The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-11

4ttsC u tCaEthy bpbotH III AANtt Va W.
NicsraguE bill a few days before bis de-
parturs. He has mads many friends.
both in and out OF the sensts, who an
ticipa his return. Az his relations
with tho California delegation have been
most plsssant. ne will receivs warm
welcome from thst quarter also.
Senator White will, 1T no diBtsnt day.
address the senate upon tho question OF
changing certain rules that obtain in
the senate. Under the rulee as now pre-
vailing. the Republican minority can
prevent correction OF clerical errors in
the tariff bill, aud . minority. however
small, eau. at its discrstion. delay action
upon any bill for any length OF time.
and in many iosteusuo eau defeat the
measure altogether. Talking bill to
death seems to bs q present fsvorite
means OF defeating 1t. Senator Hill de-
livsrsd ringing speech tho other day
in favor OF cloture. The younger mean
bsrs OF the senate are srrayed az luss
tue older upon this question. the former
advocating change OF rules, main tain-
ing that the rules adopted years ago BIZ.
their predeces sors are inadequate to the
exigencies OF the present day, ths latter
insisting that senatorial courtesy must
not be outraged by q change. Tbs N it-
ter promises to bring forth come heated
discussions. and the gallery (Which al
ways relishes psrsonal encounter or
psrliam sntary skirmish) Id anxionsly
awaiting the onslAusht.
Senator White has not yet spoken on
the Nicaragua bill. which he strongly
favors, aincs Senator Morgan has re-
questsd him to use his eff,rts in reply
ing to the criticisms which have bssn
made upon the measure.
THE CIRCUIT JUDaKsHP.
There IL nothing new in regard to the
circuit judaeship. Ths bill hss not be-
come law. Soma ssy that tbs presi-
dent favors Judge WALL cs. and that
his (Olevelsnd'e) only osisctio1 to that
gentlenan's appointment 10 hia advanc.
ed age. The legal fraternity of San
Francisco are said to be divided as to
Judge Wallace and in favor OF Judge
Rouu. The president has frequently
said that he is opposed to the selection
OF men OF advanced years to judioi.l
positions, and this coupled with the
fact that Judge Wallace cannot get
united support in San Francisco makes
it pretty certain that Los Angeles will
carry off the palm. Judge Ross stands
very high as jurist in this section and
his appointment would certainly meet
with approval
1t is not generally known that General
Phil Sheridan died wrapped in AN
American Gag. 1t 10 a California story.
The Incident comes to me fully anthem
ticated. 1t appears that SONS rnonths
before tho generals final illness, Mrs.
Lelsnd Stanford had number OF fino
California blankets made OF the Golden
Gats mile. They were msnuIactu red
in the form of the Amsriceu flag, the
red bars and blue field with goldon
stars producing quite a happy effect.
A pair wsre presented to General Shsri-
dan and were Immediately placed on
hia bed. Latsr on whom tho gsnersl
was taken to the seashore whore he
died. he sent to his Washington home
for the blankets. which covered his body
when he expired.
A HISTORICAL MANSION. I'D
The Blaine msnaioA on Lafayests
go uare il to be torn dow next week and
there 10 to be erected upon the ground
a tire-pro0f theater with e nammer 70 oil
garden. This house has q most remark
sbls history. Dolly Madison lived in it
alter she LETT the White House the
latter, as a lmost every reader of history
knows, having been burned by the Brit.
ish in the year 1872. Then others OF
almost equal social and political distinc.
tion became its tenants. In 1857 the
famous Washington club WAS house
there, and it was in the parlor of the
house when occupied by the club that
Phil Barton Keys died when shot by
General Dan Sickles, then, 90 we'll as ct
present. q member OF congress from New
York. Phil Barton Keys father, Fran
els Scott Keys. the author OF tho Star
Spanglsd Banner, also resided in the
house. This would DO history enough
for an ordinary abode, but fate and cir-
oumstNnces seemed specially to select II
for their purposes. After the club
| passed out OF existence William II.
| Seward, thsn secretary of state under
Lincoln, movad into II, and upstairs the
room in which James G. Blaine died
was the scene OF tbs attempts assassi.
nstion of Mr.. Seward by Payne, the
same night that Lincoln was assassiua-
ted. Four year, after this the house
was occupied by the commissary- general
OF tho army and his clerks. and again q
lot of history was crowded into it. Time
passed. along, administrations changed
and people csnas and went. James g.
Blaine wss aupsrstitious and would not
move into the big house he had erected
at Stewart circle, after having bsen
drived cat of it by fre. He built it
thinking to use it while secretary OF
nsate ia Gsr6eld's cabinet. Gsrfield's
assassination separated tho cabinet, and
the ChioaRo drygoods millionaire, Letter,
rantsd the nav house. In after years
Blaine beoAMs the premier in Harri-
ss1's cshiuet. He had grown tired Of
tina ulsra-fas hionable west end, and he
bought the house on Lafayette aquare,
which had been the residences of Nadi-
son, Seward and, I think. another sec.
rotary Of state, making thu fourth OF q
wonderful quartetts. Mr.. Blaine hanged
and improved the house considerably
and upsns 4 great sum of money on 1t.
He had stormy time there politically
AID q sad time otherwise for he
buried q son and daughter before
he hrd occupied it year. Az
though the crime, suffering and death
above narrated did not suffice, IL wan but
8 short time before, Mr.. Blaine, too,
passed away within Its walls. While
Mr.. Blaine lived there 1someone asked
him If be thought he would be presi-
dent. He answered that he did not
know, but one thing he would say. and
that was that if he was elected presi.
dent it could be said of him that 1t cost
! him less to move into the White House
than any other president.
There IL is," he said. pointing ont OF
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