The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-09
How Our Mighty Men Courted
and Married Their Wives.
INGALLS, LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT
The Stately Evarts' Courtship-Ben Butler
and His Buttoniere- Ex-President Cleve-
land Proposed Five Times.

nected with the women they marry Sen
ator ingalls, never makes great speech
without Mrs. ingalls, is in the gallery, and
the greater part of Sam Randalls congress
sional work has been done in his study at
home with his wife's sewing machine
along beside his library desk. Mrs. Rea
gan is her husbands private secretary,
and Mrs. Representative Springer advises
the Honorable William as to every act of
lis political career. 1t is perhaps due
to Mrs. ingalls, that Senator ingalls,
has his seat in that chamber to-day. She
kept him out CT public life until he was a
big enough man to represent the whole
state of Kansas, and he might have gone
into the House if it had not been for her.
II was many years ago that he was offered
q congressional nomination. He tele-
graphed his wife of the fact and she wired
reply: ''Don't accept" He took this ad-
vice, though his friends and hers said he
was foolish for doing so, and he held off
until that remarkable senatorial election
occurred in which Subsidy Pomeroy was
charged with having bribed the legislature,
and big man was needed to Jump into his
place. ingalls, was then ready, and he got
the position, which he has held for three
terms and which he can have again if he
wishes.
SENATOR INGALLS, ROMANCE.
The romance of Senator ingalls, was one
of love at first sight. He was struggling
young lawyer Of Kansas, and had hung
out his single in a little town above
Atchison. He paid no attention to the
women, and the flowers Of tbs frontier
wasted their sweetness upon other nos
trils than his. One day he was asked to
be groomsman at friends wedding, and
while so acting he saw that one of the
bridesmaids was exceedingly fair. He was
introduced to her as Miss Anna Cheese
borough, and he learned that she was the
daughter of New York merchant
who had come to Atchison to live,
In company with her he journeyed
for a day with the new bride and
groom and Dan Cupid got in his work to
such an extent that the two separated,
each in love with the other. ingalls, made
arrangements to call, and after short
courtship he popped the question and re-
ceived an acceptable answer He was
candidate for state Senator at this time
and it was curious thing that his pros
pective father-in-law was running for the
same Office. Miss Cheeseborough had to
stand the fires of the friends of her lover
and her father but young ingalls, won and
dS NILS, says, ueT SllS were lOr-
given" and my father consented to my
marrying his political rival.
HOW SENATOR EyARTs coURTED.
Senator Evarts married the daughter OF
Governor Wardner at Vermont. He
courted her as a school boy and he became
engaged at SiXeeen among the hills of her
fathers farm. He did not marry IN til he
had a good start in life and he was twenty
hafO1.a hic 1x-addipp tool ,alo
Edmunds married the next niece of the
Hon. George P. Marsh, who was one of
our ministers to Italy. Senator Dawes
met his wife while he was teaching school.
She was one Of his pupils and he married
her after her graduation. Senator Teller
married girl who lived in the same town
in which he was brought up in in New
York, and Frank Hiscock got the money
which enabled him to engage in political
career by his marriage with pretty Corne-
liza King, who now presides over his Wash
ington establishment. Senator Payne is
largely indebted to his wife for his millions
She was the daughter of an old farmer
who had large amount of land near Cleve
land, Ohio. Payne was a poor lawyer
when he married her. The city grew anC
Mrs. Payne's fathers farm included the
lands which now make up the most fash
lonable part of Euclid avenue.
CAMERON.
Senator Sherman was married when BIZ
was twenty-five. His wife has lived witt
him during his thirty-five years residence
at Washington and she is one of the finest
looking women at the capitol. Tall
straight and brown-haired, she has rosy
cheeks and bright brown eyes and grace
tul and stately form. She was the
Slaughter of Judge Stewart, of Mansfield
Ohio, and the Hon. Thomas BARLEY whC
afterwards become the governor of the
state, was one of John Sherman's rivals
There is a story told at Mansfield of how
the two went to see Miss Stewart at the
same time while she was attending Penn
sylvania female seminary and how they
narrowly escaped meeting. Sherman
however, won the maiden and BARLEY.
think, married Senator Sherman's sister
Speaking of Sherman. calls attention tt
the fact that Don Cameron married Joh1
Sherman's niece. Mrs. Cameron is one o.
the prettiest and most accomplished womer
of Washington. She must be about thirty
eight years of age, but she does not lool
over twenty five. She is great fayoritt
in diplomatic circles and likes to go into so
ciety as much as her husband likes to stay
out of It. She was the daughter of Judge
Sherman, of Cleveland. Don Cameron
met her here while she was visiting hel
notwithstanding the Senator has some
daughters nearly as old as she is. TIL,
wedding took place at Cleveland, Ohio, ant
was one of the most brilliant ever held il
that city of millionaires.
Senator Bruce, who has just been ap
pointed recorder of deeds of the District OF
Columbia, was married at about the same
time at Cleveland to the pretty octoroor
who presides over his Washington house
hold. Bruce got the best part of his edu
cation at Oberlin, o., and think that sht
was attending school there at the same
time. After she finished her education
she came TO Cleveland to teach school, AM
she was acting as a school teacher almost
up to the time of her marriage. She is 8
woman of more than ordinary attainment
and her complexion is no darker than tina
of many of the white ladies of Washing
ton.
One of the finest residences of Was hing
ton is now being erected on the corner O
Sixteenth and K streets. 1t will cost il
the neighborhood of one hundred thousan
dollars and it will belong to Mrs "a q
Chandler. Senator Eugene Hale will b
one of the inmates of it, for Hale is Mrs
Chandler's son-in-law and he gets his grea
fortune with his wife.
HOW A BORROWED SUIT OF CLOTHES LOS
- GENERAL ALGER WIFE.
General Alger, of Mich gan, was here th
other day. His pocketbook is now heavy
his check is good for millions; his fac
looks happy, and his heart seems whole
1t wears, no ~ever, the scars of a youthful
romance and he will never forget tn
troubles of his boyhood love. He was
law studentat Akron, Ohio, and Ike fell i
love before he had finished Blackstone H
had only money enough to live on and hi
ladylove was the daughter of rich bu
hnQ tod hoy of fofh IL