The Washington critic., 1886-03-25
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A State that contains nearly two mil
lions of people, that is erecting q mil
lion-dollar capitol, and that is alto.
gether forehanded and prosperous,
says the Atlanta Constitution, should
pay its chief officer more than SO, ,000
California is not populous State, and
yet itpays Its governor $4,000 year.
Little Nevada pays $4,000. Florida
and Arkansas and South Carolina and
Mississippi and Louisiana each pay
more than Georgia does. In Virginia
the governor is paid $4,000 a year; In
Illinois, $4,000, and in Pennsylvania
$4,000. The salary in this State Is be.
low the average, and IL the Office is to
remain open to all aspirants, Il the
people are to have the right to choose
the very best man, the Legislature
should gently boost the gubernatorial
pay up to at least $4,000.
w.
Ben Butler Is here again at Washing
ton looking about the same as he has
looked for the last twenty years, says
Carp of the Cleveland Leader. His
left eye has the same peculiar twist to
| it, and there are no more crows feet
around it than there were when Butler
was here in Congress. / understand
that General Butler is about to start
out on new departure which will
bring him again prominently before
| the country. He is one of those fellows
who are nothing If not different from
the majority of humanity, and he has
an appetite ornotoriety which nothing
will satisfy. His campaigns for various
| offices, in many of which he knew at
the start that he had no chance of sue.
cess, have cost him large fortunes. His
| gubcrnatorial campaigns cost Butler,
| friend OF him told me, $780,
600 apiece, and his outlay
during the last Presidential canvass
| was such that he had to mortgage
his big stone house on the
hill near the Capitol for ninety
thousand dollars, to get the
ready money needed. Notwithstand-
ing this no one knows whether Butler
is rich or poor Some of his acquaint.
ances will tell you he is worth half
dozen millions, and others will say 1t Is
question whether he is worth as many
hundred thousands. / happen to know
that he has large amount of mining
and other lands scattered here and
there over the country, and l can as.
sure any person who may hold paper
against him that they may consider it
gilt edged, and that Butler makes
enough at his law practice to satisfy
the ordinary debts common to human.
ity. He makes, am told, all the way
from fifty thousand year and upwards
at the law, and / doubt not great
many cases which he tries before the
Supreme Court here, pay him as big q
fee as the salary of Cabinet Minister.
Nv
Hamilton Fish, who was Grants
Secretary of State, told "Gath" the
other day that he considered the recent
address on General Grant by General
George A. Sheridan of Louisiana the
finest grafton he had ever listened to of
that kind. The politicians who have
known Sheridan are never tired of tell.
ing stories about him. "Gath" has
just heard from one Mahlon Chance,
| lOiihciiy Va Ouio' OuClluuu Wuo
stumping in Ohio and had an appoint
ment at Union City. The town is on
the line between Ohio and Indiana. 1t
is the place where few years ago a
stringent liquor law was enacted under
the Ohio law, whereupon the saloons
all moved across the line into Indiana
and deiled the enforcement of the law.
When Sheridan stood up before his
audience it was after most embaf-
RAISING introduction. The old gentle.
man who was presiding had stated
that the audience was gathered in
expectation Of hearing General Phil
Sheridan, and would be much disap-
pointed that another Sheridan was to
be their orator, but he hoped they
would be edited and instructed. Sheri-
dan began his speech about in this
strain: II feel deeply, fellow citizens,
the fact that you have been disap-
pointed in the orator you expected to
see here to night. can feel deeply for
you, because /, myself, am also disap-
pointed in coming to this place. When
l looked over the list of appointments
the other day, handed me by the State
Committee, and saw the high-sound
ing name of Union City l imme.
diatcly congratulated myself. The
committee, l feel certain, desired
to do me honor in sending me to q
great city But imagine my surprise
and disappointment on arriving here
to-day, my bosom swelling with antic
ipatory pride, to find miserable little
hamlet, so mean and struggling tha
neither Indiana or Ohio is willing tC
claim the whole Of II, and SO penuriou'
that you have to 60 across the State
line from Ohio to get drink OF
whisky. Gentlemen, ii you have beer
disappointed so have l, and / guess W.
will begin quits"
~
Senator Don Cameron has returned
from his little trip to the southwark
says the Pittsburg Times correspond
ent, aud his wife is just regaining he
, health, and with 1t her beauty, ono
more. They have been hidden ava.
this winter in little furnished hous
on Nineteenth street, but next winter
If all fares well, will furnish and opel
up the old Taylor mansion, on Lafay
ette Square, of which Senator Camero
, has lately become the owner. 1t is a
0 odd, roomy, old-fashioned house, an
5 under Mrs. Cameron's directions 1t ca,
9 be made most tasteful and attractiv
l place Its central location will max
, it naturally center, and by next win
ter political lines and convention specu
lations will be close enough to call tn
clansmen together again. For thi
= winter Cameron has been quiet an
r inert, occupied most with the consider
! alton of his own health and privat
). affairs Another year will see
n change.