The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-08-24


pleasant nature. found that what he
said as TO the legal requirements of the
office was true and / don't believe there is
more important position in the appointing |
power of the President, from legal stand
point, than that of secretary OF the interior.
THE QUESTION OF THE WOOL TARIFF.
has brought one of the most remarkable
farmers in the United States to Washing
ton. This is David Harpster of Northern
Ohio. He has thousands of sheep in the
western reserve and he is one OF the mill
ionaire sheep raisers of the country. He
has large estates scattered over parts o f
the union, and to look at him you not sup
pose him to be worth dollar. He is abuot
fivefeet four inches high, is as broad as he
is long and has a round cannon ball head,
pasted down upon pair oil b road lat, shout
ders. His roly poly form Is clad in rough
goods which might have been put together
by his wife and big derby hat comes well
down towards his ears and shades his fat
ford face. Harpster is great friend of
Senator Sherman's. He was sitting the
other day in Senator Sherman,s committee
room when John B. Alley, the ex-Congress-
man from Massachusetts who was so
prominent, in the days of the credit
Mobilier scandal, came in. Alley is mill
ionaire. He is proud OF his riches and
he is, am told,
LITTLE INCLINED TO POSE.
When he entered Senator Sherman's
room Mr.. Sherman introduced him to Dave
Harpster, saying: ''Mr. Alley, 1 want to
make you acquainted with one of our repre-
sentative farmers, Mr.. Harpster."
All, indeed" replied Alley as he shook
hands. You are farmer, are you? l am
always glad to meet farmers for l am some
thing of d farmer myself. ] have farm in
Texas consisting of 10000 acres"
You have, y muttered out Herpster, land
where is it!'
at is in such county, said Alley, nam
ing the county, sin the central part of
Texas
Indeed replied Mr.. Harpster, sit must
be good land, for own the whole county
next TO it.''
This surprised Alley and took the wind
out of his sails. He said little more about
farms, but his actions showed tnat his re
spect for Mr.. David Harpster, the Ohio
farmer, had perceptibly risen.
| Speaking of Alley recalls story which l
heard lately of dinner which he is said to
have given at Washington, and which may
| be true or may be not. The truth, how
ever, does not hurt the story. 1t seems
that at this dinner Alley had a number of
prominent statesmen, among whom were
Senator Evarts and other leading men of
the land. AS soon as they had gotten
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stories in all of which Mr.. Alley was the
hero. The stories ran clear back to
THE DAYS BEFORE THE WAR.
The fish, for instance, reminded Mr. Alley
of an important conference he had had
with President Buchanan, and he described
graphically what Buchanan had said to
Alley, and what Alley had advised Blu
chanan. The first entree brought in the
story of Lincoln, and incidentally Mr.
Alley had, SO it seemed, saved the country
aad the President himself. The game was
eaten under well told tale of how Alley
had helped Johnson and Grant, and so it
went on. At last when the Roman punch
was being served and the faces of the
choice old wines with which the
table was furnished, Alley hap
peued to catch the twinkling eye of
Senator Evarts. He was telling one of his
most remarkable adventures at the time
and he took Evart's smile for interest and
applause He called upon him to make a
response to something he had said and asked
him if he did not remember some incidents
in connection with it. II do not" replied
the eagle-faced Senator from New York,
as he stretched his long six feet to his full
height and threw the heavy white damask
napkin on the table beside his plate, ''but
Mr.. Alleys story reminds me of one of the
most remarkable anecdotes that truth has
ever told. 1t happened several hundred
years ago. This broad continent on which
/ we stand was then unknown and the saw
age reigned supreme without knowledge
and fear of the white man. At this time a
bold man with his faithful friend started
out on ship with a company of brave
sailors to discover passage to the far east.
1t was Columbus Here Senator Evarts
went on to describe in his
i FOUR HUNDRED WORD SENTENCES,
that wonderful voyage and at every other
/ line he referred to the faithful friend
Il who upheld Columbus in all his troubles
4 He mentioned no name, however, until the
last, and then in describing the mutiny
/ which was about to break forth just as
Columbus reached America, he said: '1t
was a terrible time. A day or two more
and Columbus knew that he could hold
J his men no longer. Mutiny and death
stared him in the face, and he counselled
much with his faithful friend as to the
situation. He rose early in the morning
and with longing eyes looked out towards
} the western horizon. There was strange
softness in the air and just as the sur
rose. its first rays caught faint line Of
dim blue in the far off west.
COLUMBUS GAsPED.
!, He could not speak for a moment but a
! the sun rose and the line became NOR
, distinct he turned to his faithful friend
, threw his arms around his neck and sobbet
/ as he pointed, Thank God, Mr.. Alley weir
saved. There's land.'n
Speaking of Senator Evarts, there is n
man in Washington who enjoys good din
: ner more,than he. He is one of the highes
| liver in Washington and Notwithstanding
he is six feet tall and does not weigh NOR
? than one hundred and twenty-five pounds
l, ND l,
weighs three hundred and has a stomach
so large you could roll Evarts up like
i watch spring and coil him within it ant
/ have room to spare. He shows, in fact, n
sign of his epicurean tastes, and once Will
] speaking in New York, a Yankee who ha
r arrived after the meeting had begun, aske
, the name of the man on the platform. H
{ was told it was Evarts. ''Whatlr said he
lyon don't mean to say that that lean, lit
t tie thing is E-varts. Why, he looks as
he boarded" Evarts spent
I while he was secretary of state and hi
e stag lunches are noted at the capitol. H
e has not been entertaining so much a
V usual this season, but his expenses mus
be very high. He was figuring on his ex
pense account the other day while sittin
just in front of Senator Sherman aud wa
/ adding ana substracting at great rate
e He went over long sheet of figures agai
: and again and at last leaned bac
. in his chair with a sigh and threy
v the sheet into the waste basket
Then wrapping his long legs aroun
t one another as though they were mad
/ of India rubber he turned around with
n sigh and spoke to Sherman. Senator Shel
r man said: "By the way, Mr.. Evarts,
d noticed you've been adding up lot o
u figures. What are you working at-th
d national debt or Washington real estates
e "Well,'' replied Evarts, sits rather