The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25


,os a little old gentleman of a very
IA yc5ool and. as he paced contempiatiVely
o,r tbe throng of modern citizens walt
sue tbe East Room to shake the Presl-
US hand. he looked like leaf OF half
de nIla! history that had fluttered by
lol go iu+o late novel His ruined
MIS- norr, his high collar and STOCK MS coat
Vo,,,.iont cut, his expansive brow, nan
I'D cd bv spare thin locks OF Whlte'
eoorted him for general notice ana, thoug1
h ,. r,odestly sought the darkest corner Oh
ne Nm I'm, for his perambulatlonS, his move
inc Ioo ,,,sre closely watched by the other
mems Who seemed to wonder who he was
caIeLoiI at he wanted He kept in the back
anu Wa even when the President came
gFounL, the large folding doors, and the
Iu crowded into a phalanx around MN
peopLL9 ostiIl walked to and fro and mumbled
anu lb,ot his head as though rehearsing an
,antiripated interview:
any. ieaSt +he end of the line of callars was
..acbed and the President was about 10 re-
Zen to his office when one OF the usners
t tnnning forward arrested his attention,
on5 waxing the queer little man OUT Oh MS
"s,l, presented him as:
nCol Tavlor, of Chicago, sir
Tbe President shook his hand heartily
ID os is his custom. gave him warm
aui' . %o Thus emboldened the Colonel
yentured; $500, ;,,
"Ouite little snow, SIR
..%as ves. responded he President, 'but
,.o,, n,nst have a great deal of snow out in
your part of the country" ,
Hastily asserting to this the little old
van edged around the President as he was
moving toward the door, thus barring his
ratraat and brought his face into such con-
1, g hot
4ba rast of his words were lost. AS he
tofLad he grew excited and emphasized his
statements with waving of his hand, and
eIrh a furious bobbing of his head that his
vol seemed in danger of dislocation.
The small knot of visitors who had re
+nrned for last glimpse of the beauties of
the Fast Room, watched the pair with IN
terest but the President gradually edged
along lacking first to the right ard then
70 the left until he was out of sight.
When the Colonel reappeared few min
n+es later his wrnkled face wore an odd
ittIe smile of satisfaction, accompanied by
half-uttered words, probably repeated from
tEa Presidential liDs. His hat, irOned on
an antique block, his long silk muffler and
his Short top coat lay on chair near one
of the mantel pieces, where a reporter
stood.
THE COLONEL SEIZED HIS HAT
and set it sauarely over his badness, care
fuIlv wrapped his muffier over his stock
and then held his overcoat out to the re-
porter saying:
Hold it for meW
And so the scribe dropped his pencil and
his inspiration and helped the odd little
man into his coat, remarking:
You had quite chat with the Presi-
dent, sirN
'Yes.s responded the Colonel, wheeling
quickly around and throwing his head
back II told him wanted to talk little
politics and a lot of money. You see
know verv well that ne is almost pressed to
death with business, and l thought that if
could get at him at the end of the re-
ception might be able to tell him some
thing.
THE COLONEL'S PLAN.
Il want him." slowing the flow of his
words a little to emphasize his diction 4
want him to save the peOpleo these United
States $4,000, 900 year" Then he stepped
hack a short distance to view the effect of
this statement. Twenty millions annu-
ally" he repeated, returning to the charge,
boxing his lean foretinger through the
tuttonhoe of the reporters coat. How
continued the Colonel. "Why. by stopping
the issue of all those bonds for the hypoth-
VNdtlpll VI Vic -'dIiOildt l)oliih lDbcS-D1
Stopping the issue of the notes themselves
sinking his voice to a whisper and engaging
the other lapel of the reporters coat with
his other foretinger. Yes, sir! | want
him to recommend to Congress the reduc-
ton OF the circulating mediums from four
70 three sir. We now have gold silver
geenbanks and bank notes. counting on
his fingers, first hurriedly unlocking them
from the buttonholeS. Then, with a sweep
Of his hand,
CUT OFF THE LAST ONE, SIRin
Gut out the bank notes and leave three.
SIR And told him, and tell you, conf
dfntlally that if Grover Cleveland will
recommend that measure to Congress
Whatll happen, sir! He'll be reelected, sir,
sure as fate, Sir!'
Yes that might be a good card" ven
tlTed the reporter, to whom this talk of
finances was Hebraic.
"A good card, sir!" retorted the Colonel,
raising himself on his toes Why, it would
yea full hand, sir. Now l suggested the
issue issue OF the greenbacks to Abe Lincoln
nhen we were flooding the country with
lloSe bonds, SIR shaking the reporter as
'nough he were a detested bond,
AND CHASE WAS AFRAID TO DoIT,
came up here and sent my card to Lin
CNn' lie sent out word, sir, to admit me
Al once When | went in he locked the
uV Y and said: Now Wen have an hours
an o., on TINS matter.'n
No Mr.. President saws |. Il can tell
you SO much in half an hour that YOU won't
"alV 10 hear any more and | showed him
no1 easy and how economical it would be,
asl see what he did! He ordered the issue
y Vue greenbacks. BE used to call me the
'dVner OF the greenbacks.'
LINCoLN's LETTER.
BY the way, did you ever see Lincoln's
sller grabbing his hat from his head and
NUn11SSung his hand into the lining
NO, murmured the reporter, "but if
iUl VIII excuse me while | write this item
snail be glad"
r, IN don't mention it," he replied, back
~ OIL, adding, with generous wave Of
S rnaL, take al! the time you want, I'm
,,l rIuS encouraged, the scribe collected the
ss%u tIeu remnants Of his inspiration and
ta Ivy wrote few lines. Then he turned
bJ5I5 CoIonel, who stood at his elbow again,
WHY VIII Sllp of paper toward him and,
nov. weak smile, took the precious docu-
iron' n IL was printed copy of letter
H. ot ~ resident Lincoln to ''Col. Dick Tay-
5is' creating i'll the short terse phrases Of
,rot "eI known style the history of the
oTo on.T as already set forth by the
air us a udS been printed hundreds of times.
hdir 4Pialned the little old man, carefully
Of M IL and replacing it under the band
bad no t,aC, but thought that maybe you
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