The Washington critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-02-15
POPULAR MEN In TOWN.
FAMILIAR FACES OF THE NATIONAL
THE BIG HOTELS.

iTIC plS W.
Hobbies Are Also Filled with Ladies'
Women Sunragists Add Consider
able to the Hum OF Conversation-
Ex-Governor Curtin recovering.
One Of the most prominent figures In
the corridors of the Ebbitt House last
night was Mr.. Richard L. Gibbs of New
York. Mr.. Gibbs is general agent for
the great silk firm of Bedding Brothers.
lie has journeyed here to look over his
territory, which stretches from New
York to Virginia, and Is probably the
most valuable commercial area in the
United States.
Colonel j. r. Roach and wife are ut
the Ebbitt House. The Colonel was
formerly paymaster in the United States
Army and was stationed here. Al
though he only got into the city last
night he had continual stream Of old
friends calling on him until late hour.
Mr.. j. ID. Corr, one of the wealthiest
and most influential men in California,
held an informal reception in the CORR
doris Of the Ebbitt last night. He is
here on business of private nature,
and so is Mr.. ii. Roberts, of the United
States Army, who was another of the
new arrivals.
DIR. John Creighton, w. A. Carsay
and John Cavanagh of the Worlxmen's
American Protective Tariff League are
at Wizards. They are here in the
interest Of the Subsidy bill and are
doing all in their power to have it
passed. DIR. Creighton is small man
of hight complexion. He wears a
heavy blonde mustache and always
carries cane. He looks like anything
but laboring man. Carsay is man
of medium height, thick.set and with
face that denotes determination. He
has been interested In the labor move
ment throughout the country for many
| years past. Gayanagh is much like
Carsay. The three are pushing and
energetic men, and generally succeed
in whatever they undertake.
The swish of skirts drowned the con
versation of the guests in the corridors
of the Riggs House last night. Nearly
two dozen delegates to the National
Woman's Suffrage Convention, which
is to be held in this city next week, had
| just arrived and were being shown to
their rooms. The noise made by the
women was music to the ears of many
of the men, who were probably re-
minded of their lady relatives and
friends at home. The delegates to this
convention now in the city number sew
eral hundred. Four of the delegates at
! III ".
were Mrs. Boyd, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs.
| f. N. LAYER and Mrs. A. G.. Bemis.
Another of the prominent delegates who
arrived last night was Miss Jennie
O'Neill Potter of New York. Others
from the metropolis were Mrs. c. l..
King and Mrs. Il. B. Hooker. Mrs. P.
N McAdam and Mrs Meadow of
Montana were also at the hotel.
Hon. j. A. Geissenhainer of New
Jersey, who is staying at the Arlington,
said in reply to THE CRITIC man S
| question that he knew little New Jcr-
sey news. 81 represent peculiar dis
trict," said Mr.. Geissenhainer. 1T is
composed of three counties, Union,
| Middlesex and Monmouth. All of these
are upon the coast, and j represent
what is known as q shore district The
largest cities are Elizabeth, New Bruins.
wick and Railway, but there is proba-
bly, no other territory as small in the
world as those three counties that con-
tains so many fashionable summer re-
sorts. The district includes all the
pleasure and health resorts of the New
Jersey coast"
] "Ysu probably know that I am a
radical Democrat, and we are not get
ting the kind of appropriations now
that we want for the Jersey coast-that
is, liberal appropriations for dredging
and other matters connected with coast
interests. will say, however, that the
present Administration has been very
kind to me, and granted all requests
which have made. | have made none
of course, which were unreasonable
from any standpoint"
Ex-Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania
was seen at the Arlington last evening
II arrived last night" said he, "but
have not been around any today.
don't think now that ! will venture tc
so to the Capitol before Monday.
have just recovered from an attack OF
la grippe in Philadelphia, and am
afraid of a relapse"
Messrs. M. Ogden Jones and l.. B
McCogg, prominent capitalists of New
York, are registered at the Arno. 1t IL
their intention to make brief stay here
and then proceed to the South. where
II is said the gentlemen may make some
investments.
Mr.. C. p. Dutton of Aurora, H., is
Wizards Hotel.
Late Hotel Arrivals.