The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-24

have them sent on by telegraph from New
York or wherever they may be- | did 1t,
too, and you ought to have seen that
| matchless woman, the most charming and
graceful woman the sun ever shone upon,
capture every last one of those colleagues
of mine in the appropriations committee.
She took them in one by one until she had
corralled the lot, and then she shook my
hand, thanked me and went away. II CHI
cago had dozen women like Mrs. Palmer
she could get an appropriation or S50,Oo0,-
600 out of congress simply for the asking. -
This is the way Senator Blackburn
talked. His enthusiasm was simply the
clannishness OF the kentuckians. | have
heard him declare fifty other women to
be tine most charming and lovable crea-
ture the sun ever shOne upon" that be-
ing way he has, but every one OF the
fifty was native of Kentucky.
Another kentuckian went out TO Chica-
go with the recent congressional excursion,
and while there attended a reception given
by Mrs. Palmer in her castle by the lake
side. On his return | asked him for his
opinion of the fair and the proposed appro-
priation.
The Worlds fair is big thing" said
out OF congress. If | can have my way
it shan't get a cent-not q cent, unless-un-
less Mrs. Potter Palmer comes down here
they want. What Mrs. Potter Palmer
says goes with me-"
More Kentucky clannishness.
By the way, the reception which Mrs
Palmer gave in Chicago to the guests of
the city was marvellous affair. / am not
going TO describe it, but do want to tell
you of the effect it produced upon some of
the guests. Some of the excurSionists
went to Chicago expecting to see some
thing big and crude; something rich but
rough. They had the same feeling when
they drove over to Mrs. Palmer's castle to
attend her reception. They had heard so
much about Chicago society and its oddi-
ties, about Miss Wabash and the pork
packers daughters, that they were little
curious to see what sort of specimens they
would encounter. Well. after the recep-
ton was over they declared with one voice
that it was the most elegant reception
they had ever attended in all their lives
In the first place, Washington has no such
house as that Palmer castle. 1t is mora
magnificent, more replete with architec-
tural. decorative and art richness than any
private house in the nations capital. In
the second place, there is in Washington
no such hostess as Mrs. Palmer. The cap
ital has no woman who can charm a thou
sand people in night with touch of the
hand, a smile, word of welcome or pleas
antry as Mrs. Potter Palmer charms them.
Kentucky clannishness extends even over
party lines. Mr.. Blaine was sick man
week or SO ago, before it was generally
known Who was the first man to call at
his house and extend to the family an offer
of his assistance and sympathy? A Ken
lucky senator Mr.. Blaine was never
kentuckian, but he once lived in the state,
taught school there and there found his
wife. All through his career some of his
best friends have been Kentucky Demo
Gratis and some of the best friends he has
today are members of the opposition party
from the Blue Grass State.
Mr.. Blaine, by the way, is a very inpru-
dent man. His illness was the result of an
indiscretion of which l CHANGED to be the
witness. One morning about ten days ago
high wind was blowing, the air was cold
and full of fog and the rain was beating
down pitilessly. Having an errand to do
in the northwestern part of the city put
on rubber suit and boots and braved the
storm. 1t was a dreadful morning. No
one was astir unless driven out by abso-
lutte necessity. Even the cabmen had de-
serted their customary stands and sought
shelter in the stables. Imagine my astonish-
ment while on this walk to run up against
Secretary Blaine out for morning walk,
with thin overcoat on his back and moth
ing but an uWbrella, which was almost
useless in the driving wind, to protect him
self from the rain.