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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNIISG, NOVEMBER 15, lg87.~TWEi,VE:PAGES.
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senator Colquitt on Negro Suffrage.
The Forum for November contains an ar-
tide by Senator Colquitt entitled, "Is the
Negro Vote Suppressed?” It is a strong
and prrcticil itatomoLt of the defense ot
tbe Senth against tbe reckless and unsernp-
xiloan ssssalts of sneb mon as Forakcr, of
Okie. Senator Colquitt argues tbe ques-
tinn oa’m'y. His style is in fine oontrast to
Uo hysterical exelamslious of those who
for putissn purpose shriek at imaginary
vioug* to the negro. Senator Oolqnitt
knows whereof he spe.ks, Tbe men who
bring the gravest charge* against tbe Sonth
have little or no practical knowledge
of tha real condition of this section.
Very oftsn, we fear, they know enough
hovtver, to make them oonsoiona of Uriel*
ini; deiibeiate eltnderg on a people in the
hope of gaining thereby temporary partisan
advantage. Bat Senator Colquitt docs not
judge tho motives of those whose assaults
u r an the 8onth he meets ao well.
He presents facts sod figures, sod from
them draws conclusions which cannot fail
to appeal to every fair-minded reader.
Ha ahows that the ltepnblioan party went
to plecos in tbe Sonth booanse it deceived
and defrauded the negroes who oomposed
tbe bulk of its voters. They oeased
to vote becauBO they found
that they w*re tsed as puppets
in tbe hands cf designing men. Tbe re
action was toward kindlier relations and
restored confidence in the white men of the
Sonth with whom they had always lived and
who had stood by them in many an bonr of
need. Tho negro can vote freely and safely
in any state of the Scutb, but he seldom
osres to do so. In the eleotiona which are
assailed because of the very light vote osst,
there was no opposition to the regular
Democratio nominees. There is a volume
in the faot that tbe Republican patty hot so
completely *loet the confidence of tho
negroes that it cannot maintain a political
organization In the South.
Senator Colquitt biiogi out all these
points vary forcibly. Then he eeys:
We therefor, will not .offer the charge so roundly
anil .o panlatantly mail. .(.Inal ns of defrauding
tho negro oat of hla TOW to |o uochaliengod.
deny u roundly u our enemlu au.tt the charge
that tho negro la denied a right to vote; Indeed,
there te no each Interference with tho fro. tier-
otee of tho fnneble# Is tho South u we boo prac-
Stood by etnploy.ro of labortn the North. No mon
who rained fato chancier tor troth and honeoty
ooald otaeriot my otato whotSenator Well.ce eald
of hie from hu place In the United Slofeo Bennie
••No each political domination hoe over oileted
anywhere tenon dominate, end control, the Bo
publican organisation, and through It tho power
that gnat Biota. Hlsteen thouaaLd black and while
Bepabtteoa voters to Pennsylvania era incident
to a'ect a Cotignaaman, bat It nqalioa 44.00) of
tholr opponent, to do eo.”
What eeye that eoUd and staid Intellect, strong
pore, end pan as able, ax-ienator Tharmant
"Mr. I'nudant. then la great doegar. The ques
tion le, whither thta conntry aboil bo goverood
with o view to tho rights of ovary moo. tho poor
men si wall as tho rich men, or whether the longest
pur>4 shall carry tho sUcttana, and thta bo a men
plutocracy Instead ot a Democratic republic. That
lathe danger, and that danger, let mo.tell my
friend, estate for mon tn the North than In tho
Booth,'*
The Senator's artieie la a refutation of
tin just charges against tho people of the
South. It appeals to all those who are hon
estly seeking the trath in this matter. It is
»vrigulfleant fsot that no man is more
busied and honored by tha nagroeo of
Georgia than is Senator Colquitt. No
It'piblioan in this State could command
tho pclitieal auppoit of one-half ao many
negro voters as oould Senator Colquitt.
A Status to llrecklnrljg*.
Next Thursday the statue whieb hat
been erected in Lexington, Kentucky, to
John 0. Bsokinridgo, will ha unveiled.
It is tha work of Valentino, the sealptor
of the beanttf nl recumbent statue of Lee at
Xitxin&toD, Virginia.The Breckinridge ata'.ne
is oE hereto size. It represents tho great
Kea’utkia'i in civilian's dress, and abont
as ha appeared when be was Vioo-President
The artistic merit of tbe work U said to be
high. On the oeotsion of its nnvsiling a
Bit mortal oration will be delivered
by Senator Blackburn, of Kentnoky.
Addr-tsats will alio be made by Senator
Beck. Govern or Buckner and Ur. Valen
tine.
L.xicgton will l>a crowded on that
day with Kentuckians and people from
olhtr hta'.ee. A military diaplay will be one
of the fealnree of the day. It is remarkable
that a statue ct Breckinridge has not
been erected before this In tha bine grass
region. The J.-xicgton district is now rep-
resented in Congrsec by OoL W. C. P.
