New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
THE TENDER RECoLLECTIoNs OF ONE OF
SENATOR sAULsBURY's coNoUEsTs.
NINETEEN REcREANT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
RANSOM is GREAT ON "srY1E"- WHAT
ALMOST FRUSTRATED MR. INGALLS,

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RANSOM is GREAT ON
ALMOST FRUSTRATED Mr. INGALLS,
-REHoLD, PROPHET
washington. Jan. oG.-Thero are some names familiar
Ito those who read The Congressional heeoru' o"s
entirely unfamiliar to those who peruso ony Tue sOola
columns OF the newspapers; theo arc so''' 49,, $50
600 rromlnent in the halls Of Congress- Dut strange
~ 49, rooms of Vanity Fair Among theso
arc Tho name and figure Of senator Hi SALISBURY Oh
| naIaware His tall. lean FORM "rapDeu III d eroa''
4sty black coat which hangs ioos'iS Aoi" noliV"
shoulders with Its wrnkled face. the hoen'
ieyes shaded by the brim OF sun NV 49,. -,
scsson,s make is a familiar one 10 ali haoitueS OF
yaIani. ave which no walks every day during
t,o session NJ Congress on his way to ana from the
r ,ritoI The senior Senator from Delaware mas Deen
10 Washington since 1871, when no was sem W JUG
Legislature of bis State to Ill the scat iel Vaeanv
Inv the expiration of his brothers terin' "lau wac
an entirely different sort Of man rom En- anu
INDUCED In all the vantes OF iio "' ni"'" 90 "''
brother abstains.
| Tb.,ob the Honorable Ell has turned his back on
society there ts one young woman In Its ranks VINO
holds a warm place IN her worldly httio heare lor tie
bachelor Senator from the smallest stao IN 'o onVi
She was one of Senatorial party Oh "mcn o0na'or
salisbury was member, whlch wen. ou' ~ uio
pacific Coast I'm 1877 10 investigate the Chinese ques-
ton The committee had a special car, and Senator
g., lsbur,s admlrer who was then girl In her teens
had br room all TO herself while the Senator Dunkea
ON one of the sofas in the little dra"lngfooh' Doing
a well-bred young woman, her conscience was htuo
uneasy that she should be housed III such eos"noo'
and that the Senator, who was then Oh inc snauE so
| of sixty and seemed to her to be very oiu man,
sbouId have only the common paror for sleeping and
dressingroom. So one day she mustered uD the
courage TO speak of It and propose some change.
Al shall never forget" she says, " tho sparkle IN
at gallant old mans eyes no bent his great iean
body over me- and said with all The eouruy grace
| OF knight OF old:
apo not speak Of IT, my dear Madame; rather than
that you should suffer ono moments dScomiort
would sleep on tho paving stones
at rather frightened me 10 be called my dear
Madame IN such pompous tones, but was pleased,
Too and the Senator made complete conquest Oh me
long before wo reached san Francisco lie follower
up this gaaniry with thousand delicate llttlo eteh
Itons had always the incest fruit, and whenever u
was possible a bunch OF prairie flowers beside my
pate, while at every station we stopped BIO got any
kind Of a rig 10 be had there and drove my mother
ard me all about the place All this amused the other
Senator'S who knew him simply grizzly old
partisan immensely. and he was dubbed by tho whoe
delegation the little ones cavalier But IL all
scpped with our arrival at the CITY Of tho Golden Cate
and now have doubtless faded from bis memory for
no never knows mo when meet him face to face on
| the street.H
Senator Salisbury is one Of tho most active partsans
who ever had seat IN the Senate Chamber and he Is
eloquent enough II given something to grumbe about
His favorte subject IS the misdong Of tho Republican
party, and once started ibis theme the Senate
settles down like school fun OF good and bad children,
ebo bad ones to receive old-fAshoned scodlng and
the good ones TO pjolce az the punishment. He
looks more than his seyenyone years, and much the
senior Of Morrill, Dawes and Sawyer, who are also 10
tho seventies.
The Ohio Republicans were especially annoyed az
the pushing aside OF the smas Elliot case on Tuesday
for the River and Harbor bill After tbs vote was an
nounced they gathered in the lobby to cuss' the nine
teen Republicans who had voted against Il. ono OF
the members ended energetic summary Of tho 10
suits 20 the Republican party In letting the case slip by
the following story. Said he:
we ought to have had tho grit Of tho Methodist
preacher in Holmes County the most God-forsaken
SECTION OF Ohio lie had been working for three years
convert the wolfs Of VOLTS Den the toughest clan
Il, tho State II his last inning. as he would DO
sent 10 some other place Tho next year He had
nrother Billy Mitchell, noted cxhOrter. to help him
and tho two laid Il on, hot and heavy The preacher
preached, Billy prayed and both OF them sung.
Finally on tho last night the preacher brought he'll
up before the VOLTS with all It's terrors. Then Brothex
Mitchell beloved OUT n
"'When THO gneral roll IS called, III be there, PIT
be- there. When the gincral roll Is called, III DO
| there
| aAnd turning toward tho covering wols no
roarcd,
"'wlu you VIII, but Will your
| "And then the whole tribe Glcd up to the mercy
seat. Tho Methodist preacher saw that Il meant
business, so he knott right down where be was ex
horting IN the middle Of the church and prayed,
| ~'Lord, olinch tnem while we've got 'em. You
an me an brother Mitchell have got all VOLTS Den.
Here's old Toby, the biggest thief IN Holmes County
here's hs WIFE, slury, the biggest liar, and their
| whole connection. XIII 'cm quick, Lord, for 10
morrow they'll go back to the devil
| al wish to-day when the general roll was called
| and We had the Democrats az the mercyscat that
| the lord and tho Republican party had KILLED 'em
quick n and the Representative sighed he saun
| tered back int tho House.