New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-15
Az. Want Of sleep is what troubles him
SENATOR BOUEYS VARIED CAREER.
MR.. BAYARD AS AN "INNOCUOUS DESuE.
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| WASHINGTON, March Ex-senator Bowen, OF
Color,do who made long speech on the silver question
I'm the Senate the other day. is fair representative OF
the energy and persistence which arethe distinguishing
qualities OF the Western politician HIS career mas been
! a varied one. la Iowa he was lawyer III NcDrasha
and Kansas soldier. in Arkansas Justice Of the SUI
| preme Court, in Idaho a Governor, In colorado a
Judge member of the Legislature and Spectator in
mining property. He finds himself today, at the age Of
hfy-one member OF the United States Senate, ana one
o. the youngest OF that distinguished body Inc
ups and downs he has are said TO be many
lie has made and lost three four fortunes on des-
perae IN Wall Street and on more desperate
mines nwestern mountains lie has known tho pangs OF
actual neei and enjoyed the uxuries which an unm-
tied supply OF money can procure. He IS spoiled Dy
nether In appearance he suggests the clergyman so
quiet, sedate aud rreproachaje are his dress ana de-
His features clear ct regular and strong
Around the lines Of his mouth there seems to play
half-suppress smile suggestive OF keen appreela
ton OF the ludcrous, and such indeed is the rae"
Tom As he sometimes called by his friends, Is one
of the best stOcyeers. To hear him relate some OF us
personal experiences incident OF the mining camp
perhaps in the life of politician III the
Far West is indeed His only rival in the senate
in this respect is Jones. of Nevada
The Presidents of the preston innocuous des
uctude" gives rise the suspicion that he has trieI 10
initiate the style Of his secretary OF state In his letter
Cheng Tsao Ju the Chinese Minister in Washington
recently published. Mr. Bayard makes use Of the follow
ing language: 1.-THE treaty OF 1850 Is absolutely
unila,cral Passing .from the question Of
reciprocity whether in its sentimental or contract
ual aspects. In the treaty 81 leGS the
United States tor the fret time established treaty
right the heretofore cOnsuetudinary privilege.
Trial j. denied residential causes" and on. It is
doubtful whether anybody, except Mr. Bayard, ever
Ia 4pd Of Suph as
Mr. Edmunds says. this is the "age OF REFORM and re-
form may even extend to the dictionary.
In the deD6;e the Educational hill the other day
rather unpleasant passage at words occurred between
two distinguished southern Senator's, Mr. George, Of
Mississippi, and Mr. Morgan, Of Alabama. Both used
language which cannot be characterized as other than
Extensively personal OF the two Mr.. George
was the greater offender, doubt, al
though Mr Morgan scarcely Kept his temper as
he ought To have done. 1t is not too much to say am
told on eminent authority That htd tins dialogue Oc
Cured between two southern senators IN au'e- Oru
days serious consequences could scarcely nave bteh
avoided Inc speech Of Mr. George into which the colo,
guy nteriecGed, did not appear In The CogrtSS."
Hcc0rd until Tuesday morning. ana the official
Ii IS said. however, that the relations between The
two Senators somewhat strained in consequence
30 ia no. aycsd m satte ~. difruIty onf,iie the
limit, OF the District in lie approved fashion
road ybere if either Of them fell the Pan
Electric poet Rogers might FLY he called upon by the
sur, ivor to commemorate the Incident Il few
huudrcd sianzas more OF less.
The little uupeasAntness between Messrs. George and
Morgan Is not tho only instance where the iratcrna re-
lauons arc wanting on the Democratic sde OF me sen
ate. There arc severa! other gentlemen Oh that Hde
who by Of encounters in cancs or on the moor OF
the senate have no other intercourse than that Of the
most formal character
The body of Mrs. Benjamin Harris Brewster. wife
President Arthur's Attorney General, was buried to-
day in Oak Hill Cemetery. IL seems only yesterday that
she was the OF social life the capital admired
esteemed by everybody brought into contact with
her. She descendant Of Benjamin Franklin and
the daughter of Robert Walker who had been Sena
tor Cabinet Minister and Territorial Governor in his
day. Her first marriage. made while she was still girl
turned out to be unhappy one. divorce was
the result To support her children she APP
Piled for and obtained through General Grant
a position the Treasury Department. 1t
here that Mr.. Brewster then prac.icng attorney
eral OF the United states her. Ho struck by
her beauty and the athOs OF her situation He proposed
by her first marriage and gave them their start life.
She. returning to life OF elegance and fashion to which
she had been accustomed in her youth became at
"a, 800 Presitat Ca5et NE frdnsfTred er
popularity Washington. 4 short trip to Europe last
year did not recupeiate the strength Of constitution
sapped by the burdens OF semoicia duties per
formed while living here
The Joint Committee on the Library has purchased
Mrs Fassetts picture of the Electoral Commits
sion for $4,000 This is extravagant
price. 1t has artistic merit and value a coec
Washington. its owners trying in vain TO ind pur-
chaser induce Congress to make appropriation
it, II has undergone the strangcst ycls5tudes barely
escaping at one time being seized by the
sheriff satisfaction of some Judgment For
months it kept In hiding out of reach or The officers
the law Last 1t again made its Appearance be-
ing exhibited for short time in the supreme Court
Chamber. and then again in some committee and
finally the gallery OF local dealer IL would puzzle
people who have the picture TO find
a reason why 1t should ever have beer pur-
chased by Congress, it not for the collection
Of aintngs an,. works of art-heaVen the mark
of which the Governmeu; finds itself already the pos
The appointment of the coored James c.
Matthews be Recorder of Deeds a bitter pill for Tie
local po clans to swallow Their organs all decry it.
Defeat the nomination OF the ctrpetbagger excaims
The Repc, and prints the words in conspicuous type
In different places every page OF its issue. |
Let the President withdraw this nomination." de- |
mands The Post and It adds: D." We say the
of rfictng the cOlOred Democratic leader OF New
York upon the political cripple known the District OF
Columbia not worthy OF the reputation for admmiSra
tive courage which M Cleveland has in many other
spects fairly earned. The poor District crippled
fTanchsemcpt, must sufe-, hut II cannot resent"