Breckinridge, nephew of the man whooe
memory will be honored next Thursday,
axel eon of the sturdy old Presbyterian
preseher, who was as devoted to tha eause
of the Union as was John C. Breckinridge
to the cense of the Confederacy. W. C. P.
Brtekistidge went with his uncle, and
•gtioet kb father, in that strife, end was a
gallant Confederate officer. Clifton B.
Breckinridge, a son of John C. Brechin-
"Mge, is also a member of Coogroao from
an Aikaneas district. Both tho Breckin-
tUiH are mva ef influence in Congress.
Our Washing ten Correspondence.
We have completed arrangements wbioh
enable na to assure onr readers that no
newspaper in the South will surpass tho
Tinzonarn in the qnslity of its Washington
correspondence. In order to ’ecuro sll the
news from the national capita], we deter
mined that the Teleobaph should have the
very best service that could be prooured.
Hereafter we will present to onr readers
every week Washington lettors from Mr.
W. A. Croffnt and Mr. Frank G. Carpenter.
As soon as Congress meets, Mr. Amos J.
Cummings will join the staff of onr Wash
ington contributors. These three names
carry the best assurance wo oonld give of
sparkling and reliable Washington
letters. Mr. Croffnt is one of
the beat known newspaper men in America.
He baa distinguished himself as editor of
tho Washington Post and of other leading
papers. Mr. Carpenter has acquired a na
tional reputation as a correspond' nt which
is second to none. His “Carp” letters from
tho oapital made him famous throughout
the United States. Mr. Cnmmingg is the
editor of the New York Evening Snn, and
ranks among tho wittiest of the metropoli
tan journalists. He is also a Democratic
member of Congress from one of the New
York city districts and will have the inside
of all polit ctl nows at the capital Each
these gentlemen will contribute
letter at least once a week
tbe Tklio nora, signed by bis
foil name, so that onr readers may de
termine which of these excels in this
generons rivalry of wit and wisdom. We
are absolutely osrtoin that no brighter let
ten will go oat from Washington than
those which we are thus enabled to offer
onr readers. In addition to these wo shall
have every day from a thoroughly reliable
correspondent fall tolegraphio reports, giv
ing Congressional newa and gossip with
special attention to all the local interests
of Georgia and the surrounding States.
With these arrangements wo ask ao od ds i t
the competition for national co sh and go*,
sip. The coming session of Oongreaa will
be one of tho most important
bald. It is a preliminary to the
great national strngglo of; 1888. While tha
Associated Proaa dispatohes, which we get
in full, oover sll avtnts cf Importance, the
ondercarrents and probabilities, tha riah
fields ot political and personal gossip can
only bo reached by enterprising speoiui
correspondent!. We propose to give onr
readers as vivid and true a picture ot Wash-
ington every morning ns tboy oan possibly
find in any newspaper in this country.
We present this morning the first ot Mr.
Carpenter's special letters. It will bo found
very Interesting.
and the honor of the Sonth. He achieved
glory for her upon many a battlefield; he
illustrated her genins in tbe oonnoils of the
nation; he taught tbe world the e os talcing,
power of her principles in the bloodiest
straggle it has ever witnessed; hs gave,
when the strngglo was over, a most noble
example of fortitnde, and endurance, and
dignity; and tbronghont all he baa pre
served bis manhood, whloh, bearing the
misfortnnes of a natioo, has never borne a
stain.
To-day he oarries the farrows of many
an awful year upon his faoe, and through
forty of thorn his open wound has bled for
hia con i try. The end is almoot here,
By the tribute which it is proposed to
lay at bis feet, the State, tbe Sonth,
will do honor to the ohiefUin
and the man; and not to
them alone, bnt to the saored dead gathered
to rest under these Srnthern skies from
Gettysburg to tha Bio Grande. To those
who followed the Southern cross so long
and so gallantly, to the sons who glory in
the mighty deeds and the manhood of their
tires, to tbe wivts and mothers and daugh
ters who wrought for them—
onr heroes asleep npon a thousand
hills, and tho maimed and scarred rem
nants of the great armies—who worked
their lives into lint and homespnn, wo need
say no more. Their wreathes are ready and
hatred cannot oast odinm faster than they
can oaat the flowers. As they have bnilt
monuments to their dead, so will they bnild
to the living whose glory is sa the glory of
their dead.
A Memorial Fund for Jefferson Davie.
Since tbe day npon which tho President
ot tho Sonthsrn Confederacy lift Bsanvoir
for Georgia, to meot for the last timo his
old soldier comrades, there has been grad
ually taking ships a movement to extend to
him in tbe Dime of Macon aomo substantial
testimony of the remembrance in which ho
la held by the people of this city.
