The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-13
Bpt Two Of the Most Famous Ones Mill
Be In The Next House.
TALK OF PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES
SIR. Cleveland. Mar not Often Mentioned
sov-u,l, ard VIII tney May Bs Made
Unavailabie-CsmPbo brogoe'
TIMES BUnrAu. RAPIEY BuiIDISe.
W,suINoroS. November IL, 1874 }

OF Mississippi has come thfoush the
10. ,,ithott a scratch. This pic |
,-.-eso,,a corner was one which became |
..,t,e fapous last winter. and the colder |
rbe wind whistled outside ana the
,bicker The snow fell. the closer about |
tbe omen CRATE crowded the fan-maklns, !
wit-loving solous, VINO 9aig ISssatch |
esrh other with stories and Jests, WhSh
-re4fnd a laughter loud enough 10 De
heard above the son0fous VOICE , % 'nSS S |
r-eadtue clerk or the NOISY Ci''ec, "
fhe bustliug pages. Ihe laNol ~ NIniht,
fnr fbese daiiy gatherings was the loDpy |
adtoluing the barber shop anu pa9nSs H. |
OF tempting fruit always rested uPoa, Ter t,s
mantle while huge nlchel-Pl"'Su " rc
cooler could always be taypeu l"i Tt,r
freehin,e glass of apOlnaris water
lemonade. These things however, YER
seldom touched by the real stGiy toiioi a.
Know that they were there, ana as ,,.Ie ioIIe
as the bright Goals glowed ana the no. NJ
blue flames futtered between tne nus sc
black chunks that formed the ldte9' ~
ouieltIou TO the sweetest OF hres, lheic
was no dearth Of talk and 10 emu ~
pleasaptry. The proceedings were 9Suals
begun about 1 o'clock, after the lousSS
had settled down TO routine worn "''-
was generally started this way .,oo
Asher Caruth, OF Kentucky, tne pil.SSe ~
Of good fellows. and an artist IN VIZ
daughter provoking business, Wouil
glance around at John Ahen, H"|s
Cummings Tim Campbell, Stockdale u
Robertson Of Louisiana. EnlOe Oh len, len,
ncssoc Hatch or Missouri, ana any
other congenial spirits. and call out III d
low tone. all those who want 10 ps
rs,ad Tor stand M" The pushing OF
unfinished letters and papers INTO oes.hes
Immediately followed, and IN hNe nliilueSS l.,.S
in the restaurant below the cans WelS
gathering. The little lunch lhat iollOWcu
Tsas soon consumed and I'm fact, in many
cases did not even neceseliate the uV1uu
blcsome task Of mastcatloh' as . lihih i
punch often serves a double purpose III
ronrressional lunches. The cigars, how
ever, were always big, black and i0hg,
and. with these lighted, the gang hled, hled al, aP
10 the lobby like a tOrchlBht plOctSsiOis
in full eruI ton. At the first peal "I
laughter from the lobby Or Thomas
Dunn English and Benjamin i. crazy OF
North Carolina, were sure 10 JOIN the
crowd DESPITE the fact that both nave
long ago passed the three fcore and ten
limit, they are both adopts In the ii,, Ilne
OF story telling, and Dr. English now now
past seventy-hVe years OF age ollth
grows as elOquently pathetic IN the re-
cital Of some story with a humorous
climax as he was in the days OF long
ago when
Don't you remember sweet Alice Zen.
Sweet Alice. with hair so brown
grew beneath his poetic pen.
