The National tribune., 1888-04-19
THE GREAT DIRECTOR.


erecting buildings. lie makes il point to
oppose such measures by retail and wholesale,
and by every method known to obstructiouists
and fiIibusters.
A Member from Texas, believe, who has
such bill that he Is very anxious to get
through, was discussing statccTaft one day
with young friend as they rode to the Capitol
in a heFdic.
q wish I eonld get some one to poison
man for me-" said he.
why, you arc getting bloodthirstg, aren't
youg" his companion asked.
No, oh, no. / only want him poisoned
enough to remain IN q c1mat0se condition a
couple Of days. III give d hundred dollars to
anyone who vii! do It, That's fifty dollars per
day. Pretty good wages, you see"
=" I'll take the job" said the young man,
laughing +" Who is it?7
Its Band. He's awfally Ia my way. If
it were not for him could get my bill through
slick as grease. If he could only be induced
to stay away from the Capitol day or two, it
would be All right"
"Weil. ] II manage him
Tell him the Committee on Public Build
iuEs have gone on a picnic 10 New York for a
week. You see. he's watching me- too, and he
is there every day-all day az that
"I'ii fix him said the young man. " You
see II ] don't earn that money. You shall
have clear field, and while he is cOme-a-toes
you g0-G-bc4d."
TILE VACANT CETEF-J usTICEsEIP.
Tho appointment Of a successor to the late
Chief Justice Waite continues 10 be actively
/ canvassei and any number Of men, ranging
Y from wholly obscure to well-knoWn, have been
suggested IOr the place. Perhaps the best
4 known man mentioned is Speaker Carlisle. Ex-
/ Senators Thurman ard Mcdonald have been
urged by their friends. but their age has made
4 it out 0f the question that they shall be APP
/ pointed. 1t has been asserted, by men who
4 claim 10 know, that the President viii not
choose Southern man, but probably 80 TO the
West, with the possibility Of . New Yorker. This
/ week the drift Of opinion seems to be That the
nomination VIII not be made until after the St.
Louis Convention, Tor obvious political reasons.
The Presidents friends claim that nothing
viii be gained by making the nomination now,
as the Senate will probably withhold action for
some time, and the court viii adjourn within a
month.
THE sESATE's COMPLAINT
The Senators complain Of the slackness Of the
House in the transaction 0f business. There is
not enough comes up fr0la the lower House to
keep tie upper Chamber occupied. Is has long
since finished all that IL had 20 do, aud even
given all the time that it cares TO give TO the
making Of speeches Oh the tariff issue. The Fen
ate is anxious to get to work on the appropria-
ton bills, SO as TO consider them with sufficient
(. thoroughncss before adjournment The AIem-
bers of the House themselves are becoming
FESTIVE under the slowness with which business
proceeds, for many Of them are anxious to get
home and attend 10 their political fences which
are becoming somewhat damaged by the IN
roads Of active competitors Tho deadlock
caught quite q number, who are DESTROYS OF
being their own successors. in a bad way, for it
occurred just at q particularly important period
in the management Of their preliminary can
vass. They were unable to get away aud had
to intrust their affairs to their friends, who OF
course, could not be expected TO do rs well as
they themselves.