St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-20
TOPICAL TALK.

UrOWIuS Olu. clIy ldSt ldl year
ago. Very few have
seen him since. Those who saw him
then were struck with the evidences of
physical vigor manifested by our chief
magistrate. We remember his stout
ness, the dorid hue Of his complexion,
and with dumb admiration we wit
messed his capacity for physical endur-
ance as he shook hands with the 10000
people who passed in review at the
Ryan hotel reception. saw President
CLEVELAND the other day when on a WIS.,
it to the national capital, and was aston
ished to observe the change in the man.
He is still stout enough, yet the appear
ance of obesity is gone. But the great
est change is in his face. He is aging
rapidly-looks at least fifteen years
older than when in st. Paul.
The strikingly ford complexion has
been supplanted. by an ashen pallor in
dicatIve of a deep-seated organic dis
ease. The crow lines suggest the worry
of official station, but it was in the nerv-
Gus tremor of the hand when shaking
it that had confirmation of the story
the changed color of the face told me.
Four years. life in the White house is
too great task for the most robust con-
stitution; and, like all of his predeces-
sors, Mr.. CLEVELAND will come out of
it a broken-doWn man There is moth
ing in Mr.. CLEvELAND'S tone or man
mer to create the inference that his de-
feat worries him. 81 was in a measure
prepared for it, was spoken in voice
to impress the truthfulness of the re-
mark. So far as he is individually con-
cerned, it will be blessed relief to him
when the 4th of March comes around
and he can lay down the work which is
killing him.
~
Mrs. Cleve- "Idelare. that woman
is a phenomenon to
lands Hand me-" The speaker was
aRepublican member
Shake. of congress, and the
woman of whom he
spoke was the sweet first lady OF the
land. We were discussing Mrs. CLEvE-
LANDS remarkable vivacity, and while
life in the White house had told so fear
fully on her husband, it had only
seemed to develop the queenly graces
of this remarkable woman. ut does
me good to shake hands with that
woman" continued my friend, the con-
gresham. "Her hand-shake is in such
cordial contrast with that in vogue
among the society women here. Go to
one of these big social entertainments
and meet the ladies, and if you are rec
| ogniZed with hand-shake at all, it is
| just bare tip of the fingers. But when
Mrs. CLEVELAND greets you, that right
| arm is lunged out with the energy of a
| Texas cowboys lassooing operation, and
when she grabs your hand, why, there
you are. And there she is, the blessed,
whoIe-souled woman that she is, giving
you hand-shake with the grasp of cor
diality that you will not forget until
your dying day. l voted against CLEvE-
LAND. but if L had my way would
have that wife of his stay as the mis-
tress of the White house forever and
ever, amen"
~
The Mime To sit in the gallery
of the house of repre-
sofa Delega- resentatives, and look
down upon the assem-
ton. bly, of statesmen,
Minnesotian naturally
experiences a feeling of pride when he
observes how we'll the Minnesota dele
cation in the Fiftieth congress COM
pares with the membership of other
states. The most striking figure on the
floor below is Hon. EDMUND RICE. His
splendid physique and courtly bearing
attract the attention of all visitors. The
member to whom most Difference is
paid by both sides of the house is Judge
THOMAS WILSON, who sits to the right
of the speakers desk, with his eagle
eye taking in all that goes on. Nearer
the center of the StateSmanlike group is
Judge JOHN L. MACDONALD, who
has the reputation of being the hard
est worker in the house. He is a bun
die of energy, and it is a positive mis-
fortune that the services of such rep
resentative cannot be retained. In the
front row of seats to the speakers left
is JOHN LIND, modest in department,
but attentive to duties. That dapper
little fellow, popping in and out Of the
committee rooms with bundle of pa
pers in each hand, is readily recognized
as the Fifth district congressman.
Everybody in Washington knows
KNUTE NELSON, who is facetiously
spoken of as ''the Republican congress-
man with Democratic tendencies"
~
The Wreck Among the things I
saw from the house
Of a States gallery, nothing i'm
pressed me more with
man. the vicissitudes of pub
lie life tina the
wrecked appearance of SAMUEL j.
RANDALL. The last time l saw Mr..
RANDALL he occupied the speakers
chair, the very picture Of perfect
man, physically and Intellectually.
Now he bends over his desk in way
to suggest debility-his shoulders are
stopped. his hair is very white, and the
deep lines in the sad-looking face de-
note the suffering the great man has
endured. He has worn his life out in
| the public service, and how little he has
| left as recompense-not even the good
will of the party whose illustrious
leader he was for SO many years.
Young men who are ambitious of pub
| lie honors would do well to study Mr..
RANDALL's checkered career before
launching into politics. There is moth
ing in it, boys, for an honest man.
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Lighting The coal stove hav-
ing been abolished
Cars BY from all cars on our
Northwestern roads, it
Electricity. is gratifying to note
that the other conspir-