The Washington critic., 1886-01-21
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

concerning successor 10 MI
Rounds the Washington correspondent
of f>the Troy Times says: "The next
Presidential appointment of great i'm
portance, and in which there is wide
spread interest, is that of Public
Printer. The two most prominent
candidates for the position are the Hon.
John II. Oberly of Chicago and J. M.
Heating of Memphis. The latter is
connected with the Memphis Appeal.
AS the term of the present incumbent
be closed before long, and conse-
quently the friends of Oberly and
Keating, respectively, are doing their
best TO gain the Presidents favor. So
far rs money-making goes, a man
might as well be Public Printer as
President. 1t is understood here that
J.. ii. Butler, proprietor of the Buffalo
EgeaiHg Nelos, could have the Office of
Public Printer if he would qualify, but
to do this he would have to dispose of
his paper. No one holding an interest
in printing establishment Is eligible
Mr.. Clapp disposed of the Buffalo Ec-
press in order to take the office, and II
Mr., Heating secures the appointment
he will close out his inter est in the
App0dl. Mr.. Rounds is type.makcr
and will probably go back to his bust
ness in Chicago when he retires from
the Government Printing Office"
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Says New York correspondent of
the Kansas City Jomaal: II met at
the Lotus Club the other evening Rob.
ert Garrett, in whose presence Wander.
bilt died. He is worth $4,000, 900,
and he means to live up to his patrl-
mony lie is a bright looking man,
and not bit of e-apparently--
but he is very exquisite and fastidious
about his clothes. don't know about
the story about his having 100 pairs of
pantaloons hanging along his wall, but
he dresses well, He enjoys everything.
He has no gout or dyspepsia: He is a
good dancer. lie is fond Of long
walk. He enjoys society, theatres,
books, fast horses, pictures, good eat
ing and champagne. Mr.. Garret means
to get his moneys worth as he goes
along, and If he really has 100 suits Of
clothes, 1t partially accounts for his
anxiety for new trunk line. -
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A question that has been asked quite
often Of late--Who is Simpson k Don
ayin?-is thus answered by the Chicago
Mail: "Donavin, the man who claims
that Senator Payne of Ohio was elected
through votes obtained by bribery and
who has mentioned fifteen eX-members
of the Ohio Legislature who he claims
received s37 900 for their votes, is a
Baltimorean by birth and cdu cation.
lie is about 50 years of age, stout of
body, rcd-faced and with iron-gray
hair and stubby mustache. Several
years ago he was business manager of
The New York World, and he has been
connected with the Baltimore Gazette
in similar capacity. Drifting out to
Ohio he made his headquarters at Co.
lumbus and attached himself to the
staff of John G. Thompson. He was
assistant doorkeeper of the House of
Representatives at Washington under
Colonel Polk Of Missouri After that
he was the acting manager of small
troupe of Tennessee jubilee singers, com
posed of genuine negroes, who Travelled
through the small towns of Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania, under the title
of Donavin's Tennesseeans Daring
the Payne. Pendleton. Ward Senatorial
fight he was at Columbus, and was an
active partisan of Senator Pendleton,
doing good deal Of editorial work in
his behalf on the Columbus Times,
which was then controlled by John G..
Thompson. A man of considerable
ability, but for his unfortunate blbu.
lous habits he would have made his
mark in most any walk of life, AS il
| is he has for years been known in Ohio
as a sound man and vigorous kicker
when his faction Of the Democracy has
not been in control of the party organ
ization. lie has had no recognition of
| late, and he seems determined to pull
down the pillars OF the temple IRE
spectiye of the results that may follow. y
W.
According TO the San Francisco cor.
respondent of the st. Louis Cube Dem
0crdt the match between Judge Terry
and Sarah Althea Hill was purely G
love affair. The writer says; Those
who know Judge Terry well are not al
all surprised in the step he has taken
From the first he has believed in the
justice of Miss Hills cause, and all
along has deemed her a deeply wrOnged
woman, He has found her intel
lectually bright and otherwise at