The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-01-22
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The Associated Press ANNOUNCES in
cur telegraphic columns tie election
on Tuesday OF William n. EVarts as
United States senator from New York,
by total ballot OF ninety two as against
sixty-five for Edward Cooper. the Dem.
Oeratic nominee.
In thus selecting Mr. Evsrts t. be one
OF its senators, the great state OF New
York does itself proud, aud not onIv
elevates mao who SIll honor the high
position 10 which be is called,
bat who will also vAstly increase
the importance Of the office Of
sensior from the empire state,
IN Us relations to the affsirs OF the ma
ton. For the last three years the two
senatprships from New York have al
most been hidden from the world. The
names of Warner Miller and E. G.. lap
ham, when they may have been heard,
have almost always been followed by q
blank expression of public interrOgs-
lion. followed, after due recollection.
by surprised remembrance that SEN
ator from New York had been men
toned
New York is coming to the front.
The great prominence OF the state as the
pivotal one In the change of administra-
tons, especially behooved it to select q
parsonage of national reputation, a man
Of powerful ability and one who would
exert an Influence Of no uncertain force.
Such a man is William N. Evart4.
Who is he: He is William n. Evarts.
One OF the most learned and eloquent
j1rIsls OF the United States, he has long
been prominent before the people. He is
q graduate OF Yale. was Audited t. the
bar of New YORK city in 1910 and has
pracIiced there with the greatest dis
tInctIon. He VIII be remembered as
the leading counsel employed tor
the defense OF President johnson; as at
torhey general o; the United States IN
1868; as one OF three prominent lawyers
appointed by President Grant To defend
Alabama claims" tribunal; as secretary
OF state under Hayes.
o. him the Commercial Gazette has
tue following striking pen picture:
He is of slender figure, ana has never
been ON the best of terms with his tailor.
AMI his halter should he punished; and a
casual observer would hardly select him
for great man, but his face
when scanned, is presently seen
TO be remarkable. He has q
tiner nose than julius Caesar, and a
clear, cold, blue eve that tells no tales
out OF school
His mouth Is sensitive and his smile
singularly genial and Winning. His ut
tertnce IS very deliberate and IL Is said
LIS sentences are long Certainly they
require close attention to punctuation.
One of his long sentences could
easily be broken into several
short once, and they would all be
go-d He never writes q speech, and
never speaks without knowing what he
is tn say in substance. The language
comes To him when he is on his legs,
and he is stronger as a speaker than as a
writer. The people of New York out
side OF the politicians, are very proud of
him. The merchants of the great city
are much indebted to him for putting
their achievements ana ambition
into splendid speeches. While ap-
parently a delicate man, he is
tough and elastic, and there las
been but one interruption of his labors
by Illness in twenty years. He has SAID
as many things that people remember
rs any New Yorker, with the exception
of MIR. COnkliDg. who makes savings
memorable by his bitterness. Evarts
does not wound. His arrows are never
poisoned. His jewels of speech only
glitter. If Conkling uses jewelrY, it is
to decorate a dagger. Evarts' part is to
convince, to please and TO inform.
Such Is the man who succeeds E.