New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-28

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undergone an operation on his Jaw. at tmc
whom the American people would have ch"er-
fully snapped off the jaws Of Dozen senators
fer ore of the Presidents wisdom teeth VIZ.
Elias Cornelius BENEDICT Of Broad-I. III this
c;tv. came forward in n S'lf-sacFihclng way
which the voters OF Connecticut VIII dnIbtio'S
remember AT the next election Of Goycrno" III
that State ard administered relief II the pun
lie anxiety by statement which with great
reluctance he uormittod to be accompanied by
portrait Of himself as Il guarantee OF go"l
faith that the President had only had two
teeth pulled that they were pulled one AT y
time and not tlmultrou,ly. and that he played
crihbacc with HI. usual luck the same evening.
The President was SAVED from tho annoyance
Of having to talk about his tcoth publicly by
tho prompt and seif-sacrifcing action Of his
"closc personal friend"
And now two more OF them are on deck.
Mr.. Richard Watson Glider ard Mr. Horace
Whit have walled in Hand in hand. One
poet the other a political economist. Boih
oarncs- advocates OF reform. and "closc per
sonal friends" of tho President. One ndrlgcs
in fancicS the Other attends very closely TO
facts Ore writes short verses the other long
ESSAYS The reader Of MIR. elders verses Is
they apncar in his printed books = struck by
the extent Of the margins. and hy the fact that
after starting in. as il Wc'o. 50 sudden, they
seem TO stop 81 quick the frt thought OF thc
reader is. "Whcre'S the rest Or it, Mr..
Whites ESSAYS. on Ill" contrary. do not start
with any such suddcnncSs nor do They end
in anywhere near the same time rs elders
verses. When White gets through tho subject
is exhausted 50 also is the reader But they
work we'll together, and no intelligent person
can read the works of either Of them without
deep emotion II is not known whether Mr..
Glider over read any of his verses To- Nr. Glove
lgnd-from the continuance f their friendly
relations it is thought not-5ut he was quite
frequent on the porch at Buzzaid'S Bay, and il
was intimatcd at one time that he had sure
fling for n foreign mission. The fact that the
President has not sent him ont Of tho country
seems pretty positive proof that Gldcr has not
vet read any Of his verses 10 him. On thc
other hand. there is reason 10 believe that
Whites economic essays have been on several
occasions poured into the Presidents ear.
though We DO not c,odit the report that his
ihirtv-Six hours sleep on the Oncda WAS en-
fircly due t. the fact that Elias Cornelius Bcuc-
lirt sat beside him inicning one o. Whites
latest efforts. II will be Soon that Glider and
White SOFT Of supplement each other, and arc
well mated.
II app~a.S that the twO were sitting together
one night last April III the CITY Club Th"
millennium had been under WY about m nth
md was not working well. Both were sad.
Thy had head that somebody was going 10
Of foreign mission who bad paid $50. 600
10 the Cleveland campaign fund and - close
pc,sonql friends" Of the President they fer
HAT something ought 10 be dcnc about it T.
prcycnt his di>gracng himself and croaiin,
scandal. For four !rars White had been got
ting round shouldcrcd holding up the country
against the crushing scandal OF appointing -
the Cabinet a man who had contributed only
$4,000 - q campaign fund. and now
$50. 600 for foreign mission if was too. too
much. He went. "Gildor" said he. do You
remember that Midsummer Song &C. yours.
one Of your longest poems. beginning with
'Oh. fathers gone to market town
and ending with the call Of the stricken
mother from the kitchcn-door'
.Polly.-Polly, The cows are in tho corn,
Oh. where's Polly?
Oh Glider, I've thought Of that 80 often
during the last month It's just the way !
foil. The cows are in the corn" Again
he went.
And Glider. sobbing. said "Oh. Horace :.
Horace il will not do. lie mustn't be APP
pointcd. We must give him back his money
and save the Presidents good name I'll give
= i A,,,l I lion
responded White. so they started ont for the
$50. 900 to pay back 10 tho bad man who was
huying an Office and bringing The President
into disgrace: and presently they had II all
subscribed and became momcntarlly cheerful
Then a difficulty aloSc. The lad man would
not take back the $4,000. He treated the
poet and political economist with such diSdain
that if one should write a Scorc.ing satire on
him five lines long that son the stretched
forcfingor Of all time should "Sparlilc for
ever" and the other should give him twenty
five column essay CANNED with facts and
fortified with statistics. nobody could blame
them II is believed that he tod them 70 " get
out" What was still worse, the President,
when waited upon by the poet Glider. after
receiving three letters apiece on the subject
in rapid succession from The two close friends,
gave the poet to understand that he had got
in over his head and had better swim ont.
Then the poet went back 10 the economist and
said "IIoracc. do you remember my verses
on Reform where ! said
L think sometimes It but just to let the
Lord alone;
sometimes think it were hest and were little to