Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, January 07, 1893, Page 2, Image 2
AT .& V 5 SRPITHL CITY COURIBR. I. ter THE COMING CABINET INTERESTING GOSSIP ADOUT THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION. fulirtilld ho Only Mrmlinr of tha Old Cablnrt Who May lln llmpnnlnletl. Why Wlillnrj- Will Not rrnpl Offloe. baae I'liiry flrajr'i l'rotrct. (Special Corriponditneo. Wabiiinuton, Doc. 23. It In illfllcnU to roallro (lint wo nro within threo month mid lens of n now ndtnlnlntrn tlon. In n few weeks tlio nownpaporn will bo lllled day nftor day with korMu concerning tho formation of tho now presldcnt'ii cablnot. Lot us anticipate our friend of tlio daily dispatches n lit tloftiul soo if wo can throw nnyjlght npon tho iniiortnnt and inlerostlnK toplo of what Mr. Cluvoland is likoly to ilo and not to do. I think I can wiy without fear of con tradiction that Air. Cleveland in Holng to bo a very laro part of tho now ml ministration himself. Ho always was accustomed to having his way about things, and an ho grown older and moots with now successes It In very natural that thin habit nhonld become more no ticeable. One beam nliout twenty tlnioa n day in Washington the prediction that in lens than nix montliH Mr. Cleveland will bo tho mont cordially hated and hi ridly cursed man in tho Democratic party that tin to nay, bin own party frlendn will ho'cursing liim. Thin may be true, but if it in I imagine that .Mr. Cleve land isn't losing any nleep about it. There are nuuieroun and unmistakable indications that when ho comen to tho Whlto IIouho for the second time Mr. Cleveland will take up the cares of bin groat ofllco with tho supremo satisfac tion of fooling that ho in glK to do what ho pleases and bothor tho conso qnoncon. It in an odd thing,Mmtn president of 11o United States, tho most powerful oMclnl of thin continent and one of tho greatest rulers of tho world, is under ordinary circumstances n man who noon becomes noted for not having bin own way. A prosidont who wants to bo re elected and nearly all presidents do, sooner or later must low tho knee to a horde of politicians great and small or bid farewell to any hope of succeeding himself. If he atnndn up and fights and has hla own way alwut things, ho will become unpopular, will be coined from Mai no to Texas and will not bo renominated or re-electuL If ho succumbs to tho iu floeace of tho politicians and submits to their domination, ho will advertise him self to the country as a man too pliant and wenk to bo trusted with tho great responsibilities of tho ofllco. In necking happy ineau betweon the two ex tremes a president of the United States is ono of the most uilsorablo, most harassed and most unhappy mortals on the face of the earth. This, brings me to a poiut which 1 have often made beforo in theso lottors. It is that we aro surely coming to a change, In our constitution which will forbid tho re-election of a president. Meu of all juirties nro now agreed that it is unwise to choose a inau as his own successor in tho presidential chair. Tho politicians aro agreed that it is only un der exceptional circumstance, such as ww or danger of war, that a president enn be re-elected, even if it is then desirable. Cleveland tried it and fulled; Harrison tried it and failed. Tho trou ble is that during his first term a presi dent necessarily makes so many enemies that when tho campaign for Ills re-election comes on he is inevitably weaker than his party. Still more serious is tho influence which a renomluatlon has uion tho pol iticians and local leaders throughout th. country. They say: "Oh, what differ ence does it mako to un whether this man is elected again or not? Ho didn't give us an ofllco during tho present term, aud if wo turn to and help him to a second term we aro simply working to keep in office tho fellows who aro already there." But if a now man is put up the meu who already hold good jobs turn In and work iu hope of keeping them, and tho chaps who are on theoutsido pull oft their coats iu hopo of getting iu. Besides there is some peculiar