Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
HOW THEY WON THEIR WIVES
GoSsip Concerning the Helpmeets OF
Prominent Statesmen.
Sen. Ingalls, Dependent on the Smile
His Handsome Wife.
Sen. Sherman's Wife a Shining Light
in Washington Society.

A dispatch from Washington says: The
greatest Of our men are made by then
wives. and there are few great men IN
public life whose careers are not closely
connected with the women they marry.
Senator ingalls, never makes great speech
unless Mrs Ingalls, is in the gallery, and
the greater part Of Sam Randall! 5 con-
grcssional work has been done III his study
at home with his wife S sewing machine
beside his library desk Mrs Regan Is
her husband s private secretary and Mrs.
Springer advises the honorable William as
to every act of his political career. 1t
is perhaps due TO Mrs. ingalls,
that Senator Ingalls, has his seat in
the senate chamber to-day. She
kept him out Of 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 It was many years ago that he was
offered a congressional nomination. lie
telegraphed his wife of the fact and she
wired the reply, Don accept. He
took this advice. though his friends and
hers said he was foolish for doing so. and
he waited until that remarkable senatorial
election occurred in which Subsidy Pom
erov 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 chooses.
The romance Of Senator lngall, was one
of love at first sight He was q struggling
Young lawyer of Kansas and had hung ont
his Single in a littletoWn above Atchison.
We paid no attention to the women and
lhe flowers of the frontier wasted their
sweetness upon other nOstrils than his.
One day he was asked to be groOmsman at
a friend wedding and while so acting he
saw that one Of the bridesmaids wa. eX-
ceedingly fair He was introduced to her
as Miss Anna Cheeseb0rOuGh, and he
learned that she was the daughter of a
a 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
i'm his work 10 such an extent that
the two separated each in love with the
oth5r ingalls, made arrangements to call
and after a short courtShip he popped the
question and received a favorable answer.
He was a candidate for state senator at
this time and II was a curious fact that his
prospective Authoritarian was running for
the same office. Miss Cheeseborough had
to stand the fire of the friends of her lover
and her father, but young ingalls, and as
Mre ingalls, says My sin, were for
given and my father consented to my mar
wing his political rival.
Senator Evarts married the daughter of
GOV. Wardner, of Vermont. lie courted
her as q schoolboy. and became engaged at
sixteen among the hills of her father
farm He did not marry her till be had
good start in life, and he was twenty-five
when the wedding took place Senator
EdmundS married the 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. aud he married her
after her graduation Senator Teller mar
ried a girl who lived in the same town
in which he was brought up in New
York, and Frank Hiscock got the money
which enabled him to engage In poIit-
cal career by his marriage with ConeGa
King, who now presideS over his Wash
mgtOu establishment Senator PAYNE is
largely indebted to his wife for his mil
lions She was the daughter of an old
farmer who had "a large amount O, land
near Cleveland. Ohio. Payne was a poor
lawyer when he married her The city
grew and Mrs Payne S father farm I'M
cuded the lands which now make up tn
most fashionable part of Euclid avenue.
Senator Sherman was married when he
was twenty-five His wife has lived with
him J,rip,. his fhirt,-.E ,a y-.a,.s' ras5 la,a1