The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-06

He has always dealt in big ventures and
once or twice has been very close to the
ragged edge of failure but has pulled
through. Brice comes from Lima, Ohio,
and he does not look day older now than
he did ten years ago. He is in his forties
and is full of energy. He is a man of me-
dunn height, well built and rather angular,
and he looks more like westerner than
railroad speculator. He has q reddish
brown beard, very large nose and his
eyes are as blue as the skies of Italy. He
is man of considerable culture and he
spends a great part of his surplus in fine
books, bric-a-brac and pictures. He paid
quarter of million dollars for his house
on Murray Hill, New York, and he will
probably entertain extensively at Wash
ington after he has been here long enough
to get into the swim. He has very bright
wife who is largely interested in charitable
work, and who will have a good chance to
exercise this part of her character at Wash
ington which is to large extent q city Of
beggars.
| Senator David B. Hill has selected his
winter quarters at Washington. He will
live just over whore Charles Sumner used
to hold forth, and just across the street
! from where President Madison lived after
| he left the White House His quarters are
| bachelor ones and his hotel is the Airing
ton. Hill will be one of the great chsrac-
tiers of the Senate. The discussion of him
as presidential possibility and his position
| as governor of New York have for the past
| five years made him one OF the leading fig
ures of the Democratic party, and the peo-
pie will expect more from him as a Senator
than they will probably get. Men who
| have great regulations before they get to
the Senate often fail there because they do
not como up topublic expectations, land Hill
will have to be genius to make great
| figure during the first two years. The prob
ability is that he will speak very little, but
his industry will make him valuable man
on committees, and his power of managing
men and working the political wires will
make his presence at Washington invalua-
ole to his party. He will have an easier
time at Washington than he had at Albany
and during his leisure he can vary his talks
on craftsmanship with chats on baseball
with Senator German who was once O
noted player or with Dubois whose record
have given. Attendance on ball games
and the theatre are said to be David Hills
| chief amusements. He is not society
man and cares little for receptions and din
ners. He is very approachable and his of
fee in Albany is open to all He under
stands how to work and how to make others
work for him and his prepared speeches
will be up to the average.
GOVERNORS GORDON AND PALMER.
Hill Is uOe tlo Ouly oA-SOVcIuOI duOuE
the new Senators. General Gordon has
been twice governor of Georgia and Gen
eral John M. Palmer was once the chief eX
executive of Illinois. Both Gordon anC
Palmer are men of histories. Both served
with credit in the late war, and Palmer
came out Of it major general, having beer
in some Of the most noted battles and hav-
ing started in as a colonel. Gordon en-
tered the Confederate service as a cap.
tain and he rose to be Acknowledgements
and he was commanding his troops at tbs
time that Lee surrendered at Appomattox
He was shot all to pieces during the wal
and his handsome face bears the scars thai
he received during its battles. He was
wounded five times at the battle of Sharps
burg and the fifth ball entered his cheek
and laid him low on the field. In speaking
about this wound not long ago he told {
curious story which illustrates feature Of
his character which will come into play
during his senatorial career. 1t is the fac
that Gordon never loses his head and tina
ne can think under any circumstances. Sale
General Gordon;