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WASHINGTON GOSSIP
From the Great Political
Kews
Center.
s»etarj Foster's recent alleged
free " anJ frank Treasury discussion of the of thejeon- U mted
clitic® of the
States is the forerunner of some re
publican juggling with the figures
orting to represent the condition
purp Treasury that will probably
o{ the Mr. Harrison
take place as soon as
to Washington, that is, in tue
returns ‘ext of the public debt,
statement June 1.
whicli will be made public
3fr. Foster proposes to charge the
j dent form of that statement, showing for fictitious the evi¬
purpose of a
amou at of cash available. It will not
be the first time by many that the
condition of the Treasury department
has been falsified by official figures.
Old timers will recall the Congres
clonal investigation which brought
[out the fact that during one year,
[1870, 1 think, nine of the Treasury
ledgers showed 2,526 erasures and
that several entire leaves were cut out
of two ledgers, all caused by the
efforts to make the books accord with
the falsified statements prepared to
mystify the public. I shouldn’t won¬
der if the House of the Fifty-second
bngress didn't do a little investi
•ating of Mr. Foster’s figures.
Tire Treasury department differs to
lend all the small silver that the
banks in any section of the country
will take, free of carriage, which, if
the banks take any considerable
quantity, will be a mighty fat thing
for the United States express com¬
pany, of which ex Senator (“me too”)
Tom Platt, of New is the controlling
spirit. Perhaps Mr. Foster did not
think of benefiting the New York re¬
publican boss when he hatched up
this scheme, and then again perhaps
he did. This mixing of business and
bolides is a striking trait of the re¬
publican party.
This same thing, mixing business
land politics, has brought about a dis¬
agreement betvveen Secretaries Blaine
®nd Foster. Mr. Blaine doesn’t want
a
the catching of seals stopped for a
year, because a number of personal
Lends,, including “Steve” Elkins,
have invested their money in the
Auith American Fur company, which
P tlle present owner of the sealing
privileges poster, in Behring Sea, and Mr.
who believes the seals are
pout to be exterminated, would like
P ft stopped. Iu the meantime
L 16 Bl ' ltish Minister is insisting that
LA BiaUie something definite.
| luken altogether this matter is in
a
“testing stage and it will sur
] / e “o one here if it develops
o% some
1; sensational features before
ong.
The payments on account of the
KS p,184,734.80. tax acfc to date amount to
The presence of three candidates
Speaker Messrs. McMillin of
/lessee; ET of Lhncis-made of Indiana, and
talk a good
> around the hotels during
,eL , f: tWOdayS
' ^ McMillin has
td 'felling in the Eastern States
lienTn neD d of lug 1 Weeka that he and 1 am told b T a
i su secured pledges
PPort from quite a number of
ppreseutatives U / IveJT °f that section. I
a -ad clinch ’ Pennsylvania, has
on the Clerkship of the
;n [-•liavmg o make his received pledges
- ‘ nomination by
C the
C 'f taiD 1 am inclined to think
-
e that many 0 f these pledges
/ Co Speaker. °hngent upon the election of
* ie
■L ptesentative Edmunds,
of Yir
All- >/uo nicD, is a in democrat Farmer's
Kati u as town long enough
Tho Uv
“uior iV 111 a
‘ tas ‘amea up here for
^ the cue that
Retied out, Was
apparently f 10 in
- to the
^ tHamson had
here, , t somt
a 8Wae fiae mtimated
to
somebody that he did not think that
the bench ought to be construed on a
pronounced political basis, and that
he proposed appointing three or four
democrats when the nine new United
States Circuit Court Judges were
named. That’s very rich ! When Mr.
•Harrison nominates a * democrat to a
judgeship the millenium will certainly
have arrived, and as far as the strong
est glass can see there are no signs of
it yet.
It is expected that the National
Association of Democratic Clubs,
which, its Secretary tells me, is boom¬
ing, will shortly establish permanent
headquarters in this city, and it is
hoped that the National committee
will do likewise.
When Secretary Proctor goes into
the Senate I shall not be surprised
to see two new cabinet officers, as it is
known that Secretary Noble would
gladly lay down his portfolio if he
could get one of the new judgeships,
and that Mr. Harrison would like to
have a better politician at the head of
the Interior department.
HE WAS ANGRY.
“Didn't you say,’’ said an excited
individual, shaking his list at a
druggist, “that that porous plaster
would come off all right in a couple
of weeks ?”
“Yes’’ replied the druggist, edging
toward the pieseription case
“Well, I want yon to distinctly
understand that it didn’t—D> Y'ou
Hear? Three months ago, you re¬
commended that blamed plaster to
me for a lame back, and said that it
would cure within thirty-six hours.
I asked you how long I would have
to wear the plaster and you said it
would come off of its own accord.
