New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-12
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
STORIES CT STATESMEN WHOM WARM
WEATHER DOES NOT DRIVE AWAY,
Mr.. cox's LECTURE TOUR - OTHER PnorhEs
poRK-TuE PERSIAN MINISTER'S CALL

Mr. oox's LECTURE TOUR OTHER PporIEs
posK-ruE PERSIAN MINISTER'S CALL
THRIFTY Mr.. sToCKsLAGER.
Washington. May 1l.-Among the statesmen who
unuer IN Washington enjoying It's charming may
weather and studying human nature Is exhibited IN ana
nv the great American ofice-seeher Il bnnser COX
Not many men Of his Agefor Mr.. Cox has seen ana en-
10Y cd the opening Of the May blossoms OF sNV'h'e
ycarS-are az active as no. AZ the emo OF Ho IL"
Congress. which sal almost continuously iot niue"
months and Of which he was an INDUSTRIOUS hhinDo,'
Mr. Cox whose tongue or pen never gets trod oesooA
himself To the lecture platform. "hen l MOI "'' ."
tho street the other day he said
aWoI I have lust returned from three WeeSS
1cure tour IN the Southwest-a hfhe weary ou' nSpp,
Sull No was not an Ohlahoma boomer ~
better than that for had $500 from my ieo'uI's
after having all expenses. turned the money o''r
to Mn, Cox, and asked her tn let me Oo", "a,
Pretty GOOD for three weeks wora' WASN'T NJ ,
rsar,, attend the Centennial celebrahonf "eh
? .ho,d sav r did Got on the wrong side OF Hio
street and couldn't 60 homo all day. aooouH" "~
only bloch away from my house. IN was 80
celebrations sort Of National EXPOSITION 700 ps W "
immersed BY any Individual Ptosioent hS.noo u,n
nddress was the only thing that s'ruoA MIC IN ''7'
marked by Individuality 49,,
"Are you going out to hoip 'ho DoA'
garb OF statehoodT ,.uu.- A. .ddrcss
swell, yes, IN way. am 70 deh'er az go
at Huron on July 4. The people ON therc nav" sow
ma many Kind messages, applauding mo ior up'us
yrbat was my simple duty. When calico on FTeH-
son, uar,1sor recently he too praised tho services
h,b Ind rendercd in hirtheTng the passage OF the
d,ss,on hin and replied that hal only bun on IN"
foundation laid BY him when ho was CHAIRMAN VI ~O
senate Committee on Territories
heard recently OF candidate for Connisson'~ vi
Education who bases HIS claim on the faot ina no
not f. college bred man. He n a product OF mo via
On. rroolv- West and has some original IDEAS on inc
eubiect Of educ alton IIo had literally hunirens Oh
,rdorscuepts and on their face his papers mshe nun
out 10 be the best man for The place lie N@s i"usu
diamond and Of hts friends though, y nun =.
ing off AT Washington all that would DC Nqu'rou "
maize him An ornament 10 the educational g,lid' bu'
- &c. rItt,u for himself He prepared an auto
biographical sketch which entered INTO the minutes
dc,ans NJ bI, career lie had bccn printer In inc
oNacc Of frontier nevSpapcr IN his early daVh' avn u"
,r,cd With prIde TO the fact that the modest sSe'n
=, hts ne, and acbeveH ents was set up AMI Torheu
Off by his own hand. This snteh. among o".e' Il"
,sresttng things told about tho candda@s tArnn NE
ave don, some work on the farm said tho snue
biography, " and have never u'u NV ~'"~
done IA so much good
.r,a r.tcb ,yas flied along with the other papers
hut ts merit wa soon discovered and II Is now VI CIT
cplat,on When the President comes 10 rcAd u ~ nss
conclude that the author ought to haVo pAN" !" ~
recruitment OF Agriculture whore his love not tarn ANU
m,col,o pursuits may oyeTshsdow tie eccenTSiu~ OF
his grammar
sora,or pbneris Sawyer Is back in Washington' ano
has boeu moved 10 tell Of bis stories win nofa'
10 il. wellkno politician was ostenSIoV o~nN'
ING a friend for an df1iee which Il was DeIcNod DO
e,,od Tor himself lie was also advising the friend
TO do certain lndscreet things whnh VouIu 'u'0"
cause him 10 lose tho coveted appointment.
