The Washington critic., 1886-05-27

Republican, and, with hands folded
and upturncd face, drinks In with ap.
parent pleasure the flowing words OF
wisdom, or otherwise. lie has apleas-
ant way, too, of congratulating speech
makers whenever he has an oppor-
tunity, all of which places him high in
the favor of Members who like to talk.
w.
There Is one man in the New York
delegation, says the correspondent of
the Pittsburg Penny Press, who can
be trusted never to create disturbance
on the floor of the House, unless he
should suddenly drop dead. That is
Swinburne of Albany. lie has an
affection that would be a fortune to
barber He cannot speak loud enough
to be heard yard away. AS might
be supposed, he does not participate
largely in debate. Occasionally some
thing comes up that affects his constit-
uents. lie then makes an arrangement
with the Speaker to be recognized at
the proper time. When recognized he
gravely rises and reads in whisper
his remarks from manuscript. The
official stcnographers drop their pens,
as II would be of no use to try to re-
port him. AS may be imagined, Swim.
burne is never interrupted, for his
speech is only visible and not audible.
When he sits down 1t is always the
signal for tremendous applause from
his fellow members, who have not
heard word and are cold bloodcd
enough to make joke Of his infrmity.
~
chattcd last night with one of the
leading Members of the United States
Senate, says Carp of the Cleveland
Ledder, a man who has no ambition to
be President of the United States, but
who has a great deal to do with the
public sentiment which chooses can.
didate. lie said: 1.-TWO years before
the convention Is too soon to predict
what is to take place, and do not be-
lieve there is any wire-w orking being
done as the papers state. Senator
Sherman, know, is doing nothing,
and the only thing that Blaine has
done is in the preparation of his book
'liN III NiilluS W u lCN vi Ills lllOSI III
innate friends. Blaine Is going to have
opposition from the old stalwart ele-
nent of the party. This element ex.
!sts to-day in as much force as it did
while Garfield was President. The
Heath of Grant, with all the sentiment
attached thereto, has increased it, and
though IL Is not organized now, its
members will come together before the
convention meets. General Logan in.
iured himself somewhatin accepting the
second place on Blaines ticket last
year. He is, however, very popular
among the soldiers, and think his two
books, his novel and The Great Con.
spiracy,' will give him additional
/ strength in that quarter. These books,
however, will hurt Logan with the
/ conservative element of the Republican
party. Sherman has, it seems to me,
very good prospects before him. Times
are hard all over the world, and what
with labor troubles, lower prices, aud
other things of this nature. IL looks as
though they had come to stay for sew
eral years at least. The United States
has gotten into the habit of asking John
| Sherman what to do when 1t gets into
! financial trouble, and his name inspires
| a confidence which cannot be drawn
from that of General Logan or James
| G.. Blaine AS to Edmunds, he is out
of the question. Hoar of Massachu.
sets will not be President while he
lives east of New York, and among
the Western men, it seems to me, Alli-
son of Iowa or ingalls, of Kansas have
both very fair points of availability.
The next President ought to be taken
from the West. The center of popu-
lation is now some place west of Gin
cinnati, and so far in our history every
President has been taken east of this
point. The West is bound to have a
show soon, and if it does not there will
in time, spring up party of the West
against that of the Atlantic scaboard
and the East"
WnyIand Seminary Commencement.
At the commencement exercises of the
Wayland Seminary yesterday the following
graduated Academic department-Jos oshua
Baker Simpson, Kentucky, and John Har-
vey Wigginton, Maryland. Theological de-
partment-Edward James Henry, Pennsyl-
vania; William James Howard, District OF
Columbia, and Lewis Lorenzo Marshall
Virginia. Normal department--.Ananias L.
Bouldin, Maryland; lsham III. Bradley, Vir.
ginia; James II. l.. Diggs, Maryland; VII.
liam j. Howard, District Of Columbia
David w. Jones, Moses II. Jones, Thomas
l.. Jones, David N. Kinney, Lewis l.. Mar
shall, and Robert L. Mills, Virginia.; Adam
L. Plummer, Maryland; Wesley H. Pollard
Pennsylvania; Miss Carrie T. Greene, Miss
Lucy J. Miller, Miss Mary j. Powell, and
Miss Mary E. Robinson, Virginia; Miss
Emma X. White, New Jersey; Miss Marion
7. Withers, Virginia, and Miss Fanny L
Wyche, Illinois.
Special prizes were awarded as follows:
For improvement in cooking, to Temphia
j. Sumler; in sewing, to Lucinda j. Gaines
for care Of room, to Misses Mentzing and
Harris, and Misses Parke, Brown and Moss
for scholarship, to James r. L. Diggs, Car
rie T. Green, George w. Hughes, James d
Broadus and Lewis c. Sheafe; prize to tn,
best speaker, to Thomas L. Jones, Clarks
vile, Va.
If You Want to be sure
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the Independent Ice Company.
n Hard Road to Travel.
Charles 4. Fitch, Of the Rochester Demo
c,at, lectured recently before the student
| of Cornell ITniyersity on sJournalism M ,