Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 31 May 1894 — Page 4

the BANNER TIMES. GREENCASTEE. INDIANA. TiH’RSDAV, M AI U. I s111 -

tlN NEI TItAL GROrN'D.

WASHINGTON SOCIETY IGNORES ALL POLITICAL DISTINCTIONS.

Whc* ''liinr 1 n tl»«* ll«*st Social C'ircle* Men of “I’liynical Fotcncy** C'«-n-tral FijurcH Anions tlic I.a^Ucs The White House .Mistress.

ISpccial Correspondence.1

Washington, May 17.—Statesmen come and statesmen go, but Washington 1 society goes on forever. And here is the beauty of it—no political revolution can affect the social standing of the man yho is in the swim so long as he stays in Washington. Even if he be defeated and out for a term, yet when he returns he takes his old plane, and all is serene. Of course the heads of official society change with each change of administration, but while president and vine president, secretaries and their colaborers in congress are Democratio or Republican, as the case may Is*, the ladies of the cabinet and the wives of members who lead in society take a sort of pride in ignoring all snch distinctions, and the army and naval officers, diplomats, scientists and society people of Washington remain asaconstant and nonpolitical quantity. Society is indeed neutral in politics and religion. Catholic and Protestant, Greek and Buddhist, are all on one footing. Democrat, Republican and even the Populist and the single taxer meet in the parlors of the leading ladies, and while the color line is as yet but slightly infringed upon, Fred Douglass and the Japanese and Chinese embassadors have occasionally met socially in the houses of the best.

Where Strife In Stilled.

It is this condition which gives the conservative ladies of Washington their strongest argument against woman suffrage. Pnt into the coarser language of man, their plea is substantially this: In all the burly burly of a heated cam-

SENATOR JOHN T. MORGAN.

paign there is one common meeting ground for all parties where strife is stilled. From the fiercest partisan contest in the capitol the disputants may pass at once to a precinct where the situ.'/ion is like that known in th‘,;ui<l-

ftle ages as "the peace of Hod”—an area where nil arms and armor were to he left off and the bitterest enemies were controlled by the voice of a woman >r a

priest.

This precinct is in the ladies' parlor, and it is there that all the asperities of }Militics are smoothed away, and from there congressmen go to their rest in a tranquil frame of mind and begin the next day as if nothing had happened. ‘‘Is it not better,” the ladies ask, "that I this neutral ground of society should be sacredly pro .orved? Suppose wo, too, were in the fight, and the animosities of each day and campaign were carried over to the next”—but it would take columns to report what the antisuffragists declare would he tin* results. This, however, is the reasoning of but one section of Washington society. The ladies most active with pen and voice maintain that the methods of the parlor would be carried into politics instead of the reverse, and Washington lias some very able woman's righters indeed. Kate Field’s Washington is perhaps the most noted lady’s paper, and her views are known to everybody. Other writers and managers of woman's papers or columns in other papers art* Mrs. (Tara B. Colby of Tin* Woman's Tribune, Mrs. Logan of The Home Magazine, Miss J. B. Lockwood of Tint Epitome and Miss Eliza R. Seidmore of Harper's periodicals. Noted on the local prt ss are Miss Schiller of The Evening News. Miss Kate Thomas of the Washington Post, Miss Helena McCartoyof The Evening Star, Miss Virginia Bntlcr, Miss J. E. Jennings, Miss Caroline Linglo, managing editor of Kate Field's paper, and some others. And on tlio subject of woman’s suffrage this local corps is about equally divided. Senator Morjfiui'H ^ arietl K now ItMlge. When v.o come to tint statesman, the society men arc found mostly in three committees. First of all are the committees on foreign affairs, as their relations are with the diplomatic corps, and that corps is of course the very center of the central nucleus of the best society at every nation’s capital. Senator John i T. Morgan, at the head of the senate committee, is credited with having the most varied and ready knowledge on a great number of subjects of any man in the senate. In classical scholarship lie is not the equal of Mr. Lodge, Mr. Turpie or perhaps of some others, but he has had a remarkably varied experience in life, has studied every detail of all the duties lie has had to perforin as lawyer, soldier, politician, senator and diplomat and is besides a great reader of general literature and gifted with a retentive memory. President Harrison once said that he had often occasion to test the ready knowledge of Senator Morgan and had never known him to fail. He is a versatile genius, a society man and a good all around talker, having at command an unlimited supply of cases in jsiint and happy illustrations. Senator Butler, his right hand man on the committee, does not strike one al first view as a society man, hut he i#

