New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-03

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that got to do with MeKinleyl He's teetotaler''
"You needn't tell me that retorted the Hoosier
tell you that Mckinley gets drunk, maudIn drun-
| rive got no use for such I've seen Menihiey
| In that condition and know what am talking ABOUT
The ohoan heatedy protested that It couldn't DC So
| He had known Mckinley from boyhood ana wa COT
| tain he never drank at all.
aBut tell ven Ia doesp insisted his acquaintance.
why saw him maudlIn drunk not three months ago
| at and he named place not many miles trom
Canton, where Major Mckinley lives Wnen inc onioah
| got home he went straight TO the MAJORS once ana
! proceeded to tell him about the slander which no
wanted evidence to disprove Before he had finished
| his story the door opened and in walled man who
might have been taken for McKinley's twin brother
Tho visitor had Just stated the date and place Of the
alleged intoxication. without waiting for explanations
Major Mckinley turned 20 the newcomer, saying:
! Jack were you at - naming the place and the
date which had Just been given him.
Eyes" the reply. was there that day.
recoleot It because got full and made fool Of my
self before lot Of people. Hope It didn't get you
into trouble.'
"Not MUCH. replied Major Mckinley, "only Pm
clad you happened in Just because II will help
my friend here explain that little Circumstance to
friend OF his who has been holding me responsible for
! your drunh'
The double was penitent, but from tho profuseness
OF his regrets 1t apparent that the mistake was
not an unusual one The visitor got bis photograph
and enclosing It with one Of Major Mckinley asked the
Hoosier scepto TO tell which which. The latter
hasn't been Leard from yet. The double who brought
the Congressman into such unmerited dsrepute lives
up in corner OF his district He ~ man ofstand-
Ing the community, but occasionally his fondness Tor
| LIQUOR gets the better Of him.
Washington IS, In some regards, quite like other
cities. No season Is wholly exempt from snobberies
ard weaknesses cropping out in unsupported places
| fhpv official circles.
IIostesseS do too much too llttle social leaders
lose their heads on the dizzy heights and the would
Dc exclusives expose their unhtness by astonishing
slips OF the tongue. There was an Illustration OF mo
latter fortnight ago, At the Presidents reception TO
| the Diplomatic Corps OF course IL was "card re-
cepton' and beside the diplomatic families the COM
| pany included prominent officials and many OF the
best known people IN social circles. The Blue Room
vas soon crowded, and became too warm for comfort
The diplomats passed out to the large East Room.
Other guests took their places, and the company was
constantly changing, but II at all times brilliant
scene However the following estimate OF the Presi
dents guests was given by young woman In Admins
raon circles whose place in the Blue Room Is mat
! ter Of oouHe said this young woman:
ait was so hot IN tho Blue Room thai a lot OF Us
| went out 10 tho East Room for breath of air. We
were only out a little while, but when we came back
yo found the Blue Room packed with all the rin-rau
Of Washington
The Bonapartes, FuIlers Greely's Blatcfords,
dozen or two Senators with their wives and daughters,
and so on, made up this young woman's Miriam OF
Washington
The members OF the Senate had lively time the
| other day wrestling with various titles and names
peculiar 20 the samoan Islands. Tho Chief Clerk set
the example when he came TO the name OF the haroor
of Pago-Pago IN the committee amendments. lie was
evidently IN doubt about the quantity OF tho a ana
so he compromised by pronouncIng the first a. long
and tho second A. short. Then Mr.. sherman arose
and pronounced the word with the two letters a.
very short and sharp and Mr.. Morgan oompIeted the
variety by giving them both the English sound OF
shS
TIE members Of the Senate had a great deal OF
ov,ot n,n over Mr. sherman's pronunciation Of
samoa and Samoan lie began with an an
nouncemcnt about che "Sammy-n' Islands Then
he ,old the Senate some OF tho facts connected Win
s,mmy-a.s There was little ripple OF laughter,
and senator Henderson leaned over and whispered
IN Mr. sherman who became BIT embarrassed, and
then saId, az meant samoa-that Is, samooa,' and
minnie after he relapsed into the old pronunciation,
and he continued with slight in;srmissons TO talk
about asammy-a" the rest Of the afternoon
II "a exceedingly refreshing TO know that the same
lofty and patriotic hatred Of jobbing and corruption
which reigns supreme in the breast of Representative
Tauibee Of Kentucky, IS shared alike by other mem
hers OF his family a condition Of affairs which has,
the aupontnent Of clerk the select Committee OF
Tnouv into tho Purchase OF schoolsItos by the Dis
irct Commissioners, OF which he Is the Chairman
The appointee Is OF such tender years that tho iaer
has generously volunteered 20 spare s'rihcient uhe
from his ariuous legislative functions to DO the WORK
for him such an exhibition OIL seiidenyihs mouesS
upon the part of public Is, unhappiy so rare IN
,b., favored region OF the sunny South" that feel
constrained to chronicle It for the benefit and emuia
lion of generations yet unborn
Representatlve Morrow, OF California, desires 70
have ais state represented In the Cabinet OF President
Harrison on tho ground that II Is the geographical cen
tire OF tho United states HIS assertion on this point
causes some CONSERVATION when no makes IL as
freely "a no docs but the evidence he produces to
sustain the point IS incontrovertibe The most east
ern limit Of the territory OF the United STATES -
Qnaddy Head, Maine, which lies In 0' degrees west
Longitude The extreme western point OF mo onitee
states Is Attou Islands, one Of the Aeutian Aren't
p,laeo. which lies I'm i73 degrees eastern Longitude
Mr. MORROW figures that a point midway between
,bese two extremes "a 1877 degrees east longitude
and San Francisco, being in 122 degrees east lohs
tre Is go miles east Of the geographical centre oi
the United States Therefore, being tho central point
or tho focus Of things, Mr.. Morrow insists thas
California should DO recognized. great many
people have fallen I'll In trying to reconcile .heir pro
conceived notion OF things to Mr.. Morow's propo'
sIton, but with careful attention they VIII recover
Justice Iamars Observation-Disclosures has been the
theme OF a good many newspaper paragraphs, but
the latest Incident OF his eccentrfclty IS worth teli
Ing The other day no purchased house, and
leaving the Office OF the real estate agent with the
deed the abstract and other papers under his arm,
no started for his home Getting as far as Brentanos
book store he wandered in, and placing the roll of
documents upon tho counter, was soon immersed In
lot OF new books. After spending hall hour or SO
he purchased a copy of Tho Political Science Guar
terly,p and wendod his way homeward. gentleman
who had met hin, I'm the real estate ofco and had
noticed that tho package Of documents was wrapped
in paper Of peculiar color, visited the book store
I'm the afternoon and happened 10 notice the package
on the counter. Calling the attention OF one OF the