The Washington critic., 1886-07-16
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, July 1C. 1ss6.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

ouJ lOi V'oVjVoVj loVciVeu upouJ Ouc-
half of that sum for his share in the
enterprise. Like good many others,
bowever bo d,d not tnow whom bo
hod ono,.,, ouS ,a 80 ,. 90 NJ,
"u 0nousn' "nu % ho ".ns w Wv
YORK ana entered the whiripool Oh
Wall street. In few months he was
penniless The railroad company,
out of pity. EMPLOYED him to negotiate
its bonds abroad, paving him salary
of $40. .OO0'a wear for his services. He
went to E,irope, taking his family
with him, made successful sale of
the bonds, and came back. He landed
in New York with little money.
but large experience, and opened
an office there, specuatlng little and
taking hand in anything that afforded
an honorable way 10 turn q few dol
lars. He had pretty hard time of II
for few years, but finally hit upon a
scheme for railroad some where in
Florida, and after organizing the
scheme and putting 1t on Its feet sold
out, 1t is said, for something like
half million dollars. He was seriously
considered by President Cleveland for
Cabinet position, but there were ar
au%emIs ,,,, NV Wis ne o Was '9o c,ose,y aueh..,
was NOT onnointed foy months ooo
he came here with the idea of asking
for some appointments in Georgia for
certain friends. 10 his surprise
ne was me. WIN lharkeu coea'
nnd III, ,i,st hoao,'a,
he had been 40 long on of Georgia and
in New York he ought not to expect
recognition among Georgia. people:
ms nettled Gordon good deal, ana
m1 th auo up n,s h,uu o. uO;so1 W smow 1hI,u h,,
The neonle Of Goorgin as beIonginp to
that State. He kept out of the Guber.
Material contest till 1t was getting very
hot, and until nearly all the politicians
and newspapers mad pledgeG them.
selves for some other candidate. AT
the last moment however, he SHED his
castor into the ring, and made fight
for more thorough recognition OF tn
will OF the people In the selection o.
Gubernatorial candidates. The re-
sponse OF the people OF his State has
been prompt and generous.
NV
Mrs. Cleveland's sittinp.room. say.
,,o pos,on Trnre1lsr,o Wosbin oton or.
'no ' A. 1T.
respondent, Is heA. w 'ne iioia'S o'i
the south front OF the mansion, AMI
overlooks the beautiful lawn which
fades away to the broad Potomac, with
Tho majestic Wosbinoton Monument I,
s,,t, - ~ ~ ,ha o,h,n s,da 80 ,,a
'.i wow on 'no o'noi 'N'1 Vi '"c
river IS Arlington, the former nome OIL
Robert q. Lee, where thousands Of
Union dead are peacefully sleepinr.
Down the river In tbe mists ia the old
o;,,, 80 A,oxordr;, ,horo T,,,uor,,,
.,v Va ~ nio',"' VIZ 1"oi'n
olea. Inc vie" IS not eXceiiea Dy any
In washington. Ihe young wife
room is the scene of continued gayety
uaS Sno nou,s ~ To;rs M f ' S,ota e''ien. Wn
different tbe onartment which adioins
it on the west. Visitors have often
noticed that this room Is never opened.
Inc curtains are tightly drawn ana no
ohe @ e'G, .nlnAs u 80; i;aosslnS ,,s @ .hIesn Ssn
6eld lived for months, tortured bv
assassin Guiteau's bullet, while a ma
tion hoped and prayed for the recovery
that never came. The room Is almost
preelseiy as II was the aay when Gar
TIheron nj" mn' ' Where % Se hreathed ~ % hia ' LAST
President Arthur had n horror of The
place. He gave orders that 1t should
remain untouched as long as he was in
the White House, and these orders
were strictly obeyed. President Cleve-
land has said nothing upon the topic as
yet but II Is understood that he, too,
Is 10th TO break the silence of that
room which witnessed so much suffer
ing during the long and wearisome
summer months of 1881. The con-
trast between the two rooms Is most
notable one-life and death could fur
nish no stronger.
~.
IN, ,,, ,,
Inc shiaii poy WIN tne "u'osraph
album is prominent and busy figure
about the Capitol now, says the Wash
ineton correspondent of the Chicago
.1ovyn1 Sometimes thc nares oet IN
A. IT. sa. ri, W
'ho aiounis io' 'hoii OWN u'o y, oh
speculation, put generally al the soilcl-
tation of somebody with mania for
autographs, who employs the little fel-
lows to visit the members ot their
5oaI,, o,5 .olio;, tto,r .irrot,,ros T,ho
"oeNs anu sosioi' 'n..i s"'u.o9' NV
usuai tarlil lor gettihg thc signatures
of members Of the House is $40,
while In the Senate, where there
are but seventy.six members, q
SO bill is satisfactory compensa-
tion. The boys do not generally
find the task n very difficult one. In.
deed, most of the members seem to
rather like it, and their signatures are
rather an interesting lot, too. Speaker
- Carlisle's name, which, of course, is
given the nlace of honor near the he