The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-02-11
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81 N Ws,HISeIuH. y. G., Feb. 8, Sc. Mrs,
Barbour, wife Of Hon. John ;
IS. .,arlr. member Of Congress and Chair
of State Democratic Committee Of
~ ,s,a.t died In this city Saturday night
"A a week a-o her foot slipped, and
81 fa}, down flight of steps III her resi-
a uc. on Capitol HILL She was Miss
I) ..3g.rHeld, of Alexandria. She was =
Il r.-,4o!uau Of the Cashier cf the Bank If
IIeadcrson, Vance county.
.Iudor Stallo, the new American Minis
L. 10 Rome. has been making himself 50
Il ridiculous that ne ought to be rep;iman-
a. or recalled, if there is any truth n
arrymor, brought to this city lie is said
a have insuIted dignitary of the Ro
.nish Church at a large dinner party
h. which he was invited in Rome.
nhc Roman Catholic priest was late in
coming to the house and the guests
II, ere at the table when he was announced.
u r. made his apologies, had barely taken
n IS seat when Judge StallO took his daugh
h. by the hand, jumped up, left the table,
I. III declared hc ''Would not eat with a Nap
a. priest - Such absurd bigotry and ut
h. want Of deccncy and common sense
Eav.rht not to characterize the man who
rcprc-cnts this country at Rome.
4 citv paper publishes Il good joke which
Il, ,pator SAWYER tells on Senator Ransom.
q he funeral referred to was that of the
AL J0hn " Shackleford, Of Onolow, and
n expect there is good deal of truth IN 1t.
II know. TOO, somewhat similar incidents
H. The political history of our distinguish
a senior Senator, but | will not tell them
r. him here Besides this one has a Sen
"a toria sponsor and mine being good deal
sraccr and freSher will keep. Senator Saw
Iyer says:
II went down to North Carolina with
10 Congressional funeral party several years
EagO and Ransom was along. Whenever
sthe the trim stopped at Il station Ransom
got out, shook hands with every man on
Fhe platform, and told each one that he
bad left important business in Washington
H. attend that funeral with the hope of
Seeing him even for a moment, and what
SURPRISED me most was that every mother S
son of them believed it. Ransom has such
8a winning way about HIM. When we IAN
|ded at the town where the funeral was to
b. held we had to drive six miles IN open
|carriages against a chilly wind, without
Il.
h. listen % a sermon two hours long. Ran
som was as hungry as Il wolf, and chilled
Il Through as we all were, and after the
eprcacher had been going it about three
quarters of an hour he commenced to snap
slis watch but it didn't do any good, the
Ipreacher kept right on with his discourse,
land when it was concluded we We're all so
Faint with cold and hunger that we could
Scarcely stand But Ransom revived to
sthe occasion, and as soon as the benedlc-
zion was pronounced he rushed up to the
spulpiL grabbed both OF the preachers
Hands, and told him hc never was so edi-
feed and interested by a sermon in his
slifc, and his only regret was that he didn't
spreach longer. And when he saw that the
#preacher swallowed that, he actually asked
him TO repeat the sermon the first time he
9Ransom) came to town | am a good
deal on the palayer myself, continued
sMr sawyer, "but Ransom beats any man
D ever saw"
Attorney General Garland told me an
eot her good one on General Ransom, in a
Somewhat different wien, but as the Bell
n telephone Company and Hon. Roscoe
sConElug and couple of New York pa
spers are giving the Attorney General
enough trouble just now, | won't write
sthat out just yet
] Whom do YOU think IS at the bottom of
u the New York World, Tribune, Telephone,
sGarland Vance, Harris, ct ais. expose
q 10 other than the Hon. Roscoe Conkling,
rttorney for the Bell Telephone Company,
sand the caslls belli is an attempt to frlghten
cleveland into getting Garland and Lamar
8Dut Of the Cabinent, Amazing lmpudence
sof the great New York lawyers. He evl-
identity fears for the patent OF his wealthy
sclients and he has resorted to tbs most
astonishing piece Of finesse to prevent the
trial, on an impartial, legal basis W nc
#would have suspected this | confess that
Il. who have never doubted for a moment
the superb ability Of Roscoe Conkllng both
Z as lawyer, politician and rascal, never
Thought of him in connection with the
publshed statements in the W orld and Irl
3 %bunc and sun. which caused such an un
susual commOtion here. suppose he same
willy LAWYER bought up Rogers, the inven
tor And perhaps underlying his efforts
for his clients, underneath this onslaught
sagainst the purest and most upright OF the
Acknowledged leaders, statesmen, orators
and lawyers Of the Democratic party, i
the yaulting personal ambition OF lion
q #RoScoe Conkhng to succeed Prealden
SCleyeland As Chief Executive. 1t Is all yer,
fine, Mr. Attorney Conkllng, but 1t Is ne
@easy thing to frlghten Grover Cleveland
s And 10 newspaper canard can conVlnc
Ethe Democratic masses that Senators Har
iris and Vance, Gen. JOS. f. Johnston, Sec
retary Lamar, Attorney General Garland
s Hon. Casey Young are either folls or VII
4 lains If your clients cause is a just one
8 he is surely safe as long as he has you t
j represent him, you, the shrewdest laWye
in the country, the most convincing ant
q forcible speaker | ever listened to-a MAJ
OF tremendous personal magnetism ant
& commanding presence = but not MAJ
q enough to make Grover Cleveland deviat
s thinks it right to pursue. The Bell Tele
B phone Company cannot avoid comm!
q squarely up to an honest test in spite Q
i your mastery piece of diplomacy. | hav
s. not doubted the validity of the Bell Paten
before | doubt it now, and so does Ros
D coe Conkling, | am convinced, othcrwis
this ruse would not have been resOrted tc
There is only one way in which he ca
Y reasonably frighten Grover Cleveland
That is, let his party show the good sens
Il t. nominate him for the Presidency.
& Mr.. Cleveland is the nominee OF the Den
ocracy COR any other NAM that nomlne
may then look well to his laurels.
Roscoe Conkling has made one big pol
q tical mistake but he is by long odds tn
strongest man in the Republican party
ii crafty, polished, self contained, brilliant
i energetic, tireless, cultured Richelieu
q the council chamber, Napoleon in battle
81 he Is above all others the antagonist to b
al feared. Like other men of his merits, b
81 would win and wear the highest honors /
" the gift OF his countrymen, and be doc
not how l I