The Cecil Whig., 1886-07-17

air he REQUIRED. Graham did not make a
cent by the operation. He received no
pay aud bore all the expense himself.
GIBSON IN A BAD FIX
Promises Made Bur Never Eei:t-A Kent
County Man and His Wife Mad.
Sad tales of what threatens to be a
fusiladc At the eloquent Mr. Gibson reach
this ci'y iIom Kent county, writes the
Washington correspondent of tie Balti-
more .ln,fic,n. Al! arises. SO tie story
gees, at the inability of the eloquent
E tSitiu Shnr" congr cssnan to carry out
his premise. o. getting a g,ipca ier an n,
llleutir G l.stituent. i:v,,i,ntlf MIR. Glib
son has br,u following che il l'Gstliois ex-
ample of tide notorious MIR. G"lnal, AID
is running his campaign on promises. To
tell the story it IS necessary t. 90 back
some months, and say that "a very pr, mi
uent thrrD"l oi Kent cOunly pitched in
AMI worked hard for Gi"SUA election.
ulDStH. III llIt lui!ltSS tl us HtilI-itlllc
dreaming that WHEN he came here he
would be as small a star III he political
ornament rs ne is-prom iSed the gentle
man /. place. il seems tie gentleinau's
wife wanted To come to Washington TO
live She had heard 0i the great city
and the pleasures OF an officials wife. So
SF,A ,,,.N. bryLpt,. "a,
gres slnan : promise of reward for services
rendered y y so place was picked
out. the eloquent MI. Gibson came to
Washington. He iuund to his sorrow, as
has been related Ill this correspondence.
that he could get nothing. The $500
place vanished. Tnen an 81, 500 place
was sought, but lost. \ 81, 400 clerkship
was mentioned. Civil service reform
stood in the way. At last the Eastern
Shore congressman thought that he
could procure d messengers place Tor his
Kent county constituent. lie called at Il
department with the gentleman. The
latter did not exactly know what u mes.
senger's place was, and that the place
was once tiIled 10 a large extent by col
ored men, hut he relied on his congress-
man. An interview was had with ID chief,
and the appointment clel X f the de part
ment was notified to appoint the Kent
county gentleman a messenger. Mr. Glib
son was delig hted lie had sccUl ed place.
after weary months OF waiting, for his
constituent. Tor the place was only ob
| tanned IA short time ago. The Kent county
farmer went home. moved his family to
| this city, and then L, :.Ortsd for GuLy. He
worked Il few days, and found out what
the place was-au $500 mes e. ger; but,
wolSt OF it all, the captain OF the watch
| inquired Ul him, after few days OF ser
vice, what lie was doing about the de-
partment. The Mary lander told him.
ell, You eau stay, said the captain,
| but you won't be paid
Gibson was seen at once. He went to
see the chlet Of the division. He i'll turn
called the appointment clerk.
NV hat DOS tins mean?' asked the
| chief of the division.
"Why, you told me to appoint the
man, but did not dismiss one to give him
place. Therefore, there is no pay To
come to him.
The assembled fonr We're aghast
Il appointed him. said the clerk
Il did the best could" said the chief,
turning to the eloquent Mr. Gibson, and
the latter, with sad and sorrowful eX-
| preston on his face, turned to the Kent
county gentleman and said, Il can do
nothing. | have done all could" and
left the building an undying enemy OF
the civil service reform law. He brooded
on the subject until lie made his great
| speech, which WAS slightly marred by IA
| tight shlt collar and the confusion of
IDEAS caused by his sorrow. He thou lit
| he had paid for the wrong done him, but,
alas, the wife of the Kent county consti
tuent had not been appaased. Mr. Glib
son sat in the House cafe with a few
| friends, one or two congressman, Mr..
Sullivane, from the Eastern Shore, and
| others, when 4 card was brought HIM
| He read it.
Tell the lady to wait I'll be there in
i minute
His friends noticed THAT his ruddy CON-
| pleXiun had bianched as he read the card,
aud when the page returned in minute
or SO and said, The lady says she can
uot wait, aud that you must come at
| once they were not surprised to see
hlm get up aud 90.
"Wait for me, he said, as he passed
out of the cafe. They waited.
But he did not return. At last Mr.
Sullivaue went to lind him. He was in
The ladies' reception room, with the wife
of the disappointed Kent county gentle
man. 4 lady friend was with her. The
eloquent Mr.. Gibson looked as if he had
gone through seige of ihdescrbable
horror.
Mr.. Sullivane heard the lady remark
as a parting Shot, for she was about
leaving:
"Iou need not think that because we
moved from Kent county that we won't
go back again. No, sir rec; we are 60
ing back at once, and for every one vote
we got for you last campaign there
will be five against you the next. We
will tell the people of your district to
send some one to Washington who can
look after their interests, and at least
have enough influence and power to get
one place for the people of the district
ou will hear from us later And be
fore the eloquent Mr. Gibson could loosen
his collar to breathe freely she had dis
appeared. Is there wonder that he
views the situation in Kent with timi
1ityo