The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-10-15
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Justice Harlan Being Doomed for the Presi-
dcncy in IS9G-Overhauling the White
IlOuse--Other Interesting Gossip.

Washington, October Especial "A
boom has been started with great vigor in
Washington in behalf of Justice Harlan,
OF the supreme court of the United States.
His friends base their argument for his
nomination as the republican candidate
for The presidency his recent decision
rs to the right Of railroad men to Quit
work, providing they do il quietly. This &C.
csion has been printed in full in the local
papers and covers an entire page. Express
eions favorable to the cause Of labor are
emphasized in capitals. The Harlan boom
p evidently an organized one with capital
to back it and such advertisement must
cost a good deal OF money.
Judge Harlan is from kentucky and has
been mentioned before as a presidential
possibility. But, after the experiences Of
the late Justice Miller, of the supreme
bench Wfo was 4 perennial candidate for
presidential honors, no one expects to sec
member OF the highest tribunal in the
land. appointed for life taken from the
bench through the mire OF politics. Justice
Farlan's political and professional record
IS Of the very highest character. His ability
is unquestioned, his manners exceedingly
affGble and his personal appearance little
short Of magnificent. Its stature Is extra
ordiusry, being only little less than hat
Of the giant Gray on the bench win him.
while he is in the enjoyment of his fun
mental and physical powers. Since Judge
Harlan's name has been launched upon the
sea OF politics, the democratic admirers OF
John G. Carlisle are talking OF bringing
out this favored son of Kentucky for the
democratic pomina ton. Since Mr. Carlsle's
retirement from the senate and entrance
into AIR. Clevcland's cabinet his Kentucky
friends see that he has made great p0lit-
zeal mistake and that so long as he re-
mains ore Of the official family OF the
autocrat Of Gray Gables he VIII be in q
state of collapse. President Cleveland has.
on two or three occasions, ru3aly thrust
AIR Carlisle into the background and re-
versed his acts. much to the modification
OF the secretary and his constituents, who
are firm in the belief that John G. Car
Isle " VS. more about law, the tariff and
finan,-7 in day than Grover Cleveland
ever knew. or win know in his whole life
time. The development Of the Carlisle and
Harlan booms is not confined to Kentucky
in either party
FIXING IN the Waite House.
The white house is being arranged for
the return of the presiden, and his family
about the middle 0C the month or perhaps
a little earlier, as the weather is becoming
disagreeable at Gray Gables. Mrs. Clavc-
land. il is said. is not in a hurry to get
home. FOR her northern home has grown
very homelike during the past summer.
Baby Ruth has become proficient in Ger
man, and is now able to recite fourteen
poetic selections and nursery rhymes in
that language. Baby Esther had a birthday
last month and is taking her first steps
aud exciting a great deal of attention for
the remarkable short journeys she is able
to accomplish.
All the notables are returning 70 the
captal-by notabIes is meant the Chinese
the Japanese, the Brazilaus the SpaniarIs,
the Germans The italians, etc. Society wiz
open It's doors Immediately upon the return
OF Mrs. Cleveland. Some OF the gossip which
is finding It's way about Washington is that
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris intends TO marry,
again, and that shortly. The happy man
is General Kyd Douglas. adjutant general
OF the Maryland militia. Mrs. Sartor:s since
s return rom 1nsa l5ir as5 Gsar Eh h9s
in Washington circles. She is the
most .lashiy dressed woman in the city,
and her style Of dressing makes her
familiar figure wherever she appears
Initiating Georgia. 4rchifrcturc.
Mrs. George w ChHls. widow OF the
late editor oi The Public Ledger. has come
20 Washington TO live She hae erected a
new home or =. street in the fashioua bic
section OF the city and it is the handsouest
IN the nei&hborhocd. II a4joins the OIL
colonial mansion of Senator and Mrs. Hale.
This reminds one that all architectural
designs ii Washington run TO what is cen
orally conceived 10 the old southern home
s,ead. The Letters. the millionaire dry
goods people from Chicago, tried to outbid
other Washington piutocrats in securing
q southern home. To this end they erected
magnificent residence on Dupont circle.
y base imitation Of Virginia homestead.
VI has its Corinthian columns its large
square hal it's forty or fifty rooms. but.
vista al ii Is a travesty. IL is five stories
nigh and has about twenty feet of grQu1d
around it But with this exception, all the
| handsome homes which have been built
in the northwest section of the city during
the past five years are almost reproductions
az Virginia and Georgia nOmestc&Cs and
make that portion Of the city one OF the
ouaintcat and most beautiful in the coGn-
Try.
Mrs. Lamont, the Lady Churchill OF this
COMMUNICATION. viii arrive next week anu
set her tcakettle to boiling at the old Van
Burcn residence on Lafayette square, OPP
posite toe white house.
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