The daily critic. (Washington City, D.C.) 1890-1890, 1890-11-14

De able 10 secure the nomination. For
four days the balloting continued. amid
the greatest excitement, and during the
night Of the last day the town had beea
literally covered with posters, even the
sidewalks were covered, bearing the
words Faux Pas Jim the expression
he had substituted for "Howdy." On
the last day Of the convention Buck
saw that matters were assuming most
serious shape, and, knowing the story
Of the faux pas expression, cot M in the
meeting and explained the situation
from beginning 10 end. This was ap
parently satisfactory to the Texans, for
in five minutes aiterward jim had re
Ctived every vote Of the convention
and was sent back 10 Congress with ly
ing colors.
-
Sightseers are beginning TO con.
eregate on the corner Of Fifty.sevcuth
street and Fifth avenue on sunny after
Moons and stare at the mammoth build
ing which is slowly assuming shape
there, says the New York World.
When Il is finished Il will be the resi-.
dence Of G. T. Huntington, on the Fifth
avenue side, with huge wing round
on Fifty. seventh street TO be devoted
to Prince Halzfeldt and the Princess.
The Princes arms appear In one or
two places in the elaborate carving.
Two other corners Of this location are
occupied by the great houses of such
milliOnaires as W. G.. Whitney aud
Cornelius Vanderbilt The third corner
Is the residence Of AIr Floyd Jones.
II was always supposed that Cornelius
Nanderbilts house was an imposing
and Impressive structure, but nearly
all the houses thereabouts will sink
into insigniiicance when the Hunting.
ton mansion Is pushed a little further
skyward. Its size is simply siupeudous.
People on the second floor can almost
look on the roofs Of the neighborinr
dwellings, and Il will eventually be one
Of the landmarks Of Fifth avenue Cor
nelius Nanderbilts house will appear
like n cosy French villa beside vault.
ing and baronial castle. The next great
millionaire who builds on upper Fifth
avenue will have a mighty task before
him IL he attempts to eclipse neighb)r
Huntington.
81.
w T. Ewing one Of the best story.
tellers Of the Chicago bar, says the
Chicago Tribune, recalls an incident OF
a Joint debate in Virginia. The dis.
putants were Fitzhugh Lee and Wise.
They were always rivals, but their de.
bates were always courteous. On one
occasion Mr. Wise paid a compliment
to the name of Lee If II were not that
his opponent bore that name, said Mr
Wise, that opponent would not be In
the field. Had his name been Smith,
said Mr. Wise in his peroration, che
would have gone TO his grave unknown,
unhonorod and unsung
Lee replied. He said, personally, he
should like to see Mr. Wise Governor
OF Virginia He luvished compliments
upon his opponent In quantity until he
tired OF that sort Of play. "But ! warn
him, said Lee, chow he trifes With
the name of Smith. lie seems 10 think
that because a mans name Is Smith he
can never be anything. The Smith
family has helped to make the history
Of this country. Then Lee began
citing the heroic deeds Of the Smith
family from the commencement. lie
mentioned each by name aud gave an
account Of his deeds There are, he
continued, Matthew Smith, Mark
Smith, Luke Smith, Peter Smith, Paul
Smith, Timothy Smith and ST. John
Smith"
Lee paused for the purpose Of giving
his audience an opportunity Of grasplng
what he was driving at In that pause
there came one Of those breaks from a
drunken man which Is as often fatal 10
a good speech as Is the blunder Of a
poor copy-reader or proofreader TO an
orderly and well.mannered sentence.
The fellow seemed TO rise out of the
ground:
"Whazzer matterth John smith that
killed Pocahontas." he asked.
il broke up the meeting,
-.
Whatever the result may be of the
Stanley -Barttelot middle. said a gen
tleman who has written extensively on
African matters, 10 New York World
man, III is certain that public sympathy
and interest In the whole expedition 10
the darkest part of Africa will cease at
once If the horrible revelations Of the
rear column are not brought o. a close
II Is folly 10 claim for a moment that the
public can read anything so revolving and
CHE silly as the BaTltelOt and jameson eX-
pCsuIes without feeling Of Tepugnance
10 the whole subject. Major Pond who
Is a shrewd and adroit taclician, should
see that his star obeys him implicitly
and ceases to stir mp the question OF
African alrOcily. Students Of public
affairs will remember distinctly
that there was once great eN-
petition TO the North Pole, aud tia
when the survivors arrived In this
country they were treated with dis
iingulshed h0nOTs. The public fol-
lowed every word of the journals an
diaries which were published, unit.
one day there was a fTightful sensation.
IL was said that Cannibalism had been
TesCTted 10 In an extremity ythe officers
Of he expedition Three days after the
publication Of the horrible details,
public interest ceased absolutely aud
thoroughly In the whole question The
men dropped out of sight, their books
were unsold and their lectures uuat-
tended. Not one Of them retained his
fsme. There vas a wave Of disgust 40
the revelations and then The whole sub
iCCt was dropped al once This should
be a warning 20 the Siauleyiles who are
tuning out such blood curiiug stories
with every revolution Of the presses
nowadays
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