We have received (rent many tentoes in-
qalrles and aaggestion* concerning the
matter, assurances of hearty co-operation
and liberal tender* ot money to be added
to a fond for him, It inch was contem
plated. These yet oontlone, and it has
been deemed proper, after consultation
with warm friends of the Old Cbirftaln In
this city, to make this statement.
The movement to which allusion is made
has capitalized in Macon,and there la now
positive aianranoo ot a Memorial fond to
be prei anted to President Davis in the
name rt Georgia and the Southern people,
Tho idea ot first was to make tbe move
ment simply local,bnt this was abandoned ss
an injustice both to the people elsewhere and
to the recipient himself. It was argued
and concluded that in anoh a movement
•very Georgian and every Southern man
hu a right to demand an opportunity to
join; that for tba asks of city pride no one
was juitiflid In dwarfing «h*t is Intended
os a compliment to one who hu suffered ao
deeply for n canre in whloh all were co
closely nnited; in btitf, that the veins of
the memerta! depends more npon tie num
ber of people represented than npon tbe
amount involved. For these reasons the
gentlemen who originated this movement
have opened it to tha people ot Georgia and
of the Sonth and invite thtir hearty and
immediato co-operation.
The design is to gather inch a fund u
will insnre comfort to the President of tho
Soothern Confederacy in hi* declining
years, and bo ot substantial benefit to his
family when he shall have pused away. As
» matter of (cum, the movement la en
tirely without tho knowledge ct those
directly concerned, and it may
ba added that it bks been planned in itefi
anea ot tha fact that for twenty yoari they
hart declined individual offers of aid.
These offers, united and rtinftpcd Vy the
people of these states, cannot again be rt-
fnsed. They will carry with them n com-
mend as imperative u that which
coiled Jtfferson Davis from wealth
and high cflioial position to
become tba leader of the constitution's
“forlorn hops” to snffer aa Uta representa
tive of this people, to sacrifice all bnt honor
in their behalf and to spend two decades of
bis Ufa in s retirement, though ns saored,
jet still u complete as that of the war-worn
tanner bo bnt yesterday bathc-d in bis
tears.
Mr. Daria has given hi* Kte to tha at tries
air. Blaine Wants Beat.
We reproduce this morning a cable dis-
path to tbe New Yotk Herald, tn referonoo
to Mr. Blaine's political aspirations, which
we take to be auineuiio.
Nobody bat ever doubted that Mr. Blaine
wanted to be renominated for tbe Presi
dency. Some men never know when they
have enongh. Mr. Blaine would have done
himself more oredit if ho had always
spoken with tbe same frankness
whioh characterizes bis interview
with the Herald correspondent. His former
indifference hu not deceived anybody, and
has only served to pnt him in the attitude
of a political coquette. Now, Mr. Blaine,
aa a coquette, does not cut a very graoefnl
figure. He looks better when he stand-
flat-footed and grabs at what he wants.
Wo have nover had any
donbt that tbe Republican
party wonld pnt him np again in 1888. We
have ai little donbt that be will be beaten
and beaten much worse than he was in
1884. Mr. Blaine seems to anticipate this
as a budding probability, for he gives ns
to nnderstoed that no little thing like a
presidential defeat oan crush his political
ambition. Us says that if he cannot be
President he will be a senator. We have
no idea what sort ot a President Mr. Blaino
would make. We hope wo may nover have
an opportnnity of judging. Bnt wo do
know what sort of a Senator, he wonld
make. He was a Senator ones, and his ca
reer in that body was brilliant. Mr. Blaine
is always brilliant. Hla fame u
a party leader, however, does not
rest on his senatorial services nor oa bis
futile presidential campaign. Ho is the
leader of hia party to day because bs led it
in tho Honae of Representatives, and tboro
demonstrated his snperb skill ss a parlia
mentarian and a debater. StiU it Is a faot
that tbe moat conscientious charier in Mr.
Blaine's pnblichistory if that records
hia corruption as the Speaker ot Co Hoase,
This dark record oannot be illumined by
any degree of brilliancy, nor c in tho eyes of
the people be blinded to It by any ot the
pbospbonioent qualities of the msu from
Maine.
In the eonolnrlon of bis interview,
Mr. Blaine says: "All I want now
is peifeet rest.'' Wo are confident
that the honest voters of the United States
will next year give him an opportnnity to
gratify this intense longing. Then if Maine
should choose to foroe him again into so-
tlvlty and foist him npon tho eoantty a* a
United States Sanator, it is nobody's holi
ness bat Maine's. Mr. Blaine wonld find
some congenial company in the Senate. It
contains a few bard oases.
'.Swear! Why, I eao’t keep a parrot two weeks In
the hom» "—Town Topic*.
