New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-12
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
THE CALAMITY OF DEMOChAIlO
OFFICIAL
o,n rvor-cu To ZEE NEw-A PECKsEIFF FROM
cFopGrA-wIIY CONGRESSMAN MASON

OLD ENOUGH TO lE NIN-A fi@N 49,
GFORGIA-WIIY CONGRESSMAN MASON
FEELS LIKE A MILLloNAlkr-
Washington Aug. 1f.-so many uHhind ann o,"
serious things have appeared In the puDn0 p -. -,
i've 10 Mr. Daniel 5lcCOnyille, the SIAM cum
the Treasury. and the management OF NJ '"' $50 -
important bureau that # IS quite fciie'hn' ~ -
% record an instance Of his answering Devotion ~
aTbc sex- and Of HIS thoughtful attention 10 '"-n
creature comforts SHORTLY after the non'i~''" -
General Harrison and Mr. Morton, two yo'Hs ~u" -,
CLERKS in the sixth Auditors Office We're 90"
GUESSING that important event TN WnsP 'e' -
with both Of them dcvout Christianity anu 49,,
ratrlotiem appeared to 60 hand IN hand 700 'H.s
each and scverslly7 averrcd that they "o''u
ceaso to pray from that time on TO NoFenlDoI ~.
tho election OF the Republican candda'>
tbou qbtful and kindly disposed Democrat ""
overheard II appears. the sacred p4c1r'"e a..
cbastc prisons and reported the conycisa 10" % -
! Ncconville who listened 10 tho NARRATION ~
/ smile that was chlld-ukc ard bland an"
that he would attend to the matter u.,oss
! ro+r.rirg IN their desks after the lunchcoh roU
como time atterwari each Of tho TrayerU "oi,'"
discovered al her desk a largo dirty ana oisI'9".
| ,ool-,, mat No mats had been there before ms
were unusual and they had asked tor hoi' ~ q,
forthwith asked the chief o. their room ""o'
rrbo renlicd that he didn't know anything aNo -
the Chief Clerk had sent the mats over VIZ" -,
,,ons IN ulace them before their dosEs
tho Chief Clerk the two postuants were rcicricu "
| the Auditor himself. and arrived IN MS a'0",- p
| euce the women again, somewhat Hch"iou,'' ~,
| roundcd their conumdrum; whcrcupon Nuu'o'
! ror,ila with hitter sarcasm. Informed them '"@'
az he understood they had intlmateo tHcir "'''' ~
prav for the success Of Harrison ara Nu''o",
,borcbt II only right that he should furnish th'H W
mats 10 kneel upon" Tho somewhat a''o'l7'o'
rctired l am told. in good order 'l'"o ~, g.,
maybaD but undismayed. i Is char'hi's ~ -. -.
rho arid and stfed CIRCLE OF Democratic 'mri4i b.
loot a o.
forsro,ng: albeit It smacfy, perhaps h'li' VI '
commentary the grim and Christening irs'lu.''" -
r., r-hicb tbe doughty McCOnvilc presided O|'
toforc a grateful Democracy said to him; Ii',",''
come I'D higher McConvile's scheme Is - -
reu worthy Of elaboration. and the saihuF "''"YI
oherlv might bosecch the President Tor an am
ment o. the Cvn service rules so that all "a
r,oO,llcau clerks should have mats tlrnish'n d. '
r,srecve desls for the matutna exercises reor'" ~
In viow Of Colonel Lannon'S published s'i''iii'".
IN the eject that there are 10 dInti'N'o' ,
between The Physical Wreck and any Hl',.o
= tbo Administrations Il must be assumed 'h''
r,,,. 10 l-,oy-n how ~ COMPOSE any existing amer
occs between himself and the White House ~ h'"
80 tho rand concentration OK til, special cNali''' "
tho Pension Bureau which he is now ch'c''"s - -,
E naIrn purposes in Indiana and at o'Ae. -'.' go
: Doiuts: as also by his recent activity III "N,
, r,at,od and wounded cx-soldcrs lie has dshi''-'
I fur ey-gOilers In the la-N NV ''-'
- haze lost limbs while another IS hopeless cli'I
= vbicb must commend Black very hi-.S
: this soldlerloving Administration. HNt II 'I-
:, should not do It the fact probably "oD-'
during the same period nc Las " run IN Two h.-
ex Rebel soldiers es $1,000 clerks In inc oA'' %
lust allowed by Congress for inc 'c"''' o., - ,-
, ,,rou :be distinct understanding that saa l.N'' "
-, d., ~vcn ia cxncrts familiar With laui oi''' ''''I
= ord NOT TO hungry and thirsty Democrats ii-c-
i ! otherwise. roo,.,,
r must have era. plcd7 the President 10 81 -.
IS hooks OF stccl- for III his recent dismissal VI
? rohn H. Els Of the classified service De- MS ''
r. ,bo old formula for offensive par,anship ioDn I'll
4 .t,pocuous dceuctudes OF Democratic hypot"'5' '"
u II ELS lost a leg from a wound r-cr''e1 wan
serving in Ncw-York regiment haa an 'N'
: record az an examiner in the Pension Bureau All" a.
n a. a quiet modest and genfi'manly employ "
I vas a credit ia fact TO the civil service ms" m
Il hon constituted by Congress 10 reward anc lI"''
" hin, learn however, that al MI Ells IS hoiio
= number OF very strenuous Democrats "i'o @'''' 90
hearing his brethren OF the Republican persu4.on W
: ,inuallv villned in unmcasured terms ne H''"!
,c nm the cucccl,7 for them, In prva'c ana Hl'-'
ID conversation It IS charged further thai ler'''''
IS tive william G. stahlnechcr Of the XVIII DISTRICT
le vo,r York hearing Of this, went to " Inc fHy ,'
"a wrechs and demanded poor Ei-s's oi'eia mead WIN
"a ,ras nromptiy handed over 10 kim ms "o''l ''
re - bo cruel and malignant torturng Of gentleman
5. private conversation az his homo lA'" o"'H'"I 49,
fi.ansblp.9 and small business for Acli''e'''1'
stahlneckcr TO atoop to- an effort Oh
o., which his constituents in Westchcster count
whence many gallant soldiers went down inio DIX
- viii gratefully remember IL the ensuing clecii'n' j.
20 was appointed from the >h New-IorA District WA
At is so ably represented b. Francis j.. splnola UP
n, whose military preserves, as were' sia''"oI
re- been thu, unwarrantaby loachins. - Hcpr'so"
c tive sninola so nooly defcd ki-sore OF leAaS'
IN -, Ia, il, the ani,nat,d debate upon Laird -;
~ soldiers, Home bl-in defending the fair fame OF l.
re Union soldier he Will doubtless ium'dlalc5 u.t
nd his unfortunate constituent iein-latei'eil
The fiV-ica! WRECK pcii.4illi-1 o. p@'lI''
Increasing his roll Ot voters ii AN 'Ae r.'"
III close district at one and the same ll"o'