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| passes within a foot of Senator Hanna
| and they seem to look into each others
! faces, but no saIutation occurs Can il
be possible that this Great Republican Man
| ager and this Eloquent Republican Spell
binder have never met? And If this is
not for moment possible, can It. be that
they havemet andparted? Surely the Hon
Robert made glowing speeches during the
recent campaign for 3Ir. Hanna candi-
date aud Mr. Hanna's platform. And is it
not also one of the matters of record that
it was at Mr.. Hanna's own suggestion MI
Ingersell made the speeches? One expla-
nation vouchsafed by q member OF the
expectant passing throng IS that there
may have been some difficulty as TO the
proper remuneration for this binding Of
spells around the hearts OF Republican
voters, and yet this seems preposter0Hs.
L have been fearing all along that the
Republican chanInau- Senator, Mr. Hanna,
no matter how catIike his footsteps, nor
how yelvety his hand. would find a good
many things to nip him up in the Senate
Nobody wants TO laugh too early, but 1T
appears that Allison, AIdricn and the others
are going to oppose elOture, which Mr.
Hanna is reputed to have induced Mr.. Hoar
To introduce, and that the Senate proposes
generally to take Is time discussing the
Dineley bill. Nothing else was to be ex-
pected-nothfnG else with regard to clo-
ture, or with regard TO the tariff 1t is
way the Senate always has, and while the
Influence Of the Administration, which Mr.
Hanna Can undoubtedly exert everywhere,
is going to be tremendous, the task is
also going TO be tremendous.
The new Assistant Secretary of Agrf-
culture, Brigham. is six feet four inches
tall. He is i great walker. Mr.. Brigham
does not go in much for clothes. except
strictly as wearing apparel Mr.. Brigham
has a warm, firm hand pressure. Jolly
manner, and he makes friends OF all he
meets. He is said to be almost an ideal
man for this agricultural position. He
has been the head of the National Grange
for many years. and is perhaps the force
that has kept this organization running
and powerful. when other farmers or
CARNATIONS have fallen by the way.
Notice Mr. Brigham, and make his ae-
quaintance, if you can You will Ike
him.
On the finest day last week such sun |
shiny, gladsome spring day as Col. Ed |
Hay especially delights in, met this |
gentleman in front OF the Treasury De- |
partment. Col. Hay has bloss0med out as
q great admireT Of Gen. Porter, the new |
TO France Said Mr.. Hay: |
'The thing 1 like hest about Gen Porter |
Is his strong and persistent admiration OF l
Lincoln. He never neglects the oppoT- /
tunity to tell Lincoln story almost as
well as the President could have told it
himself. And to me it has seemed that
his orations on the character OF the mar
tyred President are the finest that have
ever been delivered Surely no one who
heard that great address OF his at the last
Meeting OF the Loyal Legion on Lfncoln's
Will ever forget it. If you wish
to compare Gen. P orter's oratorical pow ers
with those of DR.. Depew, he is perhaps not
20 eloquent, in his periods, but he Is
serious and earnest and there Is just
enough hmor in his remarks TO keep them
way from any suggestion OF prOsiness.
There is nothing of the buffoon about Gen
Porter"