az was MP TO wisconsin, said Senator sawyer
Ct han r.,gbbors on the farms used TO lend ono an
other helpine hand. There was one follow nafhe'
fem Smith. who was pretty laEy-ioo lazy 70 pro'm'
fodder for hts own stock He had one pig tha' vs.
n beauty Lord only knows how hs gOt w. DIV u
wac his Tie used 10 borrow fc"d from 'he noIshoor"
nv uromisng that when buThcring time c@ih' "o
wouId share tho animal with them when ou''nr''
n, time did come he found that he hsd promieo
nor. norh than dozen animals would provide. lie
want 70 a friend who was sor of lawyer and sSoa
hin, what 10 do Now this man had wanted 'sm
Smiths pia for q long una You can hN u coy
enough be said, 'iust go ahead With your Du'oo'ns
and let all your nelghbOrs SEQ you at H. Iheh you Ii
wan, 10 hang the caraSs out over msht' III "''
mornIpu you can tell the poopic who want 'nsre N
n thai somebody stole tho pig during Tho night
h,v only had share In that particular pig and u IL
,s StoIcn they can't hold you for their Shsrr.
rem thought this was mighty shrew sdvSe He
AID iu,t a. he was told invited the ne'ghborS N 70 mo
hu,rhcrtnr and left tho hanging out over nsht
tn. ,e1t day he vent At his advisers house WIN AT
awful long face.
u,1t's gone, he SAID 'somebohy took ihs pg i~s'
night Didn't even leave me slicoP
.T..,,. n,r,,y we'll DONE SAID his friend; did you
81, ,ht st,rv 90 tho neghbors straight a. you have
TO mer ,
a,pp, ,rs gone, roAred Smith, Il tell you some
body did steal II last nightP
".Keep II MP that way replied tho trend, and
they'll never suspect YOU
at didn't do any good for poor Smith To explain
that bo was IN dead earnest. Tho man who had al.
y,,.d him 10 leave the carcass out ovor night hep'
,r.t,t,ng that he was acrug first rate, ara the
,.ghbors would never catch on. But a. he iett mo
boDse he caught the odor Of SpaTcriU Ho came oS'
for parting word. by The blanhety-blanh' N sah,
10 his friend i believe you've got my porA, now !
| p,t h, couidn't prove It. suspect sah Senator
a.,,vcr IN concluding tho story, that good many
o.on,. Who are advising other people to do certain
h,ncs arr looking out fnr those ottet peoples pork
=, Ga necuarly refreshing In theso degenerate days
y, Office se.hng 10 meet an applicant OF rare natVc
,,odes,v and one who when denied the Higher room
AZ the wedding feast Of Executive patronage Is Wiling
With cbararnrstc SELF abncration, to arcrpt hhno'e
seat A veteran eX.solder from one oi mo prltTlp"
es NJ Indiana presented himself the other day bcfo
| Corporal Tanner. the Commss'ohcr VI .H 49,
a,nllcanf for Office and gravcy handed TO thai o'hoA
| an ,ppIIrsHon beautifully drawn up ann ssncd, u
an exceedingly neat Handwriting for the modest p't
| n = Chief OF tho Pension BUREAU Commissioner
Tnpn.r looked tho man over curously, and promptly
tho document was handed back to him Win bo'
| remark, with quiet smile
| "Irs hardly necessary TO 20 into this matter any
further than 70 assure YOU that y"r appHea''on l'
| The p,ate cannot possibly ba considered
~, =, nj, abnsbed and utterly failing 10 appreciate
| tho numerous s.ic Of the question suggested by HI
! handing the Commissioner of Pensions, In person. a
ann,,cat,on for his own place. the IndianIan replied
| 40, never mind; II l can't get that particnla