Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-08
IN THE HOTEL coRRrpoRs

IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.
There was a notable gathering Of .,.nti-.n.p-
pers" NJ the Arlington last night.
Among those present were r. EIlerv Anaer.cn
Of New York. presiden; OF the Reform Club,
ex-police Justice Maurice q. Powers. J. W.
Finch Of Glen Falls; s. J. Finch. also Of Glen
Falls. Q member Of the snti-snappor state CEN
trail committee and delegate 10 the Syracuse
convention; II. q. Monroe. secretary OF the
anti-snappers' organization: James Shanahan q
Tribe Hill. ox-suTeuntendent % public works,
who was turned out OF Office hv Gov. Hill; Iohn
Riley of Pla,tsburg. ex-chief of the civl service
commissioners % New York. who bui a week ago
was decspitsied and who was formerly superin-
tendent Of Indian schools here. and George II
Weed OF Plsttsburg. son 81 Smith :. Weed.
We don't ask anv recognition as an organf-
ration" said one Of these gentlemen % Tps
SrsR representative. I'VE wont 10 Chicago TO
nominste Mr. Cleveland aud we did So and
We elected him. We intended 60 defeat Hill
That was our object. and having accomplished
Il the organization stands adjourned 20 the call
OF the chairman
I'VE don't call ourselves 'anti-snappers.' In
fact. We distinctly disavow tina. appsllation.
We are Cleveland men
The Earl Of Ava is registered at the Arliur-
ton. he is a tall. robust, rosy-cheekcd. good
looking Young Euylishman. wearing the tradI-
tionsl light gray English tweed travelling suit
He has been in this country only a week and 4.
travelling for pleasure. lie will journey through
the south. into Mexico. out 10 the Pacific coast.
and wall spend some time In the Rockv mount
aims shooting. lie spent i've wears IN India and
was member of the seventeenth lanciers o
crack English cavalry regiment
W. y. Roach. the newly elected democratic
Senator from North Dakota. is an the citv
which was at one time has home. In comment
ing upon the strength Of the respective parties
in his state he said:
I'VE defeated the republican. and elected
the whole independent state ticket except the
secretary of state, who pulled through bys
small majority. The sentiment Of the people Is
with us on the tariff question. which is the great
question IN the rural districts of the west and
northwest. II the principles of the democratic
platform are lived up 60. as have every reason
20 believe they will be. We shall certainly carry
my state at the next presidential election rar-
tcularly II the present administration will give
Us their fair recognition.
The porulists are nine-tenths disCruutIed
Republicans who are dissatisfied with the state
and national policies OF their party They have
one leg Ia the democratic camp. aud we cxpcct
TO pull The other in on the tariff qIestion f,ur
! wears hence. In fact. the general sentiment in
the northwest is turning toward the democracy
and II Is the great recruiting grosnd Of tins
country for that party" -
Judge Benjamin Patton Of Hicksville. Ohio.
the distinguished Jacksonian democrat. who
has been in this city in attendance upon the in
auguration. visited the Capitol Yesterday
Judge Patton is probably the Oldest member 81
the Der whose name is written upon the rolls 81
the Q. $. supreme Court. he having been adj
United to practice before that high tribunal in
1884. His attention called TO the portraits
/ OF Chief Justice Marshall which hang in the
court room and he gave his opinion Us TO which
he considered the better likeness.
Judge Patton was introduced 70 the Illus
trious chief justice by Judge Baldwin OF Pitt.-
burg.
Il deeply regret, {" said Judge Patton TO THK
STAR representative. ''that I did not put down
, upon paper every word which fell from the lips
of one OF the grandest Representatives Of Amer
lea. and one OF the greatest jurists that ever
lived"
Judge Patton was delegate TO the first demo-
cratic convention, which nominated Van Buren,
and johnson, IN Baltimore. The convention
was held m a small, unpretentious church.
Judge Patton was then young man and wa.
| United States district attorney for western
/ Pennsylvania. He is probably the only man
now living in the United States who attended
that convention. Though he journeyed so far
the weather prevented him from leaving the
house and he did not witness the inaugural GER
emonies.
DIR. Geo. p. Ikirt. Congressman elect from
the eighteenth senatorial district Of Ohio,
known as the old Mckinley district, and who
ran against Mckinley in 1883 and was defeated.
is here. He has never held Office before. He
lives at East Liverpool, Ohio. The natural in
clination Of the independent voter in Ohio to-
day." he said to The STAR representative, .'is
toward the democratic party Its principles
are most accep table to the masses. Here is an
example: The eighteenth district. which I rep
resent. is a manufacturing district. but IL has
broken away from the republican party. Its
normal republican majority is 2 500 1 carried
| il by I. 800.
I'VE are hopeful Of turning Ohio into
| democratic state. We base our hopes upon
just such facts a. have recited to you We
| will begin the battle ROYAL next fall. when we
will fight for governor. and expect to swing
the state into the democratic column then. We
| want. therefore. the strongest men appointed
to Office, and only men who have fitness for
their positions and who really deserve the place
will be Endorsed by the delegation"
"The snowstorm and cyclone on the 9Th Of
March," said Gov. Peck Of Wisconsin to THs
STAR man, sought to settle the question that the
ceremonies attending the Inauguration Of the
President should be postponed to q later day.
81 would suggest. however. that the fiscal
year of the country begin on January l. The
President may be inaugurated then and day
| in MAY or any other month may be selected for
the celebration and parade. Under no circum-
stances. however, should the coming IN power
OF the successful party be postponed an hour
longer. In fact, four months is too long.
| When the people signify at the polls that they
want a change of administration their wishes
should be acceded to within the shortest posi-