Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-16

Supreme Court who went down the river
with the President in an English hunting
costume month or so ago, and who, when L
called upon him, received me in silk vel
vet coat. patent leather pumps, a velvet vest
and light pantaloons.
Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts,, is not
averse to an interview and he talks well.
Speaker Reed now and then gives sentence
or two to the correspondents, and Mckinley
is good friend of the newspaper men.
Joe Cannon is full of ideas, and he can
grind out column in an hour. Senator
Hawley is very busy, but he is newspaper
man himself, and he will talk freely II you
catch him at leisure. Wade Hampton never
interviews, and the reporter who gets any
thing out of Joe Brown is genius.
INTERVIEWED IN BED.
Cushman K. Davis, of Minnesota, is al
ways ready to give away good thing when
he has it. 1 remember once calling upon
him about S o'clock in the evening. 1 was
told to walk up to his bedroom, and found
him with his head on the pillow and the
bed clothes well up to the neck of his frllled
nightgown. He told me that he had had a
hard DAYS work, and that he had gone to
bed early to sleep himself fresh. He said
that he could sleep at any time and that he
was good Tor II hours or could get along
with four as necessity demanded, and he
gave me the information desired while he
lay in bed.
Frank Hiscock, of New York, is poser.
He seems to swell when he is asked for an
interview, and if he has not some ak of his
own to grind he will say that he is very
busy just now, but if you will call upon
him tomorrow ne will be able tc tell you
whether he can talk or not. Senator Joe
Blackburn is a good man to interview, but
hard man 10 report. His language is so
fowery that you lose the ideas if you are not
careful, and he ought to be quoted just as
he talks to do him justice. VOORHEES, is eau
tious, but he often tells good story.
George Vest is lull of ideas. He is not
afraid to talk and he dictates an article as
we'll as most correspondents can write it.
He walks up and down as he dictates, and
his words flow freely.
THE PRESIDENT AND CABINET.
President Harrison has given no big in
tervews as vet 1t is not considered eti-
quette to ask him questions, and the ordi-
nary rule is that Cabinet Minister ought
not to be interviewed. Nevertheless, Wan
amaker talks frequently, Window gives out
expressions on some subjects and Blaine has
made one or two utterances since he became
secretary Oh OVaIe.
Speaking of Blaine and the newspapers,
one OF the best stories 1 ever heard in re-
gard to his experiences with the reporters
was told last night on Newspaper Row.
The subject of executive sessions was up,
and number of the correspondents were
chatting about public men and interviews.
Smith D. Fry, of the ST. Paul Globe, de-
scribed Blaine's adventures with George
Nicholas.
"Nicholas," said Fry, "was reporter of
the Chicago Times, which was during the
days of Editor Storey great friend of
Blaine's. Blaine was in Chicago at the
Grand Pacific Hotel, and Clint Snowden,
the city editor, Sent Nicholas to interview
him. AS he entered the hokl he saw Mr..
Blaine go into the dining room arm in arm
with prominent politician of Chicago.
He waited until they came out and saw
Blaine go to the elevator and up to his
room,
BLAINE WAS NOT IN.
Mr.. Nicholas then sent up his card to Mr..
Blaine. The boy returned Immediately and
said that Mr.. Blaine was not in. Nicholas
waited half an hour and sent up his card
again. The same result. He waited another
half hour and sent up another card and still
Mr.. Blaine was not in. By this time he was
rather angry, and seeing across the street an
old Chicagoan who looked very much like
Mr. Blaine it occurred to him that he would
get even with Mr.. Blaine by making this
man personate him. Nicholas was curious
fellow. He suffered in his speech and he
was q good deal of a wag. He went over the
way and patted this man on the shoulder
and said: "How do you do, Mr.. Blaine?"
The man looked around and replied:
GrJ l.4 = Il, hot, %la 1o-
Said Nicholas: "I have been sent out to
interview Mr.. Blaine, and as you look like
Mr.. Blaine will interview you," and he
thereupon began 10 ask questions. The man
took the cue and he answered the interroga-
tories in a characteristic manner, saying just
the things, however, that Blaine should not
have said. He referred in impolitic terms to
General Grant and criticised Garfield.
THE PLUMED KNIGHT WAS MAD.
Nicholas wrote up the interview and it
was published in the Times. Blaine not
iced it the next day when he was travelling
somewhere in the central part of Wisconsin.
He was very angry and he telegraphed to
Mr.. Storey that he had had no interview
with any of his reporters and asked what he
meant by such an outrageous misrepresenta-
ton. Storey grew excited over the tele-
gram. He called in Snowden and asked
who had written that interview. at was
George Nicholas, f" replied the city editor.
"'You must discharge him at once, said
Mr.. Storey. The inerview never took
place and have just gotten this telegram
from Senator Blaine
"Snowden went back to his Office and
moment later Nicholas came in.
"'Well, Nicholas, you're fred said
Snowden. Blaine has telegraphed that he
had nothing to do with that interview and
the old mSn says you've got to CO.
"Indeed, said Nicholas. L think both
Blaine and Mr.. Storey have not read the