New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-14
{ GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
sroR1Es ABOUT MEN. woMEN AND THINes.
JUSTICE HARLAN ARGUES oAsh-A
eARpEN-rHE coAcHMAEs DAUGHTER

Justice Harlan usually ride in tse SreoS
! cars from the CAPITOL to their NJ az
As they are both smokers they usually osV''' -.
rear platform in preference TO Q seat iuS'uo 80
,b., tho winter "a breaking and the ear door can
Nc ,,tt oben. the conductor objects. as tho VINO
! 90, sas tho smoke into the car For some u"o
h ,ro leading iurists of the country let inc suoe'
cor corducor Law down the law for them ana meehy
passed through the car 10 the FROM plauo'nt -
dav last week they made It up between tnem 70 su
| Tho case with the conductor, and prove inst .no
| wind would carry the smoke IN an opp0''''
| from the interior Of the car
Tho conductor began the war A..
| aNo smoking here You'll have to pass 10 inc
hont PLATFORM ..o h,r Justee.
,nternosnC his body between the conductor anu n''
| companion, the wind carries the sloA' " ''
| south and We are travelling NORTH 49,
GCan't help that, SIR, thems my oruerS' S~u "i0
| other Dramatically. -.,... h.d
| The little Chief Justice, In the neaname' haa
| attained down On the lower step, lighted Ms cigar
and was putting fundamentally, screened oy 'n" '"''
| bulk OF Justice Harlan. 49,
"There are exceptional cases, other tn'nss oo'-e
| equal, where a law coercive at one ame may -
| another time be void. Let me cite you 10 case
| q 1o7 OF our Common Law Statute book
| awe gets our orders from the boss saio tue
| conductor, firmly measuring his man. Inc Nnio
hundred rounds Of tho Justice were convinc'ns Snu
be added, willing to compromise, I'VE fehowS GA
| pocted 10 obey, orders
As Justice Harlan began bis reply. the car turnea
from the avenue up Fifteenth-st.. tho ntIe Oh'oi
Ipsuce carefully lighted his second cigar MS race
wearing It's poetic rathor than its judicial expression
He was taking no part IN the case before inc ooui'
| he really did not seem TO hear the plea OF MS us
| tinguishcd friend.
"Let me call your attention to the faet' purSuou
the JpstIce courteousy, that you arc not following
4 no wind Is q north Rlnu.
| nv A PARADOX peculiarly scientific q wind Is named
| ,rom the direction from which II comes rather IMAM
| the direction TO which It goes. Consequently
| north wind goes south, VIC are travelling norh'
| wind blowing In a southerly direction cannot carry
| smoke north" AS he saw that his man was weak
ching rather from his size than from the weight Oh
| the argument, Justice Harlan continued inc case
Az they reached the Boundary. Chief Justice Fulier
steDped down lightly aud offered the stump Oh MS
! third cIqar TO Justice Harlan for Lighter. nc u1o
| not smile or refer in any way to the case 1S' n~N
been tried before him. and Justice Harlan mao auooDo
proof OF what courteous gentleman the Chiei 'uS"'0
| OF tho Unitcdsstates Is
nh conductor unmarked 10 the driver he watched
! Tho mir tollIng up the hill, Justice Harlan trying
10 pu6 out one cigar before he reached home "ns'
| n bic man that Is He grew bigger all the nme no
| was talldu, 10 mo- Think no weighs $40 instean Oh
| 30Oo
D6errnt men hold different Vows about the honor
| Of being Cabinet odleers George Crlst, the Arizona
| member OF the Republican National Committee ana
Gonor,i wilson. the candidate for Congress, were
a, thu Interior Department waiting TO see secretary
| Noblc Tho ante-room was full OF visitors, Whhe
In the secretarys oGcoSthey were seated tnree rows
| deem In tho intervals between seeing tho cahers'
General Noble was trying 10 attend to some DoPafE
ment business.
81 cot down at 8 O'Clock this morning. ne Sa'u'
and tonight hope to get away by o. was
4 and 8 had 70 stay
.m II In tho evening. I'm only three or four Gays
bellnd the current business Of the Department nov"
and hone 10 catch up by the end Of the month
aCeoree y. said General Wilson, leaning over ana
| whispering out loud to Mr.. cist, they tsA ABOUT
the aLh plains OF Arizona hut I'm blest II Vouidnf
| rather drive mule team down there - % uHy
than be Cabinet officer OF this Government Woudnt
| your ,
Mr. crist, who several vhuaole mines'
| unused q minute. and then replied;
asay Is a day and good mules 10 drive aud I'd
rather do II. too
The Department Of Justice tho other day had
good definition Of what constitutes aepies"ns ~
| curnstancess Buckeye official was a. inc DeperS
r,ont With letters from Governor Foraker and NE
| warden Of the Ohio PenitentAry, asking cOnlna-
tstion In the sentence Of some Apanhe Inaans VINO
were in1prtsoned for numbering some OF their ielov
| ApAehcs out In Arizona Two OF the inalSnb ns'0
| and Others so SICK mat uAicss ASf-'~N
| authorities say they are likely TO die Captain 'acA'
who is serving a thiry-yeaTs sentence, Is anxious
IN ret ont of the prison walls and Loco Jim, VINO ns
only eighteen years charged against him. also pines
| for freedom Tho Buckeye Official was explaining
the situation and repeatedly spU OF the aePres"nk
circumstances under which the Apsches are connned
| awbnt are the circumstances more depressing IN
,t. ,h,n IN any other easel asked Pardon Clerk
! Botelor Imprisonment H. always depressing 20
| ,rhtta As well to indians"
81 Lnow that's replied tho Ohio man. "but you
| sce the rcd man Is By temperament gloomy ana
reflective. Little things impress him deeply "hen
two of their companions died wo bod funord services
| which were solemn enough and made the otner
| Apaches thoughtful. But when the medical students
tho same night stole the corpsss, the other Indians
heard Of IL and the circumstances were very depressing
| They haven't regained their spirits yet"
| AZ DOM know said the pardon clerk, but
wen have to follow the precedent that was estab-
! llshcd in Dakota. Sioux indian up there was
| under arrest for murder. There was some conhiot
| between tho courts which prevented his trial. anu
| no was pning away In jail. His friends insisted
that II there was TO be any Sioux to be tired no
must DO let out on the prairie. They did hx up an
| arrangement by which he released during the
day time lie wa given a watch and made 10 under-
stand by tho hands what hour every day he should
| return to the jail lie did II, too, regularly ana
living out on the prairie day tmos he became cheerful
| and contented. I think he was ultimately tnod
| and hung but a any ratio he mover ran away Now
don't think the President viii consider tho depressing
circumstances OF those Apaehes in the Ohio peni-
tenuary sufficient grounds for pardon, but some ar
| rangement might we made by which they would DO
| free 20 roam around through the day.
There Is fire screen in the onico of one Of the As
sistapt Postmasters- Genera that has history. II
| Is a handsome screen, screens 90, and was made
eight years ago for the Assistant then in once As
the Government paid for It, the material was OF the
best 1t had an ebony wood franc, with furnishing
! Of black leather bearing peculiarly appropriate
design mounted messenger flying poSthAste, sealed
packet In his hand. The messenger horse and packet
were in silver and gold threads aud the rays of tho
parabolIc curve around tho devlce were also picked
out in gold threads, symbolic Of tho rays Of tho SUM-
The whole affair was q good investment Of Uncle