The Indianapolis journal., 1886-02-21

the social usages Of the national capital. He
wears the dress suit prescribed by the code with
almost as much grace as President Arthur did,
And he shakes hands with the thousands with
the air OF one who enjoys the exercise.
Mr.. Cleveland joirs in the gaysties Of ths
Wnase House with an apparent relish, and pro-
fesses to enjoy Washington life To his person
al friends, however, he occasionally opens his
neart, and then admits that the good old days in
Buffalo, where he had no thought of officeseek.
ers and no fear of Republican Senate, were
much better suited to his taste than the glitter
and glare, false friendship and sycophancy Of
the throngs which crowd the executive pastors.
In Buffalo Mr. Cleveland never thought Of dom
ming swallow-tail, and he seldom affected his
gloves He visited the ball room occasionally;
but the ballroom Of the Buffalo politician differs
materially from the parlors In Washington,
where the german favors are distributed. It ID
usually located in the east side of the city, over
a German saloon. and a back stairway leads to
commodious ''ber- halle" Invitations to the
Buffalo balls are sent out engraved on handsome
bristol board, but they appear in the newspapers
in something of this shape:
VIII give their Third Annual Ball at Town Hall,
ON THURSDAY EVENING NEXT.
Tickets Admitting Gent. and Two Ladies, SO cents
For Sale by Members at the Door.
1t was Of the members" Grover Cleveland
usually purchased his tickets. The Happy Forty
or the Esmeralda. some other high toned
society club, was always sure of selling hum
dred or more tickets to the politicians who
wanted votes, and of course the politicians woulS
have to go to the grand annual balln When
Mr. Cleveland was q candidate for sheriff it was
said he purchased several hundred Of these
tickets and attended q great many select affairs
In company with Oscar Folsom. George Talbot
or some other crony They never wore dress
suits. however. They knew too much for that
1t would have ruined Mr.. Cleveland's chances
for the sherifalty, and, BESIDES would have made
him too conspicuous.
asked a gentleman to-day, who knew Mr..
Cleveland we'll for many years at Buffalo, what
was his principal amusement when he lived there
He replied:
"Pinocle,' with An occasional game of forty.
six, rounce,' or pedro These games are favor
ties with the German-Americans at Buffalo and
nearly every saloon is provided with small cubhy-
holes in which are placed double-decker tables
one for the rglasses, the other for the cards.
with quiet game with his friends, was Louis
Goetz's establishment, on Pearl street, two
blocks from the City Hall. He would
sit there for hours, laughing and
joking with friends, and enjoying
himself far better than he has ever
done since. Four of them would be sitting
around one of these little tables night after
night. Occasionally you would hear one of them
call out 'Pinocle, but generally the only sound
heard-when they were not telling stories
would be as the bottom OF the beer glasses struck
the top of the table, which was the signal for the
waiter to 'fll 'em up again."
why did Mr. Cleveland never do anything for
his old friend Dan Lock woodl'
You ask me question which Buffalo
Democrat can answer. Mr.. Cleveland ignored
Dan entirely. Since the week of inauguration
Lockwood has not been in Washington, am in
formed. He came here then and found his old
friend so changed that he scarcely recognized the
man VINO had made him politically Dan expect
ed to be offered some place commensurate with
his services. I doubt If he would have taken the
best place in the diplomatic service, but the
tender of a mission would have been a graceful
thing, and would have been appreciated. He was
not only ignored in the search for diplomates, but
was not consulted with reference to any of Mr..
Cleveland's appointments. Naturally, the
Democracy object to this cool treatment of their
leader. MIR. Cleveland, it must be remembered,
has not in any instance remembered his old
cronies and friends in conducting his present Of
fee He burns the bridges behind himn