Telegram-herald., 1886-07-18

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ene4n press. Tie nlaa ~ 4o Is ssze. Ie.i 4s q
iooi a.l over tie e3aairs is respected 1y the
Zee eAa snYW him .n DefroiE
I1is impression llaI Jones j. q slralhns
luralle a-tlam Rlic1 has been crested bf
sensational ueNsl.ap.Is Is uuulelg uuHar-
rautsd lie ls saae aAh oue ~ bis
a5liet ues sho have been Nr4nsIinE over
appointments Ga the Potomac NLt e he has
ueeu consuming choice hafauas and lne
o-sl brands ~ llluils aud c19llng lis neeis
in shaded avenues III lives lu the best
sooH of lhe best latel of ihe best city in the
countfy. lie pays hls bills regularly sn 8
pats iu has spare ume-aAd mosI 0f bic
fime IL that siud OF time delivering ad-
dresses al different cllles lu tle Stale aud
Appearing a. an attraction al ali Catholic
assemblies
More lies have been told about Jones
than were ever related concerning Presi-
irntiai candidate From the or siual petty
ne 20 he effect that The southern senator
vas interested in a Detroit heirrss- dropped.
/ thins. at Newport last summer by a rela-
tive 0f Miss Palms-the newspapers erected
towering fabric 90 nrst romantic and then
ldiOtIc conduct on the part Of the senator.
he Was reported % be- ia the habit OF send
ing dray loads Oi ilOwers "a the home OF the
lady. and Of walking by dav and by night
past her residence. Then il grew 10 the
trOubadour business. tie twanged the man
dolln by moonlight under my ladys bower
With al the ari0r OF "A ynung scion of a
land Of chivalry. The newspapers kept on
diiaIng upon these ecceutrlcitles, and next
lhev bad him 40 10 the residence of the
bishop and lmpiore him 10 influence the
obiuTate maiden in the sacred circle OF the
church. The next paper added To this that
hsd offered hesyy 0riDe 10 the church
for this favor, and had been threatened
win accommodation The next was the
T. foe the bishops stalwart servant assisting
In removing the Senator from the episcopal
residence. All this and much more was
made from whole cloth. All
the alleged eccentricities are
fabrics of repor,Orial imagination.
During the time the Jones sensation
ragged he got more column. of advertising
than any one of his colleagues every re-
ceived He has borne himself with decided
dignity, and has steadily declined 10 be in
teryiewed-a custom that lei the reporters,
IN despair. To the invention of the interest
ing fairy stories Of which | have spoken.
All the newspapers of the West. and some
from the East, sent their most brilliant liars
70 write up the crazy Senator, and as the
sober facts did not make sensational read
ing, long interviews with the Senator were
printed. pupOrung 10 come from intimate
friends who had come from the South to
drag him back To his own vine and orange
tree. The reporters avenged themselves for
his silence by painting him a lunatic. He
Is a long way from that"
Then why does Jones stay in Detroi2"
II have heard il intimated in the small
circle of his intima,es that he rather likes
the attacks that have been made on him"
Likes them?"
Yes as a sort of natural selection of the
least OF two evils. Supposing the papers
were - say. for instance, that his absence
from Washington, where he Is member of
the committee that considers the Mississippi
levee appropriations, was worth money TO
western syndicate of millionaires If
they KEEP, this up. | am inclined TO the
opinion that il would be more iiresOme to
Jones than 10 be called foriorn and foolish
5O-year-Old lover " J. Star