The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-10
IN HI G0SSIP'S CORNER.

RNBPNAS oOulH NdIOuDldnS CdiCCl e
has been but one man who got the best
OF nim Before that time they were i'm
placable enemies; since then they have
been warm friends. That man was Pat
Driscoll, assistant postmaster at Jackson
vile, Fla, under the last Cleveland admin
istration. and during the Spanish war a
high officer in the Florida military contin-
gent. At the time of which L speak ne was
in business at Charleston, S. c., and cap
tain of the famous Charleston Blues, and
Tillman was Governor Of the State. The
company's arms and requirements were
not only Anticipated, but worthless from
misuse and neglect; its clothing was a mass
of rags and tatters. The federal govern
ment had just issued to the Palmetto State
its quota of arms and supplies, but Tillman
refused to honor Driscoll's repeated requi-
sitions on behalf of his company. The cap
tain exhausted the arts of diplomacy: he
interested his own and the Governors
friends, but Tillman was obdurate. Finally
Driscoll went to Columbia. He entered
the Governors office unannounced. Till
man greeted him in this fashion:
well, O. you, what do you want
here?'
Driscoll responded: D. yor, I've come
for those supplies for my company"
Tillman's one eye glared balefully as he
snapped: "Ain't got any supplies for you.'
Driscoll answered: 'Sh&n't leave till L
get EN-"
The two eyed each other for a brief
period, then the Governor turned to the
papers on his desk. Driscoil drew up a
chair. put his feet on a window ledge,
calmly lighted a cigar and proceeded to
smoke. The silence lasted for fully half
ap hour. then Tillman spoke.
Look here. Driscoll," he said. 81 can't
issue any of those goods till they're checked
up and 1 look into the needs of the differ
ent commands"
Driscoll made no response and the Gov
ernor waited awhile. Then he said: Say,
captain. you go down to Charleston and
I'll look into that matter next week
Still Driscoll smoked in silence. Tillman
struggled with his papers and a cigar
which persisted in going out, and 1t Is prob
f, able that his thoughts were tempestuous.
At last he blurted out: Say, d you!
I'm tired of seeing you around. I'll send
those things down tomorrow"
'But 1 expect to take 'em back with me
to-day" said Driscoll. calmly.
'You won't have time TO get them" ex-
postulated Tillman. IT'S almost time for
the arsenal to close"
Keep it open till I do get EN- said
Driscoll.
The Governor looked at his visitor for a
minute. then called a messenger and sent
for the adjutant general. General" he
said, take Captain Driscoll down to the
arsenal and honor any requisition he may
make. See that the supplies are shipped
tonight. Good night, captain"
Driscoll fitted out his company the next
day. About two weeks later a race war
broke out in Edgefeld, Tillman's home
county. The first company ordered to the
scene was the Charleston Blues, and fol-
lowing the official order was a private
message to the captain reading: Il am
sure, Pat. you will make good use of those
supplies
Incidentally, it looks as if the Senate
were badly in need of a few Pat Driscolls.
XXX
The Elks of Charlottesville have invited
Mrs. Nation to visit that city on July 4
as their guest to take part in their cele-
bration of Independence day. L understand
the invitation sent was in verse and is in
tended to be sung to the air of the "Kanga-
roo Song from The Burgomaster," one
of the choruses being like this:
oh, Carrie, light and airy,
oh, Carrie Nation, you
Are not a gentle fairy,
But there's work for you to do.
Take your Ratchet to the foaters
When to Crawfordsville you come;
Help us purify the voters
And knock the politicians dumb"
Admiral SIMPSONS protest against the
giving of a commission TO Gunner Morgan
on the ground that he is an enlisted man
Is a source of even greater regret to his
friends-and by his friends 1 mean those
who know him and who have personal cog
nizance of his many admirable, even low
able, qualities-than it is of satisfaction to
his enemies. And they regret it, too, be-
cause it betrays a phase of mind so differ
ent from that which he habitually puts
in practice. In all the naval service there
is no other officer of high rank who has
entered so fully into the thoughts and lives
and aspirations of the enlisted men as has
Admiral Sampson. At least one of. his ia
vorite officers is a man who went from the
wide collar of a naval apprentice to the
silver anchor of an ensign. 1 refer to
Lieutenant Commander Charles E. Vree-
land, now on the Olympia, who was for
three years preceding the naval
attache at the court of Berlin. He has a
beautiful and accomplished wife and they
are social ions wherever they go. An
other warm friend of the admiral, 1 have
been told, is w. w. Kimball. chief of the
naval station at Havana, now a lieutenant
commander, who was not even an appren-
tice. but an enlisted boy. differing from an
apprentice in that he shipped direct on a
man-of-war without a preliminary enlist
ment on a training ship.
f, Count that man blest who, for his crime to
pay,
Yields up his life, nor bids them not to
slay;
Rather than those who, in futile starts and
fears.
Pay for one days orgie through the coming
years.
A friend who saw the cannibalistic exhi-
bition at Terre Haute tells me it exceeded
i'm barbarity anything of which his mind
ever had conceived. II watched ii till it
made me sick" he said. "Fiends from hell