Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-09-18

Hsniny HliIl ard tts Master.
YH1 CURIOUS RErRgAr WHICH ArroRNsY-oKHERal
GARLAND Has PRKPARED RoR HlnsHIR
Little Rock Correspondents St. Louis 0lobs. Dmocrat
Attorney General Garland Is laying his plans 70
leave Washington and take up his permanent resi-
dence at Hominy Hill after the fourth of next
March. He makes no secret OF these plans But
It does not follow from this that Mr. Garland thinks
the Administration il going TO be defeated. II he
gives much consideration TO the probable result in
November he doubtless thinks "the Cleveland
luck" viii pull through again. But whether there
is 10 be a second term or not Mr. Garland Is get
ting ready TO retire. He told his friends OF his in
t tent! year ago, and he talks the same way
new Attorney General next year.
MI Garland thinks there Is not another such
was stamping Arkansas on the Union side ia 1850
ne saw the location and was struck with it. ssThe
Gibson place" was the name by which 1t was
He determined that some time he would be the
owner OF "the Gibson place. and would make 1t
the home Of his Old age; The war went BY, and
Garland. 1t has been his custom to spend his
was bestowed by himself The improvements are
Arkansas all through. The house Is a long
douDle-log structure, with An open space between
ine-room, except when the weather is bad. d The
these is occupied by Mr.. Garland for his bedroom
or is used by other members OF the family when
they are at the Hill. The house stands upon an
elevation and commands quite a view Of the
:, There was only small amount Of land with the
Hill when Mr.. Garland first invested. But since
now he has 1900 acres IL one body. taking in quite
stretch OF rich bottom, which will yield i,6OO
pounds OF seed cotton to the acre. Mr.. Garland
make IL q summer retreat for hunting and nshing
purposes. Now, however, he Is liking to farm in
earnest He is having land cleared and is getting
return money on the Investment
Tho road to Mr.. Garland's place is one OF the
about Is miles from the city, but the route is as
devious as the twstings and turnings OF one OF
the uxuriant grape vines to be found In the Arkan
eled the road once have missed It badly In trying
70 repeat 1t has come to be recognized as solu-
ton Of labyrinth to find the way to Hominy
Hill. When Mr.. Garland invites q friend out to
see him he sometimes furnishes diagram to indi-
cate that he Is In earnest In his hospitality and
really expects his friend to find him. There is
good fishing In the Fourche on which the estate
borders, and the dogs can start up deer In an
hour almost any day in the season. The locality
abounds In game just back OF the big DOLLHOUSE
are several mineral springs one OF which is almost
Identical IN character with the famous White Sui
phur spring OF the virginia mountains
Mr. Garland usually reaches HOminy Hill with q
toeraby strong case Of dyspepsia as the result OF
his winters work, but one good hunt and a week
or Two OF his own mineral water makes q new man
OF him.
He Is said to looK with relish upon this con-
templated retirement TO Hominy HILL Years
ago he mad an ambition TO be Attorney General,
or sit upon the Supreme bench. He has had this
ambition satisfied, and he wants nothing more.
Friends went to him some time ago and asked him
II 1t would be agreeable TO him TO enter the race
Tor the United States Senate He said mo" in
such an emphatic way that they knew there was
no doubt about his real sentiments. In recent
convention Mr.. Garland referred feelingly to his
political career and to the fact that he had never
striven for official position: The honors had come
TO him without contest. This is peculiarly true
His eminent legal services to the state during the
reconstruction period made the democratic party
OF Arkansas feel that a debt or gratitude was due
him. He was made Senator without asking, ana
was reelected to the Senate only to be taken
therefrom into the Cabinet almost at the begin
ming OF his second term. Few men In American
public life have had the Office seek them SO liter
ally as has Mr.. Garland. And now he feels that he
has had all that he wants, and he Is going to re-
tire with good grace.