The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-04-11
MARY THE WOMAN I!
Sister Lease Should Come
in Now
ON THE CHAPERONE DEAL
The Hayward Willies Need a Good,
Strong ChaperOne,
And Mrs. Mary Ann Would Fill the Bill
washington Longs for Her-The eau
Gus on Repeal of the State Band Tax-It
Adopts Resolutions Looking to That Eud
state Banks May Come.
From THE GLOBE Correspondent.

Adopts Resolutions Looking to That z d
state Banks May Come.
From THE GLOBE Correspondent
| WAsHINGToN, April 10.-The nomi-
nation of the Kansas negro, G. FL j.
Taylor, to be recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia, woth Sc, 900 a year
and large patronage, is going to be
overwhelmingly defeated. If Mr. Cleve
land has any object in especially honor
ing Kansas | want to help him out with
the following suggestion, by which he
can give noted and influential Kansas
| politician place, for which he would
have no precedent and of which the
District Of Columbia will so thoroughly
approve that she will be glad to contrib
ute from her contingent fund towards
the salary of the proposed illustrious
presidential beneficiary. Let the presi
dent appoint Hon. Mary Ann Lease, of
| Kansas, chaperon to Hon William Ca.
| bell Preston Breckenridge in particular
and congressional colonels in general, so
that no more II year old school girls
can lead him or them astray. Here is
the opportunity of Mr.. Cleveland's life
lie can serve Kansas by honoring one
of her most famous daughters. He can
serve Kentucky by helping to give at
least one of her "colonels" immunity
from the Circean charms of Madelines,
Magdalens, etc etc, and by preventing
! Kentucky constituents from referring to
a venerable congressman as "Old Billy
on the witness stand. He can serve the
district by putting so staunch and un
compromising guardian over the
"wayward Willies" Sister Lease
1as all the attributes of chap
erone. She is watchful, aggressive,
earless and while think she would earn
her salary, l believe it would pay the
the district, Kansas, Kentucky and Con,
gress better. Colonel Breckinridge has
certainly not earned the $5 900 per annum
| which his constituents pay him, if all he
admitted on the witness stand here il
true. For month at least, and during q
most important session of congress, his
constituents have had small show at the
capitol of the criminal court
room This chance for the lady from
Kansas ought to appeal to the president
Let Taylor 60 back to his farm. Let
Sister Mary Ann be paid we'll to come
here aud take charge of Capitol Chap
erone Bureau. Let her keep watch and
ward over the innocent and unsophisti
Gated congressional "colonels" of fifty
five and sixty, lest guileful sirens lure
them from such duties as reading "unor
thodox" DR.. Briggs out of the Presby-
terisn church, making flowery addresses
to Sunday schools, and posing as ''silver
tongued orators" on the floor of the
House, all for $4,000 year and Perquis.
ites-with a big P, for many of these
congressional colonels put Circes in gov
ernment places worth from $50 to 500
a month, when a woman of Mrs. Leases
probity would not stand the ghost of a
chance even if backed by perfect civil
service certificate of examination. | nom
mate Mrs. Lease for this place, and if she
does her duty, she ought to be paid s., ,0OO
a year out of the contingent fund. She
would save that much to the district and
she would immortalize Kansas Retire
Taylor! The district does not wish 10
pay foreign negro $4,000 to sign his
name to the deeds to her real estate. But
the district will cheerfully pay man or
woman, alien or native, who will dare to
chaperone congressional colonies effect
lively. The district people do not like tc
see three or four colonies, majors and
honorables fighting in her courts as they
have been doing for weeks past to show
that q grey headed Congressman feared a
friendless woman. They object TO hav.
ing women brought here as ''governmen'
clerks" at salaries which enable these
"clerks" to dress better, travel more and