The Washington times., 1894-03-26
CORRIDOR AND CURB.


paigner at the Riggs House, ''that the Repub-
licans have been discovered trying to carry
Alabama again. They might have known
that they would be. In the campaign Of go
Chris Magee took stacks Of good Republican
money and went TO Alabama and sat In the
Populist convention, and of course that solidi-
fed all the Democrats. The latest effort Of
certain New England Republicans. whom it is
always possible to touch for useless purposes
and usually impossible for really effective pur-
poses, are now backing Kolb, it seems, and
the inevitable effect is that the Democrats are
again united, and naturally there is no hope
for Kolb. 1t is the same old story over again.
If Republican committees and Republican
men of wealth will ever learn to let the South
alone. will ever allow the natural issues OF
particular localities to operate, there might
possibly in the dim future be some hope for
them."
Speaking about railroad traffic as indica-
tive Of business revival, Capt. Newiand, pas
senger agent OF the S. A. L., says if the in
creased business of that road is any index
trade stagnation will soon be a thing of the
past. Only recently the S. A. L. has become
through line. and competition or something
else has caused business to pick up wonder
fully.
To look at him one would never take Sem
ator Irby, of South Carolina, for an ex-base-
ball champion. He captained a team that
never lost a score. and its invincibility was
due to Irby's pitching. At the time he was
known as the swiftest pitcher in ball playing.
Afterward he went into politics. "opened the
pot in the Tillman game and made his two
bagger." Speaking OF him a day or two ago
friend said:
"a warmer hearted man doesn't live than
John Irby. He would die for friend and
never think that he made any sacrifice. Not
many years ago, when a school boy. he
resented an insult to a young man from the
North who was stranger in the place where
he was attending school. In his impulsive
way he took up the stranger squared. Them
cident was entirely forgotten when ten years
later the stranger showed his appreciation of
young Irby's friendship. One spring day
Irby was sitting on the piazza with his heels
on the verandah railing. blue as indigo over
some business embarrassments. Hammond
walked in. introduced himself and recalled
the episode mentioned by way OF identifca-
ton. Irby said Hammond. i see from the
papers you are having some trouble with the
banks. have come to know ifthere Is any
"Irby was incredulous, remembering Ham
mond only as clerk in one ofthe village stores
In the meantime his fathers death had left
young Hammond good bank account and
it was generously put at Irby's disposal.
Hammond is president of a national bank in
Greenviile. and Irby is United States Senator.
They are devoted friends, and have exhausted
the Irby and Hammond families in naming
their children for each other
Though n lifelong friend of the gay Breck-
inridge, Judge Cox, the distinguished Ten
nesseean, does not relish his alleged re-
semblance 10 the distinguished Kentuckian
Speaking of the Pollard -Breckinridge trial.
he said he had known Breckinridge since
1850. He first met him in the Presidential
campaign OF that year
Il was then a beardless boy and an elector
Oh the John C. Breckenridge ticket" he said.
So knew him afterward in the western army.
/ know. too. Mrs. Blackburn, who testified in
the Pollard case. A nobler and truer woman
does not live Gov. Blackburn. her husband,
was a hero. He went to Memphis during the
yellow fever scourge, and his heroism during
that terrible pestience made him the idol of
Kentucky
Vice President Stevenson was telling a story
about dueling yesterday to a crowd of friends
at the Normandie He went on to relate that
number OF years ago two of his acquaint-
anees in Kentucky had dispute, which led up
to an accepted challenge. The hour was
named, and promptly at the appointed time
the two men met on the field. Senator Black
burn was present, and he was the only man
there WHO knew anything about the code. He
was called upon and began explaining the
modus. At this jupcture Mr.. Stevenson began
talking about another subject entirely foreign
to dueling.
Il say," said Missouri member who was
present. "what was the result OF the flght?"
'There was no fight" replied the Vice Pres
ident Blackburn talked so long that dark
ness came on and the men could not see to
fire."
Speaking of Joe Blackburn's vocabulary"
remarked one of the crowd who had listened
to the above story, reminds me of painting
that was executed by a distinguished artist
few years ago, of the electoral commission
which unseated Tilden. The members of the
board were grouped together, and around
them were many distinguished Members of
Congress. Joe Blackburn was represented.
but half of his face was covered by likeness
OF Representative Atkins of Tennessee.
"A crowd OF southerners were standing |
around the painting one day giving their |
various views regarding its merits. One Of
them asked why Blackburn's full face was |
not represented. l replied by saying that |
half of his jaw only could be put On a piece
of canvas of that size. The brilliant Ken
tuckian heard my remark. and he has never
liked me since
Miss Pollard and ZelIa