Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-08-16
CAPITAL GOSSIP.


After observing th. r-ccnt drift of
political event. at the National Capital
the most .k.pticsl must admit that thl.
!. government "of the people"
though not alway. "by aud for the pco-
pie" Wave. of popular opinion come
Ia the capital whenever there IL nation.
al crisis. 4 "cooi" wave came for III.
ob.tructloni.ts who hlibu.i.r-d Ia de
feat the world. fair appropriation. u
came especially from Oh. northwest, and
Republican. say that u !. the forcrunner
of blizzard la November that Will
leave the Democratic party showed
under Ia all the northwestern states.
The brainy men % IN. construction
party" became alarmed. Holman ~
cciyed intimsiions % an early fro.t In
Indians that might eventually put an end
Ia hl. cconomic foollshnes-. lie and
other fllibustsrs whose object VAS ,o
make a chsap-John record for the Demo
cratic party wcr then ready "a com.
promise on ~ ,J0,UD.
The distinguished kicker from Texas,
Mr.. kllgorr, l. not II that school 81
politicians. lie evidently has scotch
blood In al. veins. There Was usually q
coterIe % ex.ConfcdsrAte- aud other.
around him when the House WAS not In
session. Time and again he assured
them that the bin would Dc defeated,
saying. II am not la favor Of runnin. a
charity shop herr, aud IL every man,
woman. and child In my district, every
memt-r 81 the senate aud the House
but myself, favored the appropriation
would vote against IT," such independ-
ence 81 character would b. sublime u IL
were not ridiculous. Anthony. the new
member from Roger Y. Mills district,
took hi. seat while the battle wa. going
on. lie promptly fell Into line With
kilgure aud Bailey az a "hllbuster."
No state In the Union can possibly re-
ccl,e greater benefits from the worlds
fair than Texas, for that magnificent
state has reached . stage OF develop
ment which especially attracts immi-
grants aud capitalists, AMI ia. worlds
fair will afford the bcst opportunity
that can ever occur Ia advertise her re-
sourccs. Hut Texas statesmen born and
bred under the bllghting lnnaencc OF
Bourbon Democracy were utterly un-
able Ia take a broad view VI the sliua.
ton. knowing that the Investment 81
sj,Oo,OoO would b. worth ten times
that amount Ia the people Of the United
States, they obstinstely voted ''no." la
that they were consistent, for they we're
tru. To their bourbon Instincts.
The obstruction tactics that were pur-
sued by the Democrats revive . war
time Incident. 4 gentleman who was
az that time connected with the signal
Corp. says that an effort was made
towards the close Of the war by the ire
ln-the-rear Democrat. TAI cripple the
army by dispensing With the signal Ser.
Vice. The committee on the conduct of
the war requested the various COM
handing generals to send la report a.
10 the usefulness OF that branch Of the
army. The inquiry Was made shortly
after the gallant defense Of Altoona
Ps- by Gen. Corse and his heroes. Gen.
sherman In his reply related the clrcum-
stances attending that struggle, and
gave Il a. his opinion that II he had not
been able to communicate with Corse by
means Of the signal corps, Altoona Pass
would have fallen, entsiling q lo.s on
the government Of not less than ts,Op0,-
90. II Was on that occasion that lac
signalled To Corse the cheering words
"ilold the Fort for am coming" sher-
mans letter shipped Ia the bud" the lit
tie Democratic scheme that was inzugu-
rated 10 cripple the government Ia
its efforts Ia suppress the rebellion. The
same old crowd. r~info,ced by many
Who were then In Sherman's front, has
made It's record la the worlds fair APP
preparation. 4 .'cool wave" will come
hom the northwest for all Of them Ia
November.
The signal Service official, above re-
ferred 10, Was la Washington when the
news OF Lees surrender Was received
aud he happened To be present when
stanton read the news To an excited
crowd. Andrew johnson made an I'm
prolnptu speech In which he said the
Confederate leaders should be changed
ne high a. lIaman." "Givc 'em hi,
johnson" said Green Clay smith, then
. Congressman from Kentucky. The
mutations of time are strikingly Illus
trated by this incident. When johnson
Became President he seemed more In
clIned TO hang Sumner, stevens, Stan
ton, aud other Republican leaders than
w tut ruott tiIC CsIv<I W tstC NoUiShtt-
Ates. Green Clark smith, the hery
kentucklan Of those days, IL now an
honored minister Of the Gospel, and al
though a. patriotic a. ever, he would
pray for the ex-Confederates now ~
earnestly ~ he Invoked retribution on
tl,~m then.
One OF the best things that Congress
,lid for the capital city during the late
session Was Ia pass . bill 10 establish an
"Aczd. my and Gallery Of Art" In the
District OF Columbia. The Corcoran Art
Gallery IL aud always has been . partI-
san Institution. Corcorun himself Was
u ''Southcrn Sympathiier," and In the
fine collection Of portraits that are ex.
hlblted there thoss Of Lincoln, Grant,
and other patriots occupy inferior posI-
tions, and are small, while near them
there 10 largo aud spendh llfe-llke por.
trait Of Ire and similar one Of .Stone-
wall Jackson The Corcorau Gallery
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