Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-18

|
Game as Good as Won.
| After hearing my little story and stat
| ing the main object OF my visit. the prcsi-
dent smiled at my allusion TO the status of
| the Michigan delegation But he took my
| hand and said: My young friend. i Will do
the best can for you My heart leapei
| into my mouth so I could scarcely sneak
as l withdrew from the august presence.
shook hands with my kind darky stage
nanaser-as you may call him-and skipped
| down stairs Boston times. thinking tho
game AS good Won
| On the same day I took some lcftors
| from my lucky trunk and called on Mrs
| Alexander Macomb wife Of the com
! handing general of the army. with let
| Ter from one OF my mothers Detroit
| friends.
| The M"romb mansion was one OF the
rev pre'entlous houses in the western part
or the city. II stood on the corner of
"hat are now nth and l streets. 1t was
afterward occupied as nv own hna,l,,;,,,,.-.
| ters towards the close OF the civil VIZ.
ard subsequently known as the University
Club
The Macombs by the way were or an
! old Detroit family. and Mrs. Macamb haI
known my mother and all about US ST.,
| treated me quite civilly and at once pat
| me on a new trail II seems that tie
| father of her niece. Miss Eliza Wilson
| was chief clerk In the Office of Gen Tot
| ten. the chief OF engineers who had cha!l,,
| "a tie Wible west l'olnt Academy bust
| ness. Through that Office all tie cadet
| appointments were issued
Learns 1.-the Ropes"
Miss Eliza being at home with her aunt
l was duly introduced to the charming
girl She gave me a note to her father
whom ! promptly called upon at his Ollie,
next morning. finding him also very ciyiI
and courteous and inclined to aid mo all
he could in my quest giving me the modus
olerandi-in other words the ropes Tor
securing appointments to the academy the
main strand of which WAS that TIN. NJ G.
nom every district made the nomination
which Itself secured the appointment lcay--
| ing little or no action the part of tie
President himself except in aprninrm.ufs
| at large or under some rare and peculiar
| circumstance
Mr.. Wilson added: Perhaps Gen. lotion
may be able To give you SOM, good ;,Nyi,.,.
as to how to proceed and th.retlpou h,.
took me IN and introduced me to the gen
eral himself, whom | found to Toe very
KIND and well disposed He confirmed Nj
Wilson'S information, adding the sooner
you see your Mr.. Howard TIN. better tI.,a
may be other applicants
As soon possible after NV intcryi.y,
with General Tottcn l started down town
to report proceedings to the governor
Not finding him at home I climbed TN. hill
to the Senate chamber and learning from
the doorkeeper that he was not pr, sent. bur
| went to the gallery to survey aS | oft..n
afterward did, the august Senat. of that
historic period
] Il still bear several of the senators f., nay
nina ) eye. Many We're most striking fily-
tires. On the extreme left that day stood
Senator John c. Calhoun. speaking in an
animated manner His was "A rather short
and slim figure, crowned by long ,Iish4y.l-
ed htlr-like most southern men of tn. dav
beneath which his dark eyes fairly burned
with excitement. His gestures We're not I'M
graceful and his voice. although somewhat
stlfili. was softened by southern intonatiorl
Il think he was followed first by Henry
Gay, who rose from his seat not far from
the clerk s desk. He was a taller man than
Calhoun. and not quite SO thin with blu.
eyes, long lanky hair and gifted with sill
ver-tongued oratory. We had a pretty fair
likeness In Michigan of the great orator in
hehry Cole. one of our best lawyers and
most popular residents. He was called To-
cal!y the Harry of the West but he never,
took to politics
Perhaps the most impressive looking
man in the Senate chamber at the INN
was Thomas II. Benton, "A man of great
size ana corresponding amplitude sitting on
the left of the clerks desk When he. rose
I" speak 1t was on some question concern
ing IN" acquisition and settlement of the
Oregon territory. He looked like Some tai
cliff that lifts its awful form. swelIs from
the gale and midway leaves the storm AZ
the poet alone could express 1T But h..
spoke in the minor key. perhaps YOU might
say in a rumbling tone. From tn. Tenor
of the debate | fancy that the ou.sti,n az
bringing INTO the | MON and fire. r.
rit"ry from the west had already aroused
the south.
The Lower House."
TN my visit to the lower hose ! nd
the pleasure of listening To both "tl.b
Gushing and ex-President John Quincy Al
ans Gushing was attacking Tyler. but the
venerable Quincy Adams was up on an
other SubJect-the right of petition Both
We're WING champions. Cushing's oratorv
ieil far below that of either Clay or cal
noun II was perhaps on a level with that
of our lamented President Mckinley or
Oh second thought. nearer to Joe CaUnous
Dr. Whitman's Warning.
one reason, and perhaps the chief reason,
for the exciting debate over Oregon and
the expansion of those DAYS was thu. visit
of Or. Whitman to Washington. Whitman
was an enterprising missionary who had
pushed on beyond Vancouver and est. L.
HShrd n hoUrishine missionary colony
among the Cayusrs at Wllt-Walla His
"fJ"ct now WAS To warn the government
authorities that the English wer,. p,lsFt,g
INTO oregon, and unless opposed n time
mat they would soon occupy its broad riy-
cES ani '"tui ful valleys in a rIir,4r, -
q" l%'ttFHl as the Garden of Eden. His an
Pc u nee was not only uHruUth but for
ihd'iih-- ~" stood '"fDr" Daniel Webster
dirty ana ra@gou from his long TIN ny..,.
the H"cHy mountain chpsmS and RHYMES
dressed in hGf3l coat and hood md
huchskin lrgEiuES and rnoccstSf,, s--,,,,r.
like a western tramp than the man of God
pointing - finger al warning
on are too late r>"ltirnad yV.t,s,..,
who WAS already worn out over the o~..,.,.-,
question. IN" treaty his been Sig,.,,i ana
ttel" stands the senator from SuifF F,r-
"iint vi" says b." would NOT g.yr =, nsu,g,
OF SnuH FOR tn" Who'll" coast.
And there stands Gen. Cass' replied
Whitman. 'excaiming 'Fifty-four FORTY or
fight,
Takes Back 1 GOO Emigrants.
1T is said official of the Autcric.li,
missionary board met Whitman on The
street shultling along with his frozen f-cr
and ragged OUTFIT, paid his hoard bill auI
bought him a new suit of clothes. He. p
turned to Oregon with lDrn cfli..rants
among them several men afterward prumI.
nent on the Pacific coast whom | met lat,.c
on in California. Among these were Sen
ator J. w. Ncsmith. Lawyer Burnett ami
the Applsgates