The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-06

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seward and Raymond. Raymond Induced me
ss:s!; III vii .; ss;:a
| and at odd times
You do not appear TO have much coveted
sats sS aeaHaintanes' for asaa"'n'anc'''
AT HIS PROFESSION.
No was lswSer fro from first to last Hay
had 2 very ,larSe msioIlty over tic s, sabss; 9;
He was marvellously llne fellow 20. look at
him went into a law partnership, with him.
TsS aSTs s adj sTs
ne until President Johnson aprointed me
ne. ! nlled the place seven years. After that
tisipg law there when came 70 ihe. Cabinet"
Did yHn have sny persons OF distinction at
Mr.. Thomas Plat. afterward United States
Senator. went to school with me at Owego. He
was two years my junior: Subsequently he
rne Sa and 9Ss erf Of %s county r at
the time was District Attorney,
Nj. Thomas Plat. MI Tracy said. is, a
wcnas 1,,i MIN HI SSy h h.s S.sS
TING at politics and in public, life, he never
made q cent ~ pursuing either; he never tried
Know ssn Whor Is mak
| Ing too much OF small opponents and opposi-
tton; He perhaps gives too much attention
| to what 10 not worth % much attention as he
"That region Of New York from which you
H Ss kf s's Sl IT. Pst'
&c. What made Elmira"
THE GROWTH OF WESTERN NEW YORK.
! "what makes man? You can hardly &C.
rounding men. and It i tie same With Elmira.
tSs ess ss1 sSn
IL: pn: a sss s cn
Iosd system south HardSthe NortHsrn Central
:ids :, owsso hss pss:sa Einfs Il The e last
ssiSsp a.: f%s Ss
going out nom heastward from the coal region
ss ss Ss rd y hs n sa ssnss
s not The fact ae that western New Sss York
Featuring evsiopmeni = WI a'
quite e. Ieai which lies in Pennsylvania
ly variety OF roads and instrumsntalities to
New s6 and the Modern aSaen word
ern and interior New York maiutain-
sr SsSyn in Of tip w Vest rs IKE
merely an agricultural society, with the timber
day more than Is per cent. OF what it would
"sS&s RsSq Is The s, oasse ysssSs ae
The development Of. the West and the re-
sSs o. t es
e = G!Ss 7Sk Ss" to
A fine.looEine SON o, Secretary Tracy came
ter than we are in New York: their prairie
sss :is o nS has There OBS
cheaper than In New York State: they can put
s g Ps and Ssssst sS sy anp Sg
their large scale Of farming"
THE ERIE AS A SHIP CANAL
shoy Te ns sPG Just ns ox Of The
canal coane nsurate wit h the imporfanc s q
the great LIKES which bring their products
:" That Is the opinion Of some.. ink it will
as q national work. 1t costs the State Of New
agar. but do not think that the State and lie
people erudge the amount, think the canal
e ess, HSS se msss it. like
%Sss than shsi said ss T! III. Tracy shaking
c,; York State; as In the days "a, Of Pc witt
sr ssis s 3; lie 1ssts
dom presented his figures ut Delllonico,'s in
New York in the hour OF MS death ! sat
81 rRt IN
been right and his death has Impressed those
ne"It es s ss% him h1s fail sGl'a aeade
Il did. H. fell into mi, arms: and from my
Death has been very familiar in this Cabinet.
They rsse % aeot sse ,So
effect Of . nervous trembling.
WAR SERVICES.
You left the Legislature to so into the war;
a., wen, home to raise my two regimsnts.
Tooth. and nv bro!her-in Law, commanded it
after ! resigned. following the Wilderness
at tho o the battle
Bull Run: which was followed by the rebel in
ssn & %So lad sn %td hs An' s soo4y
from the tidswater to repcl the invasion. and
my new o tr0G then wsrs r aong the
here ' a good while. until Grant .comm"neei
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tie. then commanded tho prison pen. Il led
T Saa bs at E Ms M' e s t1s
o. the war rs I have described. ! became IL
Eri!sd States STATE District Attorney with my offico
You did not come In contact ] infer, with
many Presidents or great diGnitarics -
No. | always attended TO my business as q
lawyer closely. I knew President Arthur. Of
course
What is your estimate OF Arthur
MS ESTIMATE OF PRESIDENT ARTHUR
II think he was II remarkable person. As a
politician we have nobody Ike him In the Re-
publican party in New York city He filled the
difficult role OF controlling both .the boys. or
tho gang. on ono side and the business ele-
nient Of the city on the other. II is not often
that You ran make the conservatives OF COM
tnsrce and the experts in the wards hnrmo-
nlle. Arthur lid u: he. was always roo. dis
tinguished. and polite.
How strange that Arthur: from his hubble
place AS Collector OF HE Port. should pass
Gnnkllng and all the. other grea, statesmen
who desired to he President and got the
His nomna1ion." Mr. Tracy said. was the
consequent OF Garfeld's nomination nj the
head 81 the ticket. The. friends OF Grant in
New YORK We're very much discouraged at the
outcome OF the National Convention. and to
restore their spirits Arthur was made the as-
Int. nfl ar H..II al. fNfk all