Fit* Brown (with todlguatlOB)—' Wlr you hero
broken your promise," Bobir ion (comptaeentlj)
• Ob, nevar mind; I can mako another.”—Ex
change. -
Nashville preacher (iddreeaing deacon) -Ore there
any opera alngtrs tn tho congregation? Deacon—1
think not etr. Proachar-Thon lit proceed to de
nounce the stage.—Arhanasw Traveler,
feene (hallway ot ancestral manae). Lady—
What In the world ora you doing to that picture,
Bridget.” Bridget—“Shore and et wna yeraltf.
mam, <i tout me to scrub all tho payntnd work."—
Barper'i Bacir.
Visitor (to dims masaam freak)—"Beyond bring
a very pretty yoon* woman I aee nothing remarka
ble about yon. min. What la yonr epeelaltyC
Frrak -"I'm the girl who thlnke ahe la homely.alr.”
—Harper’s Bazar.
“Pelrr," arid old Hri. Bentley to her husband,
what Is this Monro* doctorin' I've bend abontl"
Well, I danno,” replied old Mr. Bentley, "I
■’poo* it'e a now fangled care of some hind. I
ain’t sot on any of 'em."—Epoch.
Father—iln't yon going toworht Lazy ion—
Ones* not. "I don't underatand how anybody can
loaf such woathor aa this. Why. It la a real pltaz
uro to worh now.” "I hnow tt, bat I don't want to
gtvemyeelf np too much to mere enjoyment—
Texas Sll tinge.
When a man li miking love to a girl he le apt to
tell her that he wtahraher silvery accents might
ring tn hla ear* forever, bat nine time* oat oh ten
he woald as soon hear a perpetual steam whistle
ten or Sfteen yean alter the minister geta hla fee.—
Bomervllle Journal.
She—"James, do yon know you put three but
tons on the plate In ehnrch to-day?” He—“I knew
what I was about" She—"James, perhaps yon
don't know that I bought those bultooe yesterday
for my new drees and paid fifty cents apiece for
them.''-Waverly Magazine.
Breathes a man with soul sa. dead.
Who net unto hit w.fe hath eald:
"The season's come, alia) alack!
1 think you need a sealskin sseque."
If sach a man full well you know, go mark him.
—Waterloo Observer.
IS IT DUE TO MAL4RIA FROM THE
roTo.MAC:
The Habits of Our Secretary of the Navy-
111* Dally Horesback Illdee and Ills
Method* of Dlo'atlon-Bow
Be Mado *70,000,
Woe the prisoner quite lectpable, constable?*
asked the magistrate. ‘ Very nearly Incapable'
yonr wonhlp; but I don’t think he'd have been,
quite so bad if tbe lamp-poets 'ad been nearer to
gether. They're awful wide apart in the road
where I picked him up.” mid the good-natured
ofitcer.— Judy.
Tramp-"Will you give me twenty oenta, air, to
buy a bottle of whisky with?" Osntleman-"Isn'i
that a rather cheeky request?" Tramp—"You
won't think so whan yon hear the particulars. You
see. I've been drlnkln' sll the morula* at a fran 1
expense, an' 1 want to reciprocate. I'm white. If
am a tramp.”—New York Sun.
PERSONAL POINTS.
WHITNEY'S ILLNESS.
A Manly Sentiment.
In tbe reo;nt heated campaign in New
York city one cf the charges against CoL
John R. Fellows was that Wm M. Tweed
had once loaned him 8523. Colonel Fel
lows proved that the toan was a transac
tion between man and man, that it had no
connection whatever with the cotraption of
tbe Tweed ring. Clionet Fellows said;
In tbs great wroags that hs dlJ la this city no
human being can show that I aver assisted him.
end now. even in the eiigenaae of a oan vase on
which are largely staked my hopes of the fatal*.
I will not stoop with ungrateful tonga* to revile
the men who helped me. or to disturb the vest
ments ot the dead In order to refute a slander or
denounce a calumny.
It required trnoconrazo to apeak those
worda at inch a time. They arc honest and
manly.
If Col. Fellows had followed tho rsnal
oouneio such matters bo wonld have de
nounced and reviled his dead friend be-
oatue now there is hardly any one who will
dare to apeak for him. Bat ho gpoka like
a tine man, Utoogh ba seems 1 to Imperil
his political fntora by doing so.
Dpttk, Only Speak.
Some days »go wa c ,brd if ihfi Atlanta
Constitution's sudden «arC64*.' of it* effort
to d Of eat Senator Colquitt because bo fetoH
redacirg tho tax on the necotsaries Of life
before tho toposl of tho whisky tax is a
temporary or a permanent “lot op.” The
Constitution has continued its ominous si-
Isnco, bnt has not anawared onr inquiry.
Va really wonld like to know abont thta
matter.
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
The men whe H going to the doge generally get*
there before ha Sadi bout—ruck.
The aaatlaeat ef Canadian heart man is t
Jsxeb Sharpehewlg he let eat ea boll. -Life.
"Does yearhetbood»rear oa arch as era
Julian Hawthorn* hu blooms literary editor of
tha American Magaslne.
Mlu Bell* Botaford and MUa Neills Carpenter
•re the two orach vlollntata of Boston society.
