New-York tribune., 1888-03-25

manly beauty and courage. 1t had the effect OIL,
Of raising the Ire of the old lady, and shading hci
hst at Mr. Wilson, she exclaimed:
| And suppose you are a specimen. Why, you are
miniature Tom Thumb, and your mustacho looks for
all tho world Is though It had been soaked in butter
MILK daily for the last six months
After that onslaught Mr.. Vision had moro to
| say; fully demoralized, be beat hssty retreat.
Mr.. Lind. tho one-armed scandinavian member from
Minnesota, Is something OF joker The other day he
| received letter from of his constituents, who
said that he understood that bill had been introduced
into the House to reimburse those who were drafted
and had hired substitutes during the war. As he was
ono OF that class Mr. Llnds correspondent went on to
say, he was naturally anxious to have his Congress
mans opinion to the chances Of tho bill passing at
this session Of Congress. Mr.. Lind wrote his con-
sfituent 10 reply that no aware that such a
bill had been introduced, that he did know that any
committee would report 1t favorably or that 1t would
pass the House, II reported but OF thing he was
quite suro to wit, that II such bill should pass both
Houses II would not be vetoed by tho President.
This reminds me Of story Mr. Allen, Of Mississippi
told when discussing pension matters Like other Con-
fcderates, he told that he ought to have thought
OF this matter Of pensions twenty five years ago with
perfectly serious face, Mr.. Allen, who Con-
federate private, replied that at the beginning of the
war be had not given 1t the due consideration to which
II was entitled Hs had been" no said, "qute a
young boy then
"But along about tho third year of tho war began
/ to think seriously Of 1t, and so much had been I'm
pressed with tho fact that the course was pursuing
would bankrupt the United States In pensionlng the
widows OF the soldiers killing, that finally, gun
In hand, retreated five or six States with the
enemy In 1ny front rather than slay a whole army.
The contest had finally to the point where
that would havo to slay the whole army simply
Ufyan t.lAl
home'
He wanted. however, to call attention to a little
cident which occurred when he was on his way home
He had gons into the at the age OF fourteen and
had remained four years and he pretty well tired
of lighting. There another boy with him on tho
way homo who had not been In the long, and
who wanted TO go across the river In Alabama and
fight with Kirby Smith. He had had about enough
fighting and did not wish to go. and he and his friend
were arguing about tho matter when they old
gentleman q field watching their approach.
When they reached him they found him to be very
much interested about the surrender and about Our
Institution
al told him. said Mr. Allen, that 'Our Institu-
tion' gone"
"well, what you going to do, young manl' no
asked
"Go home," said I.
young man." said he, "you are right; you go
homo and go to ploughlng. My experience IS that
do something else."
Going on In this way, tho old man fell to philoso-
phizing and finally said, musingy;
" Boys this has been q mighty bad war; We have
lost good many Of our best men; We have great
many onelegged and one-armed soldiers among
now. who can scarcely a living, and good many
widows and orphans. Society has been terribly de-
moralizcd, our homes have been desoated, our fami
lies have been broken up. Yes, boys, It has been
terrible war. but could stand all this II didn't
feel morally certain that some fools, who have not
made much reputation out Of the war, Will be wanting
to throw this thing up to for the next twenty-five
years.
One OF the most cordial admirers Mrs. Cleveland
has Is Senator Palmer, OF Michigan, who has frequently
declared that II Mrs. Cleveland should be nominated
by the Democrats he would bolt his own party and
support her. number of tho Senator's friends and
constituents called at the White House this week and
when, In tho course of conversation, the Senator's
name mentioned, Mrs. Cleveland said that she had
had a grateful feeling for Mr. Palmer ever sincc tho
occurrence Of a little incident years ago on the
Canada Southern Railroad
"A young grl,' she said, "was on her way from q
visit to friends In Michigan to her homo in the
State OF NewYork. When tho train was about to
cross tho suspension Bridge this little girl with every
one In tho car crowded to the platform to get view
Of the falls although she had lived in Western New
York all her life sho had never them, and was
AFRAID that the crowd the platform was so great
that she would not DO able to see them this time.
ncookfng gentleman, however, whom she had
watched all the way from Detroit noticed the dlsap-
pointment on her face and persuaded some of the
passengers to give her place on the platform where
she could the falls to perfection After the bridge
was passed she thanked him for his Kindness and
asked him for his name which no said was Tom Pal
mer OF Detroit then he asked for her name, and
told that 1t Frances Folsom, OF Buffalo,
Frances Folsom of Buffalo theu a schoolgirl
and afterward visited Niagara Falls frequently, but
she never forgot her friend, Tom Palmer OF De-
troit She learned from the newspapers that hs had
been elected to the Senate, and when she to
Washington before her marriage to tho President
the guest Of Miss Cleveland, she met him at the White
House but never recalled the incident to his memory
1t not until his friends repeated their conversa
tion with Mrs. Cleveland to Senator Palmer that he
identified tho young schoolgirl with tho wife Of tho
President He rocolected the Incident very WE'LL and
had often recalled the pretty face of the girl but had
forgotten her name. Tho next timo he Mrs.
Cleveland he proposes to talk old times'
| across somo Californans the other day, who
gave me few interesting details OF the career OF
Chris Buckley, tho blind boss OF the Pacific Slope
Buckley Is ono Of the peculiar productions Of Pacific
Coast politics and has had extraord nary career
He has been for years leader Of the San Francisco
Democracy, an1 Is now chairman Of the Democratic
stao Central ConnaIttee. From the position Of a
small saloon keeper anS ward striker he has made his
way to that Of tho manager Of the great political
chine, and has accomplished all this while being prac
tlcally blind. Mr. Buckley born In Ireland, but
his parents removed to this country when quite young
and he lived through his boyhOod and youth In
Ncw-York. His father contractor. Young Buckley
reached the Pacific coast In 1860, when he was but
eighteen years Of age He began life as street-car
driver and devoted all the spare time he had to Ward
politics. His assduity soon made him rival TO
Al" Fritz, tho local Democratic boss. The two soon
entsred into political partnership, and opened the
saloon which became sort # Democratic head
quarters. Tho first move In the direction Of
cessful politics to reduce the price Of whlskey to
half BIT, or from 20 cents to IL l-2 cents They
became popular, and before long were a political
power In San Francisco Fritz, the senior member
Of the firm, committed suicide at the end OF period-
cal spree, and Buckley, who had already become