St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-29
GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON.

GOSSIP OF WASHINGTON.
Special 10 the Globe
AsHINGTcS, April 27.-On the map
of the United States that hangs tn The
office of the geological survey. two
black lines cross the country from
north 10 south. One OF these runs
through the middle OF tire Dakotas. The
other lies near the western coast. The
country between Is arid land. In which
nearly every whrre there IS insuiilcl ent
rainfall. just now the attention OF the
department is being turned toward irri-
CATION la that section. The country
has carefully been gone over, ard the
Tose Of Sharon will undoubtedly bloom
in the desert before long. Montana
ranks third ia the list OF states To be
irrigated, both in respect To the inipOr-
lance 81 The work and the benefit "a DC
derived lheretrom. la Montana the
plan Is 10 save the water that comes
dashing down country during the
freshet season. aud utilize IL during the
dry months. The DakOtas are % come
III for great share Of the benefit irri-
CATION will bring, and Northwestern
Legislators arr now carefully studying
up the problem. Senator Pettigrew is
especially Interested. There's The great
big. yellow Missouri plyer out la the
DakOtas. but the Missouri river is a
stream that runs just To suit itself, and
nobody else on earth. TX won't even
help irrlgate. for IL has seilishly sunk
too Tar below the level of the surround
ing country 10 be cOaxed out into
bitches. The salvation of the Dakotas
lies ~ aricsian wells. and Dakota rep
resentatiyes arc sang dlne OF the results
OF such irrigation to their states.
II there's anywhere on earth where
Rip Van Wrinkle might sleep a score Of
Years without disturbance or the Seven
Slcepers dream ON indefinitely, IT the
venei able and august supreme court or
these United States. | doubt not that
every one OF those silk -gowued and hon
OFable justices, in their soft red leather
chairs, would die Uf cOnulpti0n tit. II
anybody in the chamber should shout.
AT any rate nobody considers il safe to
try il, and lawyer arguing case In
that court never raises his vDice nor
grows the least bit excited. Ill. simply
puts vast amount OF technical argu-
ment into the drlest aud most respect
fui shape lie can, and recites IL 10 the
justices on the b"nch A spectator
scarcely dares breathe hard. lest
he should disturb the tranquil
aud awful dignity OF thr place
and incur the displrasure OF the man
who is highest in power OF all officials.
Mr.. Chief Justice Fuller looks like john
A. Logan, done In white instead OF
black. and as he sits with crimson
drapery for a background, he Is most
impressive parsonage. a man with
round pink head. on top of which
polished oasis Of bare scalp is rapidly
growing. waited for his turn 10 address
the court yesterday. Ii was no less
parsonage than Col. Robert lngersoll.
The famous infideI is not beard 10 adj
vantage in the supreme court. for there
the exquisite English he knows SO we'll
how 10 use, the caustic epigram, and the
touch OF poetry he never forgets, connt
as nothing at all. Law, nothing but law
goes there, 10 use the idi0m OF the yul-
gar. and 10 layman, Quaker meeting
is a pandemonium and a church social
a wild, bowling Bacchanalia compared
with the supreme court.
IRON philanthropic point OF view,
q civilized Indian is creature at which
one may poiat with pride. Artistically,
the civilized Indian is q dismal failure.
The white man has not arrived at a
condition in which he can wear his
abnormalIy ugly clothes with comfort
and what he calls grace In one genera
tions. nor in two generations. nor yet III
three. He fell from grace gradually.
The Indian wants To do II all at once.
and forsaking his eminently picturesque
blanket and buckskin he pigeOn-toes 1t
-. IL a KWsvtf
the hearts of the beholder. There were
half a dorm Indians in Mrs. Wanna
makers picture gallery yesterday.
There were Easter lilies and dull tapes
tries, and warm red walls and cush-
Toned divans, and half the prominent
women Ia Washington. and four
of those Indians, in the garb
of civilization, looked woefully
uncomfortable. Miss Sickles, the In
dian enthusiast, read translation of
the Sioux account OF the Messiah who
instigated the ghost dance, and more
than one woman there looked at her
neIghbor in surprise 10 hear how from
the month OF that Indian Messiah came
words strangely like the sayings of the
Man who walked by Galilee. The oh
iect of the meeting was TO rouse inter
est in Indian education. and the Indians
themselves spoke. and, being educated,
spoke after The manner or the white
man. An Indians view OF the Indian
question is not at all calculated to make
one feel proud of the government.
-Four Of those Indians wanted citizen
ship and full rights. The other two
wanted simply to be left alone, and
have come To Washington TO beg for
that privilege.
EaU (fonnnrfu fu Ia uinhf
Gated. Those two Cherokee5 were as
handsome men as one often sees. They
spoke like Southerners. and they are
immensely proud OF their nation. They
say they are as civilized. as progressive
and as law-abiding as any people In the
Union. and really their statistics are
astonishing. They ask that the govern
ment keep its promises and leave them
alone till they ask for statehood and
citizenship. Every woman there
thought their request ought to be
granted.
The Wanamaker home is a plain,
red brick house in a solidly built
row. It's interior is one of the
most beautiful in town. In the picture
gallery are several we'll known paint
ings. among them the familiar Beu-
guereau of the Madonna and child, with
three charming but distinctly sc GUAR
and Partisan angels, one playing a VIC
lin and one a mandolin An angel with
harp meets with universal approval,
but there is something inherently secu-
lar about violin. You can't picture
st. Cecilia with barrel organ or a
steam piano, and you can't fancy that
an angel with a violin isn't posing.
Senator Washburn will entertain
large house party at his home in Min
neapolis during the Republican national
convention. Among his gue-ts will be
some or the most famous delegates TO
the convention.
Congressman Harries, Of the First
district, expects TO return to his home
in Caledonia next week for ten-days'