The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-06-10


he claim, and another note must be sent to
el the agent that there is money placed to
Us account here for the payment of the
laim This is the process through which
very claim for pension must go through,
whether il be for 81 a month, for the shooting
Il of the end of little finger, or for 500
| week, as in the case of the wives OF the dead
presidents. 1t is easy zee that it would be
impossible TO detraud the government, ex
e pit in the loving OF the claim The leaks
of the treasury are not in the department,
ut in congress. 1t would take smart
clerk indeed To steal any money from Uncle
sam, Tut the law give, congress power to
tote away any Sucl sums as IL deems good:
mi congre -, in its hurried, slip 'hod way of
e-s ating, votes away millions without
moving whore they go.
The president is very close mou he'd in
e.atol to his com M marriag. He has
! nd nothing at all about it 20 an cor"e
,ooadent, All all interviews which have
,aea published with him on the sub ,ect ar,
c,itiouS. 1t is re ,eraly believed here tha
| the mrrriare will take ace in June. BN
don't think this at all problbe. President
| Cleveland will have no time 10 bother with
ml rinony before congress a ijournS, and h,
Nil! not be foolish enough to begin his honey
uoon during the last days of the session
| The most sensible time for it would be ju
before he goes off for his summer vacation
m JEW, and it is likely that tbs ceremony
will be he'd in the Viii House, an noS in
| Irs. Whitneys big h,lI room no.
Io. 'and Patent, as has been suggested. s.
lar no preid mt has been marie in tn
| White House, AMI CT vel md will naturally
| -. IL Ia.
self and his wife noted in this re
gtrd As for pen ling the honeymoon in
Washn ton in the GUNNER, the id n would
seem ridiculous, without indeed, the presi-
dent moved out to the Soldiers Homo, where
there is a very pleasant cottage ready for
him in among thu trees. The White House
| IS Ivy no means peasant to live in. 1t is
! treat hotel witt none of n hotels privacy
| I 10 president has only half u dozen roo rs
that he can call his own. Both himself AMI
his wife are bothered with visitors all day
long, and n more goIsiping set than the e
people of Washington never existed. From
early in the morning till late at night Their
is no quiet G4n S German callel the placs
the other nam for ha les and he hal atou
as cl0ss an association with it as men IN
get wit lout being it, occupant In TIL
mean, ime the pre- ,id,nt is looking remark
ably well, and il apparently free from tn
ordinary ups AMI downs of matrimonia
engagement.
Stanley Mltth rvs is 10 be marie to
NJ S. T eaker and this will add anothe''
accomp ishe woman to he social circle of
the supreme court | saw Judge Matthew,
in church yesterday He came in, with
his two grown daughters following him,
and l noted that both of the girls were
dressed in deep mourning The first Mrs.
Matthews died on Jan. ~, 1885. She was n
very accomplished WON IN, and was Henry
Wattersons aunt When Watterson came
north after the war was over, he was down
at the hee and ou5 of position and money
He went to his aunt, Mrs. Matthews, and |
think it was Stanley Matthews who got him
a position on one of the Cincinnati papers,
from whence he drifted to Tennessee, and
then to Louisville and The Courier Journal
Stanley Matthews is over 60. He has fine
soft hair, of rather reddish gray, and his
head is slightly bald just over the forehead.
He has a sandy beard, with silver thr ads
among the gold, and his complexion is fair.
He dresses very well, stands and walks very
straight, and weighs about 175 pounds
which is very light weight indeed for q
supreme judge. He owns a magnificent
house here. and /, )nsidertd very well-to-dc
indeed His fiancee Mrs Theaker, is also
said to be wealthy. She is beautiful and
accomplished, and the match appears to be n
good one
Another lover among the statesmen is ex-
Governor Long of MaIsa chusetts, and Long
is also a widower with grown daugh
ters He is to marry school teacher, an |
he met his sweetheart, it is said VIII 10 put
ting his daughters to school Governor
Long is now ~ years DID, but he looks
younger He is short, rotund and wei
made, with fine, large head, regularly
shaped, AMI pair of bright, blue eyes His
forehead is high his nose straight, his under
jaw very strong. Fl IS hair is blonde and
An He wears it carefully combed and
parts it in the middle. He has fine blonde
mustache His tailor is good one AMI he
i always well dressed. He is a man OF
brains and cultur, and something of poet
His amusement is literature; his business
politics. He Published in 1879 metrical
translation Of the E leid and he has written
many fine essays for periodicals. He
is diplomat as well as politician, and is
one Of the most popular men in con
gress He gained considerable distinction by
his nomination of Senator Edmunds at the
Chicago convention, and he never talks here
without having listeners. He is Maine
man originally, but all his success has been
in Massachusetts,, where he was educated, and
where he began the practice Of the law.
Governor Longs first wife died five or six
years ago, and l understand that she left a
large fortune to her two girls, giving Long
the income. This income, gossip says. ranges
somewhere between the salaries of the chief
Justice and that of the president. The money
is well invested in bonds and mortgages, and
the governor has nothing to do but to draw
his check Tor it, Governor Long is In excel
lent health. He is candidate for the
United States senate from Massachusetts
and he is of that class of men who may bt
called available for any position. H. has NJ
bad points. and lots of COOL onas, and 1t 1,
not among the impo'ibilities but that, al
some time in the future, another schoo
teacher may be lady of the White House
and that her nams may be Mrs. John d.
Long, the Second.
Gen. John Tyler, Jr., the son Of Presiden
Tyler, h rs good deal of the ind ,pendence
Of his father. Not long ago the editor OF
The Century Magazine wrote him askin9
him if he would not prepare for them an
article descrip i've Of certain Of the battles
in which he had been engaged In the Con.
federate service. At the close Of one Of these
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