New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-11
SENATOR SHARON AND HIS FAMILY.
TALK WITH THE sENATOR-LADY HEshEIHs Az


TALK WITH HE Sl-Nhi
PEARANCE.
Senator William Sharon of Nevada, is spending
few DAYS nj the Windsor 1Ote lie arrived IN thls
cirv Snn'.av from IN" Pacific Coast accOmpailleI ny
r. W. Sharon, his son, and SIR Thomas ana IIiul
Hc.keth. Senator Sharon VIII 60 to Washington
III, latter part of the week remaining there during
the remainder of the session. IRiBUNE Iepo''Hi
called on him yesterday. The Senator Is naie oiu
gentleman erect ard dlgg!icd III bearing. Ills race
is intellectual, and his dark barr and mOustachc are
tirged with cray. .o
made by Colonel Fair III the vdda contest lor the
United States SenatoTshIp. -.
1T was conducted replied Senator sharon with
a smile as contests have been conducted before III
Nevada.-0n business principles Colonel fdir lSeu
the Influence of bis position IN the mines as wen -
money. There are only aOout seventeen htpup-
cans IN the LEGISLATURE the Democrats beng largely
IN Tie majority | suppose that lie Will have the
entire Democratic support, and on parry measures
will vote with that party. Colonel fdir mas ho ;,
been understood, however 10 he an active partIsau'
To what special cause do You attribute yoAr &c
feat ~
30. made no effort to succeed personally and
did not desire the Office Ny business affairs were
50 cXacting that could rot att ri TIE time 10 at
tend to the Senate. My only object IN running was
to help the Republican party carry the Sia'', pay
they put too much mlnehce on tEe olher sIu''
UIcrc the Senator laughed heartlND
it has been stated thar carly III the canvass y1n
proposed to make money night Dii ialfu dU lh'
crisis TO furnish the SIuewS of war.
said at the start that would not sp'hd any
money III the canvass but the pubic th4upht
several CO nddatpS to eater the contest rs their III
lIuemce would help the party. Congressman Wood-
burn willing to take the SrhaioTSiip ana =: A.
Tritle started before me, bat Withdrew wren
stood IN TO tic last. and made an active canvass
stumpng the Stat. simply presented NV name.
Colonel Fair Centralized many men III the mines ana
they brought enough votes under his direction to
carry The state | have no dOubt he used Ep"i
deal of money. but how much | would not pretend
nc Ieportcr asked if 100000 would be high
figure and the Senator -ald he thought II would.
When the sum of $2j0,OOO was SUGGESTED Inc SEN
atOr after pause, SAID II WOULD DC somewhat III
yidiouS for HIM to give any estimate Of the amount
Colonel Far had spent i'll the canvass. he senator
added that the state was pretty evenly, ulFlcu p
tween Democrats and Republicans, ana ne thou@ht
Colonel Far would be governed by policy wuen
questions that were not party ISSUES ne de-
clared tta he himself would not tahe ln" ,. w.
,roud of holding the utfi'e. but he would he unWl-
Ing to take it unless business interests would
permit him. aS they dd nor now, 10 GNell lHc At
tention II deserved. - ,.,
The senator SAID also that he and d. o. Mills were
building railroad at tue rate OF mile aud a haf
a daV. running southeast through Nevada from
Carson ny way OF Walker LiAe 10 NahuaiaIla;;
Abont fifty miles had been built OF tue projected
! 80 miles of road. and it waS expected to adL 10
If 900 miles more. The road would be important
to thc agricultural ana mining I'M eT"sts ~ NtVada,
connecting with the Virginia and lruckee Railroad;
which ran from Reno t" Virginia City. lie Nnid
there was nothing OF interest To be SAID about the
mining interests there at present. except perhaps
that the Comstock Lode looked lItlr more poniN-
ing The business interests Of California wee III
an unusually fine condition. the harvest last year
hayi been very large.
Lady Hcsketh. senator Sharous daughter, is slight,
v;y1cous and remarkably pretty. Her features ave
regular aud very beautiful in rep0S'. Her cicIr,
rOs -tutrd complexion Is happN set OH py hcf lI'h
hrnwu hair. Her eyes are Of lighter hue. She
dresses elegantly, but with good taste. Sr lhomrs
lie.keth was found playing biid.rds win young
Mr. sharon. 1Dc reporter "aS informed OF SI
Thomas that he and his hrG would sail tor LIvrI-
pool hv The Scythia tomorrow. and would Prphab}
make pIoiracted STAY III England. He cXiTcNs,d
himself pleased with his visit 10 ms country lie
manned about Archibald Forbes, and wanted 70
know whether he bad made a " good thing III
America and whether he had made any money ~ ms
Lectures Sir Thomas is you hful. looking and has
nromincnt features. He wears an imperial aud a
cimlnuiiye goateo and was dressed III sober black.
When the reporter lett young MI Sharon was
several points ahcid.