Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-06-22

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not often in his bearing. He pesDissed
no familiarity of word or oct, and yet
there wss noshisg Of the martinez sbout
him. He vss simply . stroug man,
whose strength partly asserted itself in
personal dignity. His associates were
men Of his own character-energetic and
He held his own With the
strongest, and m ade his influence felt BY
all. His judgment in matters Of business
Was excellent and be never displayed II
to better purpose than when he sold his
fifty shares Of Tribune stock 70 Whitelaw
Reid, Jay Gould furnishing the money.
Orion had quito enough on bis hands
without undertaking to rom newspaper,
and he did wisely in giving up his pro-
ject of putting Schuyler Colfax in charge
Of the Tribune and running it in the IN
terest of Grant, Greeley then being in
his grave. He retained one share Of
Tribune stock, but afterwards gave that
away, in order to have the matter OF his
mind altogether. Orion had extrsordi-
nary business capacity, but it would hard
~ have been equal to the task of running
the Tribune and Western Union Com
pany at one and the same time.
He came to New York just twenty
years ago and started publishing house
10 Park Row, but failed two years later
and lost everything. Between that time
and 1866, when he was called to Wash
ington and made Commissioner Of Rev
enue, he had no chance to accumulate
much money. In 1866 be went into the
telegraph business, and whatever he wa
worth at his death was made in connec-
ton with it. Some say he left nearly .
million, and others say that he was worth
very little-not more, probably, than
100000. But the Tribune stock that be
sold five years ago was then supposed to
be worth $4,000 Possibly, however,
it was not all his own. His salary Of
$25, 900 was not much more than enough
to support his family of ten Che had eight
children), and keep up the premiums on
his life insurance policies amounting "a
500, 900 and something over. One Of
these policies ($10, 000) was 10 the Charter
Oak, of Hartford, which has had heaps
of trouble for it in years past. 1t was
singular that SO shrewd man should 90
into company so recklessly managed Is
the Charter Oak. Orion took great in
terest in Edison, the phOnograph and
telephone man. He regarded Edison az
a greater genius even than Morse, and
kept q sharp watch on all his work, so
that the Western Union should have the
benefit of all that was really useful. Edi-
con has been under contract with the
Western Union for Q considerable time,
and all his telephones are made in the
company's factory, near Trinity Church.
Orion valued him, but also made close
bargains with him. It was . leading
part of his character to figure everything
down to the bottom and keep It there,
not because he WAS parsimOniOus, but be-
cause business demanded the closest cal
ulation.-Corrsspondenes Of ths Dsfreil
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