New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-07
SENATOR TELIER's YOUTH.

rieht Siu t..,tnD n, our friend was great when
~ lie, understood the system that no went ino
~. s,ioon where he ordered three beers, Wni0n ~
drank To tho two Kaisers and TO BismaUA
,o,r N. distinguished citizens who renamed N
ry.sLIn1ton for several weeks was Colonei e'~'A -
Carr of Illinois Colonel Carr Is the sehnel" 49,
0nd,n1 II Impossible to get card OF aanhSson ~ ,,,
r,,nsnt from Minister Phelps, apphed 10 pupSD -,
and was successful. Colonel CarF spons y g. o,ho-
% 80, tim. At the Arlington telling stories 10 'ne o
- ,Ira, ,rbo were waiting for tho President 10 hano
sS o,,tIlo trust which no expected hcm 10 NIL Oho
,,,rht m acquaintance casually reierrcu W N0
Intpo,san AZ a Sucker statesman ana Ooiohe 49,
u.s moved to tell how the citizens OF inc Fr~i'o
State got that name -.-,- u,.,,A.-s
l, .a,d q when Tom Palmer had party OF us invi'ea
- % hahn the Mohganders make their oahqp7I a
S.,,onaI affair The speaking was good. warner
miller had responded 70 the toast OF Ne" i"'A ",
had read chapter OF great things u hSd uoho n'op
made tho other thirty-seven states IN mo uIoh 'O
mighty small An ohio man had been gwen enA,'o
"a tell about the glohes Of the buckeyes anu 10 %
10, himself out Why. before he was through we al
80 ,tot the only bg men this country ever had were
shoLcr og the Buckeye trees. When he was oohe
.varvbody got up and asked II Ohio was 100 sunny
IN leaye anything for the rest OF the country luon
the Indiana man had his say ana the ONO man "ho
Rad iust spoken couldn't stand It ana lett the oanquo'
20 think nm something 10 say next year Ihose
uoosiers can talkl We heard all about IlppecAhoo'
worthy Of worthy gfahusHos' ua'''"'' '''
Presidents, and 50 on. ,-
mNow the funny thing about all this talking was
that they didn't run afoul Of one another but all
took a crack at Illinois. warner Mhor
Logan Il, and every speaker VINO e@mo
after him, while prasing bis own o,SIo,
,ooh a crack al tho Sucker state. Then they Wou1
OH Iool Al mo and laugh / acknowledge that we ala
,,arr. a mistake at the Chicago Convention, but that
vas no reason why It should be rubbed In on us.
began 10 smell rat, but kept very quiet iihsy my
turn came The chairman insisted on suiet silence
while the state OF Illinois was heard FROM 'oia
them my remarks would be bneL
you call us Suckers said, and you may DO IN
teresed IN knowing why that name stlci" TO the peo
nile Of Illinois. Tonight I've hoard Mr. Miller toll
what great and glorious commonwealth NeW-fork Is
and what small Speck the rest OF the country is on
tho map beside 1t. ! believe all that. Whom the
po0pe Of Illinois read It in tho newspapers they'll
believe Il. I've heard the gloFfes OF Indiana and
Ohio told In words all wool and yard wide. bo-
Iieve every word Of that The people Of Illinois whom
thew read IL I'm tho newspapers will believe every
word of IT, Now, gentlemen, do you wonder why
we are called SucksrsP
They wouldn't lot me 20 any further and quit
feeling that The score wasn't against me-
Senator Sawyer tens BOOu bofy on hiinbou' lHoTo
was man up in the Oshkosh country by tho name OF
hutchinson who was great boaster. II he cut one
log Of wood lie would be 10 report hundred, and
10 he saw a dozen blackbirds sitting on stump they
would be q thousand before he told about hem In
the nearest saloon one season he did some logging
for Mr. Sawyer, and for his pay received check
on the Northwestern National Bank for Sl20, pay
able to his order Mr.. Hutchinson had never had such
an experience before, and no showed the check 10
n nr1de before no took IL
TO the bank 70 get 1t casbed. When he did so the
teller Of course, made him write his name on the
back Of the paper, and that incident OF stu
greater Importance in Mr.. Hutchinson's life. Then
no went to his home in the woods, and said 10 every
body whom he met on the way
old Sawyer can brag much as he's mind 70
about his money, but the bank made me indorse bis
check before they would cash II for him"
Tho gentleman who runs the elevator In the south
eastern corner Of the Treasury Building is descended
from the kings Of Ireland, and naturally occupies
conspicuous position IN social circles in Washington
He is n person of rare wit well ns royal lineage,
and his bon mots and epigrams quoted 1T many
dinner table Of the arisocrscy one day an old olerk
while riding up In the elevator to his Office was
grumbling because his eyesight was giving out.
Hphwat are you kicking abouti" remarked the prince
Of Irish blood Don't yez know that yer ought
to be than kf to the good Lord for sparng yez nose
on which yez can hang ysz specksp
During the late Administration the gentleman re-
errod 10 was loyal and enthusiastic Democrat After
tho elections In November he began TO show evidences
of repentance, and remarked several times 10 his
friends that there mighty little difference between
ne two parties except In name Now he is sterling
Republican. and is anxious do anything he can to
promote the success of the Harrison Administration
said he yesterday
aThey's beginning to como in purity fast
GWhofs
"These new fellows that's got places
"why, how's thRtf'
aweii, IN tell ysz. / get down to the building