Evening journal., 1910-10-06
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Two Statesmen Who
Worked a Discovery
BY Holland"
BY "HOlIand."

In the Congress which was in ses-
siou during the latter half of the
Hayes administration, as well as in
the Congresses that held until 1885,
there We're two members of the Senate
who were especially distinguished for
courtliness, for dignity. for con-
scientious devotion to all the conven-
tionalities OF conduct which identify
the polished gentleman. One of these
! Senators was so greatly distinguished
/ for these personal qualities that he
/ became widely known by the sobri-
! quet of Gentleman George" as early
as 1864, when he ran as the tail OF
the Mcclellan presidential ticket. The
other was bred 10 all the traditions
and conventionalties which especially
mark the cultivated men of the South.
II was said Of him that there was no
man in Washington who offered a
guest a glass of whisky with more
gracious dignity than he.
Both Of these Senator afterwards
became United States representatives
abroad. one our Minister to Germany.
the other our first ambassador TO the
Court of st. James, and he also serv-
th do ottAtAdie vi StdAt lN AltNtldhu >
first administration. Yet notwith-
standing the high repute that George
II. pendleton. of Ohio. and Thomas +.
Bayard. of Delaware. enjoyed as
statesman and ms polished gentlemen
they did not disdain openly TO visit
together day after day common type
of saloon that stood upon the fringe
OF what was then known as the Di-
vision. a district of the national -api-
tai. now wiped out by improvements,
which in its characteristics CORES
ponded TO the once notorious Tender
loin of New York city.
Let the Senate adjourn an hour or
two before the dinner hour. and al
most invariably the two friends would
address each other with the utmost
courtlines and then proceed 10 walk
in their most dignified manner down
Pennsylvania avenue. Leisurely.
they would negotiate the avenue until
they were about three blocks from
| the Treasury building, when they
/ would halt as though by tacit under
/ standing. Then they would cross the
avenue with the same dignlhed ster
aud moment or two later enter q
bar room with dingy front and mos
unattractiye environment There they
would remain self-immured for per.
haps a quarter OF an hour, then re.
gain the avenue, and. setting theiI
faces towards the northwest resi-
Dental section Of the capital. take
their way thither with all the state.
liness at their command.
Why did those two famous states
men and typical gentlemen frequent
that dlngy bar room? Bowing each
] TN1t
would walk up TO the bar to be Con.
fronted on the instant by a typical
old uncle we'll nigh coal black ol
complexion. II II were summer that
uncle" without a word Of instruction
would proceed forthwith TO create
two mint juleps. II II we're winter he
would prepare two hot apple toddies
The mint juleps he would place be.
fore the Senators without a word; the
toddies With the injunction, respect.
fully put, that not more than two
glasses OF it would be good for any
man desirous of retaining full pos
session of his faculties. And then
whichever drink It happened TO be
the two Senators would silently con.
sumo IL with every evidence of out
ward and inward delight, as silently
settle the score. and as quietly, ant
contentedly, go out upon the high
way again.
It was habit that resulted from
the accidental discovery on the part o.
one OF the Senators that the uncle
IN that particular dingy and unattrac
lively located bar room was a mastei
in the art Of concocting mint iulep'
and hot apple toddies, and thereafte
they rarely missed being daily Gus
toners of his when they were both II
Washington. II was a habit. too. tina
Senator Pendleton tried TO fasteI
upon his colleague, Allan G. Thur
man. who ran unsuccessfully for Vice
President in 1883.
Senator Thurdman." the father o
the first Federal civil service bill
asked one day would you not accom-
pany me and Senator Bayard to
place where ~ most perfect min
iulep is prepared?"
Senator Pendleton,n replied the oh
Roman. with all the pompous dignit
at his command, II am a Bourbon
Democrat 7 take my whisky straight
And to emphasize his position in tn
matter he pulled out his famou
bandanna and sounded a terrific bias
on his nose.
Copyright. 1910. by Z. J. Edwards
All rights reserved)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell o
~Stenhen A. Douglas and the Clam