The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-13
CORNER IN POLITICS.
a Fairy Tale With a Moral Concerning the
CO|lgctoIshI} Of the Port.
Mr.. WISE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF va.
He Writes u letter which Also Points
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MIR. sam Burroughs Is the good little
boy In the fairy tale, only this isn't :,
fairy tale, and Mr.. Burroughs isn't q
little boy.
This apparent paradox is explained
IN what follows, which also goes 10 show
that politics. unlovcly as they may be,
are not utterly devoid OF the romantic
and melndramatic element
Not long before the election last No
Vember there came to the city Of Ports
| mouth. where Mr.. Burroughs has the
! honor Of residing. Il gentleman. who
though he did not look it. hailed from
Ohio. had money to burn. and, better
than gold, possessed the warm friend
ship OF Major Mckinley. All these nice
things about the Buckeye gentleman
| were totally unknown to Sam Bur
roughs. He was IL stranger, ana Mr..
burroughs took him III in the Biblical
| sense.
Just what the Portsmouth man did
do for the visitor IS Il matter of small
| moment. One thing is certain. he treat
ed him nwfully well-gave him taste
Of Virginia hospitality, in fact, and this
was more than the genial gentleman
from Ohio could stand without showing
his host the extent OF The Northern
mans appreciation.
lie went away. In the excitement
contingent TO the election It is safe to
say that Mr.. Burroughs forgot all about
Immediately after that event by the re-
cciDt OF Il letter, 50 the story goes from
his Buckeye friend, telling him that if
he wanted anything just to ask for it.
Now. Mr.. Burroughs is n modest man.
He has dabbied but little in politics. 81
1t Is not known what his answer was
but 1t has been learned on two reliable
authorities that Mr.. Burroughs has not
only applied for the Office Of Collector
for the port Of Norfolk, now held by MI.
Leroy III. Shields, but that President
elect Mckinley has actually promised
him the plum.
! The story is given for what it is or
isn't worth There may be nothing IN
1t. but 1T Is too good TO lose, especially
as 1t is something of an odditS' in poll
test paints IL moral. There is IN.
one thing lacking, the final chapter 10
make the story complete MIR. Burroughs
must get the collectorship.
Mr.. John S. Wise, who is here from
New York In the interest of his brother,
the defeated Republican candidate for
Congress from this district, when asked
what he thought Of the appointment Of
That much newspapcrcd man, Lou
| Payn, said he didn't know. but charac-
tcrized him rs one OF those things
liable to happen in politics. you know"
Asked what he thought Of New
| York's new executive, Governor Black
lie said: II met him once. He seems to
me TO be q quiet, purltanical sort of Il
chap, and he has will Of his own"
| Mr.. Wise is fond Of making a speech
when the occasion arises. Shortly after
! the disastrous fire at the University OF
| Virginia he received rs many as six
letters asking for a subscription to the
| rebuilding fund. Mr.. WISE it is said
finally indicted an answer in which he
/
from the Virginia Military institute,
and 33 years ago he did the same net
from the University Of Virginia Since
| that time the former institution has
been nice to him. and has several times
solicited him to make addresses at vari-
Gus functions, but the University had
never asked him to make Il speech
though it had sent far and wide for
every one else, good, bad and Indifferent
it could think Of.
| lie then told Il little story of two &C
comnc farmers-Johnson and Asbury,
who had been ut litigation all their
lives. Just before he died Johnson FIN
ishcd his last law suit with Asburv.
Then he PIT the following codcil to his
Will which had been made some time
Drevi0us:
y owe Asbury nothing. Asbury owes
me nothing. Asbury be id
| fou may make your own aDplica-
ter. Ii doubtless astonshed the faculty.
1t is something Of a State secret ana
one which the Republicans will hardly
acknowledge. but DR. Wist's friends.
who have charge OF the conduct oc the
examinations In the taking OF deposit
! tons. started out on the wrong tack, and
1t is now too late TO turn back. One of
their main ideas has been To show that
Il large number of colored voters fniled
TO vote. In other words that they
came TO the polls at stated times Of the
day, got IN line and waited patiently
for Variously extended periods. vet
some way or other never got to the bal
lot box. The cross examination is
knocking this little idea INTO a cooked
That somewhat thus:
| You say, John Brown that You
didn't get a chance to vote?"
| NO, sir
| what time did you get in lne?'
| About 10 o'clock"
| How many were ahead OF YOU %
about fifty, SIR
| How long did ii take them to vote %
| Some on them ten minutes, some =
and some more"
| did you leave the line?"
| Yes. sir; I went to dinner"
| How many were ahead Of you when
you came back
! About the same number
| n. BIAS there were only about $40
minutes in the voting day. 4 little cal