The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1895-12-23

y among tie numerous army and navy
OFFICERS who are spending the holidays witt
friends ut the capuaL Capt. Foote is al
the Cochran with MIS-. FoOte, visiting his
wIfe's parents.
Town, N; IT,, with the Ninth Infantry. III
~ rather drcary military post" he said
10 q reporter i5si. evening, las the town
Is q mere village and we are ten miles from
WATERFOWL. There. are very few society
a. !. hs filming e !" , Lase
man myself and take great deal OF en-,
Joyment In the sport. Tie country round
via Il one ana i one enjoys
r. hse can find plenty Of enjoy ment in visit
Snn fssts a wa1 lse rs ns ts
his ancestry tothc ame sturdy New England
stock; He is member of the Sons of Amer
lean Kevoiution and the Society of Colo
MAJ wars, the first by virtue OF dislin-
guished maternal ancestors, ard the other
by the participation OF his great great
g pain In {ighting the Connecticut
TT would ba hard TO find, bet ween
= the two oceans. more devoted admirer
or President Grover Cleveland than is
Judge Martin Van Buren, Montgomery
OF lansing, Mich. Judge Mont gOInery was
commissioner or Patents under Cleveland e
I t,Ist ADMINISTRATION, and Is stopping at
| Chamberiin's.
II have yet to find one solitary person.
man; woman or child, who does not APP
plaud the President's v Venezuelan MESA ge."
ne SAID THEY say there is a slight va
Rance sf opinion down here. but couldn't
lind II n Michigan. Gen: Alger. one OF the
most distinguished of Michigan Republic
cans, Is emphatic and outspoken in his in
dOrsement." Theu the Judge had this to
say about Cleveland's motives:
| The statement that Mr.. Cieveland's
message was bold move for personal po-
| liticai advantage, is the most absurd under
the sun. During my term as Patent Com
1 MI lkx,h tn. sk,a
White House, and am proud to say that
! enloysd, TO some extent. the confidence of
MT; Cleveland. want to tell you that
mat man doesn't know that personal po-
utlcai seifishness means. Many times he
mas referred me TO a list OF candida ties for
appointment from my State. Mr.. Cieve-
iamu In ASKING my advice, inva riably asked:
Which M the best man OF these-wbich
one VIII do the best public service?' 1t
was never asked whether the man was a
cleveland man or not; what he had done in
the campaign, or what political debts were
cialInt1i; q was always the one great aues
az aao me 81 tness regard Mr. Cleveland
me White House. To charge him with po-
litical dupiicity in the V enezueian message
is a gross insult to the man.
Judge Montgomery explained that his
visit 10 washington was made merely for
the transaction of some business connected
with bis profession. 1T has no political
SMILE. w.
GOV. OATES or Alabama is a visitor to
- the city, stopping al the Metropolitan.
The governor VIII not admit that ms visit
has anything TO do with his Senatorial can
ddacy-in fact, he asserts that merely pr-
vate business brought him to Washington.
He did not care to talk oil the prospects
IN the senatorial race in his State. As Tor
the recent messages OF the President to
Congress, however, he talked freely.
The financial message OF Mr.. Cleve-
land" he said, places the responsibility
in the situatI6p -On the House. He has
ld .as To
speaker Reed aud the Republican ma
Jority must CONC to the rescue. Yes, re-
gard the financial condition OF the coun-
try as serious IN The extreme. but think
that with prompt quick, action by Congress
reinsurance may follow and calamity may
be ayerted. II e the great opportunity OF
the present Congress-
Mr.. HERBERT HUGHES. an English tour
1u list, is at the Hotel Page He takes a
Titles between sSsdt rr I and the Tnis med
Stat states; and taisrd Interestingly on the.
great as as res s ss as sn Ssysss
iseI ina, asr a% ne G ,%n nut
impossibifiT Ayseoupirymen, know,
abhor the idea df Gar. and. am sure that
me A%e1 5sa,n 20, behind Us in tis
institutions, theS Dave SO MANI. kindred
feelings and seI11Sen,s. and, besides such
would be againt nature
Mr. Hughes did u$t know what were the
merits OF The V1he3lelan controversy. but
a d IF a aSias 1tcred %Setlsr the he
boundary were he1f. there or elsewhers-
TWO Kentuc.5aiA from Maysville. Mr..
L John w. La1l1Fnh and Mr.. j NJ. Q uinn.
are at the Rig fH{p Sc visiting Old Iriends
.,e.l ITt Il llr-.
run down to Washington merely fer the
pleasure of meeting few friends
Mr.. Landrum issomewhat active in Ken
is rejoicing healthy over the late sue
cesses OF the party in his state
. The victory we have won was really
politics. without regard To party" said he.
- The precise time had come when the indie
pendent Democrats swho want pure poll
tics held the balance Of power. and by
voting with the Republicans could carry
the State. So Bradley was elected and
the party is very jubilant over the victory.
Hardin boitcd theplatrorrn and was blamed
for his party's defeat, yet ran ahead OF his
ticket. 1 explain it in this way: Hardin:
being IA free silver man, received the fun
silver vote among both the straight Demo- |
Gratis and the Independent Republicans |
Now, there were very many Democrats who |
boiled the head OF the ticket and voted |
the rest OF IL from the second man down. |
Bat the silver men rallied votes enough to |
more than offset this loss, and the Conse- |
quence was that he received few more |
votes than the rest Of the ticket
NJ X. QUINN, the other Kentuckian, is |
M Democrat. but he ccepts the recent re- |
suit cOniplacentl and says that It is only |
necessary for the Republicans 70 make a Few |
mi sta kes and the conditions will be reversed.
I'm afraid Senator Blackburn can't be
he said. "Or course, you know |
that the legislature stands So even on Joint |
ballot, not counting two Populists. Now. |
one OF these POpulists will surely vote with |
the Republicans and the other with the Dem
ocrats, ma king the legislature 50 to SO on |
Joint ballot.
but there are two contested seats in the |
house. The house has a majority OF nine |
and they won't be practicinR |
modern politics IL they don't seat the two
and this would make ma
jOrity OF four on joint ballot. In that case. II
the Republicans hang together on their candi-
date Senator blackburn will not be returned: |
or course, 1 don t say the Republicans will
practice niOdern politics in the contested
Election cases, t." said Mr.. Quinn, with a smile.
.but they will lose splendid opportunity |
il they do not. The Republican candidatefor
Senator who has the best chance at the
writing is. undoubtedly. the Con-
gresham from the Third district. w. God
frey Hunter" -,
A MASA THORNTON, an ex-member Of
n the forestry commission In New York