Telegram-herald., 1889-09-16
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Ex-Artorney General Garl2nd's
Privileges IS : Sportsman
rhs wIiarGss TIE 4. eAssk Re4l Estzts
O.asrs - " zshi g1oas zad Their El-
esatxieitlss ~ Mr- ~ aa&n42ksT's
Delivery Department


sr2l GAEiAz- q gFsat hunter. Ii vao&-
tans are 1st1-f take1 u Ehe cary saeauler.
snd spsnt a. IS country homs. Ho11.as HI,
Ark Il connection viii rs haEti4g pro
pSaatlss tAs i9ru-zr zttornsy general las isl
tad q-ssT expsr.slcs. H-v.Is Psrlsrl-sd
s0ms lsgal serves f9T ia state q AIL4nsas.
Ls pr ia = bll Il s. 30 therefor. 49, tl-s
bil cams ap ia Ehs legislature. shsrs = 80
cl4l appfoPrlAZloa sas proposed for hls oeas-
hE But u1sxp pecIs.i opglsllloa ayps4Eod
humber of tls c-1 granger E-@4nosrs u TIE
legislature put tls-r aezds together zLG com
t4E-d nllss after tLs fashion.
"a don't know saols tAls Ting Of paving
Gar and t-50o flr rsn4la o. a state lS~
sllt ,lli ole. Pears 10 lls THAT'S pretty
steep 5il, even r 10 10 great lawyer
Seems ~ % H.s. TOO. eL.mzt n another
4" AL tlAE Garland l. he has Dsea made By
tbs state II ATkAEsaw. AL 10 isnt just the
rigL. thing for lim g. charge - slcA big
BAL f0r lesal service"
That's 81, echoed third member Gar
iand has lets the state. ard only comes out
here 10 huar and have /. good tilas. his home
E IN WasLing gton, and IL afraid ns isn't ons
x u s4y more.
Thus the discussion ran on, and as rasmber
After member corculrei Ia these views the
/ puIlooA Tor Nr. Garland's oil became very
dark. indeed- Finally some Of the attorney
( generals friends came u tie rescue. They
I legged tho 90 lecrors % remember tlet Gar
/ land bad worked card for the srats. aad was
/ entitled 10 ais Pay llEe any other lsbo-er.
Garland IS good fellow, they declared,
'and you ought 10 % wiling % DO something
/ for him. even II you can't pay hin the fuu
amount of his bill
Then The old gr.ngers put their heads to-
/ gether again. They st--l persisted IN declar-
/ ilg the BAL excessive but admitted Garland
vas = good fellow and that something ought
10 b8 done for aim.
III tell you what ven be willing 10 do
said u leading granger, finally. I'VE don't
want 70 - lard on Garland, and ars Wilins;
/ 70 help hin cut. He Is very fond or coming
T down here aud hunting deer with docs. Now,
ne don't believe IN hunting deer with dogs.
T When w3 so after deer we Sill hunt. Besides,
Garland wants 70 hunt in tae middle of the
summer and ia the fal That is against our
game laws So think the hess thing we can
DO IS - pass a law giving Garland tho privi-
I legs OF hunting the year rouad. and lei that
paw his III against tbs state
This proposition was favorahly received,
End bill giving the former senator ard al
Z toTney general extraordinary hunting priyi-
leSes was introduced and passed Mr. Car
lad j. now at E0niny Hill, whence he f0rays
out every day with gun and dogs, doing bis
best 70 set g, 80 worth ot sport out OF the
woods
The richest real estate owners in Washing
ton arc the willard brothers They own
Wizards hotel. the Ebbitt house. 81 the
bcildings along Newspaper row, and a great
number OF residences and business blocks.
/ The Wllards arc queer mon. They are
strange combination OF cupidity and good
! princ.p PIES and are rich enough 70 be able 70
afford good many eccentrici,ies WiliarG's
hall, in which the Peace convention Of 1862
was held, Is owned by them. It brings them
/ little OF 10 revenue, and probably costs more
for maintenance and repairs than they get
oct OF It. The builling has an admirable
site, and II torn down and replaced oy mod
ern Office building tho property would be
very lucrative. But tho Wilards Ike the
old hall. with its historic associations, and
while they live, or either OF them survives,
not a brick or stone Of II viii be touched II
tho " lizards do not Ike man they won't
rent il 10 him.
IL they DO Ike man, they viii be unto
him model landlords, promptly making all
repairs, even At an expenditure far greater
than landlords are usually willing to incur.
All they ask is that checks for the rent be
sent tEem on tho lst day OK the month. The
2d Of the month viii not do just as well. The
WIZARDS will give no leases They have but
one price for their buildings Structures
which they own have stood vacant for years
simply because nobody viii pay them their
. eli ef IL.
secure good tenants. One OF the most desir-
able buildings in Newspaper row has two
floors For some reason or other tie VIII
larJls want to rent this house entire 70 one
tenant. Iaey have had dozens Of oHors for
the two floors separately, which would give
them larger rental than they ask FOR. but
they have permitted tia building % stand
vacant for ten years. and /, viii 50 stand as
long Is the NLisTds live, unless somebody
comes aloug and taacs both floors on the
terms asked
At the corner OF New YORK avenue and
fourteenth street IS vacant lot about which
a good story Is told l. IS owned by ons II
tao " lizards Next door lives a doctor who
has been anxious 70 bly tGe vacant lot. which
r1as alongside o. h!s oflce aud residence, %
permit Of an enlargement Il bis house Some
time aEo hs opened negotiations with NJ
/ Willard The iatters price was iittle 900
hlga for tbs doctor, and TO bargain wac
made After ths ,apse e a few weeks Ito
doctor tried it again, but was uet with tas
Cat statollaut t-at ths sos was no- flr sale
a. any price Thus discouraged. the doctor
offered lizard ais former price. aal fol-
bowed tbis ap with tbe oFer q q d.-ure near Y
I q thousand dollars above tho value originally
81 ~ tbs owner B1e the ios vas not fer
snie - tho sequel shows. Mr Willard had
taie1 oFenss az something said during the
negotiations. ard bal resolved not g .el %
any price. Probably = checS ier a haf midi
bon dollars would not have TENTED MIN.
A few weeks afterw,ri tha doctor vas
+ rauch suru-isod O. sea = number cf teams
haur ng stores upon TIE lat II dag CT
two rn-ra tie i'- was i era s. covered w.s
( z-s~sst1res. wi ara BAD rented Che -rar.al
T p Naming tls monument -aler f.r a
merely nom ral su-1. ani. tl1s -lr-cun.iei
b. gloomy r-rnlolsrs z t-s f-- 81 of q. -sic
49, certain "a. g az tti1ss hauan. TIA 5rc-
trr hes -r-r'ried 70 ru0-a his of7-a Hs
rrs it was rot pleasant f'r "a patc,rs 20
81 s-f ioek ols upon Geld Of mor-1sr7
monuments
Postmaster General Tsr1r--ss- r ,-t~,r--
irz Sres- Zeal of attention ius- ro~ ~ith
h-s plan - give the people the s.irsrts-ss e
postal teier~arh Wansma<sr Is So his
best IN zsrh s-airz. being a very r-cr po. i-i-
cian and - god business ran. a isrzs
par- of h.s sge--7s asa merchant IA lie 20
his ger1us frr r1rsrz eer irst suca l.sn-
a ta's ~ t1s rr-tsi le-e-rsph
Two cr ttres years sl3 taers was = great
6ea' 81 trouble a see 5el vary islsrtria,e -
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