The Washington critic., 1889-03-02

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Colonel Myron NJ. Parker, who is in
command Of division of the Inaugural
ton Procession, being desirous of hav-
ing on his staff the very bloomhower
of chivalry and knightly grace, extend
ed to Jedge Wabash Q. Waxem, the
Member of Congress from Wayback, an
invitation to act next Monday as one of
his aides. The invitation was signed by
Colonel L. D. Wine, chief of staff, and
contained q post scriptum to the effect
that each aide was expected to wear
dark clothes, silk hats, white gloves
and horse.
As might be expected, the Jedge was
flattered by the compliment, but he is u
man who is superior to every selfish de-
sire, and rather than compromise his
position rs q statesman, or in any way
antagonize the sentiment of any portion
Of his constituency, he decided at
once TO forego his personal pleasure
and write his declination to Colonel
Wine, which the Colonel has kindly
permitted The CRITIC to publish. The
letter is as follows, and there is in It
much TO commend 1t to the careful
perusal of every statesman of this great
and glorious Republic:
House OF REPRESENTATIVES,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb 81, 1889.
Louis ID, Vine, Esq.,, Chief Of Staff:
DEAR SIR: Yore letter of the 1S In.
stant is TO hand and | take nv pen in
hand 10 let Won know | am mutch
Obleeped TO Colonel Parker fer invitin
me To- line his stat ON InogCeratun Dav
and ride arouud on fine hoss in n plug
hat and white pluys. but aint n poin
10 be abel to do IL mutch as Idle like TO
Yore Curnel fetched n tender spot in
The heart of evyery Congressman when
il struck him to ask me TO show off be.
fore the assembcled thousands that Is A.
Roin to be here on March 4. fer we do
like to cit befoar the people and |
am shoar | apreshiate his kindness, but
/ cant ride in the perceshion.
ASH have often remarked In NV nub-
lie uterences | repeet in priyet, namely
10 wit: the fust duty of the statesman
is TO hedge, and I've got to do some
purity tall hedgin about now. line n
patriot as well as q statesman. and
consider the country fust and the marty
afterwards, and sence I've been rep
peresentin the Wayback Deestrick In
The Hauls of National legislation. |
aint framed in no pertickler crowd.
and cant begin to do It now. NV CON
stituants has ther oan notions of things
and while mite be doin n good thing
fer the party that has got ther grip on
The emolliments of the future, / cant
overlook the fact that eff | aint
mighty doggone keerful my con.
stituants will take fool notion to send
another man to Washington to rep.
peresent them, and then whar would
! be? Ide rather hav to wurk leetle
harder with the Administration fer nv
constituents sheer of the spiles and be
Independent, than to be too anxious fer
Administration backin and see some
other feller in Washington worlin in
my place. | reckon you can see the
bullet hole, cant you, without my
pintin II out to your You explane the
lay'of the land to Colonel Parker, and
he wont feel slited becaus | aint servin
on his staff that day and addin eclat
10 the OCCASION, as we said in Paris.
When the Colonel gifts fully in polli.
ticks he will begin to see how it Is, and
wont have no. hard feelins agin us
statesmen that is more er less incum-
berd.
] haint nothin again Harrison and
expect to git q good deel out of him
one way and another fer them as needs
IL in Wayback and is at all times pat
triots reddy to suffer sacriis fer ther
country, but 1t wont help him ner me
Ter me to ride in the percession when
thars SO many more that is young and
trisky waitin fer the privilege.
= Civ 1t TO them. Pick out some likely
young feller with purity gal settin in
front winder to see him ride by, and
tender him the job with the com
plements of W. @. Waxem, and by the
last of May thar'll be weddin SOM