New-York tribune., 1885-07-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
',rrAToR sAWYER-THE SECOND OF JULY
-AIJDITOR CHENOWE TH-NOTES.
rvno,, THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRBUNE] ]
WARRINGTON, July 3.-SenatOr Sawyer, OF
Wisconsin, who has the reputation OF being next 10
Rouuza Fair" the richest man In the Senate Is mere
for couple days to look after some private
matters He is type OF the self-made western man
short thick-set, weighing about zoo pouhos no pro-
sents TO the world q picture Of thorough comfort and
tantment He 10 not educated man
An the commonly accepted meaning OF the word but he
IA well Informed on all subjects which IN any
wav affect his interests He Is large specuiator 10
and holder OF pine lands II is IN the lumber business
that he maze most OF his money In his young days ne
way. believe surveyor. and made his first strike
nv going cut into what was then wilderness ana
the best timbered portions from among certain
lands which were be disposed OF at auction. HIS
competitors nothing, except iii sener'i way Va
the character OF the lands offered for sale. Ihey had
come prepared buy the worthless ana the Va'uoic
tracts together taking their chances AS they came
<o,,g sawvers knowledge, acquired while surveying
.he country enabled kim to pick out only the
chicest lands and secure bargains n
every Case Senator Sawyer, though never
heard In the Senate Is an active politician at nome III
fact he has the reputation OF being the hcpuoncah
"Boss" OF his State. q shrewd manager OF caucuses
.ra conventions his reputation OF the highest His
,uagment OF things and is rarely at fault He be-
eyes in the power of aud udiclons use OF IL III
politics He had been Mayor OF Oshkosh-hs hope-
and for five consecutive terms member OF the House Oh
REPRESENTATIVES before he was sent To represent his
e,ate in the Senate He tells me that the Republican
marty in Wisconsin presents sohd anu
united front to the Democracy. The stories
current some time ago that the Democrats
boned to carry the State next fall he pronouuces meres
bosh
Yesterday was the fourth anniversary OF the Garfield
tragedy Four short years ony-yct the event seems
almost forgotten Here too. where 1t occurred not
sipgle line with one exception In the ioc
pewspapers-not word on the streets not suggestion
that the memory of that Inflated day was still alive IN
tbe minds OF the people. went down to the waiting
room of the Baltimore and Potomac Depot The star
which marks the spot where the assassins shot s'ucA
down a President hidden almost from view py the
dust and dirt thousand feet that hourly pass over IT.
It's thin silver coating had long since worn OIL Inc ou
elimmer OF the brass seemed like reproachful appeal
Srected TO the thoughtless throngs OF people who
crowded the room all day long pleasure and business
bent The marble eagle surinounting the siao III tc
wall-the whole looking much rs II 1t had once peeh
mart of a soda awater fountain-alone Kept watch MS
stony stare upon the fatal spot miserable htte
contribution for the benefit Of the Garncld Hospt
directly underneath slab looked bright enough In its
yellow coat Of paint and varnish Not scratch upon
its face-so silent passive and expectant 1t had not
been handled much. that was evident AS
left the little fellow not Ola
enourn TO know better put his foot on the star ana
turned upon his heel around and around nht no peeo %
dizzy His parents, not more than ten ieet away ouy
smiled and heard the fond father excaim adhiiinsy'
as he turned to his wife: " Isn't he cute rascal
First Auditor Chenoweth like that famous General
WHO all his the misfortune OF seeing MS name
cent the correct one Mortally wounded by the enc
my's shot, he exclaimed with MS dying oIea'I
the obituary notices" In similar manner the
the ,e' rsl na''tS roand by Civil Service Ccmmissoner
Eaton. and requesting his second, Mh .,ciaims cShu
"Why. oh why is il that the newspapers after abns
ing and misrepresenting me- Will not ~ lcas' uo me e
esS sepadTsmss chencwein The First Auditor
though born in Kentucky Is OF Welsh descent. ne Wis tI
called Kenowet. The was probably sof,ened In this
country into ch. he says. The name itseH Das sohc
what OF Polish sound.
PostmasterGe Villas has caused an order to be
posted In his Department which announces that on and
after the ith of July and for two weeks following that
day he will not receive or consider applications
for Office made by candidates oonnoc fe'r1n % thc
eonsiders,ion Of business the order has IT,
which Is troubling the seetbing brain OF TIE i. VI; VI
iss e.amna,i"n of papers on ,e in the Department
from thirsty and hungry patriots VINO want 70 nave
ont OF the cold The greasing and oDg OF the machin
cry which cut of the heads of compile OF thcn51nd
opinion require weeks work That energetic official
IS credited with the intention Of S SS g,n a M Ie
publican In deed, word or thought. New iork ono.
indiana and Virginia 10 he among the nrst 10 Ieci
the result of Mr viIas's fortnightly exclusion.
The friends OF Commissioner Sparks pretend 10 ma IN
the General" disposition OF late TO be morose, III
Iafured aud cross His buOyancy spirit and the joyal
expectancy with which he entered upon the discharge of
the duties of his office seem to have left hm ne mas
become curt imperiOns, irritable and detected by
turns. His sub0rdinates cannot satisfy MN
The slOwness ard apathy OF Mr.. Lamar
disgust his choeric nature He Is not happy.
He is full The trouble probably is that lie went
into the Office with TOO great expectations as 10
the things he going to accomplish. und he Is dsa-
pointed. The abuses he looked for he did not hnd.
Ghe frauds he had been perpetrated
could not be traced. The scaings and pckiDgs
which were good enough for campaign purposes, TO be
sure and which IL was said had been going these
twenty years. proved to exist only in the fertile and
imaginative brain Of men like the Commissioner OF the
Land Onice. Poor General" Sparks.