quality iu the public mind which welcomes chango. The peoplo becomo tired of tho very name of a president. They become tired of gossip about him and Btorios which illustruto hU character and me . ods. They would like to soo a new sun rise in tho horizon. They have an in stinctive, even if unconscious, craving for novelty. Iu four years about all the entimeut there is iu tho personality of r president is dissipated in tho popular years ago tho peoplo wero a little veary of Urover, whoso strong charac vcr and certain mental peculiarities had at first strangely attracted them. Lost month they gave evidence that the senti ment which "Little Ben" had roused 'n them was uo longer a force. When you come to think about it, sentiment is after all tho biggest thing iu tho world. It beats mouoy and brains all to pieced. Andrew Jackson obtained his marvel ous bold upon tho peoplo of our curlier republic becuuso his rudo character and uncouth manners wero just suited to till and satisfy the imagination of tfio times. He was a heroic figure, and his clay pipe and "By the Et omul!" did more to main tuin him in power than all his craft and wisdom. It was the same with Lincoln, the next president after Jackson who appealed to the popular imagination. Of course Lincoln was a great, a wonderful man. as we see him now, but when he was nroDosed for a second term there were plenty of people who did not take the view of him which history takes. Yet the sentiment which attached to '"Old Abe," and the mil splitting, and the sto ries, ami the anecdotes about bis tender ness of heart aud homeliness of speech made him invincible in the fuco of pow erful opposition. Of course General Grant obtained a second term ,aUno;l without a struggle A great military fcero like C-unt could uever be over- turned in it popular elecllonjn (his coun try iu tho generation of tho Mrugglo In which ho had distinguished himself. Mr. Cleveland will coma In with tho odvniitago of four yearn' experience and four years more of observation from the outside. If ho can't mako n good presi dent thin tlino, there is uo virtue in op portunity. There in ono thing that I do not think Mr, Cleveland will do, and that is to ap point any member of his old cabinet to n place iu tho new ministry. If there is any exception to thin rule, it will proba bly bo found In the case of Mr. Fair child, who wan necretaryof tho treasury after the death of Manning. Mr. Fair child is not only a warm personal friend of tho now president, but ho in an able and experienced llnaiicier. I hear from very good sources that if Mr. Falrchlld will mako the sacrlllco of income uocen lary to enable him to come to Washing ton and work four yearn for Undo Sam for it salary that will keep his hornen and pay his house rent and leave bin other expensen to come out of bin prlvato purse he may be asked io take his old Dost at the head of the treasury doiiurt- incut. I lho most ruinous mombor or Mr. Cloveland'H former cabinet, W.O.Whit-'landlord. ney, will not como to Washington with Mr. Cleveland this time. Shall I bluntly tell you why? Because Mr. Whitney doon not wish to incur tho risk of nunr. rellng with bin friend, tho nresldent elect, which service in his cabinet would involve. This sounds Ilkun iiueor state mont, but it Is true nevertheless. If any man iu the world known Mr. Cleveland, it is W. C. Whitney. Uo knows how great and htrong Cleveland is, and also how stubborn and unreasonable ho U when tho npntt moves him. They man aged to get through one administration together and the recent campaign, but iu both or theso trials there wan often moro or less danger of rupture. From what 1 have heard 1 think it nafo to say Whitney Is tho only man who could have "managed" Cleveland with out a row through tho hint six months. I 9 lliifn It 1 t V hiiim ii iv at! 4 .. t 1. .. ror themsc'lvcH and their party tho fur i would liavo lieeii flying in the surround ing atmosphere moro than once. But the election in over, aud Mr. Cleveland's future in fixed. Ilo will servo aH ureal- dent four y am ami after that will