Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1880-10-21
MR.. ENGLISH AT HOME.
What a Townsman and Neigh
bor' Of the Next Vice-Presi-
dent Has to Say About
(From the Ne,c York World, Oct. Sth,
1880.

1880.
Mr.. Henry D. Pierce, q lawyer of
Indianapolis and partner of eX.United
States Senator Turple, is stopping a
few days in New York with Mr.. Gal
lagher, the editor of the Mining jour
nal, homeWard bound from the White
Mountains. He was met yesterday by
a " orld reporter and was asked if he
knew Mr.. English well.
He said: Il have been visitor at
his family flreside since my boyhood.
In business it has been my lot fire.
quently to come in contact with him
in the courts antagoniStically, for his
own and his bank interests have
brought him in conflict with the claims
of my clients, who were sometimes
rival creditors, and occasionally delay
seeking debtors. l say unhesitatingly
that | meyer knew Mr.. English TO do
an oppressive act. He has been charg-
ed with fOreclosing mortgages. He
took and foreclOsed them fairly and
simply as a matter of business. AS a
President of the First National, the
wealthiest bank in Indiana, for fifteen
or twenty years, it would be rather
singular if his name did not figure eX-
tensively in the court records. He
siuply did his duty to himself, the
parties for whom he loaned, ana his
bank-many Of the bank loans, at
least some to my knowledge, being
originally made in the name or the
asfhBaerHEs hBaerHEs ulMAt.EF. lME prompt, reliable,
and just such person as wins the
highest place and confidence in fnan-
clal circles Of New York. Every fair
business man Of Indiana knows this.
His wealth, in my Judgment, has been
oyerestimatsd; a large property he
certainly has, but much of it is unpro.
ductive. l give it as my judgment
that the few who have aired their
private mi5fortuneS in opposition jour
nails for partisan purposes could, never
theleSs, go to Mr.. English and those
for whom he has acted, after the cleo
ton, snd receive back their properties
at discount of 20 per cent. upon
what the same have cost him. Shrink
age and widespread disaster loaded
him with properties be would gladly
return at less than cost, l think. Few
men with idle means would a year or
two ago have thought for a moment of
giving him cost for them"
'How about his buying tax titles?"
:'People who are compelled to de-
fault in interest and cannot pay their
loans, always let their taxes 60 unpaid.
Many an Eastern loan company knows
this, Mr.. English has prudently
protected himself and his fduciaries by
looking to taxes. l Lave profession
ally represented many Eeastern inter-
ests IN the same way, and often found
our interests and claims conflicting
with his; but l never knew MILAN II.
English to buy single property at tax
sale on speculation. He bought only
where compelled to protect himself
ind his fdu ;iarieS, Indianapolis suf-
,ared q severe EloW from the panic.
Large and moderate.sIze dwellings
vent begging for tenants. People who
lad homes sought cottages and rooms |
n blocks. Mr.. English, in the face of |
gratuitous adyice to the contrary,
proved himself real recognized public
)enefactOr when, at bad time, he |
)nilthundredsof small houses in manu-. |
acturing districts-au action which
II The city press, when he was not
resounded to his praise as a
,ublic-spirited citizen. His friends |
new that he was actuated largely by !
desire to maintain Indianapolis as a
City Of Homes, for which, more than
ught else, she has been noted. His
eward in this respect, [ regret to add,
as been most unremuneratiVe rent
oil and slanderous stories by nom
aging tenants. Scores of his houses
ave stood vacant for months for want
f tenants, a prey for tramps. ENG
sh oYerbuilds,' too sanguine of his
hosen city's growth mistake said
lanY Of his present critics, who care
ally confne their means to bonds and
locks"
''The Republican journals have said
g was not hospitable man."
"Probably it is little known that Mr..
nglish's household has been broken
D in manner that should excite i
mpathy. A more devoted and ten
II husband and son never lived. His