quin* a faiTnte in the social circle. So qualities, and it may lx* said of him also is Senator George Gray, who owes that he is a Isirn s<x-iwty leader An<>thmuch to a native strength of constitu- i <*r society man on that committee i~

Hon Andrew Price ef Louisiana, who

ticn and great physical potency, it there » £ his f;tth er-in-law, Edward ,s such a thing as perfect health in ™ . Ul , v r;4Ilk -^ among the first Washington, he possesses it He “ ® Lnillionaires of his section, and his

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solid, all around man. He is quite fortunate also in his domestic relations, his wife possessing the same perfect health and general capacity for the enjoyment of life, and taken all in all there is no better preserved pair in Washington. Tltey are society people in the fullest and best sense of the word.

Young him! l*retty.

On the Republican side of the committee the society men are Senators Frye and Davis. The wife of the latter is accounted the youngest looking woman in the senatorial circle and would receive a big vote as a candidate for the place of prettiest. In the house committee on foreign affairs the noted society men are Henry St. George Tucker of Virginia and Hugh A. Dinsmore of Arkansas, the latter generally spoken of as The Amiable. Just at present Mr. Tucksr has little time for society, as they are giving him an uncommonly lively fight in his district, the Tenth Virginia. All his rivals for the nomination are very prominent men, and a redhot fight is on, while the Republicans are expected to nominate ex-Congressman Yost, which will probably make the fight for election quite as close and doubtful as that for nomination. It is true that Mr. Tucker had a majority of 2, 700 in 18112, but with a combination of Republicans and Populists against him those figures ; would not count for certainty this year. His father, the noted John Randolph Tucker, was long eminent in congress, and, except the Breckinridges, no family is more prominent in the central south. They are by inheritance leaders in society. The present representative is still yorng, a very able lawyer, a j thorough society man and personally

very popular in the house. A Horn Society leader.

Mr. Dinsmore also has a home fight on his hands, hut does not allow it to trouble him, as he has one of those

if society, and Washington rejoices that

he has a sure thing district.

The Republican side of this commit- , tee is equally well supplied with society ! lights. Hon. Robert R. Hitt of Illinois, whose fame is national, married a not- | ed heiress, a Miss Reynolds of Lafay- ; ette, Ind., and their social life is even | more successful than his political ca- j recr. His service in diplomatic life i abroad and in various positions at home and his travels in Europe and general opportunities for culture have lieen well improved, and bis knowledge of foreign affairs was so generally recognized that he was given a high place on this committee on his first entrance in-

to congress.

Hon. Bellamy Storer of the First Ohio district is also a great society man and popular in the house. He is a graduate of Harvard and a very thorough lawyer. Hon. William Everett of Massachusetts hears a historic name and is sought by siK'iety rather than a seeker for its favors. He is, to put it mildly, a peculiar sort of man, and much of the humor he excites seems to be quite accidental on his part. Next to foreign affairs, the committees on military and naval affairs come most into contact with what maybe called the permanent society of Washington, but a further enumeration would make this look more like an extract from the book of Chronicles than a letter on society. Prominent Hi<lir>. Reversing the us^al order, let us now give place to the ladies. It is a matter of universal remark that this administration has not been characterized by such activity and brilliancy in social affairs as was the former one of Mr. Cleveland, when Mrs. Whitney was the great leader and central figure. Mrs. Cleveland is not nearly so active in so- | ciety as formerly, and one sees her name oftenest as patroness of some on

lady correspondents, a- to AA ashington society, and the same may lx* said of Mis- j,< hi HerlxTt, daughter of the secretary of the navy, who does the honors of her father's house. Mrs. Gresham is | uot conspicuous in s«x*iety, hut d<x*s her , part quietly, and the same may lx' said | c.f Mrs. Olney. J- H. Beadle.

