New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-06

Another ono about Joe Blackburn: When his Con-
gressiona colleagues fail TO give scope for his JOKES
the Kentucky Senator Is not particular about Ms
victim 1t wasn't SO long ago that he had an unusually
raw article of Kentucky material appointed to minor
position among the Senate employees. The atmos-
phere Of the Committee Room was dry the prosy talk
Of a Senator with a hobby dryer, and everybody
was thirsty One Of the listeners wanted glass Of
water and asked for It. Senator "JOe" gave the
order to his messenger in an undertone, and himself
left the room. The messenger soon returned and said
triumphantly TO the company:
"You can't have 'cm. Mr. Canaday said So"
"Can't have whati' asked the surprised water
drnker.
"Can't have the glasses and the bottle Senator -
uses - the reply. .
who the blank sent you after a bottle1 wanted
+ glass of water Go out in that room and get it,
The crestfallen empoye did as he told. When
he returned Of the company mildly asked the
messenger where he had gone in the first place
To the Office of the Sergeant Alarms was tho
reply. Senator BLACKBURN told me to get six glasses
and the bottle Senator uses. They said you
couldn't have 'cm because they didn't crockcry
store Then told them Senator Blackburn sent me
and they said they knew that wasn't so because he
wouldn't have any need for the glasses. They said
If I'd only asked for the bottle they might have boz
lieved he sent me-"
Whether the joke was on Senator Joe on his
comes from his colleagues and not from Blackburn.
IT IS said that The Physical Wreckr-that chronic
candidate for oGice-is an applicant for the position
OF Judge Advocaie-General OF the Army, a lie ap-
pontment Of great Importance, which IS now held by
Colonel q. \. Leiber who however, IS only Acting
General during the suspension OF Cen
era swain, whom It is proposed 10 relieve from sus-
pension and place upon the retired list thus leaving
tho INN ant IN VI
aspires Indeed learn that certain kindly social In
huences are to be brought to bear upon General
schofsld in aid Of this impudent and chronic ONCE
seekers imaginary claims. Doubtless for the pur'
pose OF smoothing tho possible difficulties, u IS
said that The Physical Wreck recently took the pains
10 inform certain friends OF Colonel W. w. Dudley
that he had been mistaken in HIS vindictvo and In
decent aspcrsions of tho aters able administration Of
the Pension Office and had been begued therein by
the Misrepresentation Of his immediate Republican
predecessor the late Major o. +. O. Clarke II would
require political casuist Of no ordinary subtldy 10
determine the precise value Of this death-bed re-
pentancc; more especially when the moribund Official
who makes It has required the full four years OF a
hostile Administration in which to accomplish the dis
covery.
IL "a Irtle unfortunate for Black that che Repub
can predecessor whom he thus accuses Of abusing hts
| confidence is dead and cannot defend himself; but
a was doubtless for this abuse OF confidence that the
Commissioner punished his dead predecessor and army
| comrado by deductng from their annual leaves OF
absence the time which Of HIS old friends in the
| Pension Bureau spent I'm attending his funeral
President Cleveland is not getting so many presents
now as he used Until election he was constantly
receiving all sorts Of things from inventors and cranks
and people who sought notoey, but as soon ~ the
turns were In presents ceased to come and everything
| rs now going to General Harrison There a great
| falling off In the mail at the White House, too
Formerly q large sack Of letters was carried there
three or four umes day. and It took nearly the whole
tine OF ons clerk simply to open tho envelopes and
spread the letters for Colonel Lamont and the Pres
| dent 10 read Now one small sack viii hold all The