The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-29

" Ate pKoper PiaSos
The large and handsome Populist from
Nebraska, Senator Allen, who has al
ready shown a disposition TO investigate
many things, now wants to know what
there is in the Senate restaurant for Its
keeper, Mr.. Page. This Mr.. Page is New
Hampshire gentleman, who Is said to
make considerable money out OF his
privilege Of keeping this restaurant.
Mr.. Alien complains because he has all
these fine quarters rent free, and we'll
established line of patronage, for it is
public restaurant as well as the special
restaurant OF the Senators. The commit
tee on public buildings and grounds of the
SENATE decides who shall occupy the res
,surant; and you recall, perhaps, the story
how Senator Vests position at the
head OF this committee once
rot him into trouble. 1t was
telegraphed out to st. Louis paper that
there was still an Office which Mr.. Vest
controlled which was filled by a Republic
can and 1t was worth ten or fifteen thous-
and dollars a year, which caused Mr.. Vest
20 be showered with some hundreds of
folegrams from anxious constituents, and
Il is said that he was able to explain away
his difficult dilemma only after
Two or three months OF hard
labor.f 1t Is said that whis-
key, called euphoniously by some,
; y cold tea " can be obtained at the Senate
sxestaurant; indeed, that it has been
knoWn to be obtained by Senators them
selves, but II this is true Of the Senate
rostaurant it is true OF the House restaur-
ant also. Each end of the Capitol may be
Geemcd pretty well organized commu-
nifty, with restaurants, baths. stationery
ohops, libraries, postoffices and telegraph
Ind telephone service.
A friend of Hon. Tom Reed has ad-
nitted lately that there is one sentiment
which the friends of Mr.. Reed, who hope
+ 10 see him President, will find some diff
salty in com batting, and that is, that Mr..
Harrison ought to be nominated again in
order that the Republican candidate may
- said TO equal Mr.. Cleveland's- record.
The man admitted that this all
4 seemed very strange and silly, but
z % was fact, and he did not add that it
would play an important part in the next
oominating convention OF the Republi-
nnno. There is another sentiment, too,
which may appear, and that is, that the
J hilure of the Cleveland administration
(: omphasizes the success of his predecessor.
and consequently Mr.. Harrison ought to be
Nominated In order to emphasize the pos
abilities of success which new Republi-
can Administration would mean. There
( = no question that Mr.. Harrison is a can
Gidate, and bis former friends, who have
Already fought so successfully for him,
may be trusted to make the best possible
be CT their opportunities.
Some. time ago Mrs. Blaine put up in
(yont OF the red house, so called, in Lafay-
.otte square. the sign "For Rent" The
price asked was said to have been sl2, 900 a
year. Mrs. Blaine has just aow moved
back into the house, evidently intending
10 live la it. The reason why she could
not rent it may have been because
fhe price was so high, or because
81 the superstition attached to
this famed old residence; for there Clay
md Webster lived in their time, when il
was boarding house; there Seward lived
vhen the attempt was made upon his life
pn the night OF Lincoln's assassination;
and there, as you know, lived the great
Secretary Of State when his terrible sf-
Qjctions, one after ansther, and finally
~ sorrowfuI death occurred. Mrs. Blaine
~ no one but her daughter with her
roU, for jamie, the son, is a student OF
- University OF Virginia. down at Char
ettssyiiie.