The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1886-01-10
RANDOM NOTES.


Representative Hepburn, OF Iowa, says that
several winters residence in Washington has thor.
oughy convinced him that the unhealthy places here
are the saloons. He says that he believes very few
people VINO leave the saloons alone get the malaria to
any considerable extent. He says that when he ar
rlves mere ne Is usually FEELING very badly from hav
ing his stomach upset by the rough roads he passes
over In coming here, but after few days he begins
to feel first rate and enjoys the climate very much
-
The face OF Hon. Henry b. Payne, the new Senator
from ONO, Is quite familiar already to Washing
tonians. He was member Of the Electoral Com.
mission, having been appointed chairman of ths
committee OF the House that sat upon that import
ant occasion. This was decided honor to a mem
Der who had only been in Congress for single
term MIR. Payne does not look perceptibly Older
than he did In 1916 He was then sixty.1ve years OF
age He is now In his seyenty.sixth wear. There
are very few men of Mr. Payne's age who can er.
dure more hard work than he can. He was at one
time thought to be consumptive. In 1s46 he was
obliged to give up his law practice on account oil
hemorrhage Of the lungs, but he has oulved many
much more robust men, and IS likely to retain his
faculties late In life. He has had grave responsib
ties since the incoming of the new Administration
but he has vigorously worked away In his Clevelant
offlces with the vlgor of man Of forty. MIR. Payn,
has lived through almost two generations of men.
He has been connected with many of the great en-
terprlses Of Ohio He it was who conceived the ides
Of building a railroad from Cleveland to Columbus
the capital of the State That road is now the c. C
c. I. Railroad, one of the largest In the country
Mr. Payne then turned his attention to the consruc
tion of the Cleveland, Painesvllle and Ashtabulo
Railroad, (uow the Lake shore) He remained di
rector of this road until very few years ago.
Mr.. Payne is one Of the five directors OF the Cleye
land Rolling Mill COMPANY one of the largest ins,i
tutlons Of the kind in the country, which. when IN
full blast burns ton of coal per minute and emplov
thousands of men. OF course he ia a mi,lonair,
several times over. Much of Mr.. Payne's politics
career is almost always overlooked in the various
accounts that are given of him. he came yery nea,
being Senator as early as 1851. In that year he wa
the unanimous nominee of the Democratic party o.
Ohio for that high ONCE. The Democrats had plu
ralty in the Legislature, but the Wings and Ere,
Sellers together had one more vote than the Demo
Gratis alone. The ballofing continued for lons
time. Mr.. Payne was matched against such men as
the elder Ewing Tom Corwln, Judge Sherlock, ].
woud unite nm tho Free so,,ere refr,od "a ernnor,
Finally Judve Benismin p. wade WIN wos bn,d,n,
cour, in Nortbern ohio waa sr,aos,oa n. ,ho 80.
that IN. Free so,,era wou,d supnor, ord m. W..
intent unon bsatnu the Democrats n, onv oos,
united upon him and elected him Inv a sino,a vot,
over Mr.. Payne. The latter simpy waited his time
and in thirtytwo wears IT came and he wac o,ec,ed
How different might have been nuch n, opr ba,orv
the then obscure Judpe Wade had failed IN 40, mo
single casting VOTE In 1857 Mr.. Payne again "a M,
to the front. and was nominated nv tho nemocr,i,
for Governor. He was defeated nv another ver,
noted ohioan. Salmon Portland Chase.
Mr.. Payne has been a prominent member Of man,
Democratic national conventions He wac a Can,
olector ins1s.s. In 1856 he was n delegate to IN,
Cincinnati convention which nominated buchanan
He was yery prominent in the Charleston conven
tion of 1850, and made minority report from IN,
Committee on Resolutions. which was ANAL,
adopted.
In Congress Mr.. Payne particularly dIstInop,sne6
himself by the mastery manner in which he advo
Gated the resumption of specie payments. He s,ts
on the last row of seats in the Sonate a,most IN
front of the President nro tenn. Ue will, make M
blow or bluster. but he will alwavs he fonnd ss,e
and careful and will make hmsef felt nm tho rioht
side.
"There Is no man here" said well-known Senator
to me, "who is running literary bureau with such
persistence and success as Gen. Logan"
show Ia that ?n asked.
"Why, haven't YOU noticed IL? There ia no man
In the country 40 much written of as he ia. The
little country napers and the natent ,ns,des tare
nm. and he ia inst constantly boomed rhere ia
reouar system in II too. Forinstonce he haa written
n book. Wbvq Because some slanderera nj hIs
said some time AGO tina, he cant CORRECTLY noe ,ho
kinus English. He has nroved this IN he untrne Inv
nrodnc,no book He saw that D,aine failed In 1ss
nv having the imnressIon On, ont tho, ha ,va. ,lch
and ownsd elegant hor.es etc so yben ho mr.
cbased bIs new stone bonse Last summer the .,or,
was ,ndustrousv c,rcnIotsd that be HADN'T cen, ,S
nav in on but oot credit or tho arst
ment Tbere IL noth,nu that oe,s bo,d ~ neonla IN
this country like the idea that a man Ia noor and
great a, tho aar,o limo you rnoy rrhon tho o.
conn, went out eIaborate,v dresaed nm that the
ora, ia ca,non,or and mo, no nos honoh nm a, hi,
new bo,se, and has this summer and ,aI, heen mn T.
Tin, In hIs ,I,oe vb,,o M, wr,,,no an nj. noot q,
hul,dIno 'nonse, nd dou vonns,s pn,,ns 4, na,
enonoh The n,ctnre next ooes on, n, tho Cener,,
.oa,n ri, o,,n vara and r,sn,,,n ,roas ,hora,n NJ
Tho s,a,smen, =. c,re,n,,r naHs ,ha. ho nsr,orus
mi, to,, hocan.a hs ia unaha ~ hire nan a, a, "a