Telegram-herald., 1890-11-22

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ressnea1Fss. Mr. Ms i sas - TIE
Hl0st earnest, taost frank. Eacst boyA =
u1n q ~4s be Mo nrst sassested tor
speaker Ar joan e. Caxtsle, saea
comparatively ankn0~a Soasrs<sEsaA
fFo1n ksasackry Bat fos the trisns1sAip
aad lnraenoe Il ne rsxaa y "a doaoEfuA
Il tae house woald A4Fe soasaE oat Mr.
Czflisis aad sl-yatsd hia - TIE stAEioa
H. ahich 90 w0a - muca fazas- Merit
kad eaxuiaE. uhsa htdden 1nds~ tAe
bashel ~ usdsssEy Ars net always dis-
covered aad br0ashg f9Fth. BseUe~n
Nil. aad Carlisls Ebcrs has always e4-
tsLed Waun. an sa1niFaols friendship.
~ hsa tbs hsp4 4oilaAus obta aed con
tr1l u The house and elected Mr. Reed
speaker Is became necessary f1r Cartisls
o. resume hla place on ths aoor and on
the committees. NJ. Mllis had been
chairman ~ the c0znuirsos o. WAYS and
means. ard M Carlisle bad been a
usfnbsr u the sanls committee before
becoming speaker The question was.
which II thern slroald sale precedence
on tas committed According % Gus
tom the precedence belonged 20 Mills.
Bus Nils insisted That Carlisle should
g. on ahead Of him. and Carlisle IN
sisted thAs Mills should Keep his proper
plaoe az ths bead u the Democratic
members. The nearest these two lead
srs ever came 70 qusrreling WAS over
this question ~ precedence. 50 eager was
each 1f them % honor the other. Mills
proved the more stubborn. for he = a.
stubborn a man an wc have in public
hfe. and his nams was printed after the
ex-speaker's in the list Of committees.
There Is man In this town whom |
feel sorry for He has government
pos ton II great honor and usefulness.
in which he 0atwardly seems contented,
whsle At heart DO Is yearning for the
halk of legislation and the great com
fnlttee IN which ne once served with
such great distinction. There are thou
sands a men IN this country who would
Ike % % an interstate commerce com
IL ssi0ner. a life appC ntKRent with a
comfortable salary. bat William 4. Nor
riscn. former coadjutor u Carlisle and
Mill. says he has not yot become entire
~ rccouciled % being buried alive"
The friends Of Secretary Blaine tell me
n Is renewing hts youth Not in ten
years has Mr. Blaine seemed 50 young,
vigorous and cheerful as he is today. |
saw him the other day walking through
Lafayette square from the state depart
ment % his residence Re walked at
brisk pace, with 4 sprightly step and
bead erect. Peroeiving some distance
shes.d OF aim friend sauntering along,
the secretary quickened his pace almost
insO a run and quickly overlook his ac-
0uaintance. Four OF i've times day,
in good weather. Mr.. Blaine walks
through the park, and there isn't nurse
girl or even a baby among all the habit
ues of this retreat that does not know
him.
For some reason or other Mr.. Blaine
never walks through the White House
grounds, though that route is shorter
than the other. Remarks about Mr..
Blaine's health are out Of fashion, but
one Of the secretary's intimate friends
talls ne that II be hadn't accepted a place
IN the cabinet. where he finds congenial
employment for his energies, be would
AAWh 70 AAAFU hkAaVs AA1NlA AC AFAAAda lf~l
IN retirement at Augusta" says this
friend, "he would have rusted out. The
trouble with Mr. Blaine is that he is
hypochondriac when Idle. Every little
ailment he msgnihes into fatal chronic
disease Without work Mr.. Blaine
would fret himself into his grave"
he doesn't look at all like man who
is worrying himself 70 death ss he walks
through historic Lafayette square.
A queer little old fellow Is Justice
Bradley the patriarch Of the supreme
eourt-a most deluive man. When you
SEQ him on tae bench weazened. sleepy.
Seemingly senile. you think it pity he
doesn't retire from active service. Yet
this hr-is OLD man does moro work than
any other justice on the bench. He
rises always 81 o'clock IN the morning,
and for years has made II rule to Eat a
peach and tass a bit of exercise or airing
before breakfast. A conductor ON the
Metropolitan hor~e car line tells me the
oil just1ce-be lacks only a year and a
hrlf ~ fourscore-oftsn takes a round
trip ride with him On Cspitol hill before
70'clocs iu tie morning, standing on the
p'aform smiling the cool ar. Moral
work hard. eat peach and take con
81 uaonal before breakfast.
aaw Governor Psttisou. q Psunsyl-
wants.. the osher day. Here at washing
ton Gre gossips have it the Young govern
or win be presider some day. Patti
son IS ons ~ the rr e surprising men
ever saw. He modest and uuassum-
inr. both in manners and appearance.
thasat frse meeting one naturally under
rates him- Afterlrard you are aston
isfcd at his force his fne command Of
tsnruags. ais originality, bis quiet but
nerststeft uasterfuluess. He "a the sort
~ man that a new aCquasntanCew viii say
0f ooh. vel I can do "a / ike with
this fellow be isn't much Bat be Is
.la tle sort of nan wa0. after listening
cheerfuly. sol just "a one is thinking he
has possession Of him. naturally and
easily tarns sns becomes possessor HIM
self The governor is surprising m sa-
other way. He Aoes net impress one ~
ieing sieisr very tail CT large. ard you
ruess him st 5 feet 10 OF n. and about
rs5 or 10 pounds Bsirg rvlrious about
tbis put tas qgisstiop. and NJ Psstison
replied
Nearly every one underrafes my
weight and ny height Z sm feet D.
inches ssn a. Z stand. and ny asBsl
wsigbt Is 90 pouads.
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