's house is the least pretentiou3
Of the official edifces. We read in this the
avoidance CT ole man power in the spirlt of
our institutions. The pro1dest reaches of
architecture and decoration are In tbs CAPT.
tol, where the people xnd the States, through
their represen tatives, frame the laws. Tbs
several departments-State,T Treasury, War,
Interior, Navy, Justice and Postoffics-
through which affairs are directly admins
tered are all in more imposing structures
than is the White House. The new Pension
building is a monument to the appreciation
/ by tt Government of its volunteer soldiery.
The great hall here-that In which the in
of the kind of any in the entlrs world.
| But it is an exalted honor to be made
President of these United States. Aud
what tribute to the spirit of equality OF
man, which per,adss the principles of our
Government, is the fast that so many OF our
Chief Magistrates have sprung from poverty
| and the very humb,est walks OF life. Can
template the youth of U. s. Grant, James A..
Garfield, Andrew Johnson and Andrew Jack
son-all virtually backwoodsmen, with no
surroundings or associations to augur the
eminence which was to crown their future
years. I could Dot bat think OF the obscure
early lie of Grover Cleveland while. day
or two since, within the Executive Chamber,
/ saw score of distinguished men, hats in
hand, waiting their respective turns for a
word of interview with the administration
chief.
1t is entertaining to look on while the
President receives, one by one, the callers
wno have been admitted to this room.
Standing abe ut the middle of it, or to1ard
the south side. the windows of which over
look the Washington monument and the
? Potomac, he listens stteatively to the one
who approaches him and answers in like
voics Il the interview Is desired by the
visitor to not bs overheard. Those in wait
ing, of course. keep themselves at proper
! distance and usually engage in conYersatior
among themselves 30 as TO avoid overhea-'
ing or even the appearance Of desiring to d.
%. While d'gnifsd and dee, rous. there 4
! no cir Of Stiffness in the apartment. Te'