rHY Old STORY CORNER DOOMED,
The old corner IS doomed. or rather
the Jolly crowd that once hled II are
retired from public life. at present. ana
John Allen and Robertson are the ohiy
two in all the entire group VINO VIII
De seen in the next Congress. a,
Even Tim Campbell rs defeated, OF
whom Npher Caruth would say. lie le Il
great Statesman with glorious lutuIt
behind HIM" ana even oi some otnea otl',,
this might bG said. Tim madc Stedi
sun though notwithstanding ms reJcc-
tion 10y Iammany, and a rev scHtthcea
tiom his last campaign speS2Tn sh4 Az,
how very confident he was. Inn $ ais
trict is In the BOwery, 'Wheie they 40
such things aud say such tmngs, bul
Tim VIII stay there. ne han ,,n M"d 'd
crowded. and brilliant red neckues anu
flashing pins and shirt studs proved the
presence of his most aristocrauc con
suments- that is those VINO Kept the
most prominent resorts and dlNee Ilm'
standing in their midst, IKE laui on
Mar s. Hill. addressed them: Fellow
countrymiu and Dimocrats,-l thhiK, ysI
Elected shuTc. and Nez VIII be represent
ed I'm CRATE shape. Looking about very
where I see the footprints OF the haha
Of God hcckonin' MS 20 victory. 'oint
down. me boys. TO Pat Ranerty's, and
it's me chat win entertain yez
The bcckoning business dld not holo
out though. and, with other less CON
spicuous heroes. Tim VIII await new
awakening and another election.
ORATORS THAT WILL Br Mn~sFp
Then comes the long list Of men VIII.
were more prominently Identified VIII
national legislation all Of whom viii no
he in the Fifty-fourth. and most OF then
in no succeeding Congress. Ihere are the
Breckinridees. The orator ana The paten
student. The siNered head and suNe
tongue Of the one who was famous fo
years before the unfortunate and sac
occurrences Of last winter, certainly IN
most eloquent OF all the House member
shin and the other. now the Minister Il
Russia a safe. careful and cOnscienuou
legislator they viii be missed. -,
William l.. Wilson. Springer and Hol
man. the first TWO representing the chair
manship of the Ways and Means Com
mittee In the Fitty-sccond and fifty~thlr'
Congresses. and the latter the best poste'
man on appropriations I'm any Congress
Bynum, OF Indiana Tom Johnson an'
Horton. of Ohio; John DE Witt Warne
ard BOurke Cochran, of New York, ant
so on until one really feels that a ney
situation Is found and that it is really no
Congress az all
There has been some talk recently q
the effect that Attorney-General Olne'
would retire from the Cabinet and tina
Hon. William l.. Wilson would succee'
him Mr.. Wilson passed through Wash
ington last night and fatty denied tn
truth OF such rumors. Though the dis
tlnguished West Nirgnian nracuced laN
Tor a time at Charlestown. " Va. II ha
been many years ago, and he has give
more time 10 the professorship In IN
Columbian College and was elected betor
he came TO Congress as President OF IN
West Virginia University 1t Is more tina
likely that Mr. Cleveland would be gla
10 offer Mr.. Wilson position under IN
administration. but IL Is hardly 70 be on
OF this character.
tafe.p srI,I PossiBlUfiFs
There is always. Of course, any amour
~ tdIe talk going the rounds as TO IA
next presidential possibilities. but jus
nov n is confined more 10 the Republlca
ranks where Reed, Harrison and MclNir
lev are an bunched in the race. Reed, G
course Is sure for the next speakershil
hut his ambitions are higher this tn,
ana his illusions to the fact that hi
party will not return TO Mcktnleyism, on
his slv little comments upOn the result G
NcKinley's flying trip 10 louisiana cann1
be misunderstood. Harrison has the pres
tige OF a splendid canvass IN indiana an
"a Morton speech in New YORK. but IN
old forces that appealed 10 Blaine ana a.
tempted his defeat I'm 1892 at Minneapoli
will sim be against him, and as the Rs
pubncans know that Reed, OF Maine
could never carry the country, II is NOR
than likely that William B. Allison. {
Iowa. stands al present In .he lead, q
Sherman has declared he viii never be
candidate again. and Russell A. Algt
has not the political strength even In IN
West
SOME vNAVAILADLfS.
In the Democratic ranks there is br
,,,tie talked OF in this line. No one eve
thinks of mentioning Cleveland again, an
sha factions In New York VIII IN all Ike
iihood make Hill and Whitney regarde
as Unavailable. The long wake OF Demo
cratic defeat that has followed the can
nsien tour OF Stevenson VIII be forBotte
Ia 1856. although. OF course, no lack
nersonal popularity enters into the pre'
~ ..os, The control OF The lllinO