Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-07-20

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toward his body, and it was often for
tunate for his friends if his vices took
the direction of his throat. Massachu-
sets has been a great stickler for NOR
atty, but human nature flows under
meath that highly respectable frontis-
piece, just like some of the new bridges
or vladucts you see in the heart Of
London carved with statutes, while I'M
dernea,h runs the coarser traffic of a
city, or, perhaps, the corruption of a
sewer. Where was there more of a
man in our day than
ROBERT c, scHENCK?"
81 think, myself" said I, that
Schenck possessed more of the ele-
ments of honor and chivalrv than al
most any northern man ever saw. and
yet he never could get to the United
States senate"
"As to that said my friend, sit was
because he was too honest to assume
principles and views he had 70, c~-
banded to. Sherman protested To have
adopted all those views when he had
not sincerely done SO. Sherman had
studied the forces in Ohio which elect
ed senators, and catered to them, while
Schenck as a rough, gn,rled old wing,
Of the Tom Corwin and Henry Clay
style, was too much of national man
to step into sectionalism before he was
driven to it, A fter the war began and
slavery tr ed to capture the capital OF
the United States, Schenck yielded to
the logic OF ha.d knocks. Nothing
ever defeated him for the senate. and
possibly for the presidency, but too
much honesty to demaeoging even in
the directions of things which
were going TO be- He was no
ldeallst; he was wing. He believed
IN our nationality, our prosper
ity, and was against tie democrats,
but, coming of an old Dutch stock, he
did not spring to the New England
view OF the conflict with slavery You
see, after he had been in congress eight
years Fillmore made him Minister to
Brazil, and he rather belonged to the
Fillmore wing of the party than to the
Seward wing. This pushed him out of
the line OF political development in
Ohio, and he did not go back to Con-
gress again till 1862, after he had been
benera! IN the war.
SHERMAN
In the mean time, by the aid of Secre-
tary Chase, had succeeded to Chase's
seat, where he still sits. Schenck Inherit
ed from his Dutch foreiathersa volup-
tuous temperament and love of society.
You take the Duoth school of painting
and see what they are doing in those
pictures-eatin und feasting and dane
ing and laughing-and you will see the
ordinary life Of every Dutchmans pos
terty,
Schenck took his work easily in Con-
gress, though he had an abundance Of
1t to do, He was great chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee, but
instead of worrying himself all night
about It's business, he would come in
like Charles James Fox, and have his
| clerk bring the business to him, and he
would take 1t up seriatum and pass his
| bill by sheer force of character. Gar
field thought everything of Bob Schenck
being also man of warm tempera-
ment and lover Of the good things of
this life. 81 have to SMILE" said my
friend, ito hear people denouncing
Schenok for giving instructions how to
play poker honestly aud squarely,
while they do not know that G ,riield
loved game Of cards, and skipped
away even after he became president
to have little game with some old
friends. People Insist that Garfield was
preacher. That was only small
portion of his life.
Schenck was the.most popular minis
ter we have probably ever had in En-
gland, and we have had great many
big men there, from John Adams
down"
Speaking of John Adams" said /,
reminds me Of his grandson, Charles
Francis Adams, who meekly consented
to go with some bunko-p players the other
day. Was not that qnte as weak ~
Schenck allowing his friends to use his
name in board of directors?"
THE ADAMsEs.
ooh pshaw!" exclaimed my gossip,
"men are pretty nearly the same, ex-
cept IA restrained by selfdiscipline or
not being found out by observation.
That Adams family is full OF warm
blood, and, while sticklers for morality,
the scions Of that house stray into for
hidden ways like any other publican
and sinner. Mr. Adams's boys never
produced anything sanity, and are
great lovers Of very literature" 81
think" continued the gentleman,
chat great error is done the
American public by the newspaper
press sending to Washington very fresh
young persons TO describe public life
and character. These young fellows
go down there expecting to see race
OF demigods, and when they find plain
human beings they are disappointed
and begin to advise the country that
Washington is all rotten. Now, Wash
ington is human nature under various
conditions. Where you find rapa-
cious state just coming up, and much
in need of government help, you find
a nimble.iingered senator. Where you
find an old state, which has already
got it's public buildings, docks, ship
yards, harbor improvements, ETC., you
find a conservative senator, who rather
puts the negative on wild expenditure.
Tins the two parta of the country