New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12
GOSSIP AT THE CAPITAL.
op rOAR ALLOTs CREDIT FOR THE
onx OF CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.

rov.s HOUSE STILL FOR sALE-MR
,.yARp's FoNpNEss FOR TREATIES
..,-..nyton, April Ii (SpeciaD.-The Loyalty VI
". villas to his former chief IS some'hihe
Se" ,ouching He is facile princeps IN tii','
w., aovoted brood OF warblers which' DIS MS
INV Morgan once put 1t, stick out theN
W." ,vhcnever the clock at the Whte h'uae
-. and inform a wicked and unsympa'"e
ST. ~ the time Of day He has peiio'
w., trick so often that 1t can no 'hs'
..od he has succeeded In conVihc'he ~
y. ~ M one else Of the truth of his atty i"e
s,-sr,,ckian element Of his song no io"e VI"
.,hs him. His rapture IL compie'e' Nv co.
's,rte host in the contemplation OIL 'he ,s'',
ito, could furnish a spectacle 'hoie
49,, does the Senator from WISCONSIN ~
.rnes his harp and sings his lay oi ...a.
md Reform" He did 1t IN the oe'"'e .O 49,.
~ ,hen ne started in to demonstrate t"a'
a"' .-.,.o pafor,n such as 1t exists to-day,
Aus solely to the sublime and misunderstood
~s' vi. former chief An astonished Senate
w...,sd TO the speaker for WHILE ana 'heh
Hs'e" ~. autv Of Mr. Hoar, OF Massachu-
., ,our the Icy stream of fact upon the
-, d,thyramb of the White House MIN
Mr. Hoars statement is not only a con-
s.,,o, 20 history. but 1t is also graceiui
80 20 the men whose work in behalf OF TINS
-, -sform largely tended to making IL the
81 !, 10 to-day. Said Mr.. Hoar in the debate
on Tuesday -,
puus,dsnt brayely announced IN hi. inaugural
.ta1e,s in the beginning Of his s9or ms
Adhesion 10 the aSeF rom q Wisconsin has conceded
az had not very long In once before Tare A.
employees Re had ns not been very long in oes beoTs
place. irty-two collectors had been removed soiey
for pon.turv was Changed and the President seemed
the 10 have shrunk and nched from the brave
doctrine that he haa be sound Of his own voice
I TIE. Fear in the lode to the Passions
First Fear his hand ITS skin to try
Amid the chords bewilderd laid
And back recoiled he knew not why.
zen Al the sound himself had made.
A.. President there are three men who ought TO
n.Ss The credit Of this great accomplishment ana re-
think AIT kn9S Mr. porman B. Eaton NewYork
mS man Oe party "f Early when the whole country
to be given up t. tns c y'GGut the attention OF
lis countrymen the matter He studied the iass
habits which preyed ann IN G he pu6shd
book in which he outlined the scheme wh'cn mas
0f Nsx su 10 MIR. Eaton comes in my judgment my
honorable friend from Connecticut tne senior penn
x Seo on Civil Service framed and carried through
and defended against all antagonists on t's Ell So
r TIE sw even ne when other champions had their
hearts fail and were favor of Incorporating In tna
hsvs sestroyed its whole efficacy With the singe
exception Of Nj 1Orman b B. g Es'0p pevouom in the
Hawley. mo, w,o deserves 20
be named in the same breath with eirner 81 was
NJ TneoaoTe infecen most effective and
efficient administrator of the law Wnen ne was i IN
s ana name al S though he has done good things
IN his Administration, deserves u NC " N'
very high on that scroli.
Some months ago word came from New-1orK
that Governor Morton's fine residence here had
been withdrawn from the market and that ne nao
also decided not to rent it. The signs were TAKEN
down. and 1t became a private house once more
SO to speak. Those who were In touch with the
Governor announced that he had decided 10 Keep
the house In his control. and that In case OF ms
being elected President he would occupy 1t as MS
private residence. keeping the Executive Mansion
as public residence only; though the usual pup
lie and social functions, receptions and state DIN
ners would continue to be held at the white
House 1t is known that the White House is not
suited for the private residence Of President
who has large family, there being only linn
itad number of sleeping rooms. The White
House was very much crowded during the Harri-
son Administration for the Harrison family with
knew this as well as any other one. and it was
thought he intended to reduce the pressure there
should the American people demand that he
should occupy 1t.
This sounded pretty and given out
as ar example Of the foresigh; Of the Governor.
This has all been changed recently by the post
ing OF a number Of For Sale or For Kent signs
on the Morton residence. What brought ABOUT
the change one here knows. 1t is certain;
however that II any Of the other Presidential
candidates are anxious enough to secure house
before the rush comes they can have the Nor
ton residence. which. by the way. is one OF the
handsomest and most commodous private resi-
dences In this city. Ii was for several years the
residence OF Professor Bell and the upper rooms
were used by him in his original telephone ex-
periments Professor Bell and his family were
unceremonously bundled out Of the house one
cold night by the Fire Department, the entire
upper stories OF the house having been destroyed
The Bell family had enough of II. and declined to
go back to it under any circumstances, though the
Insurance companies put 1t In complete ORDER
Professor Bell is not supersuuous, as the Word
70 generally understood. but he had lingering
idea that there NAV be "hoodoo' about the
mouse, and he would not run any more rlsKs
me house was originally built by Mrs Brodhead
whose husband is a lieutenant In tne Navy; Dut
they found that II was much too large and too
'ostly Tor them 10 keep.
There can be no doubt that the old habit OF
monopolizing conversation while at dinners re-
ceptions. or in official intercourse. still holds 10
Ambassador Bayard. which often made him
conspicuous example when he was Secretary OF
state. II was at certain dinner party In wash
mston' that Mr. Bayard entertained the company
win MS views on variety of subjects including
Japan One Of the dinner guests was a member
OF Inc japanese Legation After listening to
Mr. Bayard's wordy discourse on Japan long
as ne could. the artiess young Japanese. turn
ing 10 MS fair neighbor at the table remarked:
a wonderful io Of
STATE lie seems TO know something about
everything-except Japan
secretary Bayard was never 50 happy as when
making treaties in the State Department. He
uid not seem to care so much about their ulti-