The Washington times., 1894-07-02
CLOAK ROOM AND GALLERY.

Delegate Joseph, OF New Mexico, has seen
the President and been assured that the sig
nature Of the chief executive will be sub
scribed at the proper time to the bill granting
statehood to New Mexico. According to Mr..
Joseph. the President declared that New
Mexico deserved statehood more than any
of the territories on the list, and added that 1t
was high time the promise made to Old Mex
leo that statehood should be granted to New
MEXICO as soon as practicable. should be car
when California and New Mexico were &C
quired by the United States by cession from
Mexico.
Discussing the senatorial probabilities
from the proposed state, Mr.. Joseph says
one will probably be from the northern point
and one from the southern, and also that one
will be Spanish-American, while the other
is an out-an-cut American by descent. Mr..
Joseph is too modest to admit that he will be
one of the two, but it is very well known that
he will. The other Senator, who will te the
American one, will probably be Chairman
Ferguson. of the Territorial Democratic Com
mittee. In New Mexico 1t is generally under
stood that Spanish-Americans and Americans
shall divide al. political honors. Mr.. Joseph
Is OI IOItukucSe anu uOI Cphhish uSSSShss
and was born in New Mexico four days after
| it was ceded to the United States.
Judge Cockrell, OF Texas-who, by the
way, is the heaviest man in Congress and
weighs over three hundred pounds-is ap-
parently believer in good old lynch law, at
least as a punishment for a certain unmen-
tionable crime altogether too common in the
South. He was talking with one OF his fel-
low Congressman IRON Texas the other day
on a trial of some lynchers, who were in
dicted and brought before him. The men In
dicted were beginning to get Just a little ner-
| vous and apparently were afraid OF the Jury.
| The Judge was in sympathy with them and
at the same time knew that most OF the jury
had been in the same lynching party 'Weil, y
| Queried his friend. 'how did you get out OF
the box?' 'Oh," said Judge Cockrell, II
simply winked at the jury. They understood
it and winked back. No one WAS found
guilty.
Representative Bundy. Of Ohio, enjoys,
| among other things, two distinc.ions-he Is
the father-in-law of Judge Foraker, the noted
Republican from the Buckeye e, and was
| a presidential elector for Abraham Lincoln.
1.-THE following "reminiscences about old
Abe said Mr.. Bundy the other day, "have
never been in print. l heard them while
visiting my town to see him in 1862, on which
occasion had come on to Washington to Sc
cure the release of a Union recruiting officer
! who had been ,unjustly charged with having
made false vouchers Of enlistments, and had
been sent to Baltimore and placed in jail at
Fort McHenry. Before me in the line OF
those waiting to see the President was the
wife Of colonel Of an Illinois regiment, who
had been captured and was imprisoned IN
tho South Sha wQpfpd aDacl4l
order of exchange for her husband.
Il can't do it, madam" said Mr.. Lincoln
in his most polite manner. There have been
altogether too many special exchanges al
ready. Besides. JEFF Davis won't do any
thing want him to; he has $4,000 privates
in his kingdom whom 1 should prefer to ex-
change rather than your husband"
But my husband Is brave man and
loyal one. l cannot understand what you
mean," was the lady's reply.
MADAM" responded Lincoln, as he pulled
his old quill pen from behind his ear. with
this pen | can make colonel in five seconds,
but 1 cannot give him regiment" Then he
added kindly: go and see Gen. Hatch, who
has charge of exchanges. II he will grant
your request / will not interfere"
1.-The next person IN town" continued Mr..
Bundy Twas man with some alleged letters
of loyalty from an ex-governor of Maryland.
As he handed them to Mr.. Lincoln, another
man caught what had been said and in
terrupted the conversation to tell Lincoln tnat
the papers must have been forged as the
Maryland ex-governor had been dead for
several wears. The man who had brought in
the letter collapsed, and Lincoln with that
peculiar pity which he could show even to
those who least deserved it, replied quickly,
"oh, never mind, sir, never mind. sir; it is far
more interesting. l would rather get letter
from dead man than from live man any
day."
'The third to have a conversation with the
President was Wall street broker and ad-
venturer, who wanted to be made Assistant
Secretary Of the Treasury. so as to relieve the
government. as he declared, by floating an
issue of bonds. His plan was to borrow for
the government certain amount of money
on pledge of $780, 000, 900 of United States
bonds. which were to be issued as collateral
for the payment of the loan. The plan of the
schemer was very evidently 10 break the price
of the bonds and then get possession OF them
at price less than the market for his margin
was very narrow.
MIR. Lincoln listened patiently until the
man was through. and then as he eyed him
closely he said solemnly. Ny friend. that is
mighty good plan TO get bonds for less than
they are worth and very well thought out.
but, as he shook his head, don't ask me to
help you in it. '"
At last it was Mr.. Bundy's turn. He told
Mr.. Lincoln. by way of Introduction, that he
had been Lincoln elector. and that what he
wanted TO ask of him was simply an act OF
justice to the falsely imprisoned recruiting
officer. Mr. Lincoln heard the story and
then said: My friend. when are you going
to Start for home?" 1t was Saturday night.
and Mr.. Bundy told the President that. as he
did not travel Sunday. he should not start un-
til early Monday morning.
Mr.. Lincoln paused moment and then
said: "Well. sir. unless you start for Ohio at
Ponce your friend will beat you home"