The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-21
LIVE WASHINGTON TOPICS.
sENzToR HohR's DELICATE CoMPLI.
NEWT TO SENATOR DUBOIS.

| Tho Idaho senator at First Thought u Was
| . Brutal Assauit-Senntor Murphy Leases
tho Erne Mansion OF the Late senator
| stanford-gIornbiower Connection with
| Corporations 20 he Investigated Before
| HI. Nomination I. Reported TO tae senate
WASHINGTON. Sent 2O.-In hisremarks in the
Senate yesterday in the dsbatc u tho Silver
bill and the time for taking v"te the senior
| Senator from Massachusetts, MIR. Hoar. be-
| came little nettled at something snid by the
young Mr.. Dubois OF Idaho. and endcnvorei to
| get back at him by referring 10 his extreme
| youthfulness and quoting welI-known pas
| sage from Scott. This morning Mr.. Dubois. rs
| soon as he arrived at the Senate chamber.
| procured a copy Of the Congressional Rcro,M.
| and showed this passage in Mr.. Hoars re-
marks to a dozen or more OF his colleagucs
Il was opposed to the things which tho pres
! ent Administration represents when that SEN
| ator dubois was in the loins OF his grand
mother Lois"
Nobody could throw any light on this al Illusion.
although Il dozen different suggestions were
made as to what Mr. Hoar might have meant.
Mr.. Dubois was inclined to think thai IT pointed
in some sort OF obscure way to his French de-
scent. as indicated by his name. but he was
explanation, when q Boston newspaper CORE
spondent heard of his troubl Q and said to him !:
why; Senator; the h. eXp explain, t is dead
Biblical illusions. Lois was tho mother Of
Timothy. and in indicating that he was so
very much older than you. the Massachusetts
Senator was paying you very delicate com
Ali, i am glad the Senator Intended 1t as
compliment" said Mr.. Dubois. much relieved.
Il have been laboring over since yesterday
under. the impression that it was a brutal
assault.
A curious explanation is made OF Mr. Van
Aliens selection rs the first Ambassador OF
the United States to Italy. 1t is stated that Of
all our legislation abroad this has been for
the last ten years most difficult to fiji from a
social point OF view. 1t was made SO by Mr..
William Waldorf Aston, who. when Minister to
ment and other social functions on such d
scale Of lavish expenditures that no one not pos
follow him successfully. MIR John b. Stallo.
whom NJ Clsyeland a. during his rst term ap-
pGnsed to sneeed MI As1or nad
Of his office lsl2.o0oI for his means o, living
ed Sa. The eonrast the
economy thus enforced and the munhcent ex-
mark ed that the American colony and Amer
lean visitors made Mr. Stnllo's life an exceed.
"s dua in u State hs sm est
%s sat Mnef ss ShHFf had IT
formerly occnpied and .staTiished It over ""T
a cheesemonger's shop" and it was. al
%s't ~ ne for Sd %
tenance OF tho legation o his own private pur-
poses. he vas lampo9ned and EiLicule in
simony pTh The only Foundation 'e for these hal
charges vN Vas Gi course the fact that Ne
Mr.. Aston did not, Similar Inconvenience
were felt. in less degree. by Gov, Porter Of
dndapn Th9 the Place 81 to
liam Potter. whom Mr. Harrison appointed in
the lat days Of hs t" sne;
wealth as an Aston SON law. it is expected.
will enable him to restore to the American
Rna iss Mr. w%aor
Aston
Senator Murphy has found residence to
suit him. having leased for a tern. OF years the
house Of the late Senator Stanford Of Cali
tornia. 1t stands on the corner of Seventeenth
and q, streets cts and is one Of tho three houses
tho District OF Columbia one OF the three
cupied by tho Russian Legation and before
that was the home for several years Of the
row was Tor long time the residenee II the the
ate Congressman v. l.. Scott: The Stanford
house is one Of the finest in Washington and
is especially adapted for large entertainments.
A few years ago Mr.. Stanford added large
wing to the building to give him a commod-
GUS dining room, which is probably the largest
and most elegant in Washington.
The nomination OF William b. Hornblower to
be Justice Of the Supreme Court OF the
United States. as the successor Of the late Jus
tice Blatchford. has been referred to the
Judiciary Committee. As a member OF this
committee and as the sub-con mitteemnn to
whom all nominations referring to New York
state are submitted. Senator Hill will have
direct charge OF the Hornblower nomination
which will not be reported to tho Senate until
after careful inves tigation OF the facts re-
sulting in Mr. Hornblower's appointment and
his connection with certain New York CORPORA
lions. Senators Hill and Murphy did not rec
ommend the appointment Of Judge Rufus II.
Peckh as has been reported. They merely
said that he was the kind OF Democrat whom
hey would have preferred o SEQ honored.
Judge Patrick Diver. Register John Reilly. |
Speaker William Sul2er. and /. j. O'Connor |
'ame over from New York this evening Judge |
Diver announces that the mission of the party |
y to personally inspect the newly arrived |