Savannah morning news., 1886-02-08
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Social and Political stories Sensational
and Otherwise.

anu OJhorWIses
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5.-A very wicked
Senator has been telling case-hsrdened
correspondent OF the Scranton Republican
a most distressful story about tine late
Vice President Hendricks and ''Objector"
Holman. The two were out canvassing.
and were thrown together Immediately
after public meeting. Now Holman is a
great tobacco-chewer, and chews the very
best fne-cut. His jaws are going all the
time in the House, and the tObacco-saliYa
always dec0rates the corners of his pic
turesque mouth. In the canvass, how
ever, he carried different sort OF tobacco
TO give away, for, though on pleasure
bent, he had a frugal mind. Old twist
was good enough for his cOnstitu-
ents. Several of these were
around one day when Mr.. Hen
bricks asked Holman for a chew of
tobacco. AS Holman had just handed
around the twist he couldn't help but pass
it to Mr.. Hendricks under the circum-
stances. "No," said Mr.. Hendricks, with
sly twinkle In his eye, 81 don't want
that. l want some OF that you chew
yourself"
FEW DAYS AGO A WASHINGTON
doctor, handsome, strong, and Of great
promise, was called TO attend a lady in
carriage at his door. Receiving no an
sWer 10 his greeting TO the patient, he
thought she had tainted. He stepped into
her coupe and found her already a corpse.
He drove by the side OF the dead woman
to her house and thence to the hospital,
where he was expected to participate in
meeting OF the managers. Apologlzing
to his colleagues for his lateness, he re-
lated his ghastly experience. Then re-
marking, 81 feel FAINT he fell, struck
dead Dy paralysis.
CLEvELAND's OPPONENT FOR SHERIFF.
There sits in Congress a man who once
ran against Grover Cleveland for the post
OF Sheriff OF Erie county, New York, and,
although beaten by him at the time, he
filed his uneXpired term, and is now
member OF Congress. The member is
John b. Weber, OF Buffalo. He is a small
man, with q pleasant face, and quick,
active step and manner. He is q Repub-
lican, but that does not prevent him from
being on good terms with President CleVe-
land. soon after Mr.. Weber came here
this winter, he called at the White House,
and iokIngly remarked to Mr.. Cleveland:
''YOu see | am following you. First you
beat me for Sheriff; / fell into your shoes
when you became Mayor. Look out, per-
haps the same good luck may follow me
now that am here with you in Washing
ton" The President smiled and said: 81
am watching you, never fear"
NEW ENGLAND MUGWUMP
who has been ia town the past week says
that Mr.. Edmunds' sly effort to pick n
night with the administration is for the
purpose Of pleasing the Mugwumps. The
Vermont Senator regards himself as the
connecting link between the Republican
party and the Independents. He wants
TO demonstrate to the latter that the Presi-
dent has violated his civil service reform
pledges, and at the same time TO show that
he himself stands on the MVgwump plat
form of permanent tenure of office.
MIR. Edmunds is the Republican Mug
wump candidate for President ia 1888, and
be is going to have his civil service record
bullet proof, He is, therefore, the most
aggressive of all the sssailants of the ad-
ministratiOn.
John Sherman and other Republican
candidates for President are rot much in
sympathy with Mr.. Edmunds' movement.
They evidently detect his purpose, and
will thwart it if he goes too far.
G.. Frisbie HOar mas been watching the
Edmunds boom, too, and his efforts in
executive session GU Monday and Tues
day to take from Edmunds' Committee
the controversy with Attorney General
Garland and send II TO bis own commit
tee showed that the Worcester candidate
was awake TO the situation. There will
be some cross-iring in the Republican
ranks before many days.