St. Paul daily globe., 1892-05-03
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON.
Special to the Globe.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-The Mail and
Express has been spublishing sympo-
SUM of opinions about Gen. Grant from
various men more OF. less known to
fame. Congressman, senators, judges
and lords high and mighty Of every sta
tion and degree contribute paragraphs,
some of them epigrammatic and to the
point. and others remarkable chiefly for
the round -abont way they have of say
ing nothing at all. The only man who
expresses himself, and he does it well,
too, is Congressman HarrieS. Says Capt
Harries: The more his character is
studied. the greater becomes the adj
miration for his great military qualifi-
cations as general and leader OF men.
The American people will never cease
to admire his noble qualities of head
and heart, and mis- fame will ever be en-
shrined in the affections of brave and
chivalric race" 1t sounds rather like
a Fourth of July Oration, but it's un-
doubtedly sincere.
Mr.. johnson, of North Dakota, un.
burdens his soul thus: ITO my mind,
the most useful and encouraging lesson
which the youth of our land should
learn from the life of Gen. Grant is that
his success was due not to superhuman
intellectual endowments, not vouch-
safed to ordinary men, but to right
use of such homely virtues as honesty,
fidelity. perseverance, moderation,
truthfulneSS and cOurage-qualltieS
which every poor boy in our land pos
sesses to some extent. and can develop
Indefinitely if he will only apply him
SELF"
That same Mr.. johnson, with his
Dundreary whiskerS, made his speech
the other day on TIE consular and dip
lomatic bill, Oh which the iron band OF
economy has laid checking finger.
The gentleman from North Dakota has
spoken under the five-minute rule, but
this time he was loaded for bear, and
he spoke for half au hour. Greece came
in for a share of his attention. and he
brought out an astonishing lot of sta
tistics to show cause why diplomatic
relations with Athens should not be
severed. 1t was "A good speech. as
sueeches go, but the house did not mani
fest anything like a feverish
anxiety to listen to it. In
fact, MIR. Johnson says he always
finds it hard to find an audience. Apro-
DOS, he IikenS himself TO king VINO.
being also poet, was mos: grleyously
vexed because no man could be found
to listen to his poems. At length he hit
upon the plan of pard0ning prisoners OH
condition that they came and hearkened
unto him as he recited. Even this
failed, for the prisoners heard and went
their way. But again being in prison,
they preferred serving their terms cat
to listening to any more royal poetry.
Speaking of poetry. here and there in
the drawing rooms of Washington one
sees little souvenir booklets, tied with
ribbons and containing poems by Mrs.
Springer, wife of the chairman OF the
ways and means committee. Mrs.
Springer writes great deal, not only in
verse but in admirable prose. Her re
eeptions are among the NEST delightful
given. They are never very elaborate
or formal. but there are always plenty
of charming young girls. and the hostess
herself has the rare faculty OF knowing
how to entertain. She is small, gray
haired woman, dressed usually in gray,
talks wonderfully well. and has that III
reSistible charm of manner that. comes
from kindly heart and love of her
fellow men. r. KS