re- tiro to a well earned rest. Ho knows this an well an any ono, aud ho kuowH better than any of un how much fun he is going to have during tho next four yearn iu the solid way of doimr what he .urn iu the solid way of doing what he ken, Irrespective or Tom, Dick or Hurry, Ho aud nltiiov aro now iro.nl frh.ii.h7 ,,., vv J ro,U)" gooi! friends, id Mr. Whitney in wise enough to Iik nun mr. iv linnet- is wise enouuu io avoid putting any unnecessary strains upon tlielr relations. There in an idea abroad in the laud that Whitney in to be tho heir or tho Cleveland politic"' estate, and ho doesn't want to have any row with tho testator. Mr. Bay a id won't be iu tho now calt tuet ror a good many reasons. Mr. Bay urd has lost his grip as a pablio mini and always was somewhat overrated. Besides ho is not limiucinlly able to in dulge tho luxury or a cabinet office. Don Did -son wants to. uiuko. .nptuo money, too,1iud doesiiYhnnker for the job of running tho postoillco depart ment. Mr. Dickinson told mo tho other day that tho postoillco department is tho most difficult branch of the entire government to manage. It appears to bo well organized, and is in most ways, but the duties of the postmaster general aro just what they were when the gov ernment wan started. Technically ho in supposed to do the whole business, and while this Is physically impossible the law require him to do no much, to at tend to so many matters in person, to sign such ai. jiiorinotiH number of letters aud documents that a P. M. O. must work harder than any slave of mine or mill. I shouldn't lie surprised if General Pat Collins, of Boston, were iu the new cab iuet. Cleveland in fond or him, aud Col lins isn't a bit afraid or Cleveland. Thero in a strong probability that Governor Gray, or Indiana, will be a member. There is a little history aliout this which perhaps 1 shouldn't mention. It in to tho effect that during the recent cam paign things didut look well ror Democ racy in Indiana. Tho Gray meu wero holding back. They hud lost tho vice presidency at the Chicago convention and weren't happy. . Governor Gray was invited to go and see Mr. Cleveland. Ho went. In order to get Gray into good humor Mr. Cleve-1 land said just a little more than ho had expected to bay, and now the governor counts on being called to a seat at the , council bo"-d. Tho truth is, Mr. Cleve land doesn't want him and yet cannot just see how ho is to get out or it lion- orubly. So even the self willed and do-' as-you-please Mr. Cleveland cannot al-, ways live on Easy street. I should bo very much surprised if Mr. Curhble wero to bo secretary of tlw treasury, lie is talked or, but he doesu t want tho honor and isn't fitted ror tin work. Ho is too great u man to bo sec retary or tho treasury. Ho is a student, u thinker ana au orator not a man of buBluess, not a desk nlavo, not n trained executive. In such u place ho would t a conspicuous ruilure, just as iu the sen ate he is an adornment to Ainorican public life rnd intellectuality. For um . tho sumo reason I should not think Mr. Cleveland would take Colonel Morrison, of Illinois, into his cabinet. Colonel Morrison knows a good deal about tho tariff question and i one of the most admirable characters our public service has ever produced, but ho has few qualifications ror the cec retaryship or the treasury. Whoro wih Mr. Cleveland llnd a secre tary or statu? It is u queer thing, but n all our list ot present htatesmeu there is not one that tills the bill ror this honor. Mr. Carlisle would lie hotter ror that than ror finance, but ho is too poor. Sen ator Gray, or Delaware, comes well to ward the ideal, but 1 make my guess ox to the man who will get it James C. Carter, the leader or the New York bur. a great lawyer, a wealthy man, un en tirely respectable figure uud u warm frliud of Mr. Cleveland's. Walteii Weixuan. CHIPPER CHESTNUTS. It In newer necessary to toll the money lender to take a little more Interest In his business. New Orleans Picayune. Many unkind things aro said of the tele phone, hut one of Its redeeming features In that )oti