The age-herald., 1897-09-12
MATT MINOR
 IN WASHINGTON.

am impressed with the truth of the story thse 1T. Clay Evans. of Tennessee, commissioner of pensions, is going to resign. Evans is a treasury looter from away up the creek. He believes in pay ing every man a pension, no matter whether he was in the war or not. If 8 man read war news, Evans believes he should be pensfoned for 1t. Secretary of the Interior Bliss don't like Evans. Evans has no use for Bliss. Bliss called him down a few days ago. Evans got sick immediately Secured a pass to Chattanooga, and is there now consult ing with some of his friends whether he should or should not resign. 1t was not the original intention of President MIG Klnley to make Evans commissioner of pensions. Evans wanted to break into the cabinet Couldn't be done. Timber too small. President Mckinley had to do something for him, ard the pension office he thought was about E,vans' size. Evans worse than Corporal Tanner. You remember how President Harrison turned Tanner down. Tanner would have bankrupted the government in six months time, if he could have had his
 
 looters. The government won't suffer when Evans is out Everything will go on just the same. He won't be missed. This pension business is being oveidone. don't object to pensroning those who deserve it. but I am dead set against granting pensions to people simply be- cause they sympathized with the north whenrit rebeiled against the government. This may sound a Htle strange to ac- cuse the north of rebelling. I am look ing at this thing from a dispassionate point of view. I was born three years before the war broke ou.. After reading the history of both sides, look upon the north as the rebellious section. Evans hopes to make himself governor of Tennessee by his lifberality in the pen- seon office. He'll never do 1t. Evans IS not a big man. He may not agree With me on this. The people of Tennessee, however understand that 1 am telling the truth about it.
 Saw Senator Wellington, of Maryland, few days ago in one of the up town cafes. Wellington, he's the man who had the harpoon run in him few days ago at Ocean City. tell you the hot headed republicans are going to knock the stuff1ng out of the junior senator. Curious thing about Wellington In 1895 the republican party in Maryland defated the democrats on the issue or ''bossism'' It was done to down Cor man Germans crowd got licked. Lowndes was elected governor. A re- publican legislature was also elected. FT]1,i ioav ceed Gibson. Gibson was the beautiful man. Sat in the senate nearly six years serving out the time of Ephriam K. Will son who died. The only thing that Gib- son did during his senatorial career was just ito look pretty. He did It. Couldn't beat him at it. That was his speciality. Wellington immediately became the re- publican boss. He was the boss or bosses. He thought that e1e held the re- publican party in his vest pocket Every time he took his watch out to see the tima of day, he feared that the republi- can party might drop out. He held on. Got to be too much of a boss. Tried to boss every county in the state. Smart fellow, Wellington is. Not great man. He thinks otherwise. Tried to run things with a high hand. His party re- be,ied Mlst down at Ocean City new summer resort on the Atlantic coast. Wellington was there. Tried ito boss things. Party wouldn't have 1t. Figura- lively speaking, Wellington was taken from the platform and thrown into the ssa. His friends thnaw him a rope and get him ashore He's the smallest man in the stats now. He went before the people to down bossism. and while he said he was downing it he developed in- to the meanest boss that ever attempted to control the smallest faction in politics. Wellington looks bad. Says his health is not good Making all kinds of excuses. Saws he'll not do much work in the cam paign. I don't blame him. People of Maryland don't want him. Wellington couldn't stand prosperity.\
 Saw Chief Justice Field walking Tn Pennsylvania avenue. Been @ good deal of talk lately about Field going to re- sign from the supreme bench. I don't believe it. I know a good deal about Stephen J. Field. He'll never give up a job that's got money in it so long as he's able to draw the salary. Good deal of false sentiment in this country, about Field. It's true he came from distin- guished family. He is brother Of the late David Dudley Field and Cyrus w. Field. Never had much of an opinion of Field after he hired a United States marshal in California to kill Judge Terry. That cowardly act took place in 1890 in a Sacramento restaurant. Those who are in a position to know and who are not prejudiced one way or another, have said that it was a clear case of murder, and that Field was re-
 spoasible. There was not much differ ence in the ages of Field and Terry. The whole matter gave every indication of Field being a coward. Few people may not know it, but Justice Field is the most profane man in the United States Curses blue streak. Curses everybody and everything. Damns things about the house from the time he comes in until he goes out. I used to know one of his private secretaries. Knew him well. Said he had to give up ,rorl,ipos for Iria1d beCause of his prO-