The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1892-09-15
PUGILISM POPULAR.
Washin gtonians Take More Interest
in Prize Fights than Politics.
Special Correspondence of The Sentinel


WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 9.-If
Benjamin Franklin ever dreamed of
the scene on Pennsylvania avenue
last Wednesday evening, when yell
ing, bowling mob of $1,000 people
crowded that historic thoroughfare
to read the story of John L. Sulli-
vans waning star, as told on can
vass, he doubtless would have left a
last request that old Stilson Hutch
ins, formerly proprietor of the Post,
be restrained from presenting his
statue to the City Of Washington.
The statue stands upon one of those
triangles which relieve the Avenue of
the mOnotony of continuous lines of
walls, and directly in front of the
Post building. No newspaper could
desire a more favorable place for dis
playing election returns or war news,
and az the white canvass behind the
marble figure of Franklin recorded
Corbett's triumphS, the mob surged
| and yelled, totally ObliviOus of the
fact that the great philosopher ever
lived. "John L." and tGentleman
Jim" are, in this progressive day,
| much greater men-from a Washing
ION pOlnU OIL view.
PUGILISM STILL POPULAR.
| The man who believes that pugil-
| ism has had it's day in America
should have seen that crowd. Wash
| ingtonians naturally take great
interest in politics, but no such
| crowd as that which waited. and
watched for the news of the great
| fight ever read election returns from
| a bulletin board in this city.
| With the cholera in the lower bay
at New York, the pugilistic carnival
at New Orleans, and the coming OF
the Grand Army so near at hand
| Washington has found but little time
this week todevOte to politics. There
has been but little here to indicate
| that campaign is actually in prog
ress. The preparations for the enter
tainment of the old ''vets" are being
rushed on a big scale, and Washington
expects a good part of the country tC
dump itself into the District to wit
ness the most imposing 2peace pageant
of modern times. The memorab blt
review Of '65 will be repeated, bu
alas, without the great leaders who
led them into battle. The comman
der of an Indiana brigade, who was
one of the victorious throng, will re
view the pageant, as President of th'
United State.
The city is already beginning to pu'
on her gala attire.
THE BLUE COATS UTOPIA.
The pension office, the blue coat
Utopia, is to be dressed with doubl
diligence and practically SURRENDERED
| during the week to the men in who's
interests it is conducted. There ar
about 1000 old soldiers in the govern
ment employ in the different depart
mentS, about 600 of them in the pen
sion office. So it is easily seen tina
there will be a ten days reunion ant
not much work.
The beautiful plat known as tn
White lot is already covered witt
tents and the school houses will b
filled with cots. In all $4,000 veteI
ans have already been provided SLEEP
ing quarters free of cost.
THE ADVANCE GUARD.
, The advance guard is arriving i
the person of the long haired medicin
, men, the glib tongued street fakil
, the esteemed pick-pocket and the a
round thug. Washington has an ey
, on the dollars in the patriotic love c
the old soldier and he may expect t
t shell out for the privilege of seein
| the sights of the capital of the Natio
/ which he is alleged to have savet
| All this show and noise is after al
largely a matter of practical busines:
: and when it comes down to the fin
point of dollars and cents Washing
ton will win the race for getting til
most for the least value and by til
{ | least effort. That's the way Sh
thriyes. CHAs. l. STEWART.