The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-01-22

as l did, in tho columns OF the New
York World, an account OF that, lady's
experience in undertaking to bring
order out OF the chaos that had resulted
in that establishment after two sue.
cGssire periodso Democratic 'irctrench.
lnent and reform" l will not dctain
the house by going into tho particulars
Of how that lNdy's tasteful sensibiities
were shocked by finding profusion OF
lemon sQucczers and q deficit. of nap.
lins, by finding cigar stumps In tho
sugar bowl and poker chips intho state
prayer book. Laughter and applause. ]
! say | will not dotain the house by
going into those particulars, or citing
how they were Obliged TO pull down tho
Autographs, chromos and opera boutTo
actresses and burlcsquo opera dancers,
in order TO rediscloso tho historic fen
lures Of Dewitt Clinton, Samuel ]. Til.
den, and the othcr sages and statesmen
OF tho Empire state. Laughter.1 But
l want to read you from the same DEM
ocratic authority tho ono patriotic SON
tence, the ono solitary expression that
have heard from any Democratic
quarter for six months past, and, rs l
say, that fell from the lips OF Il woman.
Before repeating II, MIR. Speaker, /
may say that rs tout OF the mouths Of
babes and sucklings" wc may And WIS.,
dom, this good lady was under no bonds
10 anybody to speak anything but the
truth or utter anything but common
sense, and standing rs she did in this
arena where two Democratic bachelor
governors had been illustratin. MI tho
peculiar virtues OF Democracy laughter
for an extended period Of years, looking
over tho devastation that had been
wrought with an eye single to repairing
the damage and restoring the executive
mansion TO respectable basis OF hab-
itation for tho public service, in reply to
question us to whether rctrenchment
and reform had left this splendid cstab.
lishment IN such shape that the new
governor could give q dinner to his
friends, she answered in tho negative by
saying:
"Oh, no, have not begun to think
about n state dinner. With the pres
cnt condition OF things should not DO
able to serve breakfast OF sixteen COW
ers properly" Laughter.
How that must delight my distin-
guished and honorable friend from In:
dinna. [Laughter.l II she had only
said they did not havo enough coal left
for tho kitchen range to boil cold
mess OF potatoes / think my friend
from Indiana would want to move to
New York without delay. Laughter. I
Then, too, the buffers pantry is in
such bad shape that it will have to be
completely ovcrhauled. Why, New
York butler would feel insultcd il asked
to use it, even temporarily. "s.z7st-sz-- -
presume that Gov. Cleveland and
Gov. Hill had been employing butler
from Indiana, Laughter on the Re-
publican side. But what want to
call the attention OF the house to is
contained in tho following paragraph.
Gov. Flower and his wife evidently DO
not think it is necessary even for a
Democratic governor OF the State OF
New York to 90 about with his elbows
out OF his coat for the purpose OF
Haunting tho flag OF truce toward the
Democratic house now in session. Re
newed laughter on tho Republican
side.]
They propose to live in q respectable,
decorous, civilized, refined and proper
manner. And, Democrat as he is,
hope 10 pay my respects TO Gov. Flower
in that same executives mansion alter
they have had it repaired and reilttcd.
But in making the necessary pur-
chascs for placing the ediGcc in u con-
dition beiitting the official residence OF
Ia IL, .,t 4 7
the American states it ought to please
every American citizen rs it pleascs me,
that the wife Of the governor of New
York is willing to say. and does say
without hesitation, that in order to put
that establishment in the highest state
OF efficiency she.is not obliged to 60 be-
yond the confines OF the American re-
public to find every article that may, be
needed. [Applauso on the Republican,
side.l