The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1886-05-19

sion set or eT-bneuS IhaO "Nuh' s'A
twist ont of d eorkscrew He is now
Christian and an humble one, and If he does
opt off = word in his excitement which be
gins with a big D it is slip of the tongue
and he is sorry for it afterward- He swears
on such occasion as the vulgar swear Inelr
profanity comes from paucity OF meta
phor and adjective. They have not the
Anglo Saxon at the moment to express their
feeling, and profanity supplies their want.
Iogan is a very brave man. l remember
once being in party with him in which a
nerson said he should think an uneonverted
man would fear to go forth to battle, where
upon Logan replied: The man VINO IS AFRAID
to ,,n 10 h when his duty demands 1t IS
cowarG! logan is good story teller ana a
good fellow lie imr:tsri upon acquaint-
ance. and he has c'c t'eal more brains
than many people give li,;:' e: '!is ier.
GStephen A. Douglas nlish have hal the
Democratic nomination for ti p;Ns. si:y in
1856 over James Buchanan" 50 s:;d Mi.
Charles F. Button, the confdentEt trend
and relative Of Mr.. Douglas, to me moi NJ
400 al was Mt the Cincinnati convei;h'n
which nominated Buchanan, and / held IL M
nocket a letter from Douglas which was 10
give To the convention withdrawing ti,
name of Mr. Douglas in favor of Buchanan.
If at anv time it should seem to be for te
best interest Of the party that he should Ike
nominated. found at Cincinnati that he
sentiment was generally in favor Of Douglas,
though his following was not organized ald
it had not been worked up by wire pulling
and other political methods The support
of Buchanan was of a different nature, and
fhe men who were pushing him did every
thing they could to gain votes. Irenemb..r
7 was stopping at the Burnett house, whore
also were Isaiah Rynders and others of he
buchanan leaders The night before the
nomination these men asked me to GONE
down to the saloon in the basement OF the
hotel went with them, and they
showed me there scattered upon the
floor great piles of gold and what
was then very large amount of money.
"Here gentlemen" said they, "is cur cam
paign fund. We have 100000 here to elect
Buchanan PRESIDENT Now you are for
Douglas. But Douglas is young and cal
wait This is the last chance old Buck can
hope to have Don't throw him overi Jo
with us and nominate him, and four yeas
from now we will give you our solid vo
and hearty support for the little giant cf
illinois.
The morning of the nomination a lettcr
was put into my hands from Douglas, in
structing me to read it to the convention
after the first ballot 1t was that letter.
which secured Buchanan's nomination. tn"
first ballot gave him bare majority of tn
votes cast. AMI he had to have two-thirds
With Douglas in the field he could never
have been nominated, and 1 am confident
hat the nomination of Stephen A. DouglaS
would have been secured Nevertheless,
Buchanan was hardly in the presidential
chair before he began to plot against Doug
las He tried to prevent his reelection to
the senate and his secret agents were work
ing against Douglas during that great sena-
torial campaign against Lincoln. The Lin
coin Douglas senatorial campaign was very
expensive one 1t cost Douglas 500, 600 and
Lincoln spent about $4,000.
Tom Reed, of Maine, tells me that the
present session of congress will end without
doing anything else but passing the appro-
priation bills. Said he:
"If the Democratic house intended to do
anything we would be kept here far into the
summer, but ii is easy to see that they win
do nothing. They will talk and talk and
then pass the appropriation bills and adjourn.
The Republicans have given them chance
to make a good record. They have not
clogged legislation by factious opposition as
the Democrats always did when they we're
in the minority. They have not tried to pro-
tract the session, and they win not. The
tariff bill will come up probably about the
middle of May, and if any discussion is al
lowed at all much time will be consumed,
and do not see how we can adjourn before
July l, or for some time later" Mr.. Reed
says that the present congress is fair aver
age representation Of the people. He thinks
that congress Is always up to the people and
when the people grow better congress win
improve in the same proportion
Senator Manderson tells me that the high
The saloons pay license Of 81 600 apiece
yearly. and this money is turned into the
school fund There are 100 saloons in Omaha,
and they pay S160,OO0 every year towards
the schools Before this law was enacted
there were a largo number of groggeries and
other saloons in Omaha. The law at once
reduced the number to so. and increased the
saloon tax TO $50, ,000 Omaha has grown
very rapidly, from IS 900 in 1880, to 65,0O0,
and more, now; and the saloons have doubled
with the population, so that there are now
100 Senator Manderson says Nebraska is
growing like green bay tree, and that It's
population and wealth is increasing in all
parts of the state
saw Secretary Bayard and his daughter
walking together in McPhersoDs square yes
terday. Both were in deep mourning Miss
Bayard was clothed in black, and even her
parasol was of crepe. The secretary wore
tall silk black hat with mourning band
running IN TO within n half inch of the top
His step was, however, springy, and be
looked we'll. Letter in the day saw the ladies
Of the Bayard family riding along Pennsyl-
vania avenue in their carriage The coach
man and feotman were in a mourning livery,
and both wore tall hats, with black bands
around them and black rosettes at the top.
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the neck and they wore black gloves and
necktias
Kansas men are very proud os their own
state. They believe it to be the future
great state of the Union, and they like {,
talk about its wonderful possibilities Sem
ator ingalls, rays it is the focal state Of the
Union, and that it has all the surroundings
for the highest development OF moral in
tellectual and material greatness It con-
tains the best lbroduct of New England. It
has now more than 400, 900 population. and
it ought to SUPPORT 5,0O0,00O. Located where
the eastern and western civilizations meet
each other it has the better qualities of both.
It's soil is so wonderfully fertile that twenty
five years OF cultivation without manuring
has not reduFed its product. The state
grows rapidly in cultivated area, and the
immigration this year is almost as large as
io "o' ""eA DstN s1dOe was HfSb opened. Its
manufactures are increasing, and it has as
good an educational system as you will find
in any state in the Union.
The labor troubles of Washington ara
materially affecting building. Hundreds Of
houses which have been planned and con-
tracted for are stopped Oh their account. and
the probability is that there will be a boom
IN his direction IS soon as they are over
Washington Is growing very fast. and real
estate has been jumping upwards right along.
Many men have made fortunes lately ir
Washington real estate, and the npmher ~
non-resident Investors is large John Ne
Lean, OF Inc Cincinnati Enquirer, and his
father have bought within the mast three or
four years abollt 500, 600 worth of Wsshino-
ton property, and John Mclean paid s51 ON
for graveyard near Blaine's house durine,
the past year Senator Sherman. in eonnac.
tlon with q syndicate, bought a LOT of lana
ON the nils above Washington bv the acre
and tins IS now being sold by the square foot
senator Logans new purchase Is unon N
nlaines mouse continues to PROV in vahae
and Il rents for pretty good intareet 4,
Sl5O,OOO Ednlunds owns two homes hara
el1ner OF Wnieh would rent for $50 d month.
wise well fixed.
Inc people are beginning to appreciate
that Washington is destined to becoma tha
great pleasure residence city Of the United
states, and the most beautiful CITY n the
world here - no city equal TO it n beauts.
now, taking II as q whole, and It crcM
more beautiful every day II has air.sfax-