The rustler., 1891-11-13

Intelligent loyalty Il a rarity. Puh
nc men require the services of private
secretaries and the majoriiy of them
imagine that they need machine men,
out IN this they are mistaken. Senators
and representatives look upon stenov.
raphers a. they look upon phonorrapb,
an graphophoneS. but the abler men
view these wage workers through dif.
ferent spectaclea. The late suns, Cox.
bright brainy, lovable. companiona.
ble. and therefore lamented. alwav.
said that good private secretary was
worth his weight in gold lie knew.
Tor be had one In John u. o'Connor.
The gentleman resides here, and IA now
the confidential assistant OF the super-
intendent Of the censuA In private
conversation this evening Mr.. O'Counor
said j suppose that am sometimes
presumptuous with the statesmen with
whom aud for whom work, but | can
not help H. I'm something OF a woman
IN my methods Of thought, for intui-
tions come 10 the and act upon them
almost invariably. Very often used
TO argue matters with Mr.. Cox and he
very often acknowledged that was
right In opposing matters which he
started 10 accomplish. When he had
dictated letter IL would occur 20 me
either that the letter was not n proper
one 20 send or else that Il might be bet-
ter not 10 write at all; and would say
80. Generally could give no reason
other than that ! felt II was wrong.
Then my mentor would stop 10 think.
and he could usually find some good
reason for agreeing with me, although
! could give nothing but an impress
sion"
Can you give me an instance Of your
opposition or suggestion to him7"
We'll, the most notable one, and In
matter which afterward saved nv
friend and benefactor from a great deal
OF annoyance, occurred several wears
before his death. II was In 1884. when
Mr.. Cox was chairman of the house
committee on naval affairs One after-
noon, as he entered the committee room
10 dictate a number of letters, he said:
Here Is letter from John w. Rogers.
inelosing certificate for twenty thou
sand dollars in Pan-Electric telephone
stock. Rogers says that he incloses n
poem, but this certificate Is not a poem.
| guess that he has made a mistake, as
tins is rather prosaical than poetical.
He must have intended this for some
other fellow He then dictated a let
ter returning the stock, and saw
ing that he had no means of knowing
its value, nor why II had been sent 10
him. ] took the letter In shorthand.
and when he had concluded Il and was
about to dictate an answer 20 another /
one OF the bushel of letters before him,
interrupted him with an inquiry as TO /
whether II wouldn't be better for me 70
take the stock back TO Rogers and get
receipt for H. He said no; that Rogers
and he were warm personal friends.
and that no harm was Intended by Il.
but that II was manifestly mistake. l
told him that felt that there was some
thing crooked in II, and asked permis-
sion to return the stock in person and
get a receipt for 1t. lie laughed ut my
but said that / might do
As pleased; and did SO.
The next day l called upon Mr..
Rogers and told him that had come
70 return that stock for Mr.. Cox, and
ne said that there was no mistake about
t; that he had intended It as n gift 10
Mr. Cox, and that 1t would be worth its
ace value inside Of year or two How
'ver, he said that II Mr.. Cox did not
want II ! could return IL to him. re-
ponded that ! wanted n receipt for 1t,
Vhereupon he became almost angry,
nd wanted to know II Mr.. Cox sus-
ected his motives. That convinced me
hat J was right in demanding a re-
eipt ! told him that Mr.. Cox did not