Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-04-11
counrsasr o. STATESMEN.

UoUnTYmlP Or sTATEsMEM.
The GREATEST Of our men are made BY
their wives, and there are few great
, statesmen IN public life whose careers
are mot closely connectsd with the women
they marry. bsnator Ipgalls never makes
. great speech unless Mrs Ingalls, IL In
| the gallery, and the greater part OF Sam
Kan6ail's Congressional work has been
done in bis study at homo with his wife's
sewing mnchiue beside his library desk.
Mrs.. Reagan ID her husbands private
secretary, and Mrs. Representative
Springer advises the Honorable William
a. TO every act Of bis political career. 1t
q perhaps due TO Mn. ingalls, that Senator
Ingalls, has his scat in that ohamter to.
day. She kept him out OF public Ito
until he was biz q enough man to repre-.
sent the whole State o! Kansas, and he
might have gone Into the House II 1t had
not been for her. ltwas many years ago
that he was offered Congressional nomi-
nation. He telsgraphed his wife of the
fact and she wired 3 reply: Don't &C.
cept." He took this advice, though his
friends and hers said he was foolish for
doing 30, aud ho held on until that re-
markablo Senatorial election occurred
In which Subsidy Pomeroy was charged
with having bfibed tho Legislature, and
. big man was needed to jump into his
place. Ingalls, was then ready aud he
got the position, which he has held for
three terms and which be can have again
II be wishes.
SENATOR INGALLs' ROMANCE.
The romance Of Senator Ingalls, was
one Of love ut arst sight. He was q
struggling young lawyer Of Kansas and
had hung out his shingle In a little town
above Atchisoo. he paid no attention
to the women and the flowers Of the from
tier wasted their sweetness upon other
nostrils than bis. One day be was asked
: 70 be groomsmau at friends wedding.
and while 90 acting saw that one Of the
bridesmaids was exceedingly fair. He
was introduced to her as Mise Anna
Chseseb thorough, and he learned that she
] was the daughter Of . New York mer-
chant who had como 10 Atchison to live.
In company with her he journeyed for q
DAY with the new bride and groom, and
Dan Cupid got 10 bis work to such an
4 extent that the two separated each In
love with each other. Ingalls, made ar
rsngementi to Call, and after . short
courtship he popped the question and
I received on acceptable answer. He was
a candidate for State Senator at this time
and 1t was curious thing that his pros.
H pective father-in-law was running fol
the same Office. Miss Cheeseborough had
Il to stand the fires of the friends OF hel
Il lover and her father. but young Iugalll
I won, aud as Mrs. IRgalls says, her "sinl
were forgiven and my father consented
TO my marrying his political rival"
ALONG CoURTsHIP.
u Ia l. L..
OF Governor Wardner, of Vermont. II,
courted her ~ q school boy, and he be.
came engaged at sixteen among the hill
OF her fathers farm. Ne did not marry
!, until he had good start In lie and b.
: was twenty. five before his wedding to 81
] place. Senator Edmupds married III
niece OF the Hon. George P. Marsh, VIII
was one of our Ministers to Italy. Sena
!, tor Dawes met his wife while he wa
=. teaching school. She was one of hi
=. pupils, and he married her after he
D. graduation. Senator Teller married
~ girl who lived in the same town In whic
v be was brought up, In New York, an
- Frank Hiscock got the money which Ell
abied him to engage IN q political caret
by his marriage with pretty Cornell
King, who now presides over his Wasl
- ington establishment. Senator Payne
largely Indebted to his wife for his mil
N lions. She was the daughter oil an oil
Az farmer, who had large amount Of Ian
near Cleveland, Ohio. Payne was q pot
lawyer when he married her. The Gil
grew, and Mrs. PAyuc's fasher,s farm 10
cluded the lands which now make u
a. tue most fashionable part OF Fuel
Avenue.
LOVES OF A SHERMAN AND CAMERON
= Senator Sherman was married wht
M he was rs. His wife has lived with hi
or during his thirty-five years. residence |
y, Washington, and she 10 now, one OF vi
ed finest looking women ut the Capita
,re Tall, straight aud brown-hair d. she hi
nd rosy cheeks and bright brown eyes and
he graceful aud stately form. She was til
daughter oil Judge Stewart, OF Nan
field, O., and the Hon. Thomas Bartle.
I'D who afterwards became the Governor
on the State, was one Of John Sherman
Ire rivals. There 10 . story told at Man
:" field OF how the two went to eee Mi
stewart at the zane time, while she vi
M attending a Pennsylvania female Gem
iei nary, aud how they narrowly escape
H. meeting sherman, however, won Il
: maiden, and BARLEY, think. marie
- senator Sherman's lister.
~ Speaking of Sherman, calls attentio
7os to tlIs fact that Don Cameron marie
{ John Sherman's niece. Mrs. Camera
Ia one Of the rrettiest and most accon
Is plished women OF Washington. 81
ket must be about 33 years OF age, Dut III
= does not look over IS. She is Q Rrei
M iayorite In diplomatic circles and lik,
~ ~ to 20 into $, ciety as much as her hui
Il band likes to stsy out OF 1t. She W,
~ the daughter Of Judge Sherman, {
n. n 1 ieveland. Don Cameron met he
", while she was visiting her uncle Johl
He proposed and she accepted, notwit
IN standing the Senator has some dauRl
~ tcrs nearly as old as she is. The we,
i ding took place at Cleveland, Ohio, an
: was one OF the most brilliant ever hel
In that city Of mil,lonaires.
DR.. simns' White Pulmonic Baisan.