The sun., 1892-01-31
THE or TITO ALBANY HOUSES.
....rrs Contrast In tho Fate of the Lsgisia-
tors who Occupied Them.


Albany to which great denl OF political Inter-
~, AND some superstition attach. They are
,oth ON state street. on the south side. a little
..o.t Of the Capitol. Ono is yellow and the
.,hor red They are only a few doors apart.
Tivc years ago they were for rent The yellow
hausa was taken by party OF Assemblymen;
A., rsd bya party of Senators and Assembly
a There was little difference In the two
,,rsos and the household arrang fments OF
An, rnrtics which occupied them. They
,,,a thers during the session comfort
.hIy and pleasantly. Success has attended
A., ,ncmbers OF one household. while
d,,th and political disaster had como to the
,,orhers of tho other From tho yellow house
hnvn csme a Lieuten ant. Governor OF the
s.,,o n speaker Of tho Assembly. the Presi-
dcut pro tenn OF the Senate. and an assistant
T,st,ict Attorney OF New York. The oldest
r.mher Of the other household lies In sui
.ic,s grave. Another is buried In the Yellow
..one regicn, thousands OF miles from his fam
uv ami his home " tho others. one has re-
tIrcd from politics and the other was defeated
f,r denomination. and was beaten again whom
when he ran for state Office last fall
I'M. men who occupied these two houses
.tnr,,d in political life almost together. With
two EXCEPTIONS they wore young: considering
ths Offices they held. very young. Tho other
two were by no means old. hardly old enough
=, be called middle-aged Their prospects
were the same. 1fthere were any advantages
they were with tho occupants OF tho red house:
vet. TO the yellow house has como political
sueress and to the rod political failure.
fused to be the custom In Albany much
more than now for party OF Legislators Of
copgcnial tcmpcramonts and tastes to got to-
fNrt = a cstN Ia
stead Of boarding or staying at the hotels.
They They would lease furnished house. put in
ther own servants and run It somewhat a.
they would their homes. These two houses.
tho yellow and the red. we're we'll known that
winter to every ono in Albany. The life there
was most enjoyable to both households.
In the yellow house thero were William F.
shechan OF Buffalo. Robert p. Bush Of Horse
heads, Chemung county. Jacob A. Cantor Of
New York. and John +. Mcintyre OF New York.
They were all In the Assembly. members OF
tho Democratic minority They were young
in years and with only two or three years. po-
litical experience. Sheehan had only recently
beco,ue the Democratic leader OF the House.
He was beginning his legislative success.
which continued until his election as Speaker
Of the last Assembly and his choice by the
people as Lieutenant Governor. Cantor was .
struggling young lawyer from New York. He
had been u reporter on newspaper and went
20 the law with hopes and ambitions. but with
out as yet much realization. Bush was country
doctor. with the extensive and poorly paying
practice that rural neighborhood brincA He
was serving his second term. after he had
rhtsf spd s
al Assemblyman again. Like Cantor and
S.eehan. Mcintyre was young lawyer strug-
the s ASSEMBLY sas to make reputation that Would
Ghf; h Practice; Not one Of tho four was what
since then their political career has been Of
TINE alter time from lis district IL buffalo,
stens;henins t n himself until hs'fs hs' becs%e the
POLITICAL leader Of Buffalo. member Of the
s S ssaa % New
nsmter UM os New YORK oi the Saona s Demo-
cratic Committee
for several years. He had been turned down
lcca4se he was TOO young and because he had
srent in, the yellow, house, he was elected to
the Senate. and he has been reelected twice.
be:nsin: his second torn as one o; tho
with only one term to his credit he received
tle Democratic nom!natlon for President pro
ITEM. S G si and this h. Tas
practice has been growing. and his political
influence na R,eh has st. been spreading: ,e.-
bsh Is naI tnTFisd eySfy year from
has violated the third-term rule and political
PRECEDENT Though from one Of the small
@ to tsrms Emns hs
x IN this county. and political custom gives 1t
te. tne Assemblyman from time to time, but nei-
Ms Political career and he is now the Speaker.
MI!nlyre served his term In the Assembly.
{oltics Of his district. and. though a County
EeNoerat. survived the disintegrntion of the
nly,l t,nh,y pemoSracy. and landed IN the District
taorn tA.tornrys icy office. where he now gets several
Times ms salary as Asscmblyman.
tta no,ns r.s q @ tne names Of the men who lived In
ky fla "n,tun hIune ten tneir own story robert
a %ss u ara ARqa Eassns was
:. iy.s are tho other two. They were all men
S;,,,tod9 SiII TO d9 or rich. Of high social standing.
folitica! experience. and professional stand.
iyaed iHg,e backed with years OF experience. many
fHhsr sa li,s in ths TnadIa Semetery with bull
an, tl noe , through hs head tho other two are
aaa' business they have been successful. tho sue
sess as tsen financial and social. not political.
a"r g'9 sny wy Hs%i!tSn was In the Assembly
,nn,i ,n ibtt;,wn;stonr Fifth avenue district. His
u.1tlon n bt IN Ne Assembly was Of the highest,
','l'l I'itIly hLlDulQS were not
,afisI,gs. ,aisim lle had c%rslent committee ap-
ba'htments; sn.; lie was always listened to whom
i"rSb e sbose' Ne Other nominations had been Of
t"ns,hsay GH !" STAY In the Assent bly, and to serve his
ss,auayln. politics from the standpoint Of .
Lung man ambitious to be statesman The
swiy ss" ni his grandfather was before his eyes,
,h ~, hG hoped that u timo he might take his
tac. IN the councils OF his country few
t,,u'nsa,tGr the breaking UP OF the household
nnoer ~ .Ie req house. his body was found beside a
tnIiot t,siott n mo Yellowstone with bunch Of grass
'wisted around his spur
,,;tthhh j. Arnold was ono Of the most accom-
s,t.n.rl s,n;sl men IN the Legislature. He was quiet
GGstti,heu. and reserved. he was SO we'll read
inu.ne ne USED To entertain his associates for
liam M, at u time In the evening quoting to
Oil lm M. bt oiily from we'll known. but from the
y C'd " aaIlh?rs. now hardly-known BY name. Tie
W,ks kius',sil ~ y, alama,ists woro his frlenda Tho
cornn,ri, u, IHaucc"r were among his dearest
sranS..io ,Pope. Dryden. Bacon. and
i9"r inrmnrv were we're MS recreations. His retentive
cham, reproduced what he had read. and tho
gave IL oi ms manner and his personal tact
prjntsdo ,aah muilah ION" to the words which no
Hwysru. ts}RP[hodnctiIn w}Ph tnu could give 4 country
tIda,y. known to the bar OF the In.
tSnr, tMtlor Of Of tho State. he had saved what
'af snnd n wero riches and In New York would be 4
n.mi;idl e. middle age. With lis family lie lived in
nrni;u nnai;a,'Iii one oi the charming towns with 4
iha indian name in Otsego county, near
so%IIer s"oIer described. His house WAS Of tho liz
ann ~ kind on the main street. with his law