Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-19
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worth, and doubt if he cannot sell out
at $S.0O0,000 in cash, which Is more
than Lloyd Tevis can do, who is esti-
mated to be worth half se much again.
There ls a great variance in values.
Hence say the state is entitled to some
share OF these enormous fortunes
through the method of legacy taxa ion.
l do not believe in taxation OF incomes,
but do believe that the state in which
these enormous fortunes are ams seed
should have small modicum thereof
before thsy pass entirely into the hands
OF men and women who had no share in
the labor or self denial that made their
accumulation possible.
In 9 few days more the senatorial
agony will be over and Our Steve" will
probably be elecred to the toga now
worn by Mr.. FELTON,. l say probably,
because have seen man defeated for
that glittering prize (Frederck f Low
in 1869 who went into the fight with
more positive strength than Mr.. White
ever had. But the difference in favor
OF Stephen lies in the fact that Mr.
White manages his own fight, while
Governor Low left everything to his
lieuteaant, George G Gorham, who
slipped up badly on his calculations.
Cornelius Cole got nominated without
money and without price" 80 far IS he
was concerned, for he did not have it to
spend at that time. He is now said to
be quite well off never saw but one
fight more slovenly managed than that
Of Low. With the positive strength
which he had he should have won
easily. The other was Bidwell's defeat
for governor in the state convention of
1857.
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Won't ''our Steve" have great time
with Joe Blackburn and Carlisle when
he gets to the senate. They do say
those two men are the greatest judges of
whisky in America; and good etory
to that effect is told by the great Ken
tucky lobbyist, Col. Dick Wintersmtth.
He says that he once had two gallon
demijohn of choice whisky sent him,
and, meeting Carlisle on the street,
asked him to go up to his room and
sample the goods. On their way they
met Blackburn. When they got up
there and had drink Dick asked how
they liked it.
"It's very nice, but it seems to have
flavor something like iron," says Black
burn.
"Noneense, Joe," says Carlisle. "it's
flavor like leather. don't you think so ?"
"And by Jove." added Colonel Dick,
''to please those two fellows poured all
the Juice out of that demijohn, aud there
was lea, her-headed carpet tack in the
bottom OF it,"
But it is as dog liar that the senior
senator from Kentucky excels. He had
the handsomest Blue Bolton setter in
Washington when | was there in the
winter of '85, but Senator Kenna OF
West Virginia was equally proud of
liver and white pointer that he had.
One day they got to hot words about it
in the cloak-room of the senate cham
Der, and for q moment IL looked as if
they were going to shed their coals.
"Whv, Joe," Gays Kenna, 'your dog is
handsome dog but he don't compare
with mine for sense. Do you know that
I had Carlo with me, the other day, for
walk, and as was going down Penn
sylvania avenue, he came to dead
point on a stuffed woodcock in the VIM
dow of q taxidermisl's chop and the
glass in that window was quarter OF an
inch thick"
"That's very nice story" replied
Mr.. Black burn, 'fbut that's about as
much as suppose your dog was capable
of. My dog belongs to far superior
race Of CANNES, both in form and intel
lecJ. To show you how true this is and
that am not making any idle boast I
will mention that l was once walking
across lots to sick peighbor's house
when man emerged from the brush,
and my dog no sooner saw him than he
came to full point. Come here,
Dash,' said I, but the dog stood as
though he we're chiseled out of marble.
I walked up to the man. i Deg your
pardon, cir, said I, but would you be
kind enough I'd favor me with your
name?'
Certainly sir replied the man,
my name is Partridge"
Poor Kenna tainted dead away, and
did not answer the roll-call for two days.
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