The Washington critic., 1886-11-29


The meeting between them was quite
affecting. They embraced entbusias
tlcally, and, retiring to the cloak
rooms, renewed their youth over sun-
dry bottles of apollinaris. Grain ob.
served at the close: ut Is true th At all
roads lead to Rome" Jack Adams,
the intelligent Representative from the
Seventh District, was also employed at
Claflin's at the same time as Mahoney
a~s
While Senator Morrill, was walking
up and down the corridors Of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other day, says n
gossipper in yesterdays Tribune, q
we'll known New York politician who
belonged to the old stalwart element
said to me : II never see Morrill, but
that IL calls to mind an incident of 1880.
Morrill, had been opposed to the plans
of Conkling and Cameron and Logan
at Chicago. After the convention was
over he called on Senator Conkling,
who received him somewhat coolly
and inquired What can | do for
you, Mr.. Morrill, The Senator from
Vermont explained that he did not
come to ask for any favors, but merely
to pay personal visit to Mr.. Conkling.
Il should think, said Senator Conkling
brusquely, that you would feel highly
gratified at the success of your cndeavor
TO break down Cornell and Arthur in
New York. Mr.. Cornell will be Gov
ernor and Mr.. Arthur will be Vice.
President. Good day, Mr.. Morrill,"
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The death Of Millionaire Palms of
Detroit calls temporarily attention
again to the vagarics of Senator Jones
of Florida, aud the latest accounts
says correspondent of the New York
Tribune, represent him as continuing
TO promenade the streets in the neigh
borhood Of the Palms mansion, evi-
dently disincinei to raise the siege.
The young woman in the case is
sincerely TO be pitied. A Detroit
| special TO the Galveston N6lcs, how
ever, says that lie is turning his atten.
tion to the pretty shop girls, of whom
so many arc TO be seen early in the
morning on Woodward avenue. Shortly
after z O'Clock clusters of pretty faces
| drop from the street cars aud glide
smiling and chatting along the avenue
on their way to work. The appearance
of Senator Jones at this time Is, of
course, purely accidental lie finds
himself, as it were, surrounded by
groups of laughing, rosy checked
girls. The Senator has become familiar
TO the girls. AT first he was the centre
| of attraction, but the novelty of q
| United States Senator on dress parade
has worn down to sly attempt
ON the part Of the amazons Of the yard
stick to prolong Irritation from morn.
ing to morning. Little schemes are de-.
vised to attract the attention of the
august pedestrian. On recent morn.
ing number of girls came down the
avenue, company front, with locked
arms, making line which extended
from the building to the curb. They
met the Senator, as usual, where the
girls were the thickest, and, nearly ex-
ploding with suppressed laughter, were
about TO close around him, when he ran
his eyes over their saucy faces, took in
the situation at glance, and, with a
smile and bow, raised his hat and
walked around the line into the street
One morning the Senatorial ear was
Jared by the exclamation: "Ah, there
Senator Give us lock of your hair?'
Some of the girls dislike the Washing
ton fugitive, and the Senatorial dignity
is sometimes severely shocked in conse
quence. ooh, girls, know we're
late, said dashing brunette to hel
companions one morning "No, were
not" replied one. There's old Jones. >