St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-08


asking whether he had been appointed
or not, reminded him of the story of a
bright, red-headed boy who lived in the
country near Nashville, Tenn. This
boy" said Senator Voorhees,, "was the
only son of very pious mother, who
had holy horror Of card playing and
theater going. She looked upon the
door of the theater as the gate to the
bad place, and characterized cards as
the picture books of the devil. She
brought her son up on this basis. and
when he was lad of fifteen she felt she
had him we'll grounded in the faith. At
this time the boy received an invitation
to visit some city friends of the family
in Nashville. He accepted it. 1t was
his first visit to the city. and his friends
were among the best people of Nash
vile. He admired the easy way In
which they did things, and when he
found that they played cards night
after night in their parlOr could not see
anything wrong I'm it, and soon took q
hand himself. As to the theaters he also
fell from grace. The family laughed at
his country notions, and he accept ed
their invitation and went. He liked the
play SO well that he went again and
again, and he kept this up~until he left
for home. When he had returned to
the little country village he found him
self the only boy who had ever been to
a city. and he was the hero of tine town.
His boy friends gathered around him i'll
his mother. S kitchen, and. with swelling
breast, he told them of the great things
he had seen i'm the city, while the old
lady looked oil admiringly through her
iron bound spectacles. The children
asked him questions, and he answered
them all ina Sir Oracle manner. FL
naly one boy asked: "Did you see
Romeo and Juliet?'" This play the
boy knew had been on the stage at
Nashville by noted players and he had
seen something about 1t in the news
papers. The dutiful son was at loss
how TO answer. He dared not say he
had not seen it. for that would lessen
his reputation in the sight of his friends,
and if he said he had seen it his mother
would surely be down upon him with q
hickory switch. He thought half
minute. and then, with snaky look at
his mother out of the corners of his
eyes, he said: Yes, [ saw Romeo, but
l didn't see Juliet and this" con-
cluded Senator Voorhees,, twas about
the same kind of an answer thar wanna
maker has given Hampton. He whips
the devil around the stump, and makes
a worse mess of it than if he had come
straight out and acknowledged the APP
pOintment.
Senator Hampton's letter was, how
ever, very injudiciOuS. This fact is
conceded by the Southern senators and
members from his own state. The con-
test has been the worse for him and he
is having in it similar experience to
that he had with Senator Sherman when
the latter was secretary OF the treasury.
Hampton found fault with one of Sher-
mans speeches. which he made at a
dinner during his term of office. and he
wrote a rather impertinent letter to
Sherman in which he said his residence
was South Carolina, and made some
other statements which, though not of
the insulting nature of his letter to
Wanamaker, were by no means cOmpli-
mentary to Sherman. Sherman sent
him an open letter i'm reply in which he
informed Mr.. Hampton that he under
stood the situation perfectly and that
his residence was in Ohio. HamptOn's
attack upon Sherman was, in this case.
unWarranted and Sherman had the
sympathy of the people when he handed
over the correspondence TO the news
papers. Since that time Senators
Hampton and Sherman have had
nothing to do with one another, save
when the business of the senate re-
uuires it. They do not speak, and the
only time that Senator Hampton has
addressed Senator Sherman was while
the latter was president pro tenn of the
senate and he had to do so. At such
times Senator Sherman has treated
Senator Hampton with the greatest of
courtesy. and don't believe that he has
any particular grudge against him now.
though he is by no means anxious to
enter into any closer relations with
him than now exist. Hampton does not
like the ShermanS and he is as much
down on the general as he is on the
senator.
Mrs. Sunset Cox is in the city looking
after her property here. Just before
she and Mr.. Cox started for the West
for their summer tour Mr.. Cox bought
two lots Just back of his residence on
New Hampshire avenue and be- an
building two houses. These houses are
now completed, and will be occupied
this winter. They are for rent at $50
per month each. Sunset Cox was a
money-maker and money acumulatOr.
He made money at, his law practice
while he was in New York, and during
his last days in congress his writings
were very popular. He received S12,-
600 for the diversions of a Diplomat"
before the book went to press. and his
estate will get an income from it for
years to come. His why We Laugh"
still brings in something and his "Three
Decades of Federal Legislation" is still
selling. The greatest of his literary
profits have beer on his two larger
works, which have appeared within the
last five years. The money from them
he has invested in Washington real es-
tate, and this real estate forms a
well-paying part OF his estate.
Mrs. Cox. though not rich, is
left in comfortable circumstances.
Mr.. Cox had, at the time of his death,
four houses in Washington. His wife
will derive comfortable income from
these alone. The house on Dupont cir
Gle, which Sunset Cox bought originally
for sac. GOO. and he sold on his departure
for Turkey for $4,000 and considered it
a good bargain. 1t was good bargain.
Upon his return he bought the same
house back again for about $4,000, and
il will rent for from $3.50 to 5000 per
month, add to this 500 month which
Mrs. Cox will have from these two new
houses, and her income from Washing
ton real estate will he $3.50 month. In
addition to this Mrs. Cox has the resi-
dence on New Hampshire avenue.
which she and her husband built few
years ago. This is combination Of
Moorish and American architecture.
1t is full of Oriental conceits, and it cost
something like $4,000 to build it. Mrs.
Cox and her husband planned the house
while they were in Turkey, and they
hoped it would be their home for many
long wears. Mrs. Cox will not sell this
house, and she will hold it as her winter
Washington home. spending part of the
time here and part of the time at her
home i'm New York.
The relations of Mr.. and Mrs. Cox
were of the closest matrimonial order.
Their honeymoon lasted from their we'd
ding to the day of Mr.. COx's death, and
they were closely associated in every
thing. Mrs. Cox knew all of MIR. Cox's
plans and she aided him in his literary
work and in the furthering of his .politi-