The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1886-04-08
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

|
n the Inter. Ocean tells some mighty
good war stories, and the following is
~ no means the worst he has pub.
isbod. "Tboro ,voro so,ro of rorr poo.
',a ,Vs' ..,, "ie N "o,U Cs9 SUM y. you, p,o'
PIC, s"'u IN eN'Oohieuerate' VINO
made bugle talk. There was one
bugler with cavalry regiment of Sher.
mans advance column that had n way
of making his bugle oivo a sor, or IN
,,,,a., IL, os,a. eS -, 80 " a
!, cNui'an' wnooP ai'e, he wouiu give
The regular call or order, and we OF the
rear guard on the other side heard that
SO often that IL became as familiar nj.
mos, os n cradle song On ono oeco.
sion in 1854 n lot of us en,ered n stai.
sort Confederate neiobborbood We
had been there before and hod fornd
entbusjastic In our s,,nnor,
when yc cnme In thia ,i,no w IA
grocorv' @ 'keener trcoted ma ii,t,e rooiiw
1soch 9ne II us had FROM t,vor,,, -
fiftv Thousand doIlors in Conredsyoto w
and we decided To make n oood
many nnrchoses We bomaht freeo,n feoT'
mit when we came to nav for The nrii,
clos ,he old gentleman informed nc That
he would take nothing hut Gold silver
or or creenbacks This Was u. gosoJ sc ev,donne Iv
10 us that the Confederacy was on its
Inst legs. We tried 10 orp,,o tho old
fellow out of Il, but Il was ALWAYS
gold, silver or greenbacks. We retired
for consultation, and finally deter
mined TO pronounce MIN q traitor to
W. W. eausv onno,nrod % o,,r ,,,ru a h'S tn'ng;
offered 10 make pavmept nj bigh hi % nriccs a
in Confederate money for whatever we
appropriated His reply was that he
would take nothing put gold, silver or
Ssoo,o oo'N w. af fo,md md or prSIocttu ,T 10 con-
his grocery surface Indications % Of n n
buried treasure, and digging down we
unearthed quite number of hams.
we were IN the act OF parceling these
QUITO the men NJ sou ham, when
thcre came upon our ears the sound OF
our lanKee TREND with the bugle.
Alter ne hau sounded tnc regulauon
cal nc gave the playful, exultant
whoop ieak o. we cropped Ihe
mans ana broke 1or the WOODS. Inc
worst OF IL was we le1t all our Confed.
craze money piled up on tne taole, anu
we judged Dy lhc way that the OLD rel.
low maze MS bugle Jingle that night
that ne mad inc most OF 1t In his
pocket.
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"Mr. Cleveland knows us all by
name" said one of the employees Of the
White House TO the corresnondent of
,ho Ird;oronol;s I,,,rno1 ..ond 10
'no r',,e pms oo%, ""', ""u .o
never iaiis 10 speak When ne comes IN
contact with us. lie seems to be fond
of talking to the servants, too. There
Is nothing hauchty about him when he
a. o,rou fror, tho orowdU - an ro,,
- """y o 'A 80" -, ~ 9ou
mean 10 say he Is harsh when nc Is
conducting public business :" "Well,
not that, hardly" replied the messen.
ger. "but he some times gets nrettv
much out of patience. A man who
waits upon Mr.. cleveland in his office
told me that the President talks
awfullv. sometimes. to the people who
cnll TO see him. He rets out of M.
tience. don't We know and he first tells
them he's through, and they can 20.
Oh, you'd be surprised to know how
MANY men are ordered ont of the
White House by the President. A lot
of them are told to get out. Thev are
men who come in and try to argue with
the President. Now. he won't hermit
that. When he tells a person that he
will or he won't do thing he exnects
that to be sufficient. and 1t makes him
mad TO have any one contend or argue
with him" dIt is really amusing"
said a gentleman who often calls
upon the President. "to see him shut
Off a man or lot of men who are be,
fore him for favor. We'll, gentle
men, | understand what YOU want and
am conversant with the subject YOU
present. 1t only remains for me to
think of the matter, see some of nv
subordinates and make an answer.
You couldn't help the case If YOU re.
mained here a week and talked I
heard him say to a delegation one day.
Then he looked up and said good day
anu gave ms nl.eI.ion 10 sometning
on % ntticn'soeior % nos nrging w%j p BIC c,aima u
for place in the Diplomatic Service,
lie had made fair presentation and
favorable Impression. but he wouldn't
90. ne fingered ana seemed 70 DC de-
NJ I r,ouo,oua W. eMdus ho ALL, piuusp sS,oruod not,i
with gravity: This kind Of work
takes most Of my time Tho fellow
didn't take the hint. Then the Presi-
dent made another observation, after a
pause: You have said all that can be
said in this matter, and YOU cannot get
an answer until / have talked to Mr..
Bayard.' Still the man fingered, and
said good things about himself. Di.
rectly Mr.. Cleveland took the bit in his
mouth. i always make 1t rule said
he, to inquire about applicants for of
| flee, and to inquire of the best citizens
| of the locality the applicant halls from.
| The more an applicant saws of himself
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