Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
SENATOR RrnpLEsEReER AND THE TX.
Tradition TREATY.
Cabinet slstss-Esw's chaness-A Secret
Worth Knowing-Rivsrs and
Hsrbors-Eotes.
Urom Our Regular Correspondent


session, but the Republican stickier, for Star.
Chamber sessions would not humor the &C.
centric man from the Shenandoah Valley by
letting him have whack At the British
statesmen IN public, but they humored
him when the dosrs were closed. Nen
who losihe RIddleberger and who will
have nothing 70 do With him had
TO do hrs bidding when the doors
| we're closed In order 10 keep BIN
from telling oil that happened in the Star
| Climber. II his spirits do not get away
with bin the errstIc Virginisn will show up
IN the chamber on Monday behind sesutIful
floral gifts, which are undsrstosd 10 be on
the way to Washington from the Clan Ma
Gael and other Irish societies. TINS will
tickle Riddleberser aad make old man Ed
munds mad. ingalls, will look sneeringly
at the flowers and The recipient OF
/ these fayOrs, and all OF the Republic
can senators, with The exception OF
| Ton Bowen and several Others, will be
tisd when Rlddleberger's term expires on
the 4ih OF March.
AHLPPH SWAP.
The alliance with ths Virgins renegades
hasn't been a pleasant one, though II Was
profitable in political sense. The gain OF
| Republican senator in Delaware Is happy
swap for the party soon to take charge OF AL
the branches OF the Government. 1t has
been hnmili,ting 10 ingalls,, Sherman. Hoar,
and Edmuuds 10 have to bumor Riddleber-
ger in all OF his eccentricitie' They got.
however, Just such 4 dose ~ they deserved.
CABINET STATES.
| Cabinet slates are getting broken to pieces
! a'msst a. ftst as they are made up. The In.
| iimations In tins correspondence within the
| past few days that Allison would not accept
| the Treasury portfolio were well founded, 1t
seems, aud now It IL freely stated Gnat Mr..
Allison has made up his mind TO stay 10 the
Senate. The enemies OF Blaine have started
| the report that hlllsen declined because
| the Mime man had been slated Tor the state
/ Department. There is probably no truth In
tins report. Blaine and Allison are not a.
friendly perhaps &. they might be, but they
are not at dsfger'. poists by any means.
There Is . natural rivalry between Blaine
and hlli,on, OF course. but they are
not half ss bitterly oppoied to each
other as some people are trying TO
make believe. The Muswumrs have been
circulating these reports. They have even
gone ~ far as TO circulate story that Blaine
| ia going 10 deelns to enter the Cabinet. In
this case the wish 10 father TO the thought.
TIE Mugwumps would suffer anything II
they could only beat Blaine. The have 10
other botlle.cry but "beAt Blainc.'
NEWS CHANCES.
II begins to took ss II Harrison will have
10 appoint JonD C. New Secretary OF the
Treasury. or else go to the East for such an
Official. lie can't get Mckinley, Of Ohio,
and II he takes any one from that state u
will he ex. Governor Foster. No prsminrDt
member OF Congress wants to bury HIM
SELF in the Cabinet unless be car
he assured in advance that Cabinet
officers VIII be Cabinet officers. and not
clerks 10 the President OF tho United states.
That's the way the thing has been run for the
past four years, as humllstlng a. II Is to
Democrats to ssy 90. 1t 10 the great mistake
OF the present Administration that Cleveland
has tried 10 run everything himself
instead Of confefrrng with the heads
OF departments In the old-time way.
Republicans have an idea that llar-
ri.on is going to he the same kind OF
dictatorisl President that Cleveland has been.
and that IL why 80 few OF the prominent
ones care 10 30 into the Cabinet.
BIG HEAD.
Harrison bad the big head when in the
Senate, and 1t will continue TO swell when be
gets TO be PRECEDENT unless some sense is
knocked into his head between now and
the 4th OF March.
WORTH KNOWING.
II is not ALWAYS tee weslthest con gresham
who wears the best clothe', but, on the con-
trary, some Of tbs members OF Congress whose
wealth ranges from 500 090 10 fl.00O,o00 are
to be daily observed inside OF shiny.loOking
costs and trousers. T~illed, diagonal, OF
corkscrew coats get sleek In short while II
worn everv day, int1ststesmen inclined h
the enbonpoint cannot help making SO
suit LOOK the wOrse for wear 10 a very shori
while. /, is very aggrayating to be paying
Two or three tunes n year $40 for
4 suit, and then find that long
before the garments begin to break
or tear the surface gets so sleek and shiny
that they have the appearance OF having
been worn a couple OF years. You may take
a suit 10 q tailor and he will scour and sew
The rips, but he can seldom take away from
c0rkscrews or disgonsls that gloss that Is put
upon them by rubbing against the desk
lie can knock the spots out OF suit,
but doesn't often succeed in changing
he sleek looks OF the clothes. Not
long ago groe0.looking fellow
began TO haunt the public places oil
Washington, and every man whom he mel
with SHINY coat on he would say TO him,
Excuse me, sir, but for small amount o.
money | viii tell You how you can take the
sleek look from that otherwise nice coat you
have on. The tsilors do not pretend 10 be
able to restore the original appearance 10 tn
CLOTH" OF course the queeI-loOklpg maU
bad some difficulty ut first IN getting
any ono to listen TO him. Finally
he succeeded in experimenting GA u
few coats, and his secret was kept
TO himself until he made considerable money.
II leaked out one day, and 1t Was relsted by
one OF the members OF Congress, that the fell
- - I'm al lac
cloth by simply using piece oil nne stzd-
paper. A gentle rubbing OF The coat with |
sand-paper takes OF q little OF the tbre and |
makes toe horrible sleek surface disappear,
and yeu have = coat almost a. good ~ new. |
Lots Of congressmen aud people In the de- |
psrtnents have got on 10 the snap, and are |
doing What the tailors have not been able 10
accomplish.
TROTTING HARNESS..
Colonel "Buck" Kilgore. the member OF |
Congress from Texas, who has made such
reputation as an objector, has been drawn |
into society here tins winter, and Of course |
hiss bad to invest in fnl-dress suit. lie |
calls il his trctting harness, and says whes |
be appears in n costume Of this kiud he |
wants TO 20 on a track and trot few beats, |
as he feels so comfortable aud colhsh.
RIVERS AND HAIDoRs
Mr.. Blanchard will try on Monday TO |
have the river and tsrbor bill passed in toe |
House under suspension OF the rules.
rhis IL about the only way this measure c,n
be passed, and tits claimed that its trends are
strong enough to put 1t through.
There Is talk around the Capitol that Presi |
dent Cleveland will veto the bill to create the |
new department Of agriculture. No one
can speak authoritatIyely on this subject yet.
II ia only surmise that he will refuse 10
sign the bill.