The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-01-16
CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.

CHAT OF THE CORRIDORS.
! Associate Justice Rufus Peck ham took the
oath OF office last week at full session of the
court The oath was read by Mr.. Peckham in
distinct and well mod ulated tones. After kiss
ing the Bible he was escorted TO his seat on the
extreme left Of the bench. Here he was re-
ceived by the other members of the court
standing. Shaking hands with Justice Shiras,
his nearest neighbor, and bowling to his fellow
Justices and receiving bows in return from
them and then bowling TO the bar. the new
Justice took his seat and the routine work of
the day began.
Local politics is interesting a good many
Just now The principal candidates for the
position of delegate to the st. Bouis Convention
are Col NJ. NJ Parker Col Perry ii. Carson aud
Andrew Gleason. Suffrage is the talk at the
nightly political meetings-su 1rage principally
for the colored man, il would SEEM for none
but colored men attend these gatherings of dis
order. A free fight is expected and often comes
of, and is always narrowly missed. 1t is the
custom to choose white man and colored
man, and this will be followed in the approach
ing election.
story is now being told OF Representative
Morse. of Massachusetts. who is the head of
stove-p polish concern. He spent the night in
New Hampshire town after Temperance ad
dress. and the following morning started TO
leave the house of The prominent citizen with
whom he had lodged. Another visitor at the
4 house WIS his hosts little niece of seven sum
mers. The child seemed in good deal OF dis
tress about something as Mr.. Morse was leav-
/ ing, and kept saying, Auntie." The lady
! failed to notice the little girl at first, but
/ finally yielding TO her importantly, asked her
what she wanted. Why said the little
GIRL isn't Mr. Morse going to shine no the
stove before he goes this morning."
] Quite large faction of the Administration
/ Democrats fear that Secretary olney is getting
| toe much credit out of the Venezuelan matter.
aud becoming prominent as a Presidential
possibility. Therefore, they are spreading the
report that Mr.. Olney simply carried out what
Secretary Gresham bad prepared before his
/ death. newspaper owned by member of
\ the Cabinet makes thu statement directly, and
prominent officials who favor a third term for
! Mr. Cleveland are equally positive. 1t is diffi-
cult to get believers for this, for Mr.. Olney's
course has been so utterly different from Sec
rotary Gresham's 1t is incredible that the
sDgularly able and forceful letters to Lord
Salisbury and the Presidents Venezuelan
message should have been in any degree the
work of the same who made a specious
L plu I I'm ord fl,a han Lad
down at Honolulu, and who was guilty of the
/ Nicaragua pusillanimity.
Col. w. p Hepburn of Iowa who has a will
Of his own, is inclined to think that the Speaker
! is little too autocratic and that the Repre-
sentatiyes Of the people should have a better
show for the floor and their oratorical white
alleys.
II is noted that President Andrew White of
Cornell University aud the Venezuelan Com.
mission, Of the Commissioners APP
pointed by President Grant TO consider the
/ Sant0 Domingo matter, aud recommended the
annexation of that country, which was frus-
trAted by Senator Summers bumptiousness.
Representative Pugh, OF Kentucky wants
every city of 100000 inhabitants or more to be
allowed TO have special postage stamps, with
designs upon them Characteristic of the city,
Probably Louisv lie would want a design show.
ing leaf Of :" White Burnley tobacco, sup.
ported by hir-rocket aask of old hand
made, fre-distilied sour-mash."
n
The water Of the Potomac is very muddy
81.
bydrants is a saturated solution Of Virginia
and Maryland farming lands. 1t has been dis
covered that this is really advantage when
used in the bathtnb 1t gives one all the medi-
CA benefits of mud bath, and no towels are
needed. The bather simply waits until he is
dry, and then brushes himself off with a dust
broom.
The flags which fly over the Capitol are, like
the Senate, immortal. They kept hoisted
through all sorts Of weather, and the stormy
winds tear off a pc or rcnd out star from
time to time, but these defects are at once
remedied from the stock of bunting kept con-
stantly Oh hand. new stripe is sewcd OH OF
another star fastened in, and this becomes in
turn the base for future patching, SO that they
I are iBe same Ola ndes WHICH nave UO"h over tax
Legislators since time whereof the memory
Of man runneth not TO the contrary.
, r
The chair ia the House once occupied by
Buck" Kilgore, Of superior kicking pro
clivities literally and legisatiyely, is now held
, down by Judge Miller, OF Kansas, a mild man
nered young man, who, while he does not 81
( violently protest against Objectionable measure
as the Texas steer did, possesses every whit a
much force of character. Judge Miller is
Maine Yankee.
o The new Representatives somctimcs abus
d their privileges. One Of them sighted the hug
and comfortable sofas in the Senate the othe
= day, and depositing his heavy frame upon i,
. was soon fast asleep The silver-tongued orato
d Stewart was just then speaking, aud it is be
d iieVed the effect soporiGc on the new men
. bcr. He was not disturbed however, until
began 10 snore voeiferously, when an attend
A ant yanked him out Of his sumber and hustle
II him into the cloak-Toom.
Z Jeier e. Pritchard, who took his seat la
= February, the first Republican 10 come
% tho Senate from the South in many years Ii
Of election was due 10 the uprising OF the Popnlii
= element in cooperation with the Republican
e. | lie is n Tennessecan 81 years old and was