Arizona republican., 1892-01-26

ing from his residence over to the White
House, with head up and legs swinging
like an athlete out for his morning exer.
else. These sudden and inexplicable
changes are characteristic of Mr.. Blaine.
| remember during the campaign of
1884 was detailed by the national COM
mittee to escort Mr.. Blaine from New
York over to Newark, where he was to
make speech. Chairman Jones was
with us and we travelled in parlor car.
we had no sooner left Jersey City than
Mr., Blaine Topped down on one Of the
touches and appeared to be sick or tired
almost unto death. His eyes became
dull and CLASSY, his jaw dropped, his
under lip hung low and tremulous, and
he appeared to be in state of alarming
weakness or coma.
Both Mr.. Jones and myself were
frightened. For heavens sake said
Mr., Jones, find physician or some
brandy or something, or we shall have
dead man on our hands before we get to
Newark We found neither physician
nor stimulants, and Mr.. Blaine contin-
ued in this peculiar condition, with all
his mental and physical faculties in
state of relapse, which greatly resembled
collapse, until we reached the outskirts
of Newark and we heard the campaign
bands braying. AS soon as Mr.. Blaine
heard the music and understood its sig
niticance he Strengthened up, rubbed his
eyes, pulled himself together, and ten
minutes later walked out like drum
major, erect, alert, springy, proud and
strong, and made one of the finest and
most vigorous speeches of his life. That
is Blaine all through, and am told that
to this day he continues to alarm and
then amaze those who are near him by
his sudden transitions from one extreme
TO the other"
Speaking Of newspaper men sizing up
Mr. Blaine reminds me that we have
now in Washington IA sort of ring in
which we place new public men so that
the correspondents of the press may
gather around and size them up. Ispeak
of the Press club. AS soon as new
public figure, or an old one for that
matter, comes to town, some newspaper
him at the club, Twenty or thirty
scribes surround him, and if the man
has any hopes of future greatness or
fame as an intellectual quantity this is a
good time for him to show the sort Of
stuff he is made Of This is an inspec-
ton in which bogus goods cannot be
palmed off. If the people who sent the
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demagogue for statesman, and a sly
but shallow politician for man of brains,
be sure these sharp eyed newspaper men
will find him out. Probably no public
man new to the Washington field has
made better impression on these crit
les Of the press than old General Palmer,
the new senator from Illinois. Though
almost seventy-fve years old, General
Palmer showed the scribes that he was
the equal of the best of them in wit,
memory, auecdote and argument. A
ruddy, CHEEKY, happy old man is Gen
eral Palmer, with the experience and
wisdom of three-quarters of century
and the vigor and brightness of young
manhood. This is rare combination,
and we all look to see this phenomenal
man make his mark in the senate at an
age when most men are in the scar and
yellow leaf of decay.
The Press club at Washington has be-
come one of the most popular resorts Of
the capital. Statesmen are eager to gain
admission to its sacred precincts and es-
TEEN it a great favor when some friend
of the guild secures for them a visitors
card or introduces them for day. A
laughable incident occurred few days
ago in the rooms of this club, which for
twenty years were used as public
gambling house. !. prominent man
from distant state, who used TO be in
congress and who now occupies IA high
official position at his home, strayed into
the clubhouse, where it was evident he
had been a frequent visitor in the old
days, and walked up TO long table at
which number Of newspaper men sat
playing the clubs favorite game-dom-
inoes. lie looked on for q moment,
look Of disgust on his face, and finally
exclaimed: Gentlemen, please tell me
where the tiger is. want to play in
stack or two of chips on him" He was
assured that there was no faro or other
gambling in the house. What, no
faro" he shouted; nothing but dom.
inoes in the national capital Shades of
Daniel Webster and Henry Clay, into
what degenerate days we have fallen"
The approach Of winter does not APP
pear to diminish the tennis enthusiasm
Of the members Of the diplomatic corps.
They go right on playing as if a
midsummer sun was still shining.
Never before was there such tennis
craze in the corps as there has been dur.
ing the last six months. Even Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the suave British minister,
who is much more than forty and rather
fat, puts on a white tennis suit every
afternoon and goes out and bats the
balls and hops and jumps around as
lively as any Of the youngsters. Sir
Julian must have passed the threescore
post some years ago, but they say he
plays very good game of tennis.
Yesterday morning about hall of the
women Of Washington rushed for the
morning paper before they had COM
pleted their toilets. They wanted to see
if Major Mckinley had been elected gov
ernor of Ohio. Whenever the major
runs for office the women of Washing
ton, irrespective Of party or politics, are
on his side. They talk for him, hope for
him and some Of them pray for him.
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