Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1893-04-27
FROM WASHINGTON.
fcor. columpia Evening Journal

have left Washington to attend the naval
review at Hampton Roads. 1t IS, OF
course. pleasure trip, one of the most
pleasant features of which is the shor5
refuge it will afford from the terrible
charge of the Heavy Brigade Of office
seekers.
Most of the South Carolina politicians
went to Washington to spend month or
more, and spent it in two weeks. NO
office, no money, no friends is the sad
refrain that echoes and re-echoes through
the lobbies of the Metropolitan and Ma
tional Hotels every evening at dusk.
Those Carolinians who returned home
before the financial panic touched their
bank accounts were fortunate. Every
body wants to borrow, but none are able
TO lend. In other words, to appropriate
one OF Gov. Tillman's quaint expressions
he once applied to certain newspaper
those of the lending class are wiling
but weak" Only people who are accus-
tom I'd to eat regularly at home are capa-
bic of judging what it means to De
ssbusted'' in Washington.
saw in the lobby of the Metropolitan
Hotel last night nine familiar faces winch
hail from South Carolina. Five cents
renrcsented the total unencumbered
assets of the party. But they were as
merry as they were badly broke. They
had oonrreeated to condole, confer and
confde. Some discussed politics, others
talked financial were hungry; no one
was gloomy except possibly the man
with the nickel, and lie had far-away
stare upon his unshaven countenance
which added to the tremulous voice as ne
tried to warble the pathetic melody
.'Where is my Wandering boy to-nisht'
r All this is a sure indication OF depleted
: treasury and crushed political hopes.
4 When these gentlemen return to South
@ Carolina. whether they walk or rlde,
q their tales of woe will be interesting ana
4 instructive. One thing certain, they VIII
r never be seen in Washington again IN
It search of Office.
l. It's thought that Mr.. Cleveland Will,
y in the course of the next three or tour
r. weeks turn his attention to South Caro-
lima affairs and put stop to the inter.
II nccne iawing-match that had adorned
( the Carolina papers for some time.
h 1t is more than prediction to say that
y Nauldin and McCalla have landed The
formers mind and the latters RATHER
K did tbc work. OF course nothing is Ger
y tain in politics, but both OF these gen
ID tlemen are as near appointment as they
,c can get without actually having then
.r commissions. The District Attorney
IS tiobt is more complicated than ever. Ex
,r Congressman Johnstone and the Hon. II
+ A Mcetze are new and formidable
Of entries. and the fact that they are taking
part in the scramble makes an alread!
" uncertain appointment all the more so
5 Gen. Earle made most favorable I'm
:. preston on the President. Ex-Congress
al man Elliott is one of Cleveland's warn
personal friends. while ex-Congressmal
ed Johnstone is not at all unpopular. ia
d. ward nagsdale. who is in the scrambi
of for the persimmon, is pretty close to IN
a ton of the tree. and although he is quit
NJ 4 youne, man. his chances of success ar
ed to be feared by his opponents. IN
tc umor which appeared in certain news
al papers tina, Gen. Earle has wlthdra"
no from the fight is entirely unfcunded
mt The Hon. J. J. Hemphill, who wa
of knocked out of an Associate Just'ceshl
ed Of the Supreme Court OF the District
in Co!ambia on purely constitution;
lr. grounds. will in all probability, get
id foreign mission But the fact that h
en- comes from South Carolina punctures tn
Jar newspaper fake that he will be sent
"a Russia. That mission is one OF the lari
Ter est in the diplomatic corps and rank
ed with. France. ENGLAND Germany an
ar ministers sent to these posts are II
zee variably men of big national reputatio
til who hail from doubtful States. vi
lit IIempliil. while he has the ability, is nc
he possessed of the other necessary Qualii
he cations. I do not think that he expect
more than a third-class mission. whic
let pays the very comfortable salary {
lw Sl0,ooe per annum; and he would doubt
Ii less lc satisfied with 4 fourth-class pos
l at 5000
lie SO far as consulates are concerned
ed South Carolina has sixteen applicant
~ and anybody is liable to win. 1t is
* free-for-all race at catch weights ant
to dark horses are decidedly in it
II The two Senator's from the Palmctt
7. state are quartered in Washington a
or comfortably as the representatives of an.
State in the Union Senator Butler, dur
of ing his long service in the Senate, grew
re tired OF the hubbub incident to hotel if'
te and purchased cosy brick dwelling o
n English design on \ street, the swell
Is residence portion of Washington. Hi:
friends are always welcome, and. assisted
N by his wife and charming daughter, Soutl
y Carolinians who call are mace to feel a
e home
X Senator Irby. IN certain respects, Al
least. is following in the footsteps OF
d very great men. He is quartered at the
IS National, in an elegant suite of rooms,
! adjoining the parlors. They were once
l occr.,icd by President Pierce, Henry
! Clay and aftcrward by Alexander Ste
S vens. y picture of each hangs upon the
! wall.
e FIGHTING THE DISPENSARY LAW.