Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-30

then Ia the division Of accounts To- la
mailed to the pension agent who il to pay
the claim and another note must L. sent ~
tell the agent that there i money placed to
ms account here for the payment of the
rlaim. This is the proCr-s through which
every claim for pension must 20 through
whether It h. forfl a month, for the shooting
pff of the end IF "A little finger, or for Slob a
week. As III the case Of the wives OF the dead
presidents. II Is easy 10 see that 1t would he
impossible TO ieiruud the government, eX
pit in the a luw.nE Of the claim The leaks
of the treasury are not in the department,
tut in congress. 1t would take IA smart
clerk indeed to steal any money from Uncle
Sam, hut the law gives congress power 10
vote away anv >ucI sums as il deems good ::
and congress, in its hurried, slip,hod way of
leElslatinC, votes away millions without
knowing where they 90
The president is very close mou led in
relation to his com NJ marriag, He has
said nothing at all about it 10 anv CORE
Spnndent, AMI all interviews which have
b,en published with him on the sub iect are
fictitious 1t is generally believed here that
the marriage will take place in June But
| don't think this at all prohlblc President
Cleveland will have no time u bother with
matrimOnv before congress a ijrurnS. and he
will not IL. foolish enough to begin his honey
moon during the last days Of the session
The most sensible time for it would he Just
before he goes off for his summer vacation
in July, and II is likely that the ceremony
will be held in the White House. and not in
Mrs Whitneys big ball room nor at
Holland Patent, as has been suggested So
far no praSid mt has been married in the
White House, AMI Cl vcllni will naturally
have some ambition tn make him
self and his wife noted ia this re-
gard A. for -panilnG the honeymoon in
Washington in the summer. thr id "A would
seem ridiculous, without indeed the prrSi-
dent moved out tn the Soldier, Home where
there is a very pleasant cottrE" ready for
him in among the trees. 'hr Whit" House
i hv no means pleasant TO live in 1t is a
treat hotel with none Of a hotels privacy.
Tne president has only half n dozen rooms
that he can call his own. Both himself ani
his wife are bothered with visitors all day
long. and a more go>siping set than these
people Of Washington nnver existed From
early in the morning till late a; night thrre
Is no quiet G N. Sherman call,sl tn" place
the other nam for haies, and he had ahout
a. clos, an association with it a. men can
meant iIn, the pre,id mt Is looking remark
ably well. and i, apparently free from tn
ordinary ups and downs Of a matrimoniil
engagement.
Stanley Matthews is to be married -
Ms TIcaker, and this will add another
accomplished woman to the sociGl circle of
the supreme court | saw Judge Matthews
in church Yesterday He came in, with
his two grown daughters following him,
and | noted that both of the girls We're
dressed in deep mourning The first Mrs
Matthews died on Jan. - lSSA She was a
very accomplished womln, and was Henry
Watterson's aunt When WatterSon came
north after the war was over, he was down
at the hee and Out of position and money.
He went to his aunt, Mrs Matthews, and |
think it was Stanley Matthews who got him
a position on one of the Cincinnati papers
from whence he drifted to Tennessee and
then TO l. L,uisville and The Courier Journal.
Stanley Matthews is over o. He has fine
soft hair, of a rather reddish gray, and his
head is slightly bald just over the forehead
He has a sandy beard. with silver threads
among the gold, and his complexion is fair.
He dresses very Well, stand and walks very
straight, and weighs abnut l1j pounds
which is very light weight indeed for a
supreme judge He owns a magnificent
house here and il considered v-ry we'll to do
indeed His fan 81, Mrs Thcaker, is also
said to he wealthy. She is h"autiful and
accomplished, and the match appears to be a
good one
Another lover among the statesmen is eX
Governor Long. of Ma ,Sa chuSettS and Long
Is also a widower with grown dauGh-
ters He is 10 marry school teacher, AMI
he met his sweetheart, it Is SAID VIII le put
ting his daughters to school Gov ernor
Long is now 4S years old, bat he looks
younger He is short rotund and we'll
made. with a fine, lsrge head, regularly
shaped, and pair of bright, blue eyes. His
forehead is iyh, his nose straight, his under
jaw very strong. HIS hair Is blonde and
fine He wears it carefully combed and
parts il in the middle. He has "A fine blonde
mustache His tailor is COOL one and he
is always well dressed. He is a man of
brains and culture and something of a poet
His amusement is literaturn; his husin -
politics He Published in 1879 mrtriral
translation of the f reid, AMI he has written
many fine ESSAYS for periodicals H.
is a diplomat As well a politician, and is T.
one of the most popular men in con
gress. He gainei considerable distinction by
his Ol EStilhtih Ellllllltl~ ut the
Chicago convention. and he never talks here
without having listeners. He is a Maine
man originally, but all his success ha, becn
in Massachusetts, where he was educated, and
where he began the practice of the law
Governor Longs first wife died five or six
years ago, and | understand that she left a .
large fortune to her two girls, giving Long
the income. This income, gossip says. ranges .
l.,ttr 10 NJ ha
Justice and that of the president The money
is well invested in bonds and mortgages and
the z vernon has nothing to do but to draw
his check for it. Governor Long is in excel .
lent health He is IA candidate for the
United States senate from Massachusetts,, Z
and he Is Of that cIas, of man who may he
called av ailable for any position. H has no
bad points, and lots of good IS and 1t is
not among the mpos ,ihilities but that, at
some time in the future, another school
teacher may be laty of the White House,
and that her nam, may be Mrs John ID
Long. the Second.
Gen John Tyler, Jr., the son of President
Tyler, has good deal Of the ind pendence
of his father. Not long ago the editor of
The Century Magaz he wrote him asking
him if he would Lot prepare for them an
article descrip i've of certain of the battles
in which he had been engaged in the Con-
federate service. At the close of one of these
battles Gen Tyler, fired with the feeling Of
the hour, had p nned description of it
He had never allowed il to be published. /
and when he received this letter he bun
died it up and sent it on TO The Century
A few days after this he received letter |
from the editor of the magazine saying that
they found the article i'll every way &C
cep:ahle, save that its sentiments were here
and there little too radically expressed to
suit snme of the nnrt hern ranlrrS They in !