The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-20
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Justice Lamar Confined to His bod-News OF
Washington. December 13.--Justlce La


The projected causes of republican senator's na1.ors
on the condition OF affairs in the legislatures
of doubtful western states mas apparently
fallen through. 1t is stated that interest III
the matter was manifested almost exclusively
by senators Immediately concerned, ana con
sequenty the caucus has been postponed to
d more convenient season.
The senate has confirmed the nominations
of Person c. Cheney, OF New Hampshire to
be minister of Switzerland; Charles G. Clarke,
OF Virginia, United States marshal OF the
eastern district of Virginia. Thomas }. Elan
ner, of Louisiana, TO be receiver or pnphc
moneys at Natchitoches.
merce law introduced today are intended to
be general strengthening OF the present
tracts between RAILROAD companies under
certain conditions and various restrictions,
considered rs making unreasonable rates. or
calculated to produce unjust Discrimination
General I;osccrans Improving.
Washington, December 16.-General Rose
Grams continues to improve. He asked to go
driving today and was only disSuaded- be-
cause of the inclemency OF the weather.
The youngest man in the next house will be
Thomas Settle, the only republican elected to
is in his twenty-eighth year He was on the
floor Of the house yesterday, and was intro
dnced to Il number of members by Representa-
tive Houk. -.A. .taA4k
Speaker Crisp at Home.
Washington, December 17.-(Special.)-
The Reform Club episode of last Saturday
has caused Speaker Crisp to become the
most conspicuous figure in the eyes of the
public for the present, of all American pub
lie men. While he was written about and
talked about much during the heated con-
test for the speaiership between him and
Mr. Mills Il year ago. for week past
the name of Crisp has been upon the lips
of almost every American citizen
Personally this notorlcty is exceedingly
distasteful to the speaker. Mr.. Crisp is
modest man. Instead of seeking notoriety
he despises it. AS Il public man and an
official, Speaker Crisp is well known to the
American people. AS an individual citizen
the world knows but little about him. lie
is distinctivelyR lover of home life. Moth
ing pleases him so well rs to spend his
evenings i'll his large parlor at the Metro
politan hotel surrounded by his family and
his intimate personal friends. lie is de-
voted to his family. To his wife he is the
same sweetheart he was twenty-five years
ago. When he reaches his home in the eve
ming and joins his family, political matters
are cast aside and the affairs of home and
family the subject OF discussion.
His large parlor at the Metropolitan hotel
is the favorite resort of ali the young peo-
pie III the house. They congregate there
almost every evening to tell stories and make
music, for the speaker is a great lover of
music. He loves nothing so well as good
old fashioned plantation song to banjo
accompaniment
Major" St0fer, the correspondent of The
Richmond Despatch, is a frequent visitor
to the speakers room. The major" is al
ways accompanied with mis- ban 10 and when
ever he is on hand old negro melodies and
plantation songs are the order of the eve
ming. Major Stofers favorlte song IS
Roll Out and Icave dat Cotton 20 the
chorus of which everybody Joins in, and
the young people follow it with a good old
fashioned southern break down
Major" Stofer tells story as
we'll as lie plays the banjo
and, as a consequence the frequent gather
ings of the young people in the speakers
room are as jolly as the famous southern
house party.
Both the speaker and Mrs. Crisp are
great fayoriteS with the young people. They
join in their enjoyments with as much en-
thusiasm and pleasure as children;
Mr.. Crisp prefers an evening of this KIND
much mora thu formal dining. To be Mt
home surrounded by his intimate friends
is the greatest possible enjoyment to him.
His wife, a grown son and a young daugh-
ter arc always with him. His youngest
son. Fred, is at school down at Bellevue, Va,
while his oldest daughter was married
about two years ago to Mr.. Davenport, u
young business man of Americas, Ga
At Iii, home i'll Americas the speakers
house is general gathering point Tor All
the Young people of Americas. Nothing
plcases him so much as to be surrounded
by a Jolly. rollickinG set Of boys and girls,
He is always one of them.
With his associates in the house he is the
same. When there is business. he is all
business, but when his day 5 labors are over
it is pleasure With him. No ore enjoys a
good story more than the speaker and he is
rarely too busy to listen to one OF John
Aliens latest or talk over his war prison
experiences with Colonel John Il. Fellows.
BY the way, The speaker, though a much
younger man than Colonel Fellows was in
prison with the distinguished New Yorker
in Fort Delaware during The war
Mr.. Fellows was an Arkansas colonel
while Mr. Crisp was simply q boy private.
When captured both happened to be sent
to Fort Delaware. But it was not until
yesterday that either the speaker or Colonel
Fellows had any idea that they were to-
gcthcr If Fort Delaware.
They were talking over their war exper-
fences in the speakers room yesterday
when Mr.. Crisp said:
Were you not in prison at Fort Della
ware during the war, colonel! 1t strikes me
that ! recoliect Il Colonel Fellows from Ar
kansas in that prison who used to he Il
great orator He would make Il speech 70
the bows every morning and often twice q
day 1t was during the time we Wcrc Dis
cu&Sins whether We should take the odtn or
not "
"Why that was me-" responded Colonel
Fellows, "aud it strikes me that remember
you acW. You We're quite young chap
about that time. About seventeen or eigh-
teen years old, were you not?
THAT was me- responded the speaker,
'ard well remember your eloquent speeches
against the boys taking the oath until
we knew positively that every portion of
the confederate army had surrendered.'
That's right" responded Colonel Eel
lows II never did take the oath. | refused
TO take it on the ground that | did not owe
my allegiance to General Lee but to the
confederate government. When the cntire |
confederacy surrendered. | wrote General
Srheuf that / would take it. He said he |
would not let me then. | got out on pa
role and never did take the oath, except as
an officer of the government
81 will never forget your speeches" in |
terrupted Judge Crisp. ''You were n good |
orator then. | was one of the crowd of
coo taken from Fort Delaware south and
placed under fire of our own guns at Nor |
wards"
rs island but we all took the oath after
''Weu." said Colonel Fellows as he re-
tired firm the room, being interrupted by
several visitors. ~ think thr federal govern
ment treated you better than some Of our
mugNunlp democrats T.. ". 3.
Tarr"er~'s Ta:,"rnacIe Seized.
New York. December 1.-THE Brooklyn
tabernacle, Rev Y. De Witt Talmagc. pas
tor. has been seized by the sheriff to satisfy
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