Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-04
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

shell and double locking the door he does not
manifest it,
The next new Senator from New Jersey Is q
man triie above medium height, whose
smooth sunny face reflects genial disposition.
and whose rotund form evidences an apprecis-
ton of canvas back. pate de fois grss and truf-
hes He has strong resonant voice. a clear,
brilliant dark eve that searches YOURS. walks
very erect and has graceful carriage. He is
at the Normandie with his family
! Speaking about surprises and amusing sur
prIses, too, he said 10 The STAR representa-
! tive. Il think nay election WAS about great a
| surprise 10 me and 10 other PEOPLE in my little
state as one can imagine. had no more idea
! SIX months ago that would be She Senator
| from New Jersey on this the glorious ith Of
| March. looking ont over Mcpherson Park than
| | had of being in Patagonia. In fact had it
been rendered TO me at that time should have
refused the honor. But I'm IN Washington
now and I'm glad of it"
! The Office of the Arlington was packed this
morning. Men in uniform. military coats aud
silk hats crowded one another rs closely
Maine sardlnes in French labeled box.
suddenly there was commotion. 4 short.
| stout gentleman. with chinchilla Uve-coat and
whose silk hat was on the back Of his head hur-
| rled up TO the desk and made dive for some
| kilograms Then everybody made a dive FOR
| the short gentleman. and both he and his his
! toric brown side wEishcrS were ont Of sight in
minute, because all present wanted TO shake
| hands with Gov. Flower of New York. But he
was IN a hurry. 4 carriage WAS waiting for him
| outside.
''ls it true that / intend to offer a trophy tn
! be shot for ar a special prize next year at
Creedmoor?' he repeated 10 THE STAR repre-
sentative they raced down the hallway
| toward he swinging glass doors. ''Ye-; ii is
true.and. what's more. m going down to Creed
| moor to shoot for ii and win il my~elf-that Is.
unless some one can shoot better than | can.
Il like the good things of life." said Gov
Pattison TO The STAR representative at the
Arlington as be placed his glossy silk tile on
the hat rack out ide of the dining room. but
| sometimes when you are in a hurry espec-
| ially-eating is a bore. Ny trips to Washington
| always give me a fine appetite however. and
like to come here.
Il loos forward to m, participation in the
ceremonies with great pleasure il will he
| memorable day in my life. If 4 be in the
lives OF thousands of other peoI le in your lovely
city. Mr.. Cleyeland's cabinet selections were
| very pleasing TO me and |. in common with the
| democratic party AZ large am only 900 willing
/ to put my faith in his Judgment.
| NO, am not a candidate TO succeed myself
| when NV term expires. To be governor of
| the great commonwealth of rennsylyania twice
\ O9SnA 10 DE an nONaf winch NhOhad r&taSis tAS
| AMBITION OF most any man. especIally demo-
| cfat. j believe in tie traditions of the country
| that two terms are enough"
| Among the many newspaper mon in town
The STAR representative noticed Stauhope
Sans at the Oxford this morning. Mr. Sans
| j. private secretary TO Gov. Northen of Georgia.
Sir. Sans was connected with the Atlanta jour
nal during Gov. Northen's campaign. The
| governor delivered what he cons dered the
crucial speech OF the campaign and il befel Mr.
| Sans to report II for his paper. Mr.. Sans evil
| IDENTITY laid himself ont on it" for so pleased
| was the governor with the report that h sent
for Mr.. Sans. Finding him al agreeable.
talented Young gentleman he appointed him
hls private secretary, though he had never seen
him before.
Mr.. Sans is linguist and an oriental scholar
In fact he would like to journey across the des-
erts Of Persia TO Teheran minister of the
| United States.
West yirginians making bids for Offices.
Prof Mareeilus Marshal from that state wants
TO be commissioner of Indian affairs. He has
lived in New Mexico. had considerable ex-
perience with Indians and border lie and
thinks lie could administer the Office salts
factorily.
Col. Thomas Jepson, president. of bank in
| ana VINO nas never nelt once, wants
| 10 see bis signature as treasurer of the United
States on treasury notes. He hopes to succeed
| Treasurer Nebeker.
Congressman Butler of Iowa will present 70
| the President one of the most remarkable petit
| tions that has ever appeared before the execu-
tive eye. From the floor of the House he
| wishes to step to the desk of the superintendent
| of railway mail service He has secured the
| signatures of all the IemOcrars i'm
except five indorsing bis application.
Ferdinand ". Peck of Chicago, one of the
most prominent citizens of the windy city. vice
president of the worlds fair commissioner
chairman of the executive committee and presi-
| dent of the Auditorium Hotel Association is at
| the Arlington.
| Mr.. Peck came to Washington purposely TO
see Mr.. Cleveland inaugurated. although he is a
| republican. Il have the greatest respect for
Mr.. Cleveland. said Mr.. Peck, "and admire
him very much / do not think however
| that Illinois is in the democratic column for
good. 1t was landslide. Won know, and next
time it is just as likely TO slide back again. The
fair will open promptly on the morning Of the
| LIST of May. Ii is absurd to say that we would
| break faith with Congress and keep it open on
| Sunday. We are business men and have re-
spect for our word. and will keep our engage
ments with Congress as We would keep our bus
| mess contracts.
| OF the many handsome aids in todav's pro-
cession none attracted more attention than Col
William F. Cody, or, he is better known,
Buffalo Bill"
| Last evening at Chamberlin's Col Cody told
| The STAR representative the following story:
Il was in Vienna in May. 1880, at the opening
of the exposition and visited United States
Minister Fred Grant. The Austrian court is
! the most magnificent in Europe and the Aus
| TRAN officers the most gaiy and elegantly uni
/ formed of any army in the world.
Fred was determined that there should be
| one American officer in his party at the OPEN
! ing of the exhibition whose regalia at least ap-
preached the elegance and glitter i'm which ne
would mingle. So he said TO me: Colonel YOU
attire yourself in your uniform as brigadier
| general OF Nebraska, and then cut off all the
yellow coId, gold lace, buckles tassels and
trappings from your colonel's uniform and
have them sewed on YOU generals uniform
Il did this and took the horsehair from nv
colonels helmet aud put it with the horsehair
OF my brigadier generals chapeau. / wore also
pair Of hgh-heeled cowboy boots that lifted
me up about six inches was the most gor-
geously dressed man at the opening of the ex-
position and the rest of our party were tickled
to death at the way the Austrians regarded me- |
They thought that certainly must be the gen.
al-in-chief Of the American army and il was i