Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-19

sont on their respective ways rejoicing.
he tina process Mr.. Dodge managed 10
swipdle his benevolent Uncle Samuoi ou,
of considerable money. When caugn hnu
brought to book he settled with ~. 49,
ernmcnt for something like million OF
dollars. with the understanding that no
thing was 10 be said about II, anu no.
,h;n1 has been said about IL, save when
n stranger passing the hideous eiiRy NJ
Thirty-fifth street inquiries OF nhce I'ia ~.
WHO is that old bronze duner ID nne
ovnrcoat :" he IS generally told, Vn;
that's An old merchant here who swinuleu,
the Government ont OF million coll"'i
If the stranger Is ~ all ininls,tile no
looks further into the story, anu III 80
way the monument serves 10 ps'o, 10
tnc npe sad phase Of MIR. Dodges ITO
which should nave been graciousiy H.
terrcd with his bones. SOMEBODY pro.
nosod the other day that this Inohulhfht
b. taken down and monuinent 10 JAM
Gordon BENNETT the elder. ana fount,i ~
The H,rcd be substituted. should thihA
Tim, this would meet with public approuh-
ton. ANYHOW. 1t ought TO strihc w piO
urletor of the Herald mos th'orhv9i
know that II ilr. Bennett Is in,eIeI'e III
tho statue OF his esteemed iatber nc WIZ
sne to II that il is genuine WORK OF ar.
10 that extent the cit Will he II. az
reiner ,f in no other respect. but u J.
rccll,- Iiscreditable TO the CITY that Snch
me-, nc LONGS Gordon Bennett has no'
hoen honored with a puDilc inohu'i'un.
Horace Greeley has one. ana VIII S'""
have another
VETERAN JoUnNALisf.
Ava nleasant dinner party givon oy inc
('os,,onol,fau Club to q ielloW-he"'php'
warxcr the other evening intV LOT '"o
first time rugged old John SW'hloh,
.. a
man who has done 80 much 10 pu. ,,.s
individual mark npon the ne" 3''Lr,,,
of this city n ans man slhce 49,, "a
Groalev's time. tie was for wears III ,u--
.or,ol force on The SIM. and 10 MN W.
dne much Of the ferOciou, NIgoI Whlcn
1,ss,rcrishcJ The SUMS editorial page
Nr Swfn.on Is man OF views Il
inter of ahams and hypocrisy a de;
suiser OF mere wealth. q reforiEef' u iileH"
ot labor. and q man OF progiossi'e
ideas. Some eight or nine Acdio
he omit tire SIM AID cartel III TINS V',
weekly newspaper. III WhIch nc ~ -,
bo ehio To- eve his own views, iresh rom
tbe furnace of his brain. without hiei-
mediarv restriction. lie pleaded the chlsc
az the workingman. and no. ab.er' WIS.,
couneellor ever appealed IN labor = hehhl,'
but co far as he was concernci me hDpen
iur, vas IN vain. The sons Of toll leit MN
alone to conduct his newspaper as pest Nv
ro,ld. and finally. after cXuau tihS iiia t.
sources he gave No the task OF ,iYihk ~
improve the condition ot the AiiIel al
vcriinonan. Since that time nc mas nah
hntter exrerienccs. An affection OF nc
cves kent him hovcring for many inonth-
oione thc bor6er-line OF blindness. ana MS
other ills came near carrying nlhl Z" NV
"land % the ZEAL But TIE ola ielloN -
in hand now a. sturdy as grcnalief any
49, hrirht "a a school-5oy. He must be Wen
nm in the sixties. and get no man pore NM
self more blithelv NJ this d nneT tnaH uiu
he. Ills speech was the best OF IN" go
ming IN point of good nature. 9cno!A'H..' -
a o',,i- ,rncstfeness. We enjoyed the occa,
SION and the company WAS ueil - -
with the presence Of the veteTan. 40
this dinner came also Citizen George ran
cis Train. who eats little or nothlhs' az
who has probably not appeared AT u puoIl,,c
dinner.table in fifteen or twonY years. ne
said that he had cvoluted beyond all that
sort of thing, but "physlc force Drought
hum TO this feast. and he certainly "is
picturesque object. He wore ms custom,
ary suit of snowy duck. wnich inatcheu
well his gray HAIR and set of artisticaily
his bronzed Oriental face. lie wore about
ms waist n red sash. which dangled Gown
on the LETT side, when called on lor
speech cleared the floor OF chars lot
space of ten feet and went 10 wors' ne
took occasion TO eylscerate Dr. faIAnutsl IL
Mr.. Comstock, and pretty much al me
ofher modern reformers ! was pleased 10
soc that the Citizen had lost none oi ms
oratorioai power, and in the matter OF
acroratics he was fully a. springy as Wneu
i irst met him in Melodeon hal, IN On
cInnati. twenty years ago. CITIZEN IRAN
Is still to be found in Madison square on
pleasant DAYS. continuing with nature avg
feeding children with peanuts. Dear on
John SwInton does congenlal literary WORK
in sweet content, proud OF his lndepenu'
ence and glorying IA his MANHOOD