The Washington critic., 1889-03-23
THE TOWNS PHOTOGRAPH.

hood ~ ,ho Do, nr eoo,t nos,,,e tho
aa,,a,..,, a,.o,,,.,s,a,,au - ,,,a RI ,,,o
ro,.ar',,.Ia,y ~ ,,,o pros,,,o,, ho am loo,,s
s,oodi,, a, ,vorl, ~ HE dosl, ,n the pensIon
oo,ce and oltbouob his daugbtera and tbe
pres,den, bimsoIf bovo ,r,ed IN mako him
bel,ovc tbat thorn ia now M lopgor onv
necessity for his continuing To work. he
cannot he induced Ia surrender his position.
shortly after tbe election Mrs Harrison
wrote 10 ber father. asl,inp him In resion.
and saving that as soon as they came to
Washington she wonld expect him to live
at the White House. This letter was ac.
companied by note from the President
who made the same request that Mrs. Har-
rison had, aud the Presidents note was
written In such cordial and friendly strain
that there was no doubt as to Its sincerity
But the old gentleman wrote TO his
daughter, saying that while he should
be very glad to be n frequent visitor
~ the White House, ana perhaps spend
some part OF MS Time thcre, he could
not tn'nk OF passing the rest Oh MS days III
ldleness; that because ms sonln-iaw had
peon erected fresiuent OF the united states
made no hitercncc IN MS own POSITION
ana that while he iully appreciated their
kindness, he could not Tor one moment
think OF rendering MS resighaiion' so
every Gay ola Or scott reaches MS desk IN
w. ta,,,su,,, ans ,,sa,a,,,,'r,,a,,, , an'
a,,ar ~. =, ,la r.,nes,, aa ,",, y
~, ~. ,o,,l,,. a,', ,,,,'
hoon assoo,o,oa ,,,,h Me-, so, nan, ,,aors
that HE demoonor hos mot chaugo1 IN ,ho
s,,ghtos, sinco tto ovor,s ~ ,ast Novonhor
made him an important persopapo in the
history of his country doubt II you will
find another instance of this kind on record.
%.
T,.roisa n aco,,rossro n &, ,ow,, who IL vor,
mad perhons d. har,iy 90 ho wonaaro5
ot short timo hosnr, conrross oJ'
iourned ono of his cons,iinorts es,,o5 hin,
r. be would be kind enougb IN send him tho
oo,c,aI Reo,ster which 90 mos. neon,o
know inst at this time. ,s n work vcry much
n demand and cor,ains ,bo name ond
so,o,.os of evorv nosit,on tho c.ovorn'
ment Tho booi, was nromnt,v sent A
week or so aoo be reco,vod n jonc letter
from this constituent contoining 4 l,st of
| n,o nror,,ron, ond ,o,,-,,o,d ,,,aass on,sid,,
S' ,n . a,,,u ,a au "''pau p s p"ees ous' ., ,,o.
with tho consul. .gonoralsbin ot tondon
nerbans the hest Maid nosition IN tbe Gov.
ernment and tanored down 10 tho head of
bureau. lie confessed that he wou,d rather
Ike N oo abroad for the next fow voars
Int that as be wasn't narticular bc would
NOT refuse anv NJ tho africes an bis ust and
no ed his Renresentot,ve IN cot him
ope NJ his corliee. convcnionce Now this
| alone would mt have been sn Ind Inn, this
| man evident,v alIowed n fe,v og b,s ,p,i.
mate friends to look at the Register. who
| also made mn their little lists. and the con-
sequence is that Representative Blonk has
| beep botbered with more reopests for n,ocos
from that little corner of his district than
| from all the rest of the State mt tooetber.
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|
hepreseh.a.'Ye furs'oh OF hahsas said TO
aonlric reporter 'ha' tnerc was very h.tie
truth IN the story puphsned tnat ne had
had dihcuity WIN tne rostmaster.Gen
erai' anu that ne 'furstoh' hau called on
the Iresiueht apou. tne matter "ihe
iacts IN the case said Mr. furst'n, 'are
'nese' i caieu at the rostohce Depart-
meht 10 see fosttnaster-uenerai wanna
Genera, Wan,mo,er rsonss,s Cd p'to,io, ~ 70 l,,.a
him all the papers In the case, I thsreupon
withdrew the application and next day
brought all the papers In the case 70 the
Department as reouested There was not
| IN unnleasant word passcd bctveen tho
| postmaster-( ,enoro, and mvsols and rov.r