New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-23
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IL not, btnseh 1istolsss villain b. 1890 fA
The nhfar and rascalty Of bis psfry- ttst,t,.''dh
~ bs caDdlficy ~ Chicago wsrs The bus.,a, 30
Eat ana Tho st0T- Reuters u the Wesi. A. a. w
~ JiggIrson sn1 Mr. Clarke snd Mr. ma, . '''s "
Everett werc otherwise Disposed ~ vote foe A, :, w.
t"y could not becanas they would tsas asa ,, D"As
i"r"od ~ hifiliats With for Instance "'~hs
"rfEVE ELKiSs"
No hing more fofoibly il1,tf ite, ito hin v..
sefp0f our Gentle Hsrnlts ~ Clnbfdy "a fh,n a. ss
mate ~ M EkDsi FOR wbe fbey H. ~
beied and shpt tt'phen B Elhn, IA. ~
Rom unknown b0ybOOd Iuto A.. FW
vigorous and distinctive tJps OF American manu-. ~"
10 brilliant eIaIn1e Of he GLASS which w. ma, ~
10 show Ia the foreig a ID scIneu o, W., "'ua
AH'le'h lnsuliu"hs prolnce, AMI We can as,rr, ~.
gcn.e bermis that unles they shake ihenselys. -
and sednously cultiSae NJ. Elkns the en- nee, '.'
hundred to one they will De In such gooi CON-
IA their lives '"'
Mr. + kins was born In ono rearef IN Mss,n- 49,,
graduated az tie University OF Mis- ouri IN the Icy
at t1e OF eighteen. He took the CHEST rapL q -
class and bears the degrees OF A. b. and A NJ t,,,,S1
University. For the last years he has been 60,
10 deliver the address fore the Alumni Assocato, A
Ills year he was obliged 10 decline, Chicago RI.
Raft Convention assembled on the ZANE day
10 not mention these facts a. In am degree ,,r.
to relieve Mr. L <ns from the tsnt Of niterscyi,ms
" na
yet g sn you audible evidence OF Mr. Blaine. bal ,I,
ical s'antny Maine; nor 10 suppose The R,yers,,
VIII in Everett to have any ming resoec ,,,,h,
A BIS OF what he Is pie sed - dub TIE %.
eges" But the 70 Edy West did what she could ,o,h
boy who returned her service by orayely fgatn, IA,
battles in the civil war Throughout his boyhooi aoS
youth re surrounded by Southern association, IN
spite Of ,hese influences. however With her and iva
brothers III sympathy and identified whh tho Cooled.
lrs.f. ,a ha la %
wing studied law he went to SevYsrIoo
to take n survey before strif.ug GU for lie.
and was sufficiently suited to reman The poouls,t,s
largely Spanish that young = kns found Il ns-
sary 10 learn their Ian guSee VIII ch he practically
stored in the frs and while agcd 10 rs lssl
profession At the end o. that first year be elected
to the Legislature.
Lttls anccGOto which has long been current anon
his friends Is so charact' rstic OF the soldsl
yULlr mercenary and un-Iiaryard like clarAepi
which the Independent attribute O. MIN that slalbs
pardonod FOR producing It. The youngsters sayaa
from his 'aw practice az the enl % year iboa
n zen hundred dollars y was the first money hehi
earned an IT was all n I'd one q the uuihd
states Judges held shat, for that region. was farh
hrary. and IL into the market Tor "A a. tn rll
young lawyer and legislator onk'1 upon n 70 c1Set T.
and the result WIS that the fifteen I'M dred dollar ven
oui Of his pocket and the library came into h, no y,
pointed by the Go, ,rnor and oonlrme b, tue Lslsat
is. Cou cll as Attomey-General Of the T,r'orE 10
1861 ~ the age OF tIcIty-.iy no vas a.
pointed Uulei states Attorney by tho Pres.
dent. I'm 1873 he was elected 10 Go uev ny
tho largest majority ever c1st 'or clriiaG
for thl' office m the Territory ~ 1873 be De-
cGurd being candidate and went 10 Europe. within,
newly cllHd IS fee. tho daughter Of q Senator oib
rfed state. who may acquire s0r' distincton IN ne
..tp. 81 tfr a flurfs lV lao "a L.