Mr. Gladstone atilt keeps tn Uta library a bust ot
Lord Beacooafield and a medallion of Mr. Bright
Nr. Jamal Brown Potter It Is now laid thoroughly
■pprove* hie wife*! recent action in going on the
blags.
The Tbakoro cf Thorol i relented Mme. Christine
Nllseon with a fen studded with rublu and die-
moods.
Dr. McGljnn rays the Pope wears on old *70**1
bat that la shoal five hundred year* behind the
fashion.
Colonel Lamout la a fervent admirer of horse
rectal and attends every meettot he can, but be
never beta.
J. Randolph Tuoktr'e connection with the
the Chicago Anarchists Is sold to hare hurt him a
good deal la •Virginia.
Bobcrt Lonte Blavenion ocnllnnn to Improre tn
hailth in the North Woods. He cunaldere himself
out of the wood., In foot, so fir aa danger of sari,
oaa lUusee u concerned.
Dr. Oraetx. the llluttiloua Jewish historian, hu
lately celabrated hta seventieth birthday annlver-
airy at Breslau, Germany. H* Is still actively en
gaged in writing and lactariug.
Among the Jubilee gifts received by tbe Pope Is a
ring from the Baltin ot Turkey. The world does
move, for the day once wu when HU Mejeety
wonld have bun glad to give tha Holy Father the
bow string.
Harold Frederick, tbe well known London cor*
respondent, hu tamed novelist. Hla entertaining
work of fiotlon, which hu Juat oesaed running In
"BeribBii'e,” mat with tbe oirdlal approval ot
Wilkie Oolites.
Charles Dickens wu presented to a man tn Boa-
ton a few days ago who optned tho conversation by
tho groeotol remark that tho ton of tho famous
novaUel ta not tho man hta father wu. Tho con
volution ended Just there.
Wee Ethel Spraxue. whose Intention to adopt tha
stags a* a profession hu caused a good deal of to-
torut In society rtrotee, ta a graceful and daring
hone soman, tbe ride* often In Wuhlagton with
her mother, Mrs. Kate Chose I pregne.
AecorJl g to bar frequently expressed wish, the
patchwork quilt which the children of tho United
Bteto* presented to Jenny Lind wu buried with
her. It wu the prompt.ng of o true woman's In
stinct that mods bar wish to toko tho momiry of
the little ones to tho gravo with her,
W. E. Crist, of Wathlnglon, la bow oonitdend
tho futut amateur bicyclist In tho country. Ho U
not yet twenty one yean of ago, sad has o great
future befon him on "tho whuL” Daring tho
put c-uon ho hu rtddoa tn fifty races, winning
thirty-eight first prixea, sight second prtiae, drop
ping out ot thru h ndlcep races and baring ono
sarioas faU.
Signer NtccMol, tn spooking ot hta wtfo, Adelina
Patti. ’ says: "Her first husband, tho Ifsrquta do
Oaux, was a gentlemen of the Diet water, with all
tho virtue and weaknesses of each a ono. That
tho union wu on unhappy on* u largely adalma
Patti's fault. Other ante!* wh? marry srtutoenta
continue to play comedy In their private Ufe, and
amuse Uiemecliu with recounting print
count, cm* and baroncuer. AdallnaPattt. howerer,
ta. oven off tho stage, tho warm blooded creator*
tho ta on it, sod oonld Ibon'om never become need
to hat Hsrquteote."
Special Correspondence.
Washington, November 8.—The sick
ness of Secretary Whitney is more serions
than his friends st the Navy Deportment
will concede. Ho has been under tbe
weather for several months far his illness
has heon ns far as possibleconoealed, and it
would not now be known were it not that it
is feared a report wonld be disseminated that
be has lost his mind. Certain statements that
were mode led his friends to suppose that
snob a supposition might arise and they
have pnt forth the statement that he is in
capacitated from work on acconnt of severe
headaches. This statement is a true one as
far as it goes. The Secretary’s mind is as
dear as a bell and it is only continuous
mental labor that affeots his head. He has
had these headaches for a year and more,
bnt they have ateadily increased during the
past cummer until his doctor has now abso
lutely forbidden department work. It ia
said that he will be back at the
Navy Department within a few weeks, bnt
I am informod by one ot his most intimate
Mends that it is hardly possible (bat ho
oan recover witbont months of complete
rest. He will make no report of bis work
dnringthe past year, and this, notwithstand
ing that his notes for such a report havo
been gathered together and that tho ma
terial is ready for nim to diotat? it. Secre
tary Whitney is very proud of the work ho
has don . in tbe Navy Department during
the pas: year. He has let contr eta runn
ing into the millions, and has reorganized
several brunches of the department. It his
sickness were to bo of a week or so he
wonld not relinquish the idea that be might
complete hia report during tbe mouth of
November, but the matter will be now
hundod over to the aotieg seoretary and tho
report will be furnished by him to the
President
Secretary Whitney will remain away from
Washington for some time, and whether he
leaves the eatioet or not hu wiil go to some
place where he cannot bo disturbed by pub-
lio men. This place may be Lenox, Mass.,
and one ot his friends advances tho idea
that ho may possibly go abroad. Whether
beeauuu this and still retain his cabinet
S esition is a question, though I think there
inching in the law to prevent it. Tho
Senators of the United States are often
abroad whtn .they should be in their seals
in the Senate chamber, and the judgeeof
the Supreme Court frequently make trips to
Europe.
