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Show IMl'UI)LLi: llllIVllttTlll. Homo of thu partisan tapers are making much of a rerusrk nttrlLuWd lo Uongresaman Tilott of llouth Carolina, Caro-lina, and dwell with much uno Ion on what they call the "manly conduct" exhibited by him, Tho slstement Is tint be called on I'os Imaster Uenersl Illuell tho other day aud said: "I liavo not come heru lo orawl upon my belly to you, Mr. l'oitmastcr General, or to Mr. Cleveland, for crumbs of olllce. I came here lo assert my rljlits as a representative, and inlon J to do It." to a certain class of ptoplc that kind of languigo In tho lico where Jt wss utterod may teem manly and courageous; cut here where the ceuleel In llfu ob nlus some recognition, It amounts to n much swmhbuckler bravaJo. Juil what "rights" tho rej rcsentatlvu of n congressional con-gressional district has In ono of the executive depattmeut! of the g)veru-meut g)veru-meut abovo or dlflerlng from thoko of any other American citizen, wo confess con-fess an utlor Inability to understand. Tho l'resldout Is presumed to take counsel of Iho senators III tho maltur ofcortaln appointments an 1 i u matter mat-ter of couttsiy, not of right, tin frequently fre-quently receives and acts upon the recomnionJatlom of representatives. Hut thero liuothliig compulsory In tho matter and the "rights" spoken of do not nppoir. If Mr. Illisell lu I bidden his visitor ii (ereuiptory good morning and Imputed einielhlug In the uaturo of lultlal velocity to hli gueat In t'toevent of the latter'a stay-lug stay-lug upou Iho ordorof his going, It would not hnvoliiennmlis. |