The Washington critic., 1886-02-24

ono secretary of legation, two consuls;
Kentucky, three ministers resident, onG
consul general; Louisiana, two minis
ters resident one secretary OF legation,
one consul; Maine, five consus. Mary.
land, one minister, two secretario, OF
of legations, one consul. general, two
consuls; Massachusetts, three consuls;
Michigan, one minister, one consul;
Minnesota, one consul; Mississippi;
two consuls; Missouri. one consul
general four consuls; Nebraska,
none; Nevada, one minister resident;
dent; New Hampshire, one consul;
New Jersey, one minister resident,
four consuls; New York, two ministers.
one minister resident, three secretaries
of legation, one consul general four
teen consuls; North Carolina, one min
lister, one minister resident, three con
suls; Ohio, two ministers, two consuls.
general and four consuls; Oregon, one
consul. gcneral Pennsylvania, two
secretaries of legation, three consuls
Rhode Island, one minister residents
South Carolina, two secretaries of lega-
tion, three consuls, one consul. general,
one charge d affairs; Tennessee, three
consuls; Texas, one minister resi- lent,
one secretary of legation, three consuls,
one agent and consul-general; Yer
mont, one minister; Virginia, two min.
listers, one consul; West Virginia, one
consul; Wisconsin, one minister resi-
dent, one consul.
Taking IL the year round, says Jules
Guthridge in the Chicago Nep', Gen
eral Logans mail is probably the
largest of any member in either branch
of Congress. 1t frequently exceeds
two hundred day and seldom falls
below one hundred and fifty. People
write to him on every conceivable sub
ject. Many of the letters promise him
the writer's support for the Presidency
if he will consent to become candi.
date in 1888. Old soldiers write for
information regarding applications for
pensions and ask him, as the known
friend Of the soldier, to give their
claim his personal attention. About
10 per cent. of the Generals mail con
tain requests for pecunlary assistance.
| am told that the aggregate of these
requests amounts each week to the
sum total of the Generals yearly
salary. Senator Stamford of Cali
fornia probably receives more of this
class of letters than any person in
Washington. His secretary showed
me letter this morning signed with
| the full name and address of lady re-
siding in Chicago. The writer stated
that rs Mrs. Stanford was now
in mourning she could not
make better use of her ball dresses
and gowns of similar description than
by sending them to her. 81 belong"
| she continued, "to that gcnteelly poor
class who are compelled to present an
| appearance out of all proportion to
their limited incomes. BY complying
| even partially with my request you will
| greatly oblige," etc. Another means
| of securing assistance from Mr.. Stan.
ford is practiced quite extensively by
the widows of deceased army and navy
| officers. This is to secure an audience
and ask the Senator to advance money
on the dead husbands sword, or his
uniform, or some other unnecessary
article belonging to his effects. The
simple statement that such things are
useless to him is usually followed by n
| flood of tears and the recital of some
well-worn story of poverty and mis-
fortune. In such cases the Senator di
rects his secretary to make his visitor q
present of few dollars and show her
the door. There Is now q standing
order at the Stanford mansion that no
unknown woman shall have an inter
view with the Senator without first
stating her business to one Of his sub
| Ordinntes