Smyrna times., 1889-08-14
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Washington Letter.
MEN WHO TARRY IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Aug. u.
What become of all the defeated
politicians Of high rank? Where go
all the men who march out of the po-
litical arena to the gay music of tri-
umph that installs the successors? ?
Right here in Washington scores of
them remain Some of them fall in
love with the wide avenues, the clean
illness and the elegance Of the city.
Others find that they have been so
long away from the places they once
called home" that old associates and
interests are severed. You can hardly
60 block on the avenue on any sun
shiny day in the season without seeing
a half dozen people intimately associa-
ted with the official life Of Yesterday.
They are for the most part a prosper
Gus, happy set, fond Of good dinners,
inclined to dOZe over the wine, and
worried no more by their constituents.
The .gout has now more terrors for
them than the "deestrect committee"
ever had.
There is General Belknap, whose
wife has recently returned from Paris
to introduce her daughter into society
here. His erect, slow moving figure
and long white beard seem always on
the street in the evening He smokes
slowly and solemnly, after the manner
OF his old chief, then President Grant.
The shadow of the big scandals that
distinguished his administration as n
cabinet officer seem to have died ont of
his mlnd, even as the recollection of
the insane extravaganza of his wife
that forced the good natured weak
man into the tolls, has been softened.
Gen. Belknap is now a lobbyist.
The iron gray hair and brown eyes
OF Grants Secretary Of the Treasury,
now Lawyer" Boutwell,, are far.iliar
to all club men. He looks upon the
time when he did not call Washington
home" as being lost, and the Thought
makes him sOmbre.
His successor in the cabinet. Will
liam A. Richardson, is now Chief .Jus-
tlce OF the Court of Claims, and lives
IN a magnificent house in the North
west. His residence is near that of ex-
Postmaster General CresswelI sill
another'of Grants advisers. and nnw
the busy president of the Citizens
National Bank.
Hon. George Bancroft, waiting. old
and full of hOnOrs for the coming of
the given messenger, is figure of the
long past. He was Secretary of the
Navy under President Polk. and had
a brilliant career in the diplomatic SER
vice although his political reputation
was long since swallowed un in his
lame as a historian. He abandoned
horse back riding last season and even
sofa his saddle horses, and is now sell
dom seen beyond the flower beds of
his own home.
EX.Secretary McCullOch, has con.
slltutlOn OF iron and is as hale and
hearty as when he was Secretary of
the Treasury under President Lincoln
an office that he has twice had the
honor of holding,
Ex-Secretary Robert G. achenck has
oeen for several years an invalid. and
the famous orator of Gen, Harrison's
hard cider campaign of 1910, speaks no
more IN public. He simply sits and
waits for death. III"
EA-Attorney General Garland will
PROBABLY never return to Arkansas
lie mas been appointed the legal rpn.
resentative at Washington of tbe
Northern Pacific Railway Comnanv
at a salary of$30,0OO and is glad 10 re,
main here. '''N " g
FRANK Hatton, who was the Young
est member of President Artbnr3s
cabinet, is now making money az one
Post. " 'Siiiis s'o"
Mr.. HattOn's partner is Berial Wi
Ems ems formerly a Representative from
Ohlo' ne Is only one Of a thousand
eA,memoers of the House in Washing.
ION. You meet them everywhere anil
IN all classes of society. MANY are
Wen TO do or even wealthy and some
hlas' are financial and moral banl,.
IuPts. \ few are common barroon
loalers' with dirty alleged law Offices
Vi ulh back stairs which thew never
'lsiC save when some former constitn.
eht who has given one of them 81 coso
III the mistaken notion that he is st;lI
man of Importance, turns uD 10 lootl
after his own affairs iOOA
Inc families of public men who bo,.o
passed TO Judgment, do not prosner 90
easily. Men in political life are not
pal9 according to their merit a blnU
uerlpg incompetent may get 81 500 npr
aHnum, and On qddle-headed coxconoh
U oi d second lieutenant the same hnt
the big Drained men. who Ill. JTv
amount TO something, are paid salaries
altogether inadequate to suDnort 'iI,, t6aU ,U9
serves IN the style their positions do
94anu' There is the family of Chit
justice Waite, the daughter and tSa
aged widow, reduced to Reeping hoard e
ers, There are dogens oh sSScb IN.
stances, lamentable but unbeodad
morrow. ny "eeu oI the
=, Mrs. John A. Logan is boo, IN
,.'l.i " Wla.s1ilhgton preparing for hard work
"nIcn assumes for beF the shane of ed
ltorlai management of the Home Wooo.
ettne, .t, which some time ago began to
snow some touches of her direction in
the publication of the contributions Of
= =, lew OF her intimate personal friends
VI great obvions reasons it is not m |
oe expected that the Home Aa0azine
Wul oe ? permanent success, though II |
y rs ITS SUCCESS viii be due entirely 10 |
women as no men are to be emploved |
10 any Important capacity
Dharlos Abele and William Rerger
pave been arrested in Philadelphia for
aeselg.ng the SlaWsoR boXes on traction !