The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-12

oakview together. or rather at Wood- ley. and great was the gossip thereat, but that time has passed. Mrs. Car lisle had much to do with breaking up those seances. for reasons Of her own. She did not want her husband kept out so late in the night air.
 Then the president got "chummy'' with Secretary Gresham. and it will be remembered thnt the two early in the season went down into Chesapeake bay and the inland waters Of North caroii- na on a hunting and fishing trip. But Gresham Is too quiet and uninteresting man on q fishing or hunting excur- sion to suit the president. Mir. Gre sham cannot fish; he does not know | how even to bait hook. He can't cut bait or oven draw cork. Now man who can do none of these things Is not much company for an enthusiastic fish erman like MT. Cleveland. Equally un- skilful was Mir. Gresham with fowllng piece. Huge fiocks of ducks would fly | over the head of the Secretary of State and sail away in mocking deri- sion at his inexpertness with breech- | loader.
 It was on this eventful excursion that Mir. Cleveland was thrown into the companionship Of his present chief of chums. Captain Robley D. Evans, of the navy. Evans until recently was sec retary of the lighthouse board. and the steamers Violet and Maple. upon which the president took his outings, were naturally under Captain Evans charge. Evans Is royal, rollicking good fel- low. He has all the skill. the adroit- ness and savoir faire of the accom- plished naval o0icer. He could tell the president where to Ash. how to bait, how to put up duck blinds, how to stalk marshes, how to pull corks--he could do all that Secretary Gresham could not do. and great deal more that 1t Is said tickled the presidents fancy. Among his other accomplishment was skill at the great American game, and this further endeared him to the presi- dents heart.
 Captain Evans has been necessary to the presidents happiness from that day to this. Not an excursion has he taken that Evans has not had to take charge of 1t. The latter escorted him the other day to Buzzard's Bay, and, did not duty call him elsewhere, Captain Evans would undoubtedly continue on inform al duty at the White House Evans has made good use of his White House friendship. Though a young captain and with twenty-one captains above him entitled to sea duty, he has been by the presidents direct order assigned to command the splendid cruiser New York, the finest of our new ships and one of the finest fighting machines in the world. So much for presidential favor and the possession of winning ways.
 The president has another intimate in the person of Surgeon R. M. o'Reil- ly of the army, who Is on duty at the War Department. Under an old regu- lation an army surgeon is detailed for attendance upon the White House and its inmates" This position has been filled by many distinguished army sur geons, and to some the assignment has brought. great professional fame, as, for instance. to those who administered to Presidents Lincoln and Garfield at the time of. the tragedies which ended their careers. Dr. oReilly' has that as- signnent now, and he is a man after the presidents own heart. Possessed of great professional learning and skill, he is yet an all-night story teller, an all- night poker man. or an all-night any, thing else that may be on tap. He and Captain Evans are as nearly alike as two peas in a pod. but the fear of all is that the pace of both is too hot for the executive. Be this as it may. the presi- dents friends are glad that Captain Evans is going to sea, and they would not shed tears of anguish if pr. OReil-, ly should be ordered off to some Indian reservation for the rest of the presi- denttal term.