New-York tribune., 1886-01-05
SENATOR RANSOMS APPOINTMENTS.
A STORY WHICH MADE THE PRESIDENT
LAUGH-GOSSIP FROM TIE CAPITAL.

LAUGH-GOSSIP FROM THE CAPITAL.
tFEoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBCNE.I J
WASHINGTON, Jan. a Senator Ransom has
been more fortunate than most OF his col
leagues in securing places for his political
friends. lie being congratulated upon this fact
the other night by Senator's Hampton and Voorhees,,
and North Carolina 1rien6, they were discussing
in melancholy strains the difficulty of filing Offices
without violating the Civil Service law. Senator
Ransom sweety remarked that in of the appoint
ment secured by him had there been the least inirac-
ton Of either the spirit letter of the act Every one
of hi, meu was aDle competent end model of polite
ness. The company looked little doubtful at first,
but the North Carolina friend ehimtd in promptly {;
T That's true gentleman that's true every wora OF It,
Why, saw ons of Ransouls only ths other day,
IN Internal Revenue collector who had discovered one
of his chums running an illicit still lie said to him,
Now Jim Cleveland told TO say to you this Is all
right but as n favor TO him he would like YOU to move
this still little further back in the mountains where
the s;noke cannot be se"n from the road. senator
Voorhees, thought this good that the next day
when he called at the White House he told it to the
Presic ent enjoyed it greatly. Indeed be is said
to have declared aferward that he hsd not laughed so
heartily since he had come to Washington.
One of the incidents Of tho White House reception on
New Years day was the arrival arm in arm of Civil Ser
vice commissioners Edgerlou
the Red Room az the band struck up selections
from Mikado" and they shook hands with tbs Presi
dent to the Of Tie is the lord high oxecutonef
Could apt illustration OF the eternal htress OF
things be asinedi
"De Campo drank again" s the head line oil para
graph which rppcarc yesterday morning Ia thc loca pa
psrs That line might sake of convenience be Kept
standing in the d.erent newspaper 0lces Tor the toSl
larty with which e festive foreigner goes on spree
and makes public exhibition o himself Is truly remark
able You Iomeuoer perhaps thi 5enIr ,i Do1i W hre
Del Campo is the Secretary OF the Gillian leEah mere
His immediate superior the Minister Is OUT OF loWh,
is the attacc NJ the legation In ther aDsenGe
Del Campo discharges the duties, OF more correct!
81 cakIng fails discharge the dItles OF MIhlaicr'
Srcreary and ataehe. For this reason some wds mas
called him diplomatic POOLE Bdh; but mis-, or course
Is slanicr for whatereNcr may DO on recoru 'S'Hst
IO0h- Iidh he has been accused, pci4"'o,, o
getting drunk and going periodical sprees TINS
lime Del CAMPO gave his perform ance IN 'front.' o lu'
theatre COmiquc lie g1t into trouble on thc
with Il hystander unknown 10 hin, ana rrsuianI! iOI
tLe puruose OF enforcing argument placed MS eye
against fist OF the aforesaid strdn tcr For nDch
or so tao Chlian youth nunb1r ol stars not put
do yn ou any of tins Astronomical maps OF the present
day whether he mist0Ok the brass buttons Df police
man lust farming then Tor licaNeiY luhh'
aries or not, [ am unable 10 say. Al any tate nc
staggered n carriage before the guardian OF the
threats against the iAh0spitay aud unreas0naneheS'
OF the natives TtiNug seriously, Is II not hboht us
that Mr. Bayard pucxed up courage eIOllh 70 dclhau
tne recall Of this IcrsOn THIS Is the hith llht,
believe within the last year that Del Campo has as
craced himself IN pnhlic IN similar manner Ihe PhCo
a. first used arrest him; but rs Del campo claneu
immunity from arrest By reason or bls Oncll postum
and became abusive the bargain whSn the police trleu
tC quiet cm send hun 10 his quarters IN rs g"hte
manner as tine circumstances would allow. they nave
loug since given up the jon Ohless "ne VI tn. m
natives " gives him "a black eye or soou VI
Del Campo goes FREQ every time he INDUCES In
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