The Washington critic., 1886-02-25

mon enough in the House but shock
ing to the conservative ideas of the
staid and solemn Senate. This limo.
walton by Blaine has been followed
with more or less success by Hawlcy,
Frye, Hale, Cullom, Conger and Evarts.
None of these gentlemen, however,
were new to public life With the ex-
ception of Mr. Evarts each had served
successive terms In the lower branch of
Congress and In the different State
Legislatures, while Mr. Evarts, with
his ability as n lawyer and his eight
years experience rs Cabinet Minis.
ter, was man to be respected and con.
suited rather than ignored and
snubbed. | remember talking with
Senator Cullom on this subject last
winter and expressing my surprise
that he had dared to make himself so
conspicuous in advocating the passage
of his Inter. State Commerce bill "Sev.
eral of my friends have spoken to me
in the same manner" said he, ''but
see nothing remarkable about it,"
"You are new man." said I. "aud
new men are always expected to play
the role of passive spectators rather
than active participants in what Is 60.
ing on before them.'' "a now man,
the dickensp' he replied, with an irri.
tation quite unusual to him. 81 served
eight years in the State Legislature at
Springfield, eight years as Governor of
Illinois, and six years as a Representa-.
tive in Congress, If, after that ex-
perience, those fellows he mentioned
no names, but knew whom he re-
ferred tol choose to regard me rs n
green Senator shall be glad TO con.
vince them of their mistake"
s*@
Vice President Hendricks private
secretary, Colonel East, is still about
the Capitol, and would like a position
if he could get it-at least such is the
opinion of Carp of the Cleveland
Ledder. President Cleveland is not
aversc to granting him a place, but the
Indiana men want so many other places
for their constituents who can do them
some favor in the future that they are
not pushing Easts claim as much as
might be. If you tell them that East
ought TO havea position they will say,
Yes, East is good fellow, and sup.
pose he ought to have, place, but you
want to be little careful about East,
and / don't believe he could do the
party very much good. The other day
the President was speaking about East
to Senator Voorhees,, when the Senator
asked him II he had heard of East s
stock speculation. The President said
he had not. Then Voorhees, went on
well, 1t is funny story, and it
happened some years ago East
was worth about $4,000, aud he
concluded that he could make a
fortune with it if he went to Chicago.
He had o friend who was somewhat
interested with him in indianapolis,
and before he left that city he prom
ised to keep him advised by telegraph
as to how he got along. The noon
Of the day he arrived in Chicago he
sent the following telegram to his
friend: "Have pointer on wheat and
have invested, eat o'clock his
friend received second telegram,
which read: "'Wheat has risen a
point and a.half-God is good = eat
o'clock a third telegram arrived. 1t
read: Wheat has fallen five points
Good God 7 This" concluded
Senator Voorhees,, CLEANED East out
and put stop to his speculatlons
Both the President and the Senator
laughed heartily over the story.