Telegram-herald., 1890-01-17

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- # Mason and
-" Dixon line. IN
Wash-ngtoa he was universal Ia
vorlLe NO one vas more welcome
a. the Whlro House under TIE late ad-
ADMINISTRATION. lie was regarded as the
coming man from the South
Keen poudciaus saw Ira him states
man entirely acceptable 20 the people
Of the North. The trend of circum-
stances was forcing him into the poiit-
zeal field As a candidate FOR vice-pres-
idsnt, he would have eventually given
an exact balance 10 the Dem ocrauo
national ticket OF ss2. No better make
ight 70 the names q Gray. Hi,
Cleveland and other Northern pgesiden-
tial candidates could be found indeed.
In the struggle for precedence North,
thore was a bare possis sility that Grady
himself m .ght head tho ticket Certain
!, seems that mis- nomination for vice
president would have added an element
o. victory 20 the struggle and have
hardened the cement laid in the days OF
reconstruction
Ten days before his dea-h, Nr.
Grady walked into my rooms at
Washington. ! had known him over
ten wears. His black eyes sparkled
like diamonds as ne took my hand.
Ills smooth-shayen face was rounded
and ruddy He was the picture Of
robust health lie sat down, crossed
- l.
his brow, rested his hand upon the ham
die OF his umbrel a. and began the
cheeriest Of conversations. 1t was
newspaper talk, filed with quaint
"reminiscences. Anon he used the
probe. for ne was ways in search OF
information. No Yankee could ask
questions more deftly and store away
his gleanings more compactly. We
talked for nearly an hour. Finally,
Mr Barrett, OF tho ATLANTA Constitu-
ton" who accompanied Mr.. Grady,
warned him of the lapse OF time. Mr..
Grady drew his watch from MS pocket,
l. was almost II p. m.
Il reckon had better be off, T." he OBJ
served I've bare time 10 get the
Boston train"
We shook hands. and CHEEKY $50
long" was uttered as the door closed
upon his sturdy form. ! saw him for
the last time upon earth. He scored
new triumph in Boston but with the
triumph came death.
Mr.. Grady first attracted nv atten-
tiOn and admiration about twelve years
ago He wrote q masterly description
OF Robert Toombs at home. IT was &C
companied by an lysis of the char
acter OF the rough old rock OF the rebel
lion, SO subtle and thorough that it
found us way into half the newspapers
OF the Union Not long after that the
same bright mind shone in the tale OF a
murder peculiar to the piny woods OF
Georgia. A month later, Grady wrote a
squib describing . hog hunt in the
streets OF Atlanta. 1t had a circulation
fully as great as that OF the screed
about ToOmbs.
HIs perspective faculties were mar
vellous. ana his intuitions phenOme-
nal In sooth, be was super
naturally versatile. lie could handle
a gander-pulling a railroad accident,
and meeting OF young mems Chris
tian association with equal facility.
It has somewhere been said that nc
could have written King Solomon's
Mines. Georgia Scenes, and "Whate-
ley's Elements Of Logic
Mr. Grady told me, when 7 last saw
him. that lie did very little dictation.
The feature Of his sanctum was an old
fashioned high-backed wooden chair.
Here he sat with mis- foot upon his
knee, and wrote upon a pad many OF
the articles that have given the Con
sttution' so wide q reputation.
Tho Georgian was always strong
friend of samuel T. Tildeu. lie was
bound 20 NJ Tiidon by ties OF graft
tude Col Henry Watterson SAYS that
NJ Tiideu loaned Mr. Grady tho money
90 buy an interest in the "Constitu-
tion However this may be. certain
10 IS shat the Georgia editor afterwards
sought a situation upou well-knonn
New York Journal T. was after his
great speech az the New England din
ner re was offered place upon hisow
terms but he declined, after ascertain
ing that none ~ ia stock % the news
psrer vas FOR sale
Itwa7 in Tho winter q 1855. that Mr.
Grady told me ot his early neespapor
experiences He began n use his pen
soon after tho var Tho Sou'h. how
ever was so poor that ne put Tor >ew
fo-f p search Of aGviuE he had very
lstte money vith him After register
ir- a. Tho Asto- Ho 80 he went ovor
81 tho Herald" oa7ce to COX for work