The Republican journal., 1888-12-13
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER.

had book in his hand, and noticed it was
a novel. He is very fond of novel reading,
and he keeps up with the best current fiction
of the day. As | entered he was reading
along, seemingly in blissful unconsciousness
of the presence and rather boisterous play of
his younger children He delights in their
companionship, and frequently takes most
lively part in their games, in their reading,
and in their cross examinations of each other
in their studies.
Rouse the chief Justices interest in some
subject and get him to talking, and you will
have a wonderful display of vivacity,
thoughtfulness and nervous activity As he
warns up to his subject lie begins pacing the
floor with his hands behind him. The greater
his interest becomes the faster lie walks and
the more rapidly he talks. He raises the
pitch of his voice, too, until it becomes fairly
shrill but still pleasing. Round ard round
his library table he PAGES, faster and still
faster like Madison Square Garden pedes-
trian on his laps You wonder how he finds
breath for SO much walking and so much
talking all at the same time, but you are not
anxious to have him stop. Despite his ner-
vousness you are charmed with him. He has
the attractiveness Of enthusiasm coupled
with rare analysis and felicity Of speech
Sometimes when not in too much of a
hurry, he indulges in one Of his pretty pro-
| pensities and states his case in three or four
different ways, one after another. He appears
to like to discover for himself in how many
ways a thing can be said, how it can be
turned over and over, and this side and that
brought out to the light. But you notice
that each time it is beautifully DONE and
strongly, and that each succeeding presenta-
ton chnches the argument and leaves less
and less opportunity for doubt or answer.
suppose this is the lawyer III the man, the re-
suit of many years of training and habit
diSporting itself unrestrained But YOU SEQ
none of it on the bench. There he Is concise
ness, directness, brevity itself. And in spite
of his nervousness, he is student, philoso
pher, and altogether one of the most adj
mlrable figures ever seen on the bench i'll this
country.
President Cleveland is a very warm almirer
of the chief justice, who, it happens, with the
exception Of Justice Lamar will be about the
only conspicuous Democratic figure in Wash
ington after March next, but it would be diff
cult to find two meu more unlike. The prcsi-
dent is calm, rhleGmatic, rather slow In
this the president greatly resembles his sue
cessor-elect. Gen. Harrison has Mr. Cleve-
lands quality of rcpose, and is like him, too,
in his deliberate habit of mastering things
by pure avoirlupois of thought, by concen-
tration. Neither is brilliant man Both
are strong and decp, slow in thinking, but
generally sound il. conclusions. think they
are alike. again, in a certain sort OF stubborn
ness and moral courage, and find by talking
with public men who have often met and
studied both sous of fortune that there Is a
growing belief that President Harrison will, in
his methods and procedures, be almost another
Cleveland. This Is certainly n compliment
to both men, for even among partisans one
hears Cleveland much praised The most
striking characteristic of the incoming presi-
dent is concentration of his energies, and
habit of taking up work directly in its
order, without loss of time, and without
suffering the sequence of things to be dis
turbed by trivial occurrences. From
what l know of the man l predict he
will spend two months or so moro in investi-
eating the conditions in all parts Of the coun-
try under which he must form his ministry,
and then he will shut himself up for a week
CT two and reason it all out searchingly and
broadly, and make his cabinet accordingly.
IS president he will do everything slowly
and cautiously after full investigation and
reflection but he will 50 order his affairs
that everything will be done on time. He
will prove as hard q worker as his predeces-
sor, and that surely ought to satisfy the most
exacting of those persons who think presi-
dent should earn his salary like any other
servant of the people.
Presilent-elect Harrison has Mr. Cleve-
lands power of throwing o9 all else than the
matter In hand and of giving himself to
that wholly and reflectively. While in the
senate he used to ride from Washington to
indianapolis, arriving there usually at noon,
and drive at oice to his law office. Reaching
there he would throw off his coat and inquire
of his partners what way to be done,
and at once sat about doing it, pre-
pairing q brief or Sitting cut a mass Of
testimony, as if he had been constantly in
the Office and familiar with every detail.
The cares of craftsmanship and anxietieS of
politics were cast aside with remarkable
readiness. Some of the best briefs Gen. Har-
rison has prepared, so his law partner once
told me, were written in this manner and un-
der these circumstances.