Telegram-herald., 1889-12-30
or GREAT MEN'S F0IBLES
walter " Gilman Writes on an
Entertaining Ropie.


<Dssial Ceru.sp.1Eszse.l
WAsHIxgn9s. Dec. ec-lG strikes ne
A. s1aass n.as EXTRA I,iin4ry taaE ia this
zzty II great nen slls 1ltla fsiDlss II per
s.Es ~ lole. their eCcentriciEles add 20
gIlizFIsses. sllo1ld oe more tzlzsd aDG1s
khAl Elalr asil4llsss - s1aJssulen af their
sLosqgaszcs zs orators. HsFe. Shers IA
n.os4s nlsa are 81 plentiful a. . BE- almost
eolnslsOnpl-.1e, -asre - Al ebsloas general
s1faFt - red4os lneir rznk aae ImPor-
ace Ln Las popular mlnd The demo-
crzx4g Dha-ss II AnericzxnlsIa comes for
efbiy y the rr0nrs suzgestlzsy thai though
nK. - AID s. Is great sena1of. or sE.
51ch AL such q member n TIE cabinet.
- - nog - very mnch above tile rest Il
a. afser al ls Is not sxsctly IhaE fazniL-
Larxy 0reeds contempt for. As . rule. our
pabiic usu endure acc qglalnEancs sarpTis-
ingiy ~eli-huE mat L bsgets, ~ell. IA
aalLArity. The average " WashIngtOnIAa
kas = hzbit 0f speaking II ths hizhesE Of
he@xs ~ The governments ia famlllz
nay The prezlsssnf Of the UnfCsd States
= ''Lhs old man The SPEAKER of the
hosnss - called Ton Reed
Wee Presidents Norton y nos mention
sd As Lett Tor biblical names never
fosssred nicxnAEaing. but 40 Is irrev-
srsnEiy referred y oY tne young persons
about Lhe senate chamber as 1.-The boss."
Ia s1z-h an atmosphere a5 thls It Is only
n<tlEFal Lhz.t Jhe lTssis Efangs about Dag
men should Do most in tho popular mIad.
There - a til here FOR undertaking, for
fAsp<-snsElng real statesmszEship. Respect
tSr ma sort of thing Is left u ths prov
inces rhs cssp4tal judges a man by ms
sJ0ss. Is horsss. h1s family standing IN
sacieky, ms snoo-zs Ia geEting Oftioes for
bls frienda, and oy sort Of personal
sz.zst4rd Eszat = noC 20 much statesman
zhip CT ability a. Il Is force OF character,
Individuality, some sorl of pictureoqos-
nesz
Take. for example, Chfsf Justice Full
hsr. he - better known IA Washington
for hss sh.ars stature. his youthful face
ald pleasing manners. than for his
ahii3y as a yurist. Senator Stanford. OF
CalFfornia, the rb-hest ruan IN she senate
and onss u the richest M the country. il
rnuro tlIkod About U the capital as
plaan, deusocrallc sort OF a man than "a
sen-GtLw or IniLlSon6ire- IN both OF these
caassa Ehe repUtatson Is deServel On a
strees car on tho Metropolitan line,
Whirh ruEls frorn tho Capitol - the fash
ionabls northwestern part Of the city
saw both Stanford and Fuller one after
noon last week. The former was out on
the front plltforra. standing beside the
driver. and with that worthy carrying
On conversation about street car
horses. senator Stanford IS sglch lover
Of horsss tnat be- has curiosity about
them wherever ne finds them, and tho
street car horse, struggling along with
his Load. Il slsch an object of interest %
the millionaire that ne often rides on
the front platform. or dash. AZ he has
Ieauned % cal Il from the drivers. and
he has visited the car barns here two or
three times The picture Of a thrifty
millionaire and a senator standing
aL0nGside car driver whose salary is
Si3 a week. carrying on a conversation
hioe two equals. and with as much de-
ference on tho senator's part as on The
other mans, was one full Of striking
Contrast
As II 70 snpbasizs the idea which |
have IN mind. the chief Justioe jumped
Up from his seat at the patent Office
corner and gave way 70 a young lady,
VINO neglected ID oder thanks for the
courtesy, and occupied the Vacant space
ss Il By the right ot ooOquest or divine
superSority. as I have 10 doubt many
young ladies hid done before. Il was
quite obvious that she did not know the
white haired little man who had been so
kind. and took keen delight. n moment
or two later, in painting ont the chief
jgrstsoe u = friend Of mine from New
York. and that II soDe-s toJld enough for
TIE yOun- woman 20 Ov~rhszsr. The look
on her face. vhe0 she discovered she had
h<sn rude - the head Of the greatest
cosus IN America wa worth watching
The fttse chief iustIoe, all unconscious Of
srhat Wa going on tnsisie the car, had
taken up \ Ttaniing position on tho rear
r,lathUrrn. snd was there talking about
the uvzrtlper and scme other things with
= nurDbsr ~ clerks from the pension
ofFicA ard colored man who had chanced
e. make sone inquiry about the streets.
THIS tsono of the pecuIarlsies of tho chief