Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-11

constant worry and regret MOTrlsOns posi-
tion As head Of the ways and means COM
mittee. ia no pleasant one. He is blamed
with many things with winch he has moth
ing to do and his life is one Of continuous
hard work Like Frank HurI, he believes
tina. he has a mission and that mission Is the
reformation OF the tariff. He is honest in
his belief and he does everything he can TO
accomplish it.
The White House will soon nsod new
coat Of paint In fact it needs it now, and
that badly. When It was draped in honor OF
the deaths of Grant ami Hendricks, the
material used was Of heavily dyet black
The rain saturated this and the colurs ran
in dripping streams down the plain white
paint, so that the whol3 has now a streaked,
dappIed appearance Of dirty white and
black. The cost OF painting the White
House is quite an item 1t covers, you
know, one third of an acre, and its color
from time ImmemOr al has been plain
white. The mater al used Is white lead,
and that now on the walls is about quar-
ter of an inch in thickness The interior
paint of the Wni e House was renewed dur
Ing Arthurs term. auI the main hall lead
ing 10 the East room had TO have IT'S old
paint burnt or befOre the new cou.d be put
on A gasoline lamp and chfsel were used
an1 the paint was first burned and then
sCrarei Off with the chlseL
At this writing the carpets are still down
in the White House They will lie taken up
shortly and the floors will be covered with
mating. No repairing has been done in
honor of Mrs. Cleveland as yet and her
| quarters are practically the same thOse
occupied by tho PRESIDENT when he was a
bachelor. The only changes male, how
ever, are in sociahle arrangement OF the
furniture and in the putting in Of a number
Of home touches in the private apartments
of the pr sident 1t is probable that Cleye-
lands marriage will ring the question of a
new Whits House very prominently before
the mex; congress- and We will have plenty
of plans for additions to the old executive
mansion A numt er Of the prominent archi-
teCts OF the country have had the subj ct un-
der consideration. and Mr.. Smthmeyer. the
! man who planned the new national library
has prepared one which leaves the present
| W hIte House as it is. and at the same time
| makes such additions as TO form a larger and
It'll symm"tri al whole.
Robert ?, Porter, ex msmber Of the tariff
commission and the author of the protec
! tive tariff lette published under the title
Of Bread Winners Abroad" will sail for
Htlhhu Oh July . anu Will utNDbs us SUN
mer to writing industrial letters from that
country to a syndicate of American news
paUerA
Mrs Lillian Rosslls Messenger one Of the
bright Kentucky women of the capital city
| PubIis hes this week a volume Of poems en-
titled The Vision OF GoId' They are
metaphysical somewhat in heir character
and contain many good thoughts
Much int tar 81 ls faknn bnra in Misa Tlayyn
| lands novel. which has not vet appeared in
our bookstores. 1t is understood that she
will devote her leisure during the summer
to writing and that she will be bIck in the
White House to assist Mrs Cleveland next
winter.
Col Lamont tells me that the president
aas not decided where he will 90 for the
| summer and the variOIs stories started
about the Adirondacks the White Noun
tains and tn, Great lake, are ADVERTISING
| ,chemeI gotten up by interested parties
Col Lamont thinks t at the president will
probably go to the same place in ths Adj
rondacks where he was last Year, but as yet
the extent of the rip has not been deter
mined upon.
Gen. Joe Wheeler, the man who raised
such tempest in congress about Stanton
! Is a little fellow with thick, long black
| beard over his face. He does not weigh
over 100 pounds, and he Is as lively as a
| .i,ten. He has bright black eyes, a high
| forehead AMI brown hair He dresses in
| business clothes, wear, a sluuch hat and
| often walks about the house with this doubled
| up under his arm. He does not pay muC
attent on to his p'rsonI appearance, a ID
| you would never take MIN Tor a man who
| had had a noted career as one of the grea
est cavalry leaders Of large army. He
! live, here at Washington in a house biz
enough for a club. AMI one which was oc
| Cupied last year by the Chinese legation
! This house faces the back of thu statue OF
Gen Thomas, and Con Wheeler has the
D easule CT seeing one OF the generals he
fought against during the late Unpleasant
n, s. whenever ho looks out Of his front
parlor windows Gen Wheeler enter tains
we'll and he is very popular socially, though
there are many differences OF opinion rs to
his speech regarding Stanton
General Bel Lefevre tells me there Is no
truth in the statement that he is engaged to
Miss Rose Elizabeth Cl veland H,, does
not know her at all intlm ltely, and he can
not conceive what GouudItlon there was for
the report.
| am told that the life Of Lincoln, upon
which Colonel John Hay and Major John
e. NIcolay are engaged, Is to bs a very ex-
tenslve affair. 1t is to comprise seven larx e
volume, and is TO bs a complete history of
the war period Mcssr. Hay and N,co.av
have be IL writing at II for some years. ami
they write chapter about eaC h takiny the
parts Of the work wh ca il most agreea bic
to him They have made a very exhau III We
ex ,mnatIon Of the rec rds for the work an |.
they have many valuIbl' papers and much
,N,k,Fh Fhs.VT .t.....
enc. as the private secre' aries Of Freslden,
Lincoln.
George BlncrOft, the historian has gone
to hi, sumner idle ce at Newport and h..
will continue his literary work there He
has many looks of his own Il his cot tage
ami he has acc - to the famous Redwood
library at New p TT, which IL noted for it,
age and historical CompetenesS This Rel
wood library was founded more than 2O0
years ago
JuIge Hey. in taking up the cudgels
against Stanton, act> wi. h more feeling on
tie subj jeCt. from the tart that he has b en-
Ia civ dcnouucin. Gen Mcclellan upon this
same subj,c' He defended StantonHs mem
orv in a little book. entitl Line in and
Stanton which be wrote last Year. and he
was s. clos, % both Lincoln and Stanton
during the war period that they have be
come. In memory at least, parts of his soul
Gou might better denounce the protective
ihriH 10 nlm Ihan say NOFu against Lincoln
or St1ntoa He cons ders them among the
very gryateIt men Of history, an he will b.
as long as he lives, one OF the ahest of their
delen lers FRANK GEORGE
John .. Adams and His COachman.
4 few days before the Inauguration Of
President Harrison, the horses of John
quincy Adams became frightened near the
Capitol. by the dis: large Of Colts fire
.rIus before Il committee OF congress, and
ran away, overturuing the carriage and
:ujuring the coachman. Mr.. Adams re
mained at home for two days, and be
slowed all the attention and time upon
the man that Il child could give its father,
regarding alike the religious condition and