Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-16
1t, rather than ooncede point, when he had
made up his mind.

II, rather than concede point, when he had
made up his mind
HE WAS KIND AND GENEROUS.
With this there was kindness, generosity,
an ever open ear and generous heart. As
think Of him, the fighting quality slowly
transforms into charity and with a neigh
borly yearning toward civilities. Many
such instances recall, and now as the turf
descends on his grave recall them to his
honor. They were little known in his life.
For he was modest man, as brave men gen.
orally are.
Notably-and this illustration must stand
for many more-his initiation of the move
ment for pension fund to support ex-
Presidentsl The project, as Mr.. Jones at
first sketched it out, was to establish fund
so large that the income would enable every
ex-Chiet Magistrate to live in comfort to
the end of his days. The int ntion was to
aid General Grant, for whom Mr.. Jones had
q sincere affection. 1 saw much of him DUR
ing this time, watched the work as it went
on, and did what could by advice and per-
sonal solicitation to bring it to result. I
remember his amusing narrative ofwhat this,
that and the other stupendous millionaires
said when he broached his plan. Having
taken 1t up, such was the indomitable
energy of the man, it should not 20 down.
His interview with John W. Mackay was
an illustration. 'sWhy not make your fund
q million?" said Mackay, "and let it be
worth the trouble. Count me as one of ten
for the amount" ST have hardly recovered
my BREATH" he said at the astounding
Monte Cristo proposition. As the million
idea was out of the question, the best that
Mackay could persuade Mr.. Jones to do was
to put him down with the subscriber who
gave the largest sum.
HAYES WOULD NOT ACCEPT.
While there was every desire to aid in tho
| fund as far as Grant was concerned, there
was no disposition to endow Mr.. Hayes,
then coming to the end of his term, and at
outs largely with his own and altogether
with the opposite party. Moreover MIR.
Hayes had large estate, needed no such
benefits and soon made it known that he
would not accept them. The fund was ar
ranged exclusively for the benefit of General
Grant and soon amounted to more than
$3.50, 900. The credit of this belonged to
Mr.. Jones, who worked with pertinacious
| industry marvellous to those who knew of
! his ailments, and the drain upon him of
constant ill health.
Mr.. Jones was fortunate in his associate,
Henry j. Raymond. In this, however, Mr..
Raymond was like Horace Greeley when he
found Thomas McElrath to preside over the
Tribune treasury, and A. K. Mcclure when
Frank Mclaughlin became the chancellor
of his exchequer. I knew Raymond well
His fame, great in its day, belongs to the
evanescent fame which is, am afraid, the
fate of tragedians, prophets and journalists.
He was an engaging man, and would have
made an ideal Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court without appellate jurisdiction in the
capital cases or causes pertaining to women.
His mind was 80 judicial that except when
the sympathies were concerned no judg-
ment could have been sounder This virtue
of his character was felt in his journalism.
Raymond never argued lease without his
mind rejecting on other side.
THE VERY OPPOSITE OF JONES.
To him no men were entirely good or en-
tirely bad The virtues were as general
thing the absence Of opportunities. An
effective, ready if not a persuasive orator,
with piercing, not altogether musical tones,
with powers of statement rather than per-
suasion, the oratory of Raymond went to
He was the embodiment ofpersonal chivalry, |
and an early knowledge of the world with a |
somewhat premature fame made him cynical. |
His opponents never feared him, because |
they knew his capacity for forgiveness. He |
was hungry for applause; liked the peoples |
eye. With a small, knit, wiry body, and a |
capacity for clean, well cut, thoughtful |
work, far beyond any man in the profession,
he was master in his craft. With singular
power in winning the confidence and afec-
tion of those around him, Raymond always |
fretted at the desk.
"Why do you want to go to Congress?" |
said to him one evening when 1 was his |
summer guest, and we were well on in the |
night on various themes.
"Well," he replied, "the feel of power,
the sense that your vote means something, |
that your voice is one of the majority to do |
or undo. That is the fascination of the |
Senate" There was never an argument |
possible with the kind cynical man; always |
a smile for the keenest question. You see |
he did not make the world-it might have |
been better. But, as it was, the world was
a very good world, and as a general thing |
people were not as bad as they seemed.
JONES SHOWN THROUGH THE OTHERS
People wondered what would become of |
the Times after the death of Raymond
There were various experiments in an edi-
torial way, the management feeling around,
as it were, for the peg that would fit the
hole, and no easy task when it meant the
place of Raymond. Conant made an effort
the poor, gentle, many-sided, high
minded Conant, who was one night to be
seen walking toward the Long Island waves
to be seen no more. I have an idea that
John Swinton, who in those days was a
Scotch Socrates fallen into journalism, made
an experiment. Sheppard, Canadian gen.
tleman, held the helm for time John
Bigelow, former Minister to France, pupil
of Bryant and chum of Tilden, still with
us as a statesman and a writer, took hold
only soon to run away from the hard work.
Louis j. Jenning, who came here from the
London Times, close to Raymond, a Journal
ist of force and authority, now member of
Parliament, edited it during the Tweed war,
and came nearer than any other to the COM
pleteness of the task.
Behind these experiments there was a
sovereign force, and people began to see it
in the character of the paper, and in that
character a reflection of the sturdy qualities
of Mr.. Jones. He made the Tammany war;
1 question if Raymond would have done
that. The mans kindness of heart would
not have admitted Of the existence of the
depravity shown in Tammany until it was
too late to hold and lead the battle. at
tribute the Times triumph to the cour-
age of Mr.. Jones, just as more re-
cent experiments with public opinion,
not quite SO triumphant, are to be
attributed to the same cause Knowing full
well the value Of dollar, the stern laws
and compensations of thrift, with business
sense surpassed by no journalist of the day,
believed should be done must be done, come
what may. 1t was his duty to hew to the
line. Providence could direct the falling
of the chips.
DANA AND STONE LEFT.
presume it was iu his blood, that war
like Cymry blood that gave Romans and |