The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-10
MANNING AND LAWLER.
Bn Incident Which Showed the For
mer's Appreciation and His Tact.
From The Chicago Mail.

From the Chicago Mail
| The death of Daniel Manning and the return
| from his labors Of the somewhat emphatic and
persistent Mr.. Lawler, Chicago Congressman,
! somewhat reminds me of an incident in which
both stand out to advantage. When Mr. Man
ming was Secretary of the Treasury, and during
his first serious sickness the Chicago Congress-
man became very sohcitous about the Secre-
| tary health, and for a while he sent TO Mr..
! Manning a basket of flowers every day. MIR.
| Manning sent for LAWYER and said: LAWYER,
| have been touched by your kindness. nave
| heard of you before. / think once when you
| called may have treated you little rIdely.
! ! want TO apologize for that, because | have
/ been touched by this attention. Now, you have
never asked for anything, and know you are a
poor man, and now want TO know what has
prompted thisyH
| The Chicago member replied that he knew the
| sick man fond of flowers, and that Mrs.
| Manning liked them, and he simply sent them
over to cheer the sick, Il have been there my
self said the Congressman IN his peculiar man
ner. Mr.. Manning sent for Mrs. Manning and
| made her acquainted with Lawler. Mrs. Man
| ing said their dinner hour was at hand, and
! asked the Congressman TO remain. mo, SAID
| LAWYER, II can't do it; much obliged to you
| both of you, but promised Mary I'd be home
| to dinner with her. and have never broken my
word to my wife since we've been married.
| Mary does her own work, and | wouldn't disap-
| point her"
The simplicity of the mans candor caused
| pretty scene. The gentleman who saw it, and
VINO Tells Inc TINS story, says: Il never saw any
thing on the stage as pretty as that. The little
| Congressman was standing in the presence OF
| the Leader of Washington society, for Mrs. Man
ming was at that time peerless, and she was
always stately, and, at the same time, yielding
when the occasion called for it. Mr.. Manning
was fresh from his victories. He had surprised
the country by his quick perception of the bust
| ness interests of the people As the little Con
gresham had spoken, there came silence.
Mrs. Manning bowed low TO him, just as a
queenly woman will when she is surprised by
great truth. Then she offered her hand, and the
invalid in the choir, touched at the remark,
placed his hand over his eyes for a moment,
and then called Lawler over and said: God
bless you and Mary
But there is one other little thing connected
with the incident which, though it intrudes upon
the domesticty of his family, is pretty enough
TO be made public Mrs. Manning went to the
door with Lawler, as ne passed out, and asked
him to call with his wife. The Congressman in
formed Mrs Manning that Mary was not
ciety woman as that is understood in Washing
ton. and that they preferred to remain at home,
where they could dress plainly" However,
one night there was genuine, old-fashiOned
night of it at the Manning mansion, in which
the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chicago
Congressman told stories ard smoked in the
library, while Mrs Manning, with her tatting,
entertained Mary LAWYER in delightful way.
devoid of frills, in the back parlor. There are
not many such evenings in Washington but
Dan Manning loved just that sort of an even
ing. and his wife knew how to help him out
with it.