can't lend money through It. Philadelphia Record. "In Jack here tonight t" "Yes, hut you can't see 111 in. He's liehlnd the clirysnn themuiii In Ills buttonhole " Boston Cm r.ctte. The London museum contains the first envelope ever made. It was probably found In some man's pocket uddresHed In his wife's hand. Chicago Inter Ocean, The Heiress Mow can you ask me to be your wife, Mr. Hyinpsonne, when you are dependent on your father for an Income? Hympsoune But, gad, 1 won't bo If I marry you, Kiimiy Folks. No pawnbroker will tunic 'ike to guard young men from reeklesM domination, hut he'll keep watch for them. Philadelphia Times. "The great problem that 1 have to ileal with," said the keeper of the Imheulle nsy 1 it lit, "Is to llnd some occupation for the people under my charge." "Why not set thulii to Inventing college yells?" asked the visitor. Buffalo Kxim-m, I "I'll have to raNu the rent," said the "All right," said tlio tenant, ' "It's uioru than 1 can do." Washington St"- Uncle Josh 1 guesa .James must lie iloln . first rate down Iu Hie city nructlclu law A""1 Mundy-NVhyf Uncle Josh-Well, i1 ,l,,,1nI lwo f11"'11 at come Iu while I won there say they wanted him to come up and try a new case that evenln. Kate Field's Washington. Mrs. Mulligan And so you have uo mother now? .Motherless Hoy No, mum. Mrs. Mulligan Well, my hoy, whenever you feel the want of a good thrashing come to me, and I'll he a mother to you. Tit Bits. Author But why do you chafgur ' the more for printing thin time than usual? Publisher llecaiisu the composltora were constantly falling asleepover your novel. -Flleguude Ulattcr. Even a lightning calculator may fall to accurately estimate the speed of an eleo' trio car when he wants to cross the street ahBml (,f 't--Blnglinn.ton Republican. Convolution from tha Hunch. A story of a kind hearted trial justice In told In central Maine. Tito sorrows of the i rfTiillitiitM tttitl I tl 1 1 I ttiwt liliii tminltml til deeply, but despite his efforts at condo lenco ho wan strict in doing hin official duty. On one occasion an offender be walled his fate when found guilty of a crime. "Have you ever been sentenced " re" . asked Judge Q kindly. ror,,r .. J"""'" :,M'.,K 9T . "' ""'i' I,'iIO, th,V iulVr' bMr,t.,nK ,nt" tvnn" U l'"' Wl'n-llon l feel ho lmJ n,ml hlM tho j,,,, Hynipnthetlcolly: "vou'rouolnttoboiiow "-LuwlatouJour "... ,.. ...,i..... i... .,.,... boL jum w s-uiitft, hu uu iiwhi KtrlkhiK Uurs. Doggie You have very striking cars. K. ' Mule Yes, I think na Truth. Wlirre They Went. Mlsn Madison Strange your recital was not a succesH. The papers said that the audience went wild. Paderuhlsky That means they stain peded fur the Ihx office. New York Trlb uue. Nnmrry riilloaiiphy. Mother Now, children, you must be very good today, for your father has hurt his hand, and if you are naughty he cannot whip you. FUvgeiule Blatter. , A I'iiiil. Bill Smith thinks moie of fancy fowls than sintlilliK Ix'ttlile: While In n Kunleii lilrely tilled .luck 'crklu tHkes moot prlilu. Ald boot of neihUirs they reinwlnml until one tucMexn iluy Dill's coop Kutnlmky nml his fowUueul stalk liiK o'er the uny. They wniulvrt'it rountl until tbuy raiu to Perkins' unrilun patch, And hero they all rvAolvtnl to tnp ami haven Jolly bciHtrh. Wheu I'erkliu knew thin nhiimcful fact (hU feelings j cm t nu kiicss) lie went aud told Hill that his fowl had made an awful mcoit. Well, Hill th linked I'urktiu that hoeaiueand talked of IlKopUIti, And eiilcl he'd never let hU fowls ko botherhiK him aualii; An lllll meant well, uo dmiht, but yet I am compelled tu fciiy lack found the poultry In his patch 'most ev ery uther day. One noon lllll went as uminl to view bla feath ered flock And found, with grief, one rooster none an uiKiu-pouuu riyutuuth lliH'k." And fur that ful, both fur aad uear, he kearched with anxious rare, Then called uud aitked Juek if he'd Keen hU rooster any w here. "What's tlmlr"uld Jack. "Your rooster (tone? Your blh'Ufnt one? TIiiu'h queer. Why, 'taln't bo very Iiiiiuh.