The evening world., 1888-02-08

Ex-G oyernor Of Virginia Game 20 wssh-
inGton to Reform Him-His Record ar q
Fighter and His Duel with George wise.
ESPECIAL TO THE WORLD
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-1he bull in the Senate
china-shop is Riddleberper, and he succeeds In
MASKING the b1c-A-brac at nearly every sitting.
Yesterday he worried the soul Of John sherman. A
short time ago he turned Evarts's blood cold By
calling him a parrot and the hundred white, fuzzy
hairs which lie on Edmunds's bald crown stand
straight on end every time he takes the moor for
fear he will break the rules beyond reparstion.
Riddleberger is a Republican,, nominaIly, but In
reality he is a legislative elephant tackled on to the
Republican party in the Senate, which they want TO
get rid of and don't know how.
They come by him rightly, too, and the genesis
OF Riddleberger is worthy Of consideration. He
squeaked his trst cry in the cradle Of national poll
tics when Malone, as a Democratic Senator from
Virginia, sold ont mis- party and his vote TO the Re-
publicans, on the condition that he should have the
patronage OF Virginia, and that Biddleberger
should be voted for by the Republican Senators as
a candidate for sergeant-at-Arms OF the Senate.
Malone, during the Hancock campaign, had
boosted OF his Democracy, and had written letters
to the National Democratic Committee stating
that his party was the Simon-pure Bourbon party
OF the State, and that 1t should have national sup
port The committee, however, favored the anti
Malone party, and when the election was
nothing from the Democrats, and the Sem
ate a SSing "a Il tie, y,rg agreed, s SO say say, the
Republicans, on the above grounds. He delivered
his vote, and the Republicans gave him the onloes.
During the Presidency OF Arthur he controlled the
post-ofnces and Federal appointments of Virginia,
and ne put his own men IN in every case; He did
serGeant-at-Arms, but 1t must worry sherman and
Edmunds now to think how they once supported
nDOn their Gonna He IN amOnU them. bnt moi nf
them, and, as one OF the Democratic Senators
expressed II today, 1.-The oontrariness Of his
vote with the Democratic party for no other reason
than that he is supposed TO vote with the Repub-
hcans."
Harrison II. Riddleberger Is one of the rarest
features in the Senatorial animal show. Tail,
straight aud not bad-looking, he has a long, thin
face, which grows norid during certain periods
when his blood nows the fastest. He has q high,
full forehead, and his brown hair, which Is thin
ming rapidly at the CROWN, is combed well back and
il generally kept well dressed. lie has O long,
scraggy, brown beard and his eyes are BLUSH
gray. These eyes look straight at his brother Sem
ators when he attacks them, and Riddlebergers
enemies say that he chooses his methods of bull
DOING and fantastic speaking in the Senate in
order to attract attention to himself. He certainly
does attract attention. and he is one Of the sights
from the Senatorial galleries He wears dark
clothes, and his frock coat, usually but
toned save at the top, there bulges
out, giving him the appearance Of having Q
sixty-inch chest, lie has good lung-power, and
friends in the Senate, and complained not long
ago that he had been insulted by his fellow-Sena-
tors, and that he was cut on the street by them.
lie refused, It Is said, invitations to State dinners
at the White House. and once declined to go to Q
no dress-cost and was too poor to buy one. I'D
dleberger is. however, %convivial in his tastes. He
likes good fellowship, and he seems to breathe an
| atmOBDhere 40 highly charged with OZOQa that hta
animal spirits continually come to the front. The
iron n%aun In q ms son blood s a. times I'm aot gives a MIN an =. undue !
United States Senator, would almost warrant the
supposition that he was keeping his spirits up
by putting spirits down !"
am assured, however, that MIR. Riddleberger
never drinks, but one of his friends, who was re-
Gently Governor OF virginia, and who, unlike
Riddleberger, is actually inclined to drinking,
heard the report the other day that Senator Riddle
berger was imbibing too freely. He left Peters,
burg and straightway cam to Washington, went
directly to the metropolitan Hotel and announced
that he was going to reform his friend Harry.
Senator Riddleberger, however, happened TO be
Ill at the time, and the Virginia ex-Gov-
ernor, seeing some of his friends in the
hotel Hobbies, asked them In to take Q
drink. With the glasses in their hands they
pledged success TO the mission OF the Ex-Governor,
and at about the fifth drink the Ex-Governor was
In such a condition as to evidence u decided need
OF reformation himself. He then called upon
Senator Riddleberger, but was told by the servant
that he could not be admitted, as the Senator was
sleeping. He left the hotel and continued tho
spree and the result was that he became Intoxicated
TO SUCH a degree that he had to be reshipped TO his
own home without seeing the Senator. The actions
OF whose mercurial temperament he had 80 IN
Justly attributed to other than those Of nature.
Nevertheless Senator Sherman should be care
full as to how he trines with the buzz-saw. Sher-
man came near having a duel once, but Riddle
| harvar n a,trallo tno1 A-a ,.l-o o----
ago George d. Wise, now one of the Virginia Repre-
sentatives in the House, ~playfully called Riddleber-
ger a blanked liar in the columns Of a Richmond
newspaper, and Riddleberger straightway sent 0
challenge. To show the bloodthirstiness Of the
man when angered, he sent a challenge to Editor
Beirne that same day, and he arranged to fight the
two duels on the same afternoon. Wise chose
pistols for weapons, and the meeting was at I
O'Clock p. NJ. In a clump Of woods a few miles from
Richmond, and 30 near the residence OF the Judge
Of the county that he could hear the shots. At the
first IRE Wises pistol did not 20 of, and Riddle
bergers ball new wide Of the mark. Wise then
handed his pistol to his second and told him there
was something the matter with 1t. The ball was
drawn, the pistols reloaded and the oombatantst took
bergers coat-tail, but Riddleberger's shot again
wasted iiselt on the air. Riddieberger reached
had gone through his $40 coat. He then raised
his hand and SCRATCHED his head. he was eyt.
scratching, and then, to Wise's surprise, he seized
the pistol by the barrel anu threw IL as far as he
could into the bushes. He then threw out both
arms, and, walking haif way towards Wise, held
out his hand and intimated that he thought they
had better settle the matter In other ways. Wise
replied he had nothing to complain of and, II Rid
dleberger was satisfied, he was, and 30 the duel
ended. the other engagement, RiddleberRer's
enemies say, did not take place, and Senator Rid
dleoerger should be applauded rather than con-
demned FOR refusing to stand up and be ured &C by
men who were probably better shots than himself,
and whom he considered his enemies.
FRANK q. CARPENTBR.
Another Presidential Veto.