The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-02-16
AS L WAS SAYING.

AS WAS SAYING.
met Judge T.. B. Maynard of the Su-
perior, Court OF MasSachuselWts on ,iie
! train between Springfield and Worcester
| Sunday night and asked him casually
what the Massachusetts Democrats
| thought of Hill.
1--WE don't think of him." he said in his
! quiet, laconic way. Hill will never be
nominated for President. | know there
| will be an effort TO secure ttlll delegates
but the great mass of the Democrats In
this State are for Cleveland
Judge Maynard was mayor OF spring
| field for two terms and candidate lor
Attorney General and is one OF the solid
Democrats in Western Massachusetts. lie
has been looked upon as a prominent Con-
! gressional candidate. but was rather mod
est in politics and now his appointment TO
the bench by Gov. Russell probably takes
him out of it for good
One of Providence's most popular ply
siciaus drove six miles north in the biting
wind of the coldest night of the season.
Then having been pretty well tired out
10y the grip and one thing and another. he
went 10 bed for week. When he got up
he reckoned, for curiosity's sake, the
number of visits he had made in the
month between Dec. ii and Jan. a. 1t
was Just 400. or an average OF about
| fifty day counting Sundays. | believe
! il didn't include Office calls. The grips
season was rather hard upon doctors as
| well rs patients.
This morning saw Charley. my neigh
! bor's boy, out sliding on a convenient pud-
I die with another Tad Who had been, as te
| expressed it. mean to him.
why, Charley" said !, isn't that the
| boy who threw stones at yOug'
ooh, yes, he threw stones at me, said
! Charley: "but that was when ! first came
! to this house and he knew didn't blong
! here, so OF course he threw stones. But
now b'long here"
That is like the old Yorkshire colo
guy: =
| II hanno."
Coon on. Let's 'eave Il brick at un."
Stanford White, the designer of the
accepted plan for the Rhode Island State
House, is fair compiexioned man of
| rather more than middle height. He is an
| oldish young man, perhaps thirty-five and
has proiited much professionally by the
friendship of X. w. Glider, editor of the
Century, and other literary men. Curl
| ously enough, however, he will not sub
nit to an interview for newspaper publ
cation He is, by all means the most
important member of the firm of Mckim.
Meade & White, the elder members of
which have undoubtedly prolited by his
rare genius. Anyone who in New York
wishes 90 see Il sample of Mr. Whites
work may look first at the Madison square
garden. the most beautiful pleasure house
in the world, then at the Freundschaft
club house and then study for while the
plans of the proposed Metropolitan club
houses. which will be again the finest of
its kind in existence. Mr. White is un-
doubtedly one of the three leading archi-
tects of the country.
1t is curious and interesting study to
watch the course of the NEWS free trip
contest People who have never seen any
of the candidates find various reasons for
voting for one or the other of the represen-
tative men. A boy heard one OF these
candidates talking on the street and has
been saving ballots for him ever since.
The other dag man approached
Treasurer Collins and said Your names
Collins, isn't ityn
Yes" replied Mr.. Collins.
"Well here" said the other, "here are
some coupons. III going to sHve nj, 1 get
and give 'em to you don't care who
goes, but / want to see that confounded
- get left"
And so it goes. Everybody is talking
about it.
Rather good story used to be told bv
Justice Porter, a well-known legal bonvi-
nant of Dublin. 1t concerns an Irish
Judge on the Northwest circuit, who
loved the hunting field more than he did
the stumped, sleepy court room. His
clerk was like minded, and Joyous pair
they made. One morning the clerk whis-
paroJ IN the iulce.
"Yer Honor, old Billy Daunes meets
to-day Mt Ballykillmulligan, an there n
fine dog fox.
How many's in the docks" asked the
Judge. excitedly.
Twenty, for rioting and breach of
peace yer honor"
Tom" said the Judge, "do you think
YOU can get the first fellow TO plead guilty
without jury trial. and me to let him of
with week in Jall'y
"'ghe easiest thing in the world" an
swered the faithful clerk.
MAKE haste, then, and bring the whole
gang. aud, say, Tim, tell Jerry TO sad
die the mare meanwhile"
The twenty Fenians were brought into
court--a defiant gang, nineteen of them
prepared TO fight with counsel and Jury TO
the bitter end. The twentieth had been
interviewed by the clerk. lie was called.
"Guilty or not guilty of the crime
charged 2" demanded the Judge, with a
propitious smile.
Guilty. yer honor" said the crafty
prisoner. "Well," said the Judge, glanc-
inc benevolently around the room. "I
fancy can let you off with a week" The
man thanked the judge and stepped down
10 the bailifI. There was terrific sensa
tion among the other defendants. Whv.
none of them expected to get of with less
than five years in limbo Here was a
chance To profit by Ills Ilonor's pleasant
mood one and all manifested an earnest
desire To follow tire rNurupfe OF their CON-
rade and acknowledge the crimes i'm n
batch
"Do Won all plead guilty'" demanded
the Judge. eagerly.
Eve do. shouted the enthusiastic nine
teen in chorus.
Fourteen years transportation apiece. y
exclaimed the Judge, with a click of his
Jaw. Jerry, is the mare saddled yeti"