Now you gol blasted little dried up
pill roller, you lied—Do You Hear—
LIED! I have been trying for six
weeks to get that infernal hide-biter
off the small of my back, and I
might just as well be flayed alive, so
far as the torture goes. It has caused
mor.e trouble in my iamily, during
the short time that I have worn it,
than has taken place during the
whole course of the twenty years of
my matried liie. Every night my
wife, at the risk of her life—for I
am a very evil tempered man,—at¬
tempts to remove it, with the result
that I howl with pain and threaten
to murder her where she stands.
Two of my boys have left home,
owing to the severe chastisement that
I have administered to them and
now as a last resort I have come
down to take it out of your hide for
advising me to wear it.”
The druggist is using plaster now
too.—Peck’s Sun.
HE SAW LINCOLN SHOT.
“It will be just twenty-six years
ago next Tuesday night that Lin¬
coln was assassinated,” said Dr,
Octavius K. Y r ates, of West Paris,
Me, I was in Ford’s Theatre that
ni^ht, myself and a friend bought
seats in the first gallery, away
around to the side, opposite Lincoln’s
box, so as to get a good sight of him.
During the performance I noiiced a
man pass along on the opposite side
ot our gallery and go into the rear of
the President’s box, but supposed it
was one of the employes. A minute
later I heard the pistol shot, and
looked across to see a man with a
knife in his hand put one foot over
the box and fall half sprawing to
the stage. The President’s head was
drooped clown and a little to one
side. When the man on the stage
rose to his feet and shook his knife,
I knew in a second that he had shot
the President. I put my hand to my
hip pocket for my revolver, but 1
had forgotten to take it when I had
changed my c'othes before goingjto
the theater. If I had had it I am
certain I could have shot Booth. He
ran limping to the other side of the
stage and disappeared behind the
scenes. I did not hear him eay
’iSic semper tyrannis,’ or anything
else,and I don’t believe he did.”—
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
THE TWO SINNERS.
There was a man,' it was said one time,
Who went astray in his youthful prime.
Can the brain keep cool and the heart
keep quiet,
When the blood is a river that’s running
riot ?
And boys wall be boys, old folks say
And the man’s the better who’s had his
day.
The sinner reformed and the preacher
told
Of the Prodigal son who came back to
the fold —
And the Christian peoplethraw open
the door
With a warmer welcome than ever be¬
fore.
Wealth and honor was his to command—
And a spotless woman gave him her
hand,
And the world stewed their pathway
witli flowers abloom
Crying, “God bless the lady and God
bless the groom.”
There was a maiden went astray
In the golden dawn of her life’s young
day—
She had more passion and heart than
head,
And she followed blindly where fond
loved led,
And love unchecked is a dangerous
guide
To wander at will by a fair girl’s side.
The woman repented and turned from
sin.
But no door opened to let her in;
The preacher prayed that she might be
forgiven—
But told her to look for mercy in heaven;
For this is the law of the earth \ve,kno\v,
That the woman is scorned while- the
man go.
A brave man wedded her after all,
But the world said frowning, “We shall
not call. ’’—Selected.
JUST FULL ENOUGH TO TELE¬
GRAPH,
From the Oregonian.
He was a tall, good-lookmg man
with regular features, and was dress¬
ed in the height of fashion, but he
was awfully drunk. He came from the
East a few days ago and registered
at an up-town lintel. Immediately
he went on a “ tear.” The clerk,
who knew him in the East, relieved
him of an $800 gold watch and
about $1,000 in currency and locked
them in the coin box for safe keeping.
This happened while the fellow was
about half sober. Then he went off
and imbibed some more, and when
he strolled into the hotel office a few
hours later .he was able to see the
clerk, but that was about all.
“I want to send a telegram to my
wife,” he began.
“ Have you the money to pay for
it?” asked the clerk.
“No. Y'ou have my money in the
safe and you pay for it.”
“Indeed, I wiii not,” returnedthe
clerk.
Then followed a noisy wrangle be¬
tween the clerk and the fellow,
which the latter broke off abruptly
and putting his thumbs in the arm¬
holes of his vest walked about the
corridor and told the occupants of
the chairs what a shame it was that
a man could not telegraph to his
wife; that she was a peculiar woman
and would not come West with him;
that he was a weak man and could
not keep sober unless she was with
him. This, of course, amused the
listeners. This went on for twenty
minutes. Then the man returned
to the desk in a more pacific mood
and the clerk acco nmodated him.
After a great deal of talking the
telegram was finally written, and
here it is’
Portland, April 16.—Mrs.-,
Chicago, Ill.: Arrived safely to day.
but am as full as an Irishman’s
goat. Jack.
The answer came yesterday, and
was short and sweet. It follows:
Chicago, Ill., April 17. — Mr.
Portland, 0>e.: Y'ou are a fx>'.
Will start for Portland to
day. Mary.
The great May day labor demon¬
stration, which has filled Europe
with grave ap irehensi >n for some
time past, proved a rather tame
affair.
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