The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-18

eighteen, ana crossed Uno plains III an emil
grant train of canvas-covered wagons and
engaged in mining in Colorado somewhere
near Pixies Peak. He kept store at the
same time and the store paid enough to
keep the mines going. He mined for some
time and then moved northward and finally
settled in Boise city. He has been engaged
in mining, stock-raising and mercantile
business for years and he is now said to be
one of the rich men of his state. He has
had all the honors that the state and terri
tory could give him and he was it's first
governor and left the executive chair to
take his present place in the Senate. He
has been a member of the national Repub
lican committee, and he says there is no
doubt of his Republicanism, notwithstand
ing his action on the silver bill couple Of
weeks ago.
TWO DETROIT LAWYERS.
The ups and downs of politics was we'll
illustrated in trial which took place before
the supreme court this week. A dapper
little gentleman with luxuriant side-whisk
ers the color of tan-bark and with an air alto
gether like that of la-de-dah preacher was
hsrranguing the old men in gowns ON the
the subject of patent case. The preacher
like lawyer made good speech and he was
closely listened to by one of the Justices at
least. This justice sat at the extreme end
Of the bench nearest the clerks otfice and
he frowned from time to time with all the
Importance of a new judge. He had a big
head, high, broad forehead and his severe
eyes looked out from in under his heavy,
bushy brows. His nose was q Roman one
and it was large and straight. His great
mouth was tightly closed in conscious dig
nifty and he wrinkled his brow as he sat
there and frowned and frowned and
watched the dapper little gentleman make
his plea. The dignifed man was the new
supreme court justice, Judge Brown, of
Detroit, and the dapper little gentleman with
the tan whiskers was Don NJ Dickinson,
who was postmas ter general in Cleveland's
Cabinet. A few years ago both Of these
men were practicing before the Detroit bar
and both had great official ambitions Dick
inson reached the top Of the ladder of his
deires first and he rather smiled at Brown
as he sat in the great postoffice department
and looked out at him still trying cases in
Detroit. He fell back to his old level at
Harrison's election and now it is Brown
who is on top and on top to stay. Cabinet
officers rise and fall with Presidential cleo
tions, but judges of the supreme court are
elected for life and Brown has the assur-
| ance of dying full Of honers. He is a fine
looking Judge, and he looks very much like
Judge Brewer who sits on the other end of
the Bench. He owes his appointmentlargely
to his friends for promptly pressing his
claims. He has long wanted to be SUI
preme justice, and when Stanley Matthews
died his friends were here and they We're
ready to push him to the place. After
Brewer was appointed they reserved their
papers in hand for the death of the next
justice, and upon Judge Milier's decease,
they at once filed their claims. Judge
Brown is said to be very fine lawyer. He
made fortune at the law and is worth
somewhere between five hundred thousand
and million dollars. He is the richest
! justice of the supreme court since the day
of Chief Justice Marshall who died owning
about hundred thousand acres of land and
stocks and bonds galore.
HOW THE MISSOURI SENATORS KEEP THEIR
SEATS.
One of the brightest of the western Con-
gressmen is Representative Tarsney, of
Missouri. He is brother of Tim Tarsney,
who was in the last House, and he is quite
as level HEADED and quite as witty as his
brother. | asked him as to the standing of
Senator Cockrell in Missouri, and wherein
consisted his strength with the people.
Said Mr.. Tarsney:
Senator Cockrell is one of the most pop
| ular men in his state and he is much bet
ter politician than he is given credit for
being. There is hardly a granger in the
state of Missouri who has not one of Frank
Cockrell's autograph letters framed to
hang up in his parlor. Cockrell attends
to his correspondence better than any pub
lie man l know. He answers every letter
the moment it is received and if the writer
wants anything at Washington, his letter
is replied to with the statement that the
matter will be attended to at once and a
few days latter he writes another letter
telling the man just how the case stands
and sending him what he wants. Senator
Cockrell has the statesman's memory. If
he meets you to-day, he Will know your
face fifteen years from now, and if he has
met your wife he will be sure to ask what
has become of Maria, and how is baby John
who was with you when he last saw you.
He makes it his business TO attend to the
wants of his constituents. He is one of the
hardest workers in public life and he isn't
afraid to tackle John Sherman, George f
Edmunds or any of the other big bugs on
the other side of the Chamber"
'What kind of man is Vest!" l asked
Senator Vest" replied Mr.. Tarsuey, sis
the direct opposite to Cockrel. He holds
his position through pure brains and he has
no missing qualities whatever. He has had
so much trouble of one kind or another tina,
he has become to a certain extent misan-
thropic and he is not, as rule, good con-
yersationalist He is man of great ability
and we Missourians admire him"
SENATOR TURPIE's EDUCATION.
The conversation here turned to literary
Senators and Mr.. Tarsney said he believed
that Mr.. Turpie was the best posted and
most bookish of any man at Washington
Said he:
Senator Turpie understands half
dozen different languages, speaks French
German and Italian and he quotes Shake
speare, Homer and the Bible in the same
breath. He came out to Kansas City moi
long ago and 1 wanted to show him the
town. l proposed carriage, but he OBJ
iected and said he didn't want to, ride
around the streets and that he would rather
walk and look at the store windows. A.
we started out he asked me if we had any
good bookstores. / told him we had few
and he asked to be shown the biggest one
We went to it and Turpie asked the clerl
for some outlandish old book that hac
never seen or heard of. The clerks didn't
know the book, and one after another, in.
GLIDING the proprietor, was asked concern
ing it, but all protested ignorance. At las
the lady book keeper was called up and sh,
said she thought they had copy of it. Sh,
got it and gave it to Turpie. He grabbed
at it as hungry dog at bone, and sa
down right there and read away at it To-
an hour while l watched him in wonde
waiting to show him the town and Waitini
for him to finish his education"
THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ENGLAND AND TIL
KANSAN.
Honorable Jerry Simpson, the sockles
, Statesman who has been elected by Kansa
, to Congress. will be one of the character
of the next House. He will by no mean
be the only man of his class in Congress
J and the stories Of the boorishpess of Con
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