Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-22
doubt. Here they are, written on a sheet Of
executive mansion paper, but not marked "offi-
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For tits their nature to:
Let raying Hoosiers howl and fight,
For God hath made them 30.
But Buckeyes, yen should never let
Your angry passions rise;
Mckinley's hands were never made
To tear out Sherman's eyes."
A GOOD FISHERMAN, BUT POOR PIAcE-HUNTfR.
Ofice-seekers whose board bills are reaching
elephantine proportions find it difficult to un-
derstand why the presidential guillotine oper-
ates with 80 much elaboration, and they nearly
all come to one conclusion. and that is that
their influence" is not doing all il ought
to do for them. This is nearly always an error,
for 1t is undoubtedly fact that the great
majority of Senators and Representatives who
are engaged in chasing the elusive appoint
ments their constituents want are almost worn
out by reason Of their efforts. Senator Mander-
son, than whom but few are more
influential, was talking about his meager
luck the other evening. ''As an angler
/ am success" said he, ''but as
a fisher of men have not been as fortunate as
would like tobe. ! drove up to the Chain
bridge yesterday and caught white perch until
had a surfeit of sport, but l cannot land APP
pointments anything like fast enough to please
me. 1t will be all right in little while, though.
The wheels are already beginning to revolve
more swiftly because the bearings work easier.
Patience, little patience, and all will be
we'll"
ANERvE-DEsTRoyIyo CARD.
There was good deal of suppressed excite
ment at the White House one evening in the
latter part of last week, and a poor, insignif-
cant scrap of pasteboard less than three inches
long and not more than an inch and
half wide was the cause of it all.
The inscription upon it was Jefferson Davis,
Beauvoir, Miss" newspaper reporter who
called to see if anything important had oc-
CURED later than the issue of The STAR was
70 a,.A L. AL H..
why, when and wherefore the ex-chief of the
confederacy had called upon the President Of
the United States. An investigation was at
once set on foot. The employees down stairs
had no recollection of seeing anyone
answering MIR. Davis description. Door
keeper Loeftier declared he had not gone
past his desk, unless he disguised; Col.
Crook was positive that he would have known
it had the great "unreconstructed" been within
fifty yards; and Secretary Halfords good right
hand instinctively sought his trusty hip-pocket
when he was asked if he had seen the seces-
slonist Then it was suggested that some mis-
chief loving office-seeker had whiled away a
minute portion of the time he had wasted
in waiting by writing the card. and before
leaving had slyly hidden it in 1.-The little
heap which accommodates every day. After a
little discussion this hypothesis was accepted
as correct and the official household was once
more peaceful, but its heart did beat little
more rapidly than normal at the bare pessi-
blllty OF such an invasion as had been limited
at by that nerve-destroying card.
RUSSELL HARRISON IN DEMAND.
All the callers at the White House are not
bent on seeing the President nor do they de-
sire particularly to see Secretary Haford.
Quite respectable proportion of the willing
patriots want to chat with Mr.. Russell Harri-
son. Every weekday morning finds few of
these anxious ones waiting around on the
4
in the office where Colonel Crook
and Mr.. Z. V. LaDow hold forth
The majority of them hail from the extreme
west, and they have, at some time or another,
resided In Montana or one of the Immediately
adjacent territories. consequently they feel an
though they had an unsuitable lien on all the
influence winch the son Of the President is sup
posed to possess.
MIR. Russell Harrison leaves tonight for New
York where he will be busily engaged for some
time in connection with the Frank Leslie trans
fer. He will remain there until after the CEN
tennal. Mrs. Russell Harrison and Baby Mar
thena are still at Virginia Beach where they are
rapidly improving in health.
WALKING LEAD MINE.
An elderly gentleman in an invalid chair did
not attract much attention at the public re-
ception on Saturday because he kept out of
the way. He saw the President, though He
wants the post-ofice at Austin, Texas, and
may get it. Nine rebel bullets have given
him a case of permanent paralysis from the
hips downward, but his mind is as clear as
crystal.
HCsTLING CONGRESSMAN.
Representative Peters, of Kansas, is one of
the greatest "hustlers" ever sent to Congress,
and he has once more distinguished himself by
securing an appointment on which there was
a good deal of a fight Dennis T.
Flynn, one Of Mr. Peters constituents, has been
appointed postmaster at Guthrie, Oklahoma
and the Representative is happy. There are
only two post-offices in the new territory, and
Mr.. Peters captured both of them.
NOTES.
L. T. Kitchener, the encouragement for the
state of Indiana, was in Secretary Halford's
room during the greater portion of the day.
He arrived last night and will be here for some
time. Mr.. Kitchener wants nothing for him
self.
SHAKING HANDS WITH THE EGG-RoLLERs.
At the regular o'clock reception the Presi-
dent shook hands with about 600 people, most
of whom had been enjoying a regular picnic
time in the grounds. Children were not ad-
mitted to the east room because of the de-
struction they caused the carpets in years
gone by.