Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-11-19
WHERE Is SPENCER?
A Man Loudly Called For at was1

A Man Loudly Called o at Wash.
ingion, but Non Est.
The SENTINEL commented two or three
days ago on the distress expressed by
President Arthur caused by a personal
letter to him, asking him for the where.
abouts of ex-senator Spencer of Alabama.
Where the lost man is now we do not
know, but we are satisfied, as we said the
other day, that if the President had really
been anxious to nave him appear and tes-
tify in the Star Route cases, his appre-
hension would have been easy enough, as
he lives in Osceola, and, while he was
being presumably hunted for, passed
through Eureka to the overland railroad.
In answer to its own query, "Where is
Spencer ?" the San Francisco Bulletin says:
At the time of the first Star Route"
trials Spencer was not to be found. Nor
can he be found as the second trial of the
conspirators approaches. But he will
eventually turn up somewhere OF the face
OF the earth. He is d traveller. In the
early days of Colorado he was an impe-
cunious individual hanging about Denver.
Somewhat later he made his way to Cali
fornia, and when, in 1864, Governor Nye
was elected United States Senator from
Nevada, he attached himself to the per-
sonal surroundings of that gentleman.
lie could be found at almost any hour in
the apartments of the new Senator at the
Lick House. He married a gifted lady
contributor of the Golden Era and other
papers Of this city, incidentally. He was
presented with a pass East through the
solicitation of Mr.. Nye, and through that
gentleman's influence secured a commits
sion from the President as Registrar in
Bankruptcy in Alabama. Here his wife
entered upon the duty of educat-
ing the freedmen. She became popu-
lar with her gentle manners, and her
untiniely death was mourned by whites
and blacks alike. To this sad circumstance
was due to a considerable extent the cleo
ton of Spencer to the United States Sen
ate. he had never made q speech in his
life, but he became an expert wire puller.
He was mercenary to the extreme. From
the depths of poverty he found a way to
lift himself to a considerable hight of
affluence. When the Democrats again, at
the expiration of his term, came into
power, Spencer found himself in very hot
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the Star route conspirators, if not one
of their active agents; and now he is
wanted at the second trial of Dorsey and
Others as a witness, but cannot be found.
There is a suspicion that he might be
wanted in some other capacity than that
oil a witness. At any rate, he is not to be
Alabama knows him no more,
nor do Colorado and California. He may
have gone on a pleasure trip to foreign
parts.
The President is reported as annoyed at
continued absence. Wherever the
ex-senator is, he evidently does not care to
make himself known as having once occu-
pied a distinguished national position. He
is tired of public life, and would like to
pass the remainder of his days in private
(and luxurious tranquility. Wherever he
is he does not boast Of having once been a
United States Senator. Perhaps his name
is no longer Spencer. At any rate, he is
somewhere, to all appearances, in the Zen
joyment" of much wealth. Dorsey, as
well as Spencer, was a carpet-bag Senator,
and as his second trial draws near, Spencer
considerably keeps himself out of the
way. The President of the Government
is represented as annoyed at the
absence, but for that the enter
Spencer cares nothing. His public
lays are ended, and he, undoubtedly,
Knows on which side his bread is we'll
buttered.