The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-05-25
HIS MOIST ENEMY.
Luke Sharp Meets Stranger Who Talks
About John r. Fellows.

Luke Sharp Meets Stranger Who Talks
About John r. Fellows.
The other day l sat down to dinner in the
Gait house at Louisville. Next to me sat q
gentleman whom at first sight l thought
knew The second look and his own glance
Of unrecognition at me showed me that
was mistaken After few moments l saw
why it was that thought recognized him
he bore singular likeness to the cartoons of
Mr. John R. Fellows, the district attorney of
New York. Fellows picture had appeared
in many of the comic papers, and my neigh
Dor at the dinner table bore great resem-
blance to the cartoons. At last said;
do you know that you look very much
like John r Fellows, of New Yorkg'
YES" he answered; II have often been
! taken for him. Do you kn himg'
mo, do not, but have seen a good many
pictures of him in the papers. Do you know
himq
81 am slightly acquainted with him, re-
greet to say"
"Then he is not friend of yours!"
"On the contrary, an enemy"
well, it must be rather embarrassing to
look like persons worst enemy"
"Oh, | don't know that Fellows is my
worst enemy, although perhaps he is"
"Then | imagine you didn't vote for him on
the occasion OF that memorable struggled"
'No, sir; did not. Still, l did not vote
for Mr.. Nicoll, so it is a sort Of saw Off be-
tween Fellows and myself"
We'll, would have gone further. would
have voted for Nicon. Ny sylnpathies were
with him in the contest
Then you are not New York man!"
NO, Pm from Detroit"
"Ahl did not think local election would
have had any interest so far west"
Ear westl Bless you, Detroit is not far
west. Detroit is an eastern city. 1t has the
stability Of the east, with the enterprise of
the west"
Must be wonderful town"
"Oh, it is. What is Nicoll doing now?
81 believe he is practicing law. He is a
good lawyer"
Il should think You would have been sorry
You did not vote for him when yOu must have
felt that it was the right thing to do"
We'll, none of us do as we should, you
know. Besides, person seems to see these
things clearer after they are over than he
does at the time. Anyhow, it would not have
made any difference with the result"
That's so. By the way, what sort of dis
trict attorney is Fellows makingl How does
the average man regard him?"
''Well, it's like this. Fellows is very much
like the rest Of US He is neither as good as
his friends try to make him out, nor is he as
bad as you or l might think him to be- In
word, he's human. He likes his friends and
tries to give his enemies as good as they
send"
y suppose you know THAR
well, ought to- Fellows has done me
good deal of harm in his time, and yet l will
say this for him, that if wanted dollar I
don't know any man who would let me have
it quicker than John R. Fellows
Il don't wonder man like that is popu-
liIsni1
That's the sort Of man be is. Now, he
knows very well what think Of him, yet he
would Just as soon take drink with me as
with you"
The stranger and myself then talked on
other subjects. | found him to be a very
well informed man and a most fascinating
telker He was in fact one of the most genial
men I ever met @
Tbs pet Day j was paraiyzed to read the
following iteni in the Courier-Journal:
John R. Fellows, the district attorney Of
New York city, passed through Louisville
yesterday en- his way east. He stopped at
the Gait house and left on the L. and n, train
at midnight. Mr.. Fellows has been visiting
his family, who have spent the winter at New
Orleans He thinks Louisville is wonderful
city, with great future. He said that he
regretted very much not having had time to
meet some of the city's prominent men, but
added that he had been very much enter
tanned by "a Detroit man whom he had the
pleasure of meeting at the Gait yesterday at
dinner. Luke Sharp in Detroit Free Press.