-o I Miwlluverberu. I'd help jou llnd ll.onlj, Hill, we're KoliW to have a treat For dinner, and I told iu wife I'd heonband, to eat. "rtay, lllll. jou'd bolter lukeudvlee unit uoiiud nxjnurroop l"or Ju.t between )uun-ulr unl me jnurrooM. er's iu Ihotuup." -IJ.T. Wuruir l:i Ij.'.nm lllolw. REST FOR THE WEARY. lloir t,i, Comfort or lho Public Will lie I'rotlitrd for at the World's Pnlr. Clllt'AOO, Dec. Io. Thoro is or was onco on a time an old hymn very much in favor with that class of itinerant evangelists known nn Prlmttivo Metho dists that dwelt In stanzas many Inchon long ukiu the good timo coming, whou thcio would lie "Rest Tor tho Weary." That hymn ought to bo very popular at Jackson park next year, ror there will bo many and many a weary ono among tho dally torient of World's fair slght secrn weary mothers and fathers nnd little ones, we.try nweetheartsand beaux, weary youth amd old ago that have tramped up and down many miles of avenues ami threaded their way iu aud out a scorn or tiioroodiulldiugnof vaster dlmensionn than they huvo ever neon be fore or even dreamed of, aud explored tho mysteries of numberless side shows, and sklrtil tho lagoons on crowded launches until nature has revolted and soliloquizes with itself, "Where was I at?" Then n place of rest will bo in tho na ture of n friend iu need and a friend in deed a haven of refuge where the wornout sightseers, with minds bewil dered and confused by explorations nmoug the womlern that tho mttiotiH of the earth have gathered together, may to quote a popular and learned divine, i "Hit twirling their thumbs aud gazing I outwardly into vacancy or inwardly into vacancy, an tho case may be." And resting places there will be. The exposition authorities have sensibly de creed that the two It's, Recreation aud Best, must needs be dependent one upon the other. Aud bo wo aro to have a "Bureau of Public Comfort." What a world or memories the name will con jure up among old Centennial goorn! Who among them is thero that ban for gotten the picturesque 1 mo structure just back ot the main building in Fair mount park over which welcoming legend was emblazoned in letters u root high. How many women eniuo hero to bathe their throbbing brown; how tunny lost children wero- restored to anxious par ents; how many missing articles round their rightful owners; how many home prepared lunches wero devoured in the big rotunda; how many telegraph men sages telling of good times and good health winged their way over the con tinent from tlio little- pigeonhole in the corridorl And hero it was, too, that tlio Centen nlul news gatherers how many of them have now passed Into the great beyond! women an well an men (for womau's share iu journalism in not, us u good many people imagiuor un incident of comparatively recent development), and who represented the leading publications nnd press associations of three conti nents, came toguthec with viiclt recur ring sunset to exchange gleuulugn, com pare facts aud elaborate fiction. But all this in reminiscence-. One bu reau of public comfort was sufficient for the Centennial jt, half dozen or more will bi reqliirod tot.ikecareof Chicago's visitors next year. Iu LStO. the enter prise wan u private one, iu. tlio- uature of a concesiiou, hut thu coming fair will bo so vast iu scope that tlio directorate has made the comfort and convenience of its guests a part of its owu business uud proposes to conduct It under its own direction. Tlio success of the Centennial bureau in all its details wan so phenomenal that tho directory went to considerable trou ble to locate tho whereabout of its orig inator and manager, lie wus finally discovered away up in. the mountains of Colorado prospecting for silver and finding sufficient, us he puts it, to keep the cump iu rations. It needed some little pers" '-ion to bring him to the Windy C . but ho is heie, and so It Happens Hint tho sumo ohl grizzled vet eran of Centennial, recollections. Major Marsh W. Kassou, is for the second time chief of the public comfort department of an American World's fair. As tho result of his experience, com bined with now ideas, au elaborate fcclieme has been devised. Thoeuoriuous terminal building,, through which every visitor reaching tht grounds by steam car must enter, has been selected as the main bureau, and numerous others will be scattered over tho ground, us well as located iu tho larger structures devoted to manufacture, mining uud probably fisheries. Iu all of these there will be provision for what may be termed everyday neces sities, big testing looms with comfort able easy chairs, ladies' parlors, writing rooms, lavatories, bootblacks and news paper stands, uud commodious eating j rooms, where tho.