New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-26
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES
Wa abingdon .Ianunry q

Washington. January S
THE FORMER COMMISSIONER OF PAT
r>rS-Mr Butterworth was a man OF versatile
,.,sr,s He excelled alike in debate. in ordinary
orversation and in set speeches His powers were
.v,raordnary on the stump. where the buoyancy
- ri. nature affected his audiences instantly
Everybody responded 10 Il. He had wit and humor
md moreover. good mimic. He excelled in
,Iean storytelling. and was the master OF all
aslec,s His political experience had been gained
IN Cincinnati and HIS city constituency had afford
I'd him opportunities for studying at first hand all
,. ana conditions OF men" He did not. ill.,
,s.uredlv make game Of anybody. but he was
.n,er,sn.ng in reproducing the pecuarities Of peo-
Al, He sang song well In fast. rad Mr. But
,srvorth chosen the stage instead Of the law with
,,s handsome face and fine figure and his knack
a, producing effects. he would have become ia
-ous character actor. But he probably never
thought OF the stage. He came of Quaker stock
,,6 possessed underneath all of his banter and
n,v,sh spirits serious and religious vein He
sort Of fighting quaker. capable OF going to
ne block 70: an opinion or a principle.
sitting In his law Office here on a bright spring
.sv several years ago. Mr. Butterworth looking
,ut Of the window. said to friend who had called
"A day Ike his completely units me for bust
Were you brought up in the country The
'' rISen" replied Mr. Butterwor,h you can't fully
understand my feelings was. was farmers
boy used to gel up before dayl.sh, and help
a95 , 'r Up the ground all day was familiar
aIth sunrise and sunset. with the songs OF birds,
snrips demorazes me for business. a poyisn long
irr fo- the farm comes over me. want TO get
In the creek OF run furrow in the field. or take
look at the wheat They tell me that IS sign OF
asie ihems nv sentiments to-day. A few hour.
On the Old farm would. DO ne what the darkies call
"A mighty sisai o good "
GENERAL WARMERS SOUTHERN TRIP -
General J Warner. the weiknown ex-Congress-
mar from Ohio and president OF the Bime allie
League IS n poor health. and has gone South for
nro,-ao:ed stay His friends are little uneasy.
bu, ne h.nsel: has no doubt OF complete recovery.
Ever since he left Congress more than ten
wears ago Genera, Warner has been agta;!ng the
silver cause In speeches and pamphlets and by other
means He has been a frequent visitor 10 Wash
,ngton during al the time and his marvellous stock
{. hope KEPT The cause going in certain quarters
until al la; Nj BRYAN developed. Since then
General Warner while keeping up his activity in
behsI O.! silver. has not had so hard time He
Is not az eloquent speaker and it used 10 be dii-
hcui for him % secure an audience but since NJ
W. subject aeo0- IN the South and West are more
,s.rv rallied by ne call. While in the South Gen
e~ai Warner may ind time 10 look into the situa-
lion down here with respect to Mr.. Bryan's can
daacy tor ,en' strange as il may seem; there is
Pocs n tas5 qosIlel are a. exo Ta}onaI Demo-
Sratic Conventions with the same favorte. The
90 .beres-~e that she was so hot for Nj Bryan
" $50 after he brought out al Chicago Is not
po@t him tor the nomination In 1900 General War
,er s A ast-dich Bryan man. and has his eye on
sec,ions where missionary work for his favori;e may
be necessary
THE TRIALS OF 4 SENSITIVE SENATOR
4 new member Of the Senate was complaining 10
AZ old member Of some o. The difficulties he
encounterng For one thing ne said these
nevspaper fellows don't always get things straight
I don't mean 10 accuse them Of carelessness or OF
intentional misrepresentation. but now and then
some remarkable stories are printed about me at
home"
You'll get used that" replied the veteran.
That won't hurt That's part OF YOUR apprentice
ship I've been all along there. Let tell you OF
itte experience Of mine. Soon after FIRST came
here picked UP paper from my state. ana saw
II asserted IN a letter from Washington that my
20 ia que and myself mad met and arranged slate
- < mat all The patronage for the State would he
distributed according 10 that arrangement There
was 10 warrant FOR the statement. and made IN
qulries fo- the correspondent. He came 70 see me.
and proved 10 be bright and most aSreeao
young man. asked him for his authority ann ne
pleasantly refused give 1t. but said that ne had
that all would ask. then, would be the privilege
OF denying the etory-of putting my statement
against the other. He said that only fair and
that he you'd attend 70 the matter When the
correction appeared. IL read something like this
Your spondents story about the deal between
Ssc3tor = and his colleague, by which the patron
raised quite a STIR here There can he no question
a. fits absolute truth. Senator =. who
evidently has been ratified by the publication. now
solemnly assures your correspondent that he has
had nothing whatever 10 do with the deal After
thai went slow on corrections.
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