Shjk It in Wife 1» l*et*lii«*<!.

Looansport, Ind.. May dl.—J. A. Shackleford, editor of the Logansport Blade, applied to the court yesterday for a writ of habeas corpus to gain ix.ssession of his wife, who he alleges is detained in a chamber of her parents residence. He tells a highly sensational story. All parties are prominent, ihe affair has created much excitement.

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Brained Ills Wife With a Hoe. Pine Bu ff, Ark.. May 31.—A brutal wife murder is reported from Noble Lake, Ark. W. M. Owens, who had left his wife, returned and asked her to again live with him. On her refusal he shot her twice and then struck her repeatedly over the head with a lux*, braining her. He was arrested and spirited away to prevent lynching. Plea Por Bimetallism. Edimu'RG. May ;n.-Kt. Hon. Henry i Chaplain, in a speech here yesterday, re- | ferred to the price of wheat in America j and elsewhere and its steady decline. He i declared that it was net due to overproduction, hut rat her to the demonetization I of silver. Hts remedy is an international | agreement te revert to the system which prevailed prior to 1873. Sutton* Bookkoppcr Lot isvn.i.E. May 31. — William H. Becher, Sutton's confidential bookkeeper j and his alleged accomplice in forging warehouse receipts, has been dismissed. There was practically no evidence upon which to hold hint. Sutton was sentenced <m two counts to 12 years in the

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Wreck ami Heath by Lightning. Akron. (>., May 3L—Lightning struck the house of William Hall at Lakeview and wrecked the structure. Mrs. Hall and baby were buried in tile ruins. Both were terribly injured, the mother’s wounds being fatal.

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a handsome though rather large wo man. As mistress of the White House she necessarily holds a certain rank, but the ladies of the cabinet take the lead in the more active social functions. The dull season is now beginning, but for the past few months Mrs. Carlisle has been the most prominent figure and many times described as a gracious and generous hostess of the finest Kentucky

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Knrnier* as Horwthleve*. GrriiRiK. O. T., May 31.—Seventeen prominent farmers are in jail for horsestealing, which has been going on extensively. Evidence against them was furnished by a man in jail on a charge of murder.

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$.’,0.00 watch for $15.00. Some have failed to buy because they did not have the money. That is a good reason, but would it not pay to borrow the money and pay a high

rate of interest? It certainly would. The prices below will speak for themselves:

To the latter wc would say that you cannot afford How can you make $15.00 easier than to buy a

Fine gold watches ....

value #60.00,

price now, #30.00

Diamond rings

value #40.00.

price now #20.00

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“ 25.00

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“ 30.00,

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“ ear-rings

18.00,

9.00

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“ 8.00

“ rings

“ 20.00,

“ 10.00

Solid silver “

“ 7.00

Sold gold spectacles

“ 5.00,

2.50

Gold chains

” 7.50.

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Silver butter dishes

“ 300.

“ '*50

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“ thimbles....

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y 2 doz solid silver tea-spoons

“ 6.00,

3.00

“ 2.00,

“ 1.00

y 2 “ triple plate

2*5°.

1.25

Yz doz triple plate forks \alllC $2.50, '/i “ silver fruit knives “ 2.50, Silver cake baskets •• 4.00. Gold head canes •• S.oo, Silver cups •* 2.00. )4 doz triple plate knives “ 2.50, Walnut clocks *• ^ .00, Nickel “ •• 2.00, “ 1 *5°'

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Price now

To parents we would say: Make your son or daughter who graduates tomorrow happy by giving him or her a handsome gold watch which will cost you only $8.00, $10.00 or $15.00. ‘ •