Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-03-23
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Governor Campball of Chic TaIks-The Sons of
Preachers-1hey Are Not
Always Bad

Correspondence of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March Ex-Governor
Campbell of Ohio was here as a witness in
the ballot box forgery investigation. The
governor did little talking on subjects
OF the fghtain the house and politics. AS
to Speaker Reed IS course he said:
"His rulings are simply outrageous.
No party can stand by such rulings. In
less the Republican members Of congress
repudiate Reed his course will do his
party harm.
During the day Governor Campbell
met Congressman J. B Clark Of
Missouri and Editor G. Jones of the St.
Louis Republic. Both said to him in q
very enthusiastic manner: "Governor,
we are for you for anything. and so is
the West, for the presidential nomina-
ton
The governor replied, 81 am for the
nominee. -
Afterward, to friends, Editor Jones
said: "We are for Campbell for first or
second place in 1892, not forgetting that
in six months past Grover Cleveland has
become more popular than he was in the
four years of his administration. It was
through the influence of my paper in
1888 that Governor Gray of Indiana was
defeated. We have a great interest IN
Campbell, and look upon him as the
coming man of the Democratic party
The father of Senator Brice was poor
Presbyterian preacher, who received
about 5000 year, and lived in several
Ohio towns. His widow is still living in
Lima. Senator Squire of Washington is
the son of q Methodist minister. Cleve-
land and Arthur were both sons of
preachers. President Harrison married
a preachers daughter, as did John
Adams, whose wife was the most cabable
woman ever in the White House, even if
she did dry her Monday washing in the
great east room. Jackson was not over
religious, but he was friendly to the
GIvin boys, sons of favorite preacher.
One of them was killed in a duel some
where in Mississippi, but the other came
back senator from California. George
Alfred Townsend is the son of parson, as
is Melville e. Stone of the Chicago News,
who was here over Sunday with his aged
father, who years ago preached
in the village of Naplesville,
Ill. He was too poor to own
much of library, and Melville Stone
says he got his first love for book and a
desire to be q newspaper man from Judge
Cody, who gave the preachers son the
use OF very extensive library. Vice
president Morton is the son and grandson
of preachers. And turning aside from
America, we must not forget that Poet
Laureate TennYson was born the son of q
village vicar.
George Alfred Townsend always de-
tends minister's sons, and he once re-
marked: t'Thev do not necessarily inherit
the dogmas aud prejudices of their faith
ers, although they retain a respect for
the worthy lives led by their parents
This dlcipline makes the son behave, and
also extends his ambition Well, they
are generally made bad by their hypo-
critical church members, who are always
saying mean things about their pastor.
The meek preacher does not resent the
remarks, but the sons often do, and have
a 8ell-founded disgust for the people who
sit beneath the pulpit. -
Col. Fred D. Mussey the correspondent
and president of the Grid Iron club, was
at the funeral, of Jefferson Davis. Al
though Northern man and a drummer
boy in the Union army Col. Mussey had
personal admiration for the Confederate
president, and the admiration was recip-
rocated. Before the burial, st New Or
leans, Mrs DAVIS directed that a lock of
hair be cut from the dead husband and
given to Col. Mussey as a memento.
When the correspondent came back he
had to give away a few white hairs to his
many friends, until he has now but few
left, and which he values very highly.