The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

good story on the man from the blue grass
regions. He had an exciting argument IN
senatorial cloak room at Washington sew
eral years ago as to the relative value OF
brandy and whisky as man s greatest DOOM
In the midst of the argument the stoical'
prohibition senator, Blair OF New hanlp-
Shire, entered the room Forgetting ene
yyell.isnown total abstinence tendencies OF
the New Engiander, Senator Blackburn
appealed TO him TO settle the dispute.
81 do not know the difference between
whisky and brandy" replied Senator Bar
with a face as passive as a Japanese doli.
After Blair had departed, blackburn
ewes actually moistened with sympathy as
he shook his head sadly and said: Poor
old man. His stomach must be IN awful
shape"
Senator blackburn once refused an Of
fer Of forty ponies and squaW, Whicn an
Indian on the Sioux reservation dendered
I'm exchange for bottle OF Kentucky whls-
XIV which peeped askance from une sena-
tors coat pocket. 1t was his last bottle.
"silver Dick" Bland is a tobacco eater
SAYS tho Suns Chicago correspondence
He is said to consume as much OF the
stuff in a day as Mayor Strong does In
week and his whiskers are often stained
with It, The Hon. Nicholas Montgomery
Bell is one Of the boss boomers Of Silver
Dick He is a bit near-sighted. lie was
around the corridor Of the Palmer this
morning. Somebody asked him why he
didn't wear a Bland button.
i
I'd be tickled to death"
The man who asked the question was
a wicked Hold Boies boomer, and he took
a Hold Boies badge out OF his pocket with
out ado and put 1t in the buttonhole. Mr.
Bell sauntered around to the Bland head
quarters at the Auditorium. The moment
he got inside the door there he was jump
ed on and denounced as traitor. It
was ten minutes before he discovered
what was the cause of all the trouble,
and then he felt in his pocket for his
shooting iron and started back for the
Palmer with blood in his eye and murder
In his heart. II was lucky that he did
not find the Boies boomer. He laid for
him ali the afternoon.
"How about that cornfield handshake?"
asked a man who str0lled into the Bland
headquarters, says the Washington Post s
Chicago special 1t was thought the Wis
ftor was a delegate from Iowa, and that
he wanted to learn something of the mag
netic greeting given by the Bland lieu
tenants TO all those who felt an interest
In "Siiver Dick" but whether the visitor
was a Boies man or not, he Immediately
Initiated into the mysteries Of the shake,
and certainly went away IN Bland
humor This istthe way the shake Is man
aged: The visitor enters the Missouri
mans headquarters Two boomers ad-
vance toward him. One of them shoots
his right hand downward and grasps the
right of the visitor In friendly grip. In
been idle There is a suspicious "Cluck.
cluck, cluckr' and a fragrant odor rises
in the air Something Is placed in the
left hand of the visitor. The latter raises
his left hand, and after a short silence
smacks his lips with gusto. The corn
field handshake is over. There's some
strength in that handshake, anyway"
says the visitor as he moves away.
Col Hickey is not only celebrated for
the Invention Of the drink known as
''Rickey," says the Chicago Times-Her-
aid but he Is noted for being ready to
back his opinion as to the success Of his
favorite candidate with his money. He has
always been eager to bet when he thought
he had a good thing, and is neither a hard
loser nor a vaingl orious winner This year
he is pinning his faith to silver Dick
Bland" and feels almost as II the Mis-
sourian would be nominated by accla-
nation. But If he were betting he would
not go that far. He would only be willing
to bet even money on BANDS success.
Once upon a time It would be an insult to
suggest that Col. Hickey was not willing
to put up his money. But he isn't this
year, and his chums wondered at it until
they found out the reason yesterday. A
crowd of Bland boomers was chatting in
the headquarters at the Auditorium An
mex. and speculating on 'Silver Dicks
chances. Col Hickey could not forget his
old habits. and declared he would bel
anything up TO $1,000 even money that
bland svouid be nominated. One of the