The Washington times., 1894-04-09
CORRIDOR AND CURB.

CUkklDOk AND CuhDs
The appearance Of Hon. q. N. LaFollstte,
OF Indianapolis, at willard's recalls the fact
that this gentleman used to come to Wash
ington frequently in the Harrison adminis-
tra.ion along with Bruce Carr (God rest him)
and one or two other prominent Hoosiers,
Rhody Shields among the number, to keep
the Republican party and the country in gen.
eral well regulated. On one Of their visits
they are known to have entered mysteriously
the office Of an Assistant Secretary who was
supposed to have influence with the Public
Printer. There was crowd OF 200 people in
the room, but it had to be cleared. Then the
visitors, and AR. LaFollette was among them,
proceeded still more mysteriously to unfold
their tale There was a scandal in the Cow
eminent Printing Office, and it must be
stopped. The Assistant Secretary had to go
to the White House to see about it, and after
the nerves Of this gentleman and Of the Presi.
dent had been thoroughly shattered by the
recital, and after their indignation had been
aroused and their determination that all
these guilty practices should be suppressed,
they found upon inquiry that there was no
such person in the Government Printing
Office at ALL Mr.. LaFollette's anxiety for
the purity Of the Harrison administration
brought great deal OF wear and tear upon
him.
The election OF Hon. George Peabody Wet
more, Of Rhode Island. to take Mr.. Dixon's
seat ought to bring Joy to all the swells Of
Washington. Mr.. Wetmore and his family
live in mansion at Newport which must
have cost at least 81, 900 600, and he is one Of
the jolliest and finest and richest swells to be
met with in weeks journey. He Is q large,
handsome man, affable and democratic: and
if it is not to be expected that he will make
able speeches In the Senate, still he will al
ways smoke a good cigar and tell good
story, and impecunious Republican causes,
which are always SO patriotic and necessi-
tous, ought to make great game Of Mr.. Wet
more.
And Mr.. Dixon, by the way, we shall be
rather sorry to miss him. He has been
pleasant man. obliging and pretty able. Mr..
Dixon's home is at Westerly. r. l., far DIFF
ferent sort of town from Newport. Westerly
is chiefly distinguished as being the place
where all prize fights ever fought IN New
England are located. II I remember cor
rectly, the town is on the line between Rhode
Island and Connecticut, and possibly on the
MassacuusSLlS llLe ;iiSOs Al ail events,
used to be convenient in old times to
escape from Westerly into one or two other
states, convenient for pugiists. l mean. 1t
became SO customary to have prize fights at
Westerly, that now. no matter where these
events occur if they are only secret, they are
represented as having been fought at this
same town.
Dr. Edward Bsdloe is in town lowering
IT
much interested in securing engagements for
his weil-known' lecture. "Man and the
Church." which he has delivered with such
success in Chicago. Privately, DR.. Bedloe
desires THE TINES to reprint this. and though
that is out Of the question, the lecture is
doubtless very entertaining to those who are
entertained by that sort Of thing. DR.. Bedloe
is also trying TO work off upon the papers a
two-column interview with John S. Wise, and
as Col. Pat Donan is with him a part Of the
time, it is thought that he may succeed in
some ill-informed quarters. DR.. Bedloe hes
just returned from Roanoke, where his sue
cessor as consul at Annoy. Col. ]. Hampton
Hoge. has lately become a Republican as q
result OF DR.. Bedloe's arguments and his re-
cent jag-of Col. Hoges, not DR.. Bedloe's
jag.
see. said one of the curbstone statesmen
last night that Richard Croker has been in
terviewed in Chicago, and suppose We are
to expect interviews with MIN all along the
route from thefe to New York. Wait till he
gets to Pittsburg. There the ravenous re-
porter will intercept him at the Union station,
and, whether be talks or not. he will be made
to talk in as many newspapers in this country
as the aforesaid omnipresent Pitt3burg Union
station interviewer can possibly touch with
his "story." There is no public man in this
country who has not fallen victim to this
enterprising Pittsburg person. and there is
no reason why anyone should not. as he is
never hampered by facts and possesses
forty horsepower imagination.
Col. Heath, says Johnny Sebriver in the
Mail and Express, has almost been raised
upon a newspaper. He was one OF the early
pioneers in the Dakotas when they were just
opened to civilization. When Aberdeen, in
South Dakota, was on the boom Heath and
a number of friends went out there and started
a newspaper. The first edition was got out
under great difficulty, and the new proprietor
of the Commercial Gazette was obliged not
only to act as printers devil, but as editor,
composjtor, presSman, and business ONCE.
The only appurtenances OF an office he could
get together were an old kitchen table, . few
fonts of type and a hand pross.
SEX President Harrison" Johnny Shriver
goes on, had only one regret, and that was
ever present, and it was that he did not stick
to his original idea and appoint Perry Heath
as his private secretary. Mr. Heath would
have been an ideal man in the place, and it
was not long after Mr.. Harrison came to the
White House that he discovered his error"
Senator Aldrich, when asked II the Repub-
licans had anything to say regarding the
statement Of Senator Harris that the tariff
bill would be pushed from early in the session
each day until O'Clock at night, said yester-
day that any announcement that the Repub-
licans wanted to make would be in open Sem
ate. 1--WE will watch and see Mr.. Harris carry
out his programme, and our policy will de-
veop in the Senate" The Republicans do
not like the ifnputations that they are seeking
to delay the passage Of the tariff bill by ex-
treme methods. and intimate that all that has
been claimed is that the Senators who are
making speeches shall be accorded the usual
courtesles that have been accorded Senators
heretofore in debating any subject While it
is not definitely stated there is IN implication
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