Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-24

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Any one who has closely watched the course
Of the present administration In the matter Of
appointment 10 Office must have noticed that
mans-in fact, . maJority-of the more import
ant appointees have at some period In their
their class room experience had anything TO
do with their selection by the President 10, Of
course, q matter Of surmise, but the knowing
ones say that Mr.. Cleveland has . natural lean
ing towards those who began life like himself
The President, IS Is generally known. spent
the first years Of his manhood at the school,
blind, educating himself and preparing
for the bar at the same time. If we go
to the DAYS OF
will find that many OF them have q similar
history. Mr.. Phelps, the minister to England,
mont when he was not quite eighteen and was
a college professor at the time OF his appoint
ment to the diplomatic service. Gov. McLane,
minister to the French government, earned
enough money by teaching to keep himself two
years in a university. Mr.. Kelley, who was ap-
pointed representative at the court Of Vienna
and aiterward resigned, passed four years as
vice principal Of his fathers academy at Peters
burg and Is very fond OF referring to the time
the. patience and industry which have given
him success in life.
Mr.: Lothrop. minister to Russia, after gradu.
ating In the law department Of Harvard went
to Michigan to grow up with the country. The
profits Of his profession did not, however, grow
assume the duties Of q pedagogue for about
nine months in order to make both ends meet.
Every one has heard Of Minister Cox's failure
Three months In an Ohio school, devoted more
to pugilistic exercises with refractory pupils
that he had mistaken his vocation. A request
for his resignation, Endorsed unanimously by
the boys parents, had also something to do with
gogism. Rufus Magee, who has gone to Sweden,
Instructed Catholic youth in the parOchial
a.
for some time In q Georgia military school but
no mention is made of this in the sketches Of
Lower grades of the diplomatic service, and
indeed the whole list of appointments, show
the same Ppeaom IN ah OF whiom school
missions.
SCHOOL HOUSE TO WHITE HOUSE.
The heroes of the birch have gone up even
higher. Since 1880 we have seen In the Execu-
tive chair three Presidents who once occupied
rostrums In country school houses President
Garfield left the towpath for the teachers desk,
and was all his life connected with educational
institutions in one capacity or another. 1t is
dency of Massachusetts, college when he was
Unexpectedly made the republican standard
bearer; but, OF course, he no longer considered
the idea after that event. President Arthur
likewise welded the rod before welding the
Executive authority. The particulars of the
not neneTsy kpown e f. Is eersan t te are be
carght the western fever away back in the
sos, and set out for Iowa to garner in the
mountains Of Vermont. The garnering was not
so easy as he expected. Like thousands of
other men who have gone west with the idea
that stray fortunes are wandering around there
seeking q convenient pocket in which to re-
pose. he found that work, and very hard
work, too, was the only key to natures treasure
chest. Having only a smattering of law and an
Indifferent general education, he at first sought
in vain q field where his requirements might
bring him fortune or even subsistence. 1t Is
said that he tried the plOwshare for while.
Then he drifted into q country store as book.
keeper, clerk, porter and sweeper: Finally he
conceived the happy idea of opening q school
during the winter months. This plan was OF all
his western ventures the most productive finan-
cially, for in less than six months he managed
by close economy to lay aside enough money to
bring him back to the east and forth with left
for home. Soon afterwards he was admitted
TO the bar In New York, where he practced his
profession till he was appointed collector of the
port. President Cleveland is the third of the
School house to- the White House n Had tine
pubiicans been successful in the last campaign
we would still have three successive Pres idents
career as professor in a Kentucky military
academy has been sketched frequently within
the last year-too frequently, in fact, for Mr..
Dental candidate.
TEACHERS IN CONGRESS.
A glance at the early life of some of the MEM
bers of the Forty-eighth Congress taken almost
at random shows that the school house has been
the novitiate through which many OF our ablest
legislators have passed before they attained
distinction. Speaker Carlisle lOrded it over
two-score Kentucky urchins while preparing
tor the bar, and still lives near the old house
within whose walls he instilled wisdom into the
minds of embyrO Kentucky colonies. he is
very fond OF the building, keeping 1t in repair
sustain it as private Institution since the pub
lie schools have taken away most OF its patron
age. The Speaker, with his smooth, thought
ful face, intellectual brow, and patient-lOoki g
eyes, even yet resembles the typical pedagogue.
Senator Camden, OF West Virginia, earned the
dollars which were the foundation of his pres
ent millions by taking pupils in Clarksburp
while looking about tor a profitable occupation.
Senator Ingalls,, after being admitted to the
Massachusetts bar, emigrated TO Kansas about
the time of the border troubles. but ind
ing no immediate opportunity to hang
his time to explaining mathematics to young
kansasites. His colleague, Senator Plumb, en-
tered on the road to lame from the same start
Ing place, though he branched of into the path
| OF journalism alter a lew months. Senator
Frye, like his chief, Mr.. Blaine could find moth
| ing better TO do after his graduation from col.
| lege than TO teach school aud continued in this
| employment until shortly before the breaking
| out of the war. Ex-senator Lamar was PROBES
| of mis- election to the United States Senate
senator kenDa, the youthful West Virginia
/ SCION, who made such q brilliant record in the
House in the matter OF securing appropriations
for his district, acquired his persuasive powers
while running an academy on the kanawha
and persuading delinquent parents to pay uu
| old scores. shelby CullOm acquired rare
talent for disciplining political forces during
the years be spent In u small town near Spring
| field managing boys. senator Mcmillan was
one OF MtnneSOta's earliest educators. Frank
| Hurd, the great free trade advocate, who got
LEFT in the last congressional elections, passed
| his youth in Catholic seminary, Intending to
| become q priest. AS was Customary with
| clerical students in those days, he taught
! beginners at the institution while pursulns
/ the higher studies himself. An accident ht
/ met with two months before the time ap
pointed tor his ordination to the sub-deaconshiI
prevented him from joining the priesthood, fO
| the Catholic church admits to its ministry ~
| one who is afflicted with any kind of ply sica
| detormity. Randolph Tucker was professor In
Virginia college several years and, 1t Is rumored
| will be the next president of Blacksburg college
| q state Institution for agricultural and mechan
| ical students. Hon. w. l.. Wilson presided owe
TO Congress. Congressman Reed, the leader o
the republicans in the House, and, in m,
| opinion the most extensive scholar among thu
Representatives of either party, was principa
OF a school at Bath, Maine, In 1866. John
White of the Forty eighth Congress, used u
vent his spleen on collection of negro children
| whom he taught near Manchester, KY, less thai
| or two OF whilOm teachers who now Occup
| seats in our nationa! legislature, but those
| have mentioned suffice to illustrate the fac
| that the school house has been the alma mate
OF large number OF Americas most distir
gutshed sons.
| A Memorable ocean Race.