The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-03-11

Among the arrivals yesterday after
noon. by the Missouri Pacific, from
St. Louis was that of Capt. l.. l..
Bridges, who lett Washington last
Sunday, and spent a day in st. Louis,
before returning to his home In Sc
daiia. Mr.. B,idges looks exceedingly
well, and this morning, WREN a BA,
ZOO representative called on him al
his rooms, he was deep
In the work of bringing
up neglected correspondence to date.
He has been in Wash ngton three
months, almost continuously, except
on one or two occasions when he Wis
tied Baltimore and other cities, neigh
bors to the nations capital. He left
President Harrison in excellent health,
La regard to matters personal to
himself and his aspirations, he
said they were in obeyance. Every
thing that has happened TO him or
his cause, and a great many things
that did not happen have
already appeared in the public
prints, not only of Missouri, but also
of ether states and there was no nee
essity to rehash them at this time. 1t
was said, however, by the papers that
he was to be appointed to the position
of first assistant commissioner of pen
sions. He had never been an appli-
cant for the place. Yet he had re-
ceived a multitude of letters from
parties In various sections, the major
ity of which covered applications for
pieces in the department of pensions.
Being asked in reference to num-
Der of dispatches which were reported
to have been forwarded to Washing
ton in opposition to him, Capt.
Bridges said he did not discover the
twenty-eight, alleged to have been
sent, or indeed, a less number. In
fact, he did not believe that they
were sent at all. He didn't think
that there were twenty-eight respect
able men, or eight, even, who would
Willy him, by that or any other
agency If they were not respectable,
he did not care what they might say,
for or against him.
The delay in the appointment, was
simply an inadvertance of the author
tiles. Se1alia's pcstoffice was but one
among the many Of like matters that
came before the powers that be. and,
as matter of course, possessed no
special claims on the attention of the
government officials, above those of
any other city or town of the same
Importance.
He bad heen treated very kindly
by everybody in Washington City
from the State of Missouri, all having
kind words for him and rendering him
much valuable assistance for which
he was deeply grateful. He also felt
very thankful to the press of the
State, and especially of his own city,
for bits encouragement and kindly
mention of him in his stay at the
national capital.
The president feels kindly toward
Capt. Bridges and it is believed tina,
he will give him some desirable placet
which will keep him in the United
States. The nature of the position of
course is not known just now and
when the appointment will be made,
is also in the dark.
Capt. Bridges said that he did not
know when he should return to Wash
ington. His private and personal inter-
ests In Sedalia needed considerable
attention, and they must be put into
shape, as soon as he could manage it,
He might not 60 to the capital before
next summer, he remarked.
The interview was brief, but pleas
ant, and the captain resumed his
letter-writing as the reporter took his
leave.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Captain Lucius l.. Bridges, attor-
ney at law, this city, was born in the
town of Massena, st. Lawrence
county, New York, April Is, 1889.
In 1854 he attended the Governor,
New York, Wesleyan Seminary, from
which he graduated with high honors,
afterward receiving a collegiate educa-
tion at Union College, Schenectady,
New York, graduating in the. class of
1861.
Immediately after graduation
he volunteered as private
In the Sixteenth New York