The National tribune., 1886-03-04
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
The Weeks DOingS at the Ma
tional Capital.
IoYE-sTCK SENATOR.

the session began. All mail matter that comes
for him is sent TO Detroit where he has been lor
nearly ilftee months For long time his fei-
low Senators wondered what he was dong SO
far outside of his baiiwick. 1t turns out that
he is spcuding the Winter in courting-not IN
a lerai but an amatory sense. He is holding
executive sessions, as it were, with wealthy
Young lady of that city whom he wishes to be-
come Mrs Jones. II rumor can be believed,
however, it should be said, more properly, that
he has been trying TO do this; for whenever he
moves TO 20 into executive session she votes no,
thus making it a tie, and the motion according
TO parliamentary rules, is lost. Senator Jones
is 81 and wid0wer, with several children, and
is great ladies' man. 1t is understood that for
some time he has been looking for a successor to
the late lamentsd, and when he met the Detroit
lady she captured him at once She does not
appear to have done it on purpose, for she re-
pels very decidedly his ardent suit.
But 10 sly. in current phrase, that ne is
mashed conveys but faint idea of his nlen-
tai condition He has evidently been reduced
TO a mass OF Senatorial pulp. During all these
weeks while his felloW-statcsmen have been
earning their bread by the sweat OF their chlns,
over the silver question, and the electoral
conut, and the educational bill, and the rugged
issue with the President, he has been boarding
at hotel in Detroit, laying unsuccessful siege
to the object of his alteration. His friends say
he has gone clean daft over the matter. 1t is
almost becoming a national ISSUE whether the
COY Michigan maiden will have him or not III
the prodigal Senator does not soon come TO
himself, and arise and so TO his father, Con-
greSsionsl action may be deemed necessary.
Gen. Sheridan might order detachment OF the
army 10 the City of the Straits, to mete ont
eondign punishment TO the young lady for SO
long and deGantly holding the United States
Senate in contempt. The revenue cutters on
the lakes don't have much to do. Secretary
Whitney might send one Of them to serve as a
persuader. But in any event the sympath les
of the country viii be with Senator Jones. He
must have that girl If the General Government
has to sink the whole State OF Michigan.
When the Senatorial party left Washington
few DAYS ago for Detroit, TO attend the ke-
publican club banquet, Mr. Jones's friends
urged upon the pilgrims that they look after
him, and, if possible, bring him back with
them Ii was reported that when Mr. Jones
heard of their intended visit he took to the
woods Of Kalamazoo or some other frontier
town; but this proved to be campaign ro0r-
back The Senators found him and tried to
induce Mr. Jones TO return with them TO Wash
ington bat he would none of il. Like Grant
at the Wilderness, he is evidently determined
10 fight it out on that line if it takes all Sum-
mer" He said be didn't know of any reason
why he should hurry back; the Senate ap-
peared to be getting along very comfortably
without him. Other Senators had been absent
for months az time, and he thought he ought
TO have the same privilege. All efforts proved
unayaiiing and the party came back without
him. 1t is rcsliy bad case-One that appeals
to the tenderest emotions in the great palpi-
tating heart of the Nation. All will admire
the pluck shown by his declaration that he will
never leave Detroit alive until that young
woman goes with him as his bride.
TROUBLE BREWING FOR MRS. WHITNEY.
= a,cfS SbaE Of th n
Navy, does not have care she Viii bring down
upon herself the displeasure of many society
ladies in Washington. 1t is all because she
enteriains with such a lavish hand and utter
disregard of expense, that mere modest estab-
liShmcDts are thrown into the shadow OF an
eclipse. There are a large number Of very
good peOple-a majority of man and woman
find, in fact-who find it necessary to inquire
and then what things cost. To Mrs.
Whitney this question seems 10 give no annoy
ance or worry. Secretary Whitney is comfor-
tably rich himseIf His wife inherited hand
some amount from her grandfather, who had a
large landed estate in Cleveland, D. 1t is re-
PORTED that her bachelor brother" gave her
SjCo,G30 last Fall, with the express stipulation
that she shoald use It in entertaining. This
brother is Col. Oliver ii. Payne, of Cleveland.
He is yet q young man, but his wealth is
figured in the millions, to say nothing OF the
large amount possessed by his father. the Sena-
tor. Olivcr vent TO the war in '62 as Colonel OF
the 12ith Ohio. In the following year he
was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga
aud resigned his commission. He became eX-
tensiycly interested In the Standard Oil Com
pany, and mas made a large fortune. No doubt
he could spare half million for his sister to
spesd, without being ia any degree inconven-
fenced. But il doesn't matter who pays the
bills. No lady connected with any Admins
tration has ever entertained On SO great q scale
Nv Nt,itVnv In shiS at least al
ether social oTbs pale their Intellectual fires
before the cffulgeDce that shines from the pa
latial residence of the Secretary of the Navy.
Some households are straining their purse,
strings la their anxiety to initiate in some de-
gree the example set by Mrs. Whitney. Not a
few ladies who have been famous in the past
for their hospitality are not entertaining at ali
this Winter, simply because guests are getting
to expect SO much that they cannot afford it
Few. indeed. hare the means if the disposition
TO rival Mrs. Whitney. Truly these be cold
days for " Jeifersonian simplicity"
LOCKING FOB sINECUREs.
The House Committee on Accounts has been
looking iu!o The matter OF the employees of the
House. Yilh view of finding whether any
persons were being carried on the roll who did
no work worth mentioning except 10 draw theii
pay. The Iaafter came up on a resolution tc
enlarge the force in the Document Room. The
inyesti CATION developed the interesting fac
that several newspaper correspondents were Or
the list ia various capacities, some of whom
rendered 80 service whatever except TO sign
the payroll every disbursing day. and thi:
they did with aiacrity and diligence. CORE
spondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer was down
as "laborer" at S120 year, but a.
soon as the investigation was ordered he re.
signed, day or two before the committee go
around. correspondent Of the Chicago Tine
draws 81. 100 year as file clerk, and boards il
style at Wizards Hotel. Judging from his OWL
testimony, hc appears, however, to have done
AZ least sO;nc work for his money which, 10 the
average citizen. would seem emiDently fit and
proper Two other journalists are carried along
as laboTers." 1t is not strongly probable thai
they have ever carried in coal, or shoYeled
snow, or cleaned out the cuspidors. Col. Donel
son, the Deorkeeper. testified that there was no
man on the roll who had not been appointed
at the request aud upon the recommendation O
some Democratic Member of Congress. MAJ
from Kentucky was appointed folder Dec.
last, and il was admitted that he had neve
done single hours work. 1t was said in hi
behalf that his health was not good but it wa
shown that he had punctually drawn full pay
all time. In all the employees of the Hous'
now number 307-ncariy one TO each Member
The Doorkeeper appoints l54, whose salarie
aggregate Sl35.o9i; the cleark As, at $79 0l6
the Sergeaut-at- farms s. al $l5,350; the Post
master go, at S32, ,o20; aud the Speaker 10, a
S35 500. There are Sc committee clerkship
that cost SleI $50 year. Dir. Dockery, of Mis-
souri,. who has the investigation in charge
seems disposed TO give the matter Thorough