-e who bring their lunches iu preference to patronizing the expensive menus of tho restaurants may t eat at their leisure and get a cup or cof fee to wubh down tho holids. There will be registers upon which the visitors may inscribe their names, where they came from, where they are stopping, I when they proposo to return, so that I their friends aud neighbors may round them up, as it were, aud have a reunion away from home. I Polite attendants will bo on hand ' primed with information on aliout every subject under the sun. Telegraphic dis j patches will bo received and seut, tick ' ets reserved for places of amusement, sleeping accommodations secured for visitors hoiuewurd bound and hand bag ' gage and parcels taken care of. Aud iu relation to tlio latter convenience it is Interesting to recall the fact that of neatly a quarter of a million articles handled by the Centennial bureau so perfect wus Major Ivituson's syhtem that but a single piece, aud that a lady's par asol, failed to reach its owner, aud the latter, womanlike, very readily accepted a five dollar bill as an equivalent. Last, but not least, the Columbian bureau lias perfected a plan by which it expects to be able to piovide a comfort able bleeping place for every pro-pective visitor that may seek its good mllce t that end, evt'n if they were to swoop down upon It a half million strong ' Bui that's another story. ' I llcMtv M Hunt EhtablUhcd 186S. For Pure Ice Cream' d Delicious The Bon To Tolophono 4G7. Geo. Meicfeirleine, JPropr BHKERY GONFCTIONeRY Coffer nnd bight Sewing Machine Wc have lust employed a skillful workman from tfic Enrt, who In fully compete to make all repair in tne above lines Moving Household f'WW' a Specialty. Nonehut experience iun employed. Latest ilovlccs ,,r .i,cu., other Heavy Articles. B UCKSTAFF BROS.' Manufacturers of- HARNESS AND COLLARS. Wliolo-nle Dealers In HADDI.ES Vitrified Urick and all Kinds OflWs-738 rf iyftsit-rit vrs rfr!tf.tri4t.fzjCjt4t riurirj-V-ritxtfaOf W Tbu 251 ? r 5IroHnE,sowiBsnnr H S ftor let Tenrs of active work Jj of Oniulm, at Director, during which time the almve orchestra fur- k ) n'hhi'd mimic forull thoproniliiPiitcvontn,rolciilly,theatrlcnllv,elc., r I have loeated Iu Lincoln toeimaKo nerwiiiBllv In oieiu-iilru bimle, k, frelliu: confident that lean furnish the bett of rmufe nt imv nnd till JJ tlineH. Kor terms and Information, call at oftlre of UAl'lTAL ClY K. Couiimi, HUM) street, or coll up telephone 253. tf fl VINU just assumed porsonu! control tny aim to conduct a ftrht-cla.. establishment, giving beH of care and attention to horses entrusted t our keeping. STYLISH CARRIAGES. single or double, and a fine line of well-tralned hori.es for III cry use, fur nlshcil, day or night. DAVE FITZGERALD, Prop. FRANK RAMSEY, Foreman. Telephone 550 Stables 1639 and 1641 O Street. FULL SET OF TEETH $5. TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. NO CHLOROFORM I NO ETHER I NO GAS I All Fllilngi at Dr. H. K. KERMAN, Surgeon Dentist, Rooms 94, 9s and 06, Burr Blk. FrestiOyl JALb AT- 12012 P Street. Lunches at all Hours and Gun .Reprii I . j, I HUHr- at y.. 320 oiiin cicvenin tire Telephone 176. Office, 1 001 O SI tjds and Pianl olilncry, Hntcn a mil MANUFACTURING CO and Manufacturers of ! of Straw and Wrapping Paperl to 744 O street. MUSKS JL ' MUSIC re ooNOtirrs RiotcnoNt if 0ANOCS.IT0 with the Mnslcdl Union Ordipntm. k - K Finest in the City THE NEW LINCOLN STABLES. of my handsome new stables, It will be Lowest Rates, i