THE OIIIOIN 0F HIS SICKMUSS.
Secretary Whitnoj’s sickness has its
origin in two oauaes. One of these is
overwork and the other is tho Potomac ma
laria. Dnring the past summer he has
spent more rime in Washington than any
ot the oabinrt ministers, and soma of tbe
hardest work wlich be has 'done dur
ing bis administration has been dnring the
hottest months of last summer. Hta cifice
in tho Navy Department baa great windows
wbioh look cut upon the Potomao and tba
foul air from the flats baa blown in npon
him. Upon the Potomac fiats the dredges
have beou working all suoimer, acd when
it la considered that all tbe sewerage of the
oily goes into the river the charseter of
these breczta can ba understood. The Navy
Depattmentitaelf islocatod within an eighth
of a mils of tba river banks and the fact
that the Secretary rode every night
to Grasslands has not
savel him from its disease-bearing iefli.
enets lie has at tho same time tern busily
engaged npon bli letting of largo contracts,
and no has had to investigate these matters
for himself. While Garland wsa rustic >t-
iog iu bte log eabiu at Hominy II til, near
Little R-ek, and Eudieott waa breathing
the sail aea air which blnws through Salem,
Maisachnsette; while Vtlaa was bcatiog on
Lak* Mindola, whioh washes bis heme nt
Madison, Wis:ooitn, and Lamar was taking
hia first vacs'inn with his new wife in Mm
■Uktppl, Whitney, the society man ot the
aabinet, waa digging sway among facte and
figures, and breathing all the while this
malarious air, He Weuld c^rno to “g* ofi)'U
aths'.i past nine or teu in the morning and
Would -ot leave it nntil t nir In the after
noon, and tho result i>, the sick
ness which invariably oomei to
the cabinet tub liters who live
in these buildings and disregard the laws of
health. Chandler woe sick neatly all tha
time he was bead of the navy, and a gnat
deal of hit work was dona In bed. He had
tbe dyspepsia continually, and hit predc-
eesaor. Secretary Hunt, waa net at all well
while ho was aeeretary. Tbe illntsi of
Manning and Folger waa undoubtedly added
to by tbe malarious influence of the Potomac
river, and President Cleveland's rheumatism
had its origin in the aame quarter. It is
only tha sturdiest txerciio that keeps Bay
ard in good pbystoal condition, and Seore
tary Whitney would have broken down long
ainoe had it not been for his love of borse-
bask riding. Don Cameron and Seoretary
Bayard were frequently aaen with him, and
just adjoining nis country estate ia the
Oountrj Biding Clab, which Is kept np by
the wealthier of the publio men and the
young bloods of Washington society,
a Orest BOisxnacK ntoxn.
Whitney scoured tbe whole country about
Washington on horseback before he bought
Grasslands. It baa been a good investment
for him. Ha paid $30,000 for it, spent
$10,000 in repairing the house and in fixing
np the grounds, and has now sold it for
inch a price that ha haa made between $60.-
(100 and $70,000 out ot it He still keel
n fitness for the work rather ih„„
grade eohool tlamination aa .‘u®, a n hl 8 L
different from Secretary Ohaiuti. , a> »
methods of work, ’ and h. 1° H
far bettor than did
how to get orders to do his wn,v
He will take up hia letters ,0 ' hl «-
them, telling hia eoorctary to writa'lle. 0 ’ 6 '
plies in certain oases, indictu- .? ce tJ -
which le to be conveU^C'
done, ho does not care whether th. t
gnagoutod is »f the choicest EuiriUS
whether the grammar is of tho best Chan
dler, on tho other hand, would n" T «r
sentence wi h a proposition in eDt i a
and radiotated hi? l.SSTand a d .‘»
sentence would often neoesaitita in. "
writing of a whole letter. Whitaev „.. S '
more for the accomplishment ot endsuJS
for the means by whioh they are tioTi®
plished, Bud hia methodj are tu?h tKt ?'
has been able to do a great deal of , 0 .v®„"
averyBhort time.' wo,kltt
HIS DAUtT.i OT WOBI
Hia habits of -work have been to com.
the office at 10 a. m., and to ret^.'
callers who oame between 10 and to
From 12 to 2 he received the chief, of
hureana, and at 2 p. m.. he left th, depup
ment for hta lunoh. He is fond of good li.
