New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03

hts reputation but / cannot believe thai ne ID Io~
Of men who sometimes enter the same heiu- o1NHo.
believe that he would try 10 deprec ATE the eHoi'S
Butterworth. or Allen. Of Mississippi, OF MaSon'
think that Allen and Mason are mysteries 10 coA inc
latter especially. He is droll, and If lie had been
trained for the stage he might have become as famous
as Raymond. Like most other political humors's'
so-caed there is a ven of satire in Allen which no
never forgets 10 work For example, asked him
what he thought OF Mr. Blaine's Florence letter.
"Well7 he replied I" It means Of course, that nc Is
candidate for the nomination. 1t reminds me Oh a
letter wrote just before was nominated Tor congress-
1 was dying to come to Washington and had been
defeated in convention two years before. was a
delegate to the convention that nominated me and the
prospect of my success was not very flatterlng
went 10 nv room in the hotel and drew UP letter
in which declared that could not be candidate
After bad finished It to my satisfaction sent for
several of my frsends-old and shrewd politicians
and read It to them. Then said: Gentlemen, do
YOU think that this VII nominate meg They allowed
that 1t would. and it DID,
Mr. Aliens opinion OF Mr.. Blaine's Paris letter
has not yet been obtained. He related with much
gusto an incident which happened as he was about
10 leave home take his seat in the last Congress
One Of his constituents called him and give him
some advice which, in substance, was this. Now,
John, you're going to Washington I've hearn, John,
tnat lts great clty CITY, liii vi
and danger and temptations Take keer Of yourself,
John. Don't 20 out after dark Don't expose your
SELF You know that Tdcr IS dead and Hendricks
is dead and there's nobody left that se TO ex-
cevt you and Cleveand-and l hear that Cleveland
IS not very we'll Take leer of yourself John.'
john seems have followed the advice
think that Mr. Allen Is as liberalr Democrat
as any from Mississippi but to him southern Repub
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recently had occasion to inquire about leading men In
the different political parties in that State, and
among them l mentioned General Acorn. " Oh,
Senator Acorn is mighty fine man, Sir; he never
was Republican I've heard him say 500 Waiv-
ing the question OF politics. / asked about General
Acorn res pcctng whom had heard little or nothing
IN the past few wears. " He is living like Ratri-
alchal prince down OF HIS plantation replied Allen,
who continued: do not suppose there Is a more
independent in the country than Acorn. lie
has one of the biggest and finest plantations in the
State and within its borders he Is virtually monaSch
The negroes obey him well they would In slavery
times In his kingdom there Is a church, a school
and machinery for the administration Of justice The
Governor is more of a theologain-well, don't wan
TO make comparisons which might not be wholly just
I only wanted 10 say that occasion Governor
Acorn who had concluded that the preacher he en-
pIoyed was not dealing out sound orthodox doctrine
entered the pulpit himself and delivered strong ser
mon and then Informed the monument that that was
the SORT of preaching he expected in that pulpit. His
tusce of the peace IS colored and he dispenses
Justice with a strong, but impartial hand saw him
once while he was holding cote and was impressed
by his hard common sense. lie ascended the rude
bench wearing a gown-I think probably 1t was one
OF Alcorn's castoff dressing gowns, but he wore It
with dignity and the culprits who were brought be-
fore him seemed to be duly impressed with the males
~ and terrors Of the law. Oh no, Governor Alcorn
never was a Republican
g Jobn Joseph Quincy Cannon He was so bap
t,zed ss am credIbly informed, and he represents
en- Congress the Illinois district which the Physical
vecka would represent II were not for tho fact that
HE views are not shared by majority of the voters.
In everybody calls Cannon, wh6te constituents are
60 sensible and wthal well pleased with his stew
aasb that he is serving his eighth consecutive term
90 !. member OF the House Cannon Is descendant OF
yoserb Quincy but do not believe that many Of his
friends I'm the House take him 10 be of Quaker descent
uhahv there Is no member Of Congress who is better
intoned in regard the expenditures of tbs Govern
.pt than IS Mr. Cannon, who has been for many years
member of the Committee on Appropriations. With
T., tte mast four or five years he has become terror
40 the Democrats who have learned that Cannon
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