St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-04
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.


tors in the older states comprise larger
proportion of veDal men than in the
newer states may or may not be true,
but a story told me yesterday by Thomas
Lowry, of Minneapolis. shows that the
purchaSable member in the Western
legislature is quite as quick at ''catch-
ing on" as his counterpart in the East,
says New York writer. A measure
was under discussion and approaching
a vote in the Minnesota legislature. date
not given for obvious reasons, when
q member rose to his feet and began
speech of opposition. His first
sentence, refiecIing his purpose, was
hardly out of his mouth before fellow
member at his elbow whispered to him:
''You blamed fool what are you doing?
There is 5000 in that bill for you. l can
guarantee it." Pausing as if to listen
to his friend, then CHANGING deliberately
at the bill book on which his long fore
finger was pointed. the arator asked the
chair question and received an answer,
when his remarks were thus wound up:
''Mr. Speaker, it is House bill No. 1909
which is under consideration, is 1t not?
No? No. 1906? That is different, and
[ beg pardon of the House for having
taken even a moment of its time. /
thought | was addressing the House on
the other bill, and will submit my re-
marks when it comes up" He sat down
and probably got his $500.
Senator ]. Donald Cameron is stop
ping at the Fifth avenue. He has no
opinion to express on politics. He never
has, either on or off the floor of the SEN
ate, to which body he received his sec
ond reelection last fall. Don Cameron
is reputed to be worth S6,O0O,OOO, third
of which is in Washington real estate,
where, next to Senator Sherman, he is
the heaviest senatorial property holder.
The senator has his fathers physical
vitality, rendered all the stronger be-
cause undiSturbed by continuous cere-
bration. He has a horror of newspapers
and newspaper men, is taciturn even
among associates, and enjoys most of
anything strong cigar over quiet
game of cards. He is tall, with we'll
filed-out figure. head, of thin sandy
hair tinged with gray, and thick mus
tache browning a pair of tightly closed
lips.
Secretary of the Interior Noble was at
the Fifth Avenue yesterday. The sec
rotary is not an Ohio man. but he denies
with deep feeling that he has any inten-
ton of resigning, or that Washington
heat has affected any portion of the in
terror department. II one wishes to
make Mr. Noble flush, let him ask him
how Mr. HasSler, the old appoinim INT
clerk of the interior department. is get
ting along. HaSsler was about the first
discharge made. So many of the secre-
tarY' S old regiment. the Third Iowa,
had called to pcy their respects that
Hassler ventured the query whether the
regiment had ever gone into action.
This was form of offensive PARTISAN
snip which made prompt vacancy in
the interior department. Mr.. Noble is
short in form and in manners, and has
a big head-at least, the president pri-
yately expressed that opinion.
George Gould, while greatly attached
to his summer place at Mamaroneck,
with its broad Railways hung with hunt
ing trophies and armor, its shaded
lawns and its excellent view of the
coast, finds time to enjoy the bracing
air of the Catskiils for a short period
every summer. He has big log cabin
up in the mountains, where every ap-
pOintment is of the primitive order.
When he goes up there to find rest and
quiet, he gets into a flannel shirt and
boots, and starts off on hunting eXpedi-
tons daily with some of the grizzly old
natives. Mrs. Gould, formerly Edith
Kingdom, enjoys the life in the mount
aims. too. Only one servant usually ac-
companies the party. The mountains
have little or no attraction for the elder
Gould.
Chief Justice Fuller is not in politics.
He said so himself to reporter. The
accuracy of that statement depends
ol,fl Af fl,n hi
tees word. 1t is probably a good deal
more reliable than the words of good
many other prominent men who have
made similar declarations. His judicial
position does not diSqualify him for a
presidential nomination. Justice Mil
Ter, of the United States supreme court,
was standing presidential candidate
up to the day of his death, and Justice
Field is standing candidate still. His
tory records a great many things more
improbable than the nomination and
election of Chief Justice Fuller to
be president of tue United States. He
is not a wealthy man as wealth is
reckOned nowadays, and his official
salary is only $4,000, sum utterly
inadequate to pay bare house rent and
defray the expenses of the official en-
tertainments he is bound to give in the
course of year. Notwithstanding that
several of his numerous charming
daughters nave married since he be-
came chief justice, he still has large
family to support, and he is bound to
keep up two domestic establishments,
one in Chicago and one in Washington.
Some of his most intimate friends say
that he frequently recalls with regret
the lucrative law practice he had to
give up to accept this present high but
poorly paid office. His law practice is
said to have been worth at least $50, 600
a year, an income which he seriously
misses now. There are, some people
who would not be bit surprised to see
the chief justice resign after the next
presidential Inauguration. If the presi-
dent should be Republican he would
hardly resign, because he is good
enough Democrat to be willing to make
a personal sacrifice rather than make
way for a Republican successor. But
assuming that the next president will
be Democrat, the chief justice is
liable to resign his $4,000 place and re-
sumo his law practice.
A New Chapter of Proverbs.