New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-22


Washington Tho President agreed to overlook the
escapade Of his admrer thinking, doubt that It Is
bad politics and taste 10 quarrel with ones cook
especially whom tho cook is a good one.
noticed Speaker pro tenn g. g. Cox rap the House
to order yesterday with more than ordinary vigor.
And yet his face distracted look Sure
| enough, he had laid down his gavel, he
said;
"Thc clerk will proceed to read the Journal Of
Thcn suddenly checking himself:
| "Oh, forgot prayers first in ordcr.'
The two delegates from New York to the meeting Of
the Board Of Trade here this week. Messr Wimau and
Thurber, maintained opposite grounds on nearly all
questions and their saies at each others fobes kept
the meeting N perpetual good humor. After Mr. Wiman
who is director in the Western Union had set forth the
prospective horrors Of the Government control OF the
telegraph lines and the beauties OF private ownership
Mr. Thurber followed and cited example OF tho
evils OF the system the Obvious certainty that
Mr. Wmans remarks would be teegraphed all over the
country, while his words in opposition TO them would
never see the light of print Before the laughter had
fairly ceased Mr. wiman his feet with the sugges
ton that his friend Thurber uneasy because he
couldn't that meeting the way he hal been running
| the pure food convention AS Mr.. Thurber In his
wholesale grocery business handles food SUITS worth
Sl4.000,OO0 every year the point was clear
| Mr. winan Is an old hand at dealing with legislative
bodies But for lobbying I'M Ter dicues story which
he tells Of his experience at Harrisburg certainly Is re-
markabe well amusing. There was n bill before
the Pennsylvania Legislature that TO ruin MS
business IN that State and Mr. wiman spent lively
month at the Capital lighting IT, One night he mad an
editorial that he wanted printed In " rhe Patriot" He
found the editor the deepest despair Tie oompostors
had gone strike.
| "Neyer mind" said the selfmade millionaire from
New-YOrk, I'll set it myself"
| So nc stumbled up into the composing ROOM lit NICK
nd bera n double
leader composing mentally and geographically as no
went along. Soon word reached the union that rat
printer from NewYork was sticking type down IN Inc
Patriot Office and the strikers came down in mob
Just Mr. Wiman had finished mp particularly lurld
paragraph With a file OF exclamation points, and was
cropping after quad to space out the line, yell
arose from the excited crowd or printers In the street
and brick came crashing through the gass and pied
form OF Job work the composing stone. The yolun
eer printer appeared the window above the crowd,
gracefully gesticulating with sclul Of type In one
hand and the Office to vel with which he had been mop
ming his perspring brow in the other, and thus ed
dressed them:
"Felow citizens! Hear for cause and be silent
that We may hear mel am not a rat; am only poor
lobbyist lighting for his rights and the business Interests
of the country. with your strike Here Is 80 tn
help keep the ball a-rong and I'll send you all paper
in the morning you can see that set clean PROOF
and am rat!
This was highly effective, and with shout and cheer
|
thought il would do the most good. or Two hours MI
WIman stood upon rlckety, floor in new pair
OF shoes putting his unanswerable logic Into cold type
No one a printer who has had to stand IN new PAIR
OF shoes all night before frame can appreciate tho
situation. As the agony grew upon MIN the editorial
grew hotter Word went up to the night session al inc
Capitol that New York chap was down In Inc
Patriot" Office setting up his editorial and every
member his way TO the hotel looked up at the wndoW
where Mr. Wiman singing rhetoric and spaces ata
reckless rate. But In tho morning that indefatgaoe
worker had the satisfaction OF seeing every man In
Harrisburg reading column loaded editorial that shone
forth among the standing matter that made up the
rest OF Tho Patriots Issue that day. like the red INK
| " Please Remit unpaid tailors BILL
In connection with this same bill Mr.. Wimans final
charge along the enemy's line at the critical moment OF
| the vote on its passage shows how easily shrewd
man with the proper agencies can manufacture "nat
| passes for the moment as public opinion on the day
before the vote fifty kilograms and mailed them
his in the sixteen principal cities OF the state
agents went to the most prominent merchants In
| town and said:
| see here have yeu any objections to signing this
telegram favor to and sending 1t to your friend
Colonel so-and-so the member from this district If
| pay the tOli
OF course they hadn't, and about fifteen minutes be-
fore the rolca telegraph boys began rushing into
the legislative chamber from door BY the time
the first name called signed by the best
that BILL were lying the members desks thicker than
leaves on ValombrosA The effect was instantaneous
and tremendous There not half dozen ayes "
| along the whole line.
Congressman Crain of Texas. is a highly impassoned
speaker When House by its capacious ear
he does it with fire in eye. He struts and bellows and
pants He walks up and down the AISLE pounds the desk
In front and the air with his beautiful arms
It was in of these moods that saw him the other
L o1Ivg, ,o1,nrt hfohi Gp't an
very strange after all-but what impressed me partic
| ulary was the vchemence with which he belabored
moor innocent atlas spread out before him. 1t must
have equally impressed group Of Republican Congress
men on the other side OF the hail. for presently one OK
them was heard to exclam:
"There now, gentlemen there's striking instance OF
the necessity for passing the Blair Educatlohal DILL
"IIow's thatf"
~WeI there's Crain-a Congressman from Texas-he
can't even talk geography without the aid of an atlas
For all that Grain Is considered to be very good
| fellow"
Ex Senator Henry G. Davis OF West Virginia. makes
frequent trips to the Capital saw him the other day
on the floor OF Senate chamber lie was evidently In
the best OF spirits and centre OF an interested
group Of listeners. After he had gone was tod OF
dinner party given in NewYork In 1892 Davis sat at
one end OF table, Simon Cameron sat at the other
and between them was General sherman The latter
began Renaissance of his early LIE BY saying;
"When was Lieutenant"
aCome. now. Sherman" interrupted Davis, were you
| ever Lieutenant ="
ayes Davis" he replied. at was Lieutenant about
the time you we're brakeman on n freight train.
swell boys" observed Cameron, 81 don't suppose
either OF you ever cOrdwood for living, as uiu
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| GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO STRIKES.
From The Boston Budget
| couple OF Young were discussing Yesterday