The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-04

That the British minister is rapidly be-
coming Americanized appears to admit of no
doubt. He has learned the trick of stepping
into Shoemaker's for a quiet little drink.
The man who does not step into ShOemaker's
once in a while is not a genuine Washingto-
Man. Shoemaker's be it known, is the most
popular and fashionable drinking place in
Washington. Here senator's, supreme judges,
diplomates, congressman, army and navy Of
ncers, newspaper men and government off,
cials assemble in great numbers, and there is
no little good fellowship in front of the long
bar. Sir Julian is rather fond of a half honr
here once a week or so, and his favorite tip
pie is a certain brand Of mountain whisky
from Tennessee. This liquor is hand made
by an old fellow and his sons away UP in the
mountains. They do not make a great deal
of whisky, but what they do make is smooth
enough to run up hill They are very indie
pendent merchants, too, and refuse to sell a
pint of whisky till the money for it is in their
hands. They do not put their product in the
regular trade, and will not trust a living man
even for a jugfuI. This whisky is known as
the 'moonshine, " though of course it pays its
proper tithe to the government; but when
ever any of the boys see Sir Julian at Shoe
makers they say there is another cause for
a possible international complication-the
British minister is helping to defraud the rev.
enue of the United States
Probably the luckest men in Washington,
so far as good whisky is concerned, are the
senators from Kentucky. Neither is much
Of drinker, but, like true Kentuckians.
they always have a nice lot of stuff on hand
for their friends. The whisky which Beck
! d., IL r
the capital TO the other as the best in town,
and it is needless to say that there are many
thirsty callers at the rooms of these popular
statesmen. Neither of them ever buys any
whisky. Their distliing friends in Kentucky
keep them supplied with the choicest old
stock from their warehouses. If bluff old
Beck runs out of whisky he does not hesitate
to write or telegraph to some of his friends,
'Send me some more of that whisky imme-
diately," a requisition which is always hon
Ored. The Kentucky senator's are the envy
of all their colleagues.
In front of Shoemaker's, which is the Hoff-
man house of Washington l saw one dav a
somewhat remarkable group. There was Sir
Julian Pauncefote, able representative of
British ariStocracy and diplomacy; ex-Sen-
ator Blanche X. Bruce, the colored man who
was recently appointed TO the profitable Office
Of register of deeds in the District of Column
bia; Senator Butler, of South Carolina, the
representative of a family of Shareholders and
southern aristocratS; Senator Casey, one of
the pushing, huSting, successful men of the
new west, and ex-Chief Bushyhead, of the
Cherokee nation. Ali these men were chat
ting Familiarity, and more than one passer by
paused TO look at them as q group somewhat
remarkable. even in this city, where men of
all races and countries meet on the same
level
Among the well known men often seen on
the greav national promenade which runs
from the treasury TO the Capitol is Col
Thomas Lincoln Casey. A popularity of Col
Casey's usual roRte is that at Newspaper row,
or Fourteenth Street. he leaves the avenue
makes a decour to the SOUTH skirts the Wash
lnEron monument grounds, and reaches the
avenue again by a circultouS path through
the Man. It is a matter Of common gossip
here That Col. Casey rarely permits day 10
pass without taking this favorite walk The
great white shaft appears TO have a singular
attraction for him, and no wonder, for he is
the man who completed it. In a sense it is
his creation. Proud OF i'll OF course ne is.
Does not a man love his childf
ROBERT GRAVES