iug and ho took his lunohesat the Cain,-
politan Club, at Welcher’s, at Wormier’. £
at Chamberlain's, and came back to th, aJ
partmentfifter about a half an hour's xkl
Hence. He then worked on nntil 4 „v., n
he started out for his hor.ebsok nde At
7 he took his dinner and the evening he de.
voted to society. He ia one of the inoit eg
Oomplisbed society men in pnblic li!,'
and ho ia fond of ovorything that
scciery affects. He likes a tally-ho
coach ride, a paper chose or a Washington
reception. He received hlm-elf list Nat
Year's when hU wife was not able to take
her place at the board, and it it aaid that
hta entertainments during a single i eU03
cost twioe aa much as the salary of the
Chief Justice of the United States, Hie
wealth, however, permits him to keep fom
houses open at oue time, and during th.
past Hammer bis Washington home hi,
oonntry seat at Grasslands, hi. fla e Stt
York honae, and his place at Leocx hiri
been in running order.
Franz G. Casm
Morning After the Election.
Philadelphia Frssa.
To oar Mecca, tha enemy: We'll .<• you later.
Maonvhits n admit that we are josrs truly.
The Republican party can stood U U tha city can.
The party ta hart only os th* city ta.
It appears to b *• been quite ashover, after all.
The old fta« to still tears, anyhow'.
Scooped—that‘1 the ptalo word for It. follow Re
publican.. and th.ra’i bo um deny tog IL Tot, w*
don’t hoar soy crying oror rpllt m Uk.
Hatsaftar th* coat of arm. of tha Philadelphia
Dtinocrocy wuibeabtcrboriel compost By that
sign they hen conquered.
W* have met tec ao.my and wa are thrtrs. We
*• oaten to congratulate our Irloada. the enemy, up-
M brio* 18 ,,ch rxcoltaot company.
br. Jskyil (rumbkatT ^ U J**
will please accept tee ■wunhfiti Of B0 ** *«.
ttegeWhod cou.lderstlou.
FeUoWtefttxeeo: Let Be look thta matter Riuareiy
ta the toes and oak oaraelvee: Where are we now?
A Contented Editor.
Marietta Journal.
John H toman wot a poor boy falW.audta-
mlrilooalr* to day.—Atlaau Cap.tot.
Wall, we'.a held cur ows better than that W*
wore a "poor boy" $ KOI. and w* are a "poor
nun* today, sad w* erpect ae’re had about as
much ton aa Mr. Inman.
Honor to CnrlJsl*.
Angnita Vow*.
Th* mvtutloa of John O. Carlisle to Atlanta win
more tea* evarholaoea tea pnoio.a ef fi.mnel J.
vw »uo ftiU'Uuuoui Oi it. lie Btill kec-pj a
fall corps of icmatf in it whether he it there
ot not aad there is always some one ready
to restive and welcome a visitor. The
mistress ot Grasslands during tho absence
of the Bccretary sod his family is an ebon-
Load maiden whore name it 1’rteeilU, and
who is a great favorite with tbe ligations.
She has direction to open the home to all
who come, ard oho cm tsjk French like a
na'ira. Tu«ra ia always a ntoo nu. 0 * 1 0,1
n Bri i? R ,he bXieritooD, ana
Priaollla tells ail eallers to help Ihrmselveff
Z lb . ,ubl# *“ the ball
Besrettry Whitney ha. retained a lease
upon Grasslands doting the pretent admin
istration, with the privilege of renewing it
for two years after its close.
MBS. WHITNET’s SPLENDID EXTEUTaiEMESTW
Whimsy e
city bomt being ctoeed for tbe winter. On
the contrary, it is generally uod’re'ood that
Mrs. Whitney U ta In here, and that her
entertainments ate to >U?p«ei there of pre-
Mdirg jtan. The home is ttiurosahly or-
g»m:te<i and preparations have been made
for the winter. Steratuy W hitney U noted
for tha excellence cf hia servants, and ha
haaafaeujty of gettfng the beat men to
wcwe for fctap He U a goed judge of moo,
«nd »u hia appointments in tha Navy Da-
partment ha has adopted tha habit of see-
ta?JJ l ii^S P . i ^2“ , ^ r ‘ ,on * ny ' “A of judging
trout their talk and appearance as to their
opacity for tba work applied for. ne is
not a utn of peccadilloes, and ho be hives
BLAINE DtuCLAHKS HIM3KLF.
lie ta Sure to be Nominated for Preil4en<
nml Would Not blind Defeat.