1T Npw York on his return. ur Elhns found no.
m Ite ~ his dcrlnnt and without hsknoV',dge he
tu,ucy had Aga1 returned him ~ congress wlee
hc scty until i757 with gro 4 're iiti ep cii fr he
speech for tho .lmlsu0n ~ NV Mrhco 40 aHih II
may bo frl supposed that Mr. Eikns VII never b
no,rct o. KINGDOM ~ Heaven than b. v@ vh'nan
august i'on newspaper declared hl' to b. The only
case In w,ch a single speech carro1 measuft o' -
great impo taucc
During y IT, ~ ns'a public career MS oflcal ni'arn
WA never ques lOn,d and no ,hargo wa ever mcl.h
against bin.
IN 1872 h. was made president ~ the Pr. stlos
Bank Of SAINT, he. a bank aUcr Il a Dapos t"Udh
Public Funds. which Ia AMI has Ways been SIRE CAD
ptoayproua rs stock has pl' T. per cent d,l al
t now worth Sl05 per sharo ~ has y.ry ia"yf'
slsncd this pres donoy aud The DI,r1 ~ ro.s hirs
paced 11d Ibll thed u.s,lu'ns cEpfcstinR 'of"rg
found .rgrcI" 90 losing him ami their h''af hat ms
great success onlottd by tho brk suor ne orfa1tlho
BE-" arRcy dlc 20 TIE confidence fopps ln Hia bl 'hs
rt4 community. md ~ his abb lty and p0if o'h
the mnnug, rut ~ ia hAifa" ~ sofolus tbo 90 l'ol
which taso ~ long r4i.,l b lstru ~ i.slA
md hl nss,o4tes on ths bUud, thrT Wh"H
tHuy 10 hia uubcuisho1 md q hHE
To-. ~ boih "a % business man bnd y l,llf dn~l
IAr parents Il ST. Ilkus vcro mfubcis OF Hht u
known as rhe Christian church tho sama 'hHeup
which President GARFIELD btlongod Poem a. % boz I'd
been carefully reared BY - pous mother and IN -
seventeenth year while At ms Universally no l"i'ei ~
Church Whom ho went - New Aoaico society sn
crude, thrro wills mora restrnint, and vice va cor
mon. Though 20 young, and VI hou a nome Nc L.Aih
never contracted the prevailing habits Neth'r dinli
hi4 ten years residence In NeVMoAl,J no. lu'ug rs
sub.cqcut life In The East las any ono ever Sec mn
take drink" In blr O., heard him utter an oilI
lie has honorcd hi. faith I'm his NE. While n Wls1nf
toa ac regularly ATTENDED the Presbyterian thn'n "
which DR. Mrcl m was paslor I'm Ne' York he I" Fe+
tryman Of DR.. Heher New On's 81 .. devoted t'na
ant upon ~ seryics aud the ntim. per )nn ir end
ifspastoE
Mr. Elkius isa man OF gentle manucr' q n rehna
t4ses, of vigorous tellect. eNtraor iinay "a"
ana energy, ofcOmmiudln ability, of ron VII a'd VI
ftor ~ courage ~ large wealtf, found on hH ooaF
try's prosperity and destined crclso with "a go~'
of th. country lie Is m1n'o, domestic f'th'f ''.
than Of ocal iblts abr nk from crowds ana pu'1
ac Is rarely seer ~ clubs oven at hotels e' ep' .
business lie - "a great ~ ~ T. u 'P''i'' ''''
prer Of Emerson and whether on q We'.orn fanch Ok
a Ney-York onlce. keep. his Latin and creek o''"
alb Mt tim ready to snatch up At an moments nleHA
But while pursuing the Xiuthus b" h's noi' Tx" "
Gentle Hermit. Of Cambridge forgotten the h'ssi-'H,
nor srncar,d his lips with sander In tho van us''
that n was the honey Of Hymeuu', nor eV.r ,s''
mat cuItIrei which was only nasty The sou. o'I@'
at,. and ryice aud generosity, largs-uaared ID DIN"
body. heart and "a ate. SIR ElNnsis lu'ily Oar" u,
friends but he u never named "steye except -
Gentle Herinits and their allies The present 'i'
heard a hundred men call Professor william - 80,
4" Piggy Everett for one who has caied MI -,
steyep II the Rln Raj employed me same -,
which characterize the Harvard UnlVsisv p,1,.s.v
tine Iudepend, nts would bs once'cd by ION iss -,
a,d linn CLARKE and bu, Euot AMI Larry COX v -
um Cur.ls. WAC. by every 'cs that determines -,
t,n. have at least as little right 20 'hrr cb'l'l =,
as haa stephen n. DlkIns to hi' II IS nc IT,, v1os
,alls unmos. NOT the person whose mans