New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-05
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

Washington November
SENATOR MLAURIN AGAINST BOsSEs-sen.
ator McLaurin. Of South Carolina, said 70 a Trib-
une correspondent to-day respecting the elections.
i wish. while the people were downing bosses
they could have downed Tammany" This show.
that u Mr.. McLaurin had been a voter in New.
York ne would probably have been found co-operat.
Ing win the Citizens Union.
FITZHUGH LEES FRENCH General F,tzhusb
Lee. who Is arranging to return to his po.t ~
havana, recently told of his first visit to Cuba
mat was several years ago. when General Lea
accompanied ex-Presdent Cleveland Mr. Bayard
Don Dickinson and others to Havana. We had a
pretty good time" said General Lee whom ,ou,r.
the story; went to the theatre, and listened IN
some profound observations from Mr.. Bayard on
the drama, and were entertained royalty The en-.
tertainment tina, remember best was one given
by Salamanca, who was then Captain-General OF tha
island 1t was given In the Palace, and was equal
to any state dinner in the White House. Reside.
our own distinguished party there were sor.
rrehch oh1cers or note In Havana at that time and
they were among the guests. Mr. Cleveland wa,
OF course. the guest of honor He had the Captain
General side and another DISTINGUISHED
spanish official on the other side Of him. They
couldn't understand n syllable OF English and Mr.
Cleveland could not speak word OF Spanish II
was pretty long two hours for him. | myself
tried 10 help along the conversation not in Spanish
because the language was strange to me- but with
TIE IIcHcNIHen. III was 100 good dinner to In
silence. Mr.. Bayard. you know IS q thorough
French scholar, but the table was long one and
he couldn't do all the talking, / decided to take
hand. When / was cadet West Point I
studied French That good while ago. but
/ thought the parley-voo would come back to me-
There was one OF the French officers sitting oppo-
site me who had Don Dickinson on one side and
n Spanish official on the other. He too. was
pretty lonesome. thought up few phrases and
fired them at him. sort OF light artillery were
He seemed greatly pleased. and replied volubly.
Then brought brought up my renforcemsnts They were
there was silence for period. and attacked him
for third time. He seemed surprised. but he
ceived my fire. His troops were a staggering lot Of
sentences He was getting the best Of the skirmish
face carefully, and when he seemed TO look for
to agree agree with wiz what he said would shrug my
&c expect me TO disagree with him I would shake
pon ma" Mr. hmse and all s
that from their looks We'll Just as the Sou snS see
broke up. the Frenchman got into little conversa-
was talking about me, and plumed myself that he
was complimenting me for being so civil; When
IFrenchman had been saying. He was asking a
question Mr.. Bayard replied. He asking
meaning SOTfsef spoke That thing upset me So
that haven't ventured to talk TO a Frenchman in
his own language since that dinner"
General Lee however, admits that he has q
passable knowledge Of Spanish. He has learned
1t during his stay In Havana. He still finds some
trouble in making himself understood by the
Havanese and in understanding them This he
explains. Is due to the fact that he learned the
pure Castillan while they speak the common
Spanish. At the hotel where the American colony
s r s0 dnsT sen Lies s
trates what he wants by pointing 20 tho article.
He has been known to accept bread for fish and
IS me n
level Of giving his order In everyday Spanish. in
stead OF In pure CastiIian.
COMMISSIONER CALHOUNS EXPERIENCES.
When Commissioner Calhoun was In Havana
last summer hts stay hardly long enough TO
famarze himself with the language, but after
minute directions day he started out to drive
to the Cathedral OF Columbus The cabman hap
pened TO be OF tn. few In Havana who do not
understand English. Mr.. Calhoun undertook 10
give the directions In Spanish He did 1t without
tripping the tongue once. but was a little dis
concerted wnen the cab brought him up in front
Of the Jail instead Of the cathedral On another
occasion. Mr.. Calhoun's destination a famous
French restaurant. In vain he tried to make the
cabman understand where he wanted TO Co. though
the restaurant is in one Of the principal thorough
assist the cabman But none OF them apparently
had ever heard OF the street Mr. Calhoun was
solved the riddle, The cabman ty intuition guessed
IT. bs cS SnSs de WS 10 he cried and whipped
rant where e the American colony was awaiting
e e Ga Of al ms s we9 a no s%
&C. Where a,d you le him.? said one Of his
Amid he aughter which followed was en-
distinguished themselves in Spalns service retain
1he spelling rel Of their names the
SENATOR COCKRELLS TRUMP CARD-Sena.
tor Cockrell has the document habit worse than
any man In public life The document habit Is q
complaint that grows and yields to treat
ment. 1t Is the bane Of the employees in the docu-
ment rooms, but the Congressman care nothing for
that. When Senator Cockrell gets a request from q
Missouri constituent for a certain bill he writes a
note to AMI Smith saying that he wants Bill No.
such and such, introduced In tie present Congress
Also bills on the same subject introduced In the
LlIId, Lid. List. Lth, XLIXth, XLVIIIth.
NLVIIth. XLV1th. XLvth XXIIId and XvIIth
Congresses. Likewise Senate reports those bills.
Also House reports on the same bills. Further
more, executive documents bearing on the subject.
Then he has these sent under his frank to the Mis-
Cockrell the greatest man alive. and lights his
fires with public documents all through the winter.
his best. some viii send FOR report OF the
engineer officer river and harbor Improvement.
Thereupon Senator Cockrell VIII make a memo.
randum TO have forwarded 10 him the reports OF
the engineer officers on all rivers and harbors in
the United States. Also the nine volumes OF the
Secretary OF wars annual report. the ordnance
recommendations the Rebellion records. the naval
records the report OF the Board OF Geographical
Names the Intelligence Bureaus reports. the Sig
nal Service weather observations, the roster or the
State militia the findings OF the latest court-mar-
tial and a few collateral publications which ema,
nate from the War Department. Sometimes he Will
20 through the documents and mark passages or
Interest Then he will write letter 10 his constitu.
emit telling him what Is coming. No wonder that
out in Missouri they think Senator coSKrei a great
WHY HE LIKES OFFICIAL LlFE.-John p.
Green an Ohio politician OF some note. not long
ago was appointed to a fairly good place in one OF
the departments in Washington. At home Green Is
a criminal lawyer and is known by his success in
influencing the feelings OF the jury. He weeps
natural tears at the right time rends his hair and
r Ia III lau d.