The Washington critic., 1888-10-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Congressman Cummings Experience
With an 0ld-Time Friend.
MRS. HARRISON AT CINCINNATI.
General Hovey's Happy Son-in-Law-
Senator Allison at Home.
PoIitics ON a CnnnI nont.

which is gotten up in gorgeous style and
is the most unique vessel that ever ira
versed the Erie Canal, started on her cam
paigning trip from Buffalo Monday night.
She Will make stop, says the Graphic,
at all the towns along the Erie Canal at
intervals OF twenty-five miles and whoop
up for Cleveland and tariff reform. A
brass band will be on board, with bat
tory Of artillery on the bow of the boat,
which will be drawn by six hand
some white horses and decorated with
national Gags and portraits of the can
didates. Hon. @. IL. Brccldnrdgc, of
Arkansas, will speak during the day.
At night n huge stcrcOpticOn will illumi-
nate the darkness with tariff maXims and
ii. B, Clifford will explain them. Fire
works will also be let Off, and an advance
agent will work up local sentiment so
that it is expected that the people from
radius OF thirty miles will be drawn to
tho meeting. This portion Of the State
is largely Republican, and as the canal
men use plenty of materials, such as
hemp and iron work. that are enormously
enhanced in price by reason of the tariff,
those special subjects will be set before
them. The Thomas Jefferson will come
through the canal to Albany, and then
be towed to New York. The entire eN-
penses of the trip which will not be far
from $4,000, arc being horne by cX-
Mayor John Boyd Thacher, of Albany.
How Banks Quelled Il TumuIt.
once saw in Congress, says Gath"
in the Cincinnati Enquirer, the mere
voice and face Of General Banks, to u
man, eXtricate that whole body from
sort Of rullianly confusion into which it
had fallen, 1t was on the occasion of
Grant being pronounced President Of the
United States upon the count of the
Electoral vote. They had given purity
the night before, and many members
had come to Congress fun of liquor.
by the awkward way we have of calling
the two Houses together and putting the
presiding officer of the Senate in the
chair over the whole, and then inviting
miscellaneous guests to fill the back
ground, there-ensued Scene which was
positively alarming. Ben Wade was
the presiding officer and he had
Just lost the Presidency by the fail
ure. OF the impeachment proceeding
against President johnson. lie made a
ruling that the Senate does not con-
cur in such matter; whereufon Ben
Butler rose, saying Begging your par
don, sir, the House of Representatives
does CONCUR" Immediately disorder Of
every sort broke out, and it ragged like
mass-mCeting, Some persons Won
prevent Grant becoming President. In
the midst of the confusion a head, of q
square form, covered with heavy
thatches Of hair, appeared, and voice
was heard rolling over the House, and
somehow or other every body was at
tracted for a moment to this head and
voice. II was Banks. He said, in ~
deep, quiet way that he thought he had
suggestion to make which would re-
leve the Senate and House from the pres
ent embarrassment. BY his force as q
former presiding officer he Strengthened
the whoe difficulty out in half min
ute, and the Electoral count went on.
A Happy Son-In-Law.
If Gen. Hovey, the Republican candi-
date for Governor of Indiana, should be
elected, says MacFarland in the Phila-
delphia Record, the happiest man in In
diana will be Democrat. Lieut. Men
zies, United States Navy, a Kentucky
Democrat, born and bred, came to Peru
in his ship while Gen. Hovey was Min
lister to that country under Grants ad-
min stration. 1t did not take the gal
liant young officer long to fall in lOve
with the gallant Generals only daugh-
ter. The Gen, bcreft of his wife by
death, clung desperately to his daughter
But seeing that she loved Menzies, he
should be married. But he imposed this
condition, that Menzies should forth.
with resign from the navy and practice
law with him, for by that time he had
left Peru and was going back to his nome
in Posey County. Menzies explained that
he knew no law, except the little in.
ternatlonal law taught at the Naval
Academy. Very good" said the Gen
eral in his hearty way; that will dc
very well for beginning. You shall
study law with me, and I'll live with
you" But | have no income" pro
tested the young officer But have,
said Hovey, and home and bank
account besides. Now, what | propose
is to turn over my house and my banl
account to you and Rose, and then III
come and live with you" And wher
Menzes resigned the old gentleman full
filed his promise, and happier family
can't be found anywhere. Menzcs ha
turned out to be n born lawyer; has {
large practice and large bank account
of his own; would probably come tC
Congress if his father-in-law were not
already representing the district, and
has in every way proved the wisdom o.
the Generals remarkable confidence.
MIR. Cummings and His Old Friend.
A story of Congressman Cummings
which the Plttsburg Dispatch says il
familiar to only few of his friends
relates to an experience with an old bus
mess associate who had lost his grip
on affairs through devotion to drink. III
owed money to everyone he knew, ant
there was no prospect, immediate or re
mote that he would settle. One day Mr.
Cummings was going down the stree
when he saw his old friend evidently il
the throcs of despair. His air was one o
extreme detection, due as much evideutl.
SO trouble as to drink. He was Tathc
awlSwardly supporting lamp post am
dismallY Shaking his head. Mr.. Cum
mings approached him. WHAT'S th
matter, Jim ?" he said. Go away wa
the reply Amt a mans SORROWS hi
own ?o' ." All right said Mr.. Cum
mings. " You take care Of your sol
rows then" But the man called hiT
back. 1 see you mean to be sympl
thetic," he said, I am in great trouble
My wife and little ones have been turnc
out of doors for the rent, and all m
furniture and everything l own in tn
world is out ON the sidewalk. That
not very pleasant thing FOR a man {
20 home tor and he burst into tears
Oh, brace up" said the sympathcti
Cummings. BE a man. Here's 81
bill. Go home with that now TO you
wife, and see il you can ilN things up.
The man thanked him most proluseN
Two hours later Mr.. Cummings was wall
ing up town, when he saw in the d0orwl
of "a Nypl1-lsuoUn Rphpminn resort In