By the Commercial Cable to the New York Btnuj
A irbioealur conversation took piasejol
terduy during Mr. It!nict'a visit to Pit.-J
dent Gtevy, ut tbe Etysee Palace, where hs
trs* accompanied by Minister McUoi
President Gravy, after oaalllDg fatui utli)
with Mr. McLtuc, said to Ur. Blaine:
"How does it happen, Mr. Blaue,
occupying such a prominent position
yon do, you still find time enongh to turd
abont acd amnxe yonrself in Enrcpt?" 1
To this Mr. Blaine replied iu EcgUihl
T have no offioial prominence in tt
United States, bnt still I am a political mu
and I am enabled to come abroad, thsnki
to the efforts of the Democratic pirty acdj
Mr McLane's friends, who managed to pn
vent me from ocenpying the Preeidrnlu
chair, a position which, permit metoujj
I oonld not have oeonpied aa graeetully >1
11. Grevy oconpies hta own.”
Mr. Blaine then tnrned to Mr. UcL
and said; “Will yon kindly tranilate tin!
to the President?"
Mr. McLano did io in fluent and dipb-
matic French, and with a sly smile tddtdl
“And I have never had occation to rtpecl
of having taken auob rollon—that is to nyf
politically opposing Mr. Blaine.”
Mr. McLaue then told Mr. Blaine vfcil
he bed juat laid to tbe President, shtnnpr
on Ur. Blaine immediately njoinedi
'Please tell the Freeidant that I biff
none the leaa respect for you on that i
count."
Preeidont Grevy then shook both Hr]
MoLine and Mr. Blaine warmly by th!
hand and said rather sadly:
“I regret that in my own country it UI
rare eight ind ed to ace two political oppr
uentB on anch excellent terms ”
To day tbe President sent htseardt
Mr. Blaine's hotel as an acknowledgi
of Mr. Blaine's visit
After tho visit to the Prtsideni,
Blaine beoama more loquacious and
night hs poastd an hoar with ex-Coopt li
man John R. Alley, ot Boston, who is ttij]
ing at the Hotel Chatham. It seems tN
Mr. Blaine bad heard through a oommo|
friend her* that Ml AU«y wm partial
him and to his nomination, to Mr. BUI'
immediately Qdlled upon him o', his tfitd
and give him mneh ot bis confidence. I
. Daring the ounvenation Mr. Btaloe mi
' "I have had the beat phjileiana iu wd
don and Peril and they have pronouictl
me to be in perfeot heal h sod ooodiiod
I am quite assured of my renominatioo, hu
should I not ba elected l would not t?f
then give np poUtioo. I oonsider the «*
atorship of a geou, sooni “t.ie, equal
not superior to the presidency ct a pctinl
worth seeking. All 1 want now is pert.<
rest and quiet."
Cabinet Changes.
FhllidstphU Boeord. , , .
It is given out with great poaUirefien t
Washington ccrresponaeuta that Stcrrta
Lun r will be nominated at tha epofibg <
Gocgreas for the vaoanoy oa the Supreo
bench; that Poatmasler-General Vanifjj
succeed Lamar, and that Mr. Den k. Die
ioaon, of Michigan, will ba named for roi
muter General. The correspondent ot«
New York Herald says that private adiW
from Detroit ooalrm the offer of a plies'
the Cabinet to Mr. Dicklnaon oud hi»
ceptance of the offer. _ „
It Is highly proper that the voooncj
the Supreme Court should ba filled | vj
Southerner. Seoretary Lamar hu eminte
qualifications for tho position. H? “
great Uwvcr and a ripe »ch-l»r, and i*
tingbly versed in the jurisprudence ij -
Statea which moke np the jadietal ci»t»
in which tbe pruent vacancy ‘“*te.
Tbe transfer ot Mr. Vtlu to tba Io«W
Department will be an exchange of od*
borioas ofllc* for another. Tter* uf™
- • Depart®** 1 :
work to b« done io ih« Ioterior D*? 4 ”® h j
and Mr. Vilu will find a load ready M*
active hands. . Ul
Mr. Dickinson, who la to soj***® Jr,
Vtlu oa PoatmuterGeneral, l*ul ,
youngest man in the cabinet- He, ■
home reputation for great
and is repnted to be a very elou P*
friend of the President.
If the predicted changes t\uU
M» r . “•■
£“asas. .i
Une. -
The Constltatlon on ProhlblUoa.
“SiiStaMjSlEu; of th. aw.ta •*'
p oised in hi* Jooraol of a«l*4jr ,t? . “.,T. tt
prohtbltfoaloL end Editor OrodT « t F u ‘iEn^s
•amt teens whr bo ta a protUbmoBte-
tattoo ought to toko ott a paUIW : Ml
or • Boot war to ptetoo kith tU£’YirtnAU*
trovorej. Banal Ur a paperL****u txt*
fence. One editor can take ono *td» “ “J, er*
view or epooch. and tea other eu wn
tetter on tho otear. Itlabooot
A Wonderful lteformntl«|-
Th« >•* Tort Time* statute** »J^Su»
tree !« manoenv ertn* to— ttt , tart “J
rta water. - .
Honth CaroL'nn Wood.
Savannah Time*. taA—^
Booth Carouse blood wbl titt,t
ton Nawo andOrtE*.,—,, uu ,mnc*'
la then no way of bribtos “