The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-16

"Did you ever meet Aaron Burr, DIR.
Scott 20 asked.
NO, l never met him, but knew the
Aorgans, with whom he stopped near
Pittsburg on his way West. and have
heard great deal about him. He was o
man OF great ability. but General Wash
ington never trusted him, and Burr was
supposed at that time to have had his first
trouble with Hamilton from jealousy at
the trust which Washington gave to him,
but which he denied to Burr
/ heard a curious story of John Sher-
mans first election to congress TODAY. 1t
was told me by Peter Grosscup, who is
now one OF the brightest Young LAWYERS in
Chicago, but who few years ago was the
Republican nominee for congress in Sher-
mans Ohio district. Grosscup at this
time hved at Ashland, Ohio, town of
5000 people,. just fifteen miles from
Mansfield, where Sherman lives. aud he
Was once the Republican nominee for
attorney general of the state. He was in
Democratic district, however. and a
Democratic county, and he left politics
and Ohio and went to Chicago and was
taken into partnership by the late Leon
ord SWEET. who was noted as the old law
He has within the last five wears made
fortune in Chicago and has been spending
few days at Washington CITY attending
to some of his cases before the supreme
court. Said he:
"When / was nominated for congress
was in doubt about accepting the nominal
ton and / went up to see Senator Sher.
man, and told him there was no chance
of my being elected. He advised me
strongly to run, and said: You are a
young man, and you can't tell what will
happen. l was nominated just as you
have been, and had no more chance of
being elected than you have. hadn't
much money, but I had an old white
horse and rattle-trap of buggy. and I
district. Every village came to where I
could find two or three men stand
ing together l would get out and
Jump upon q chair or a store box
and make a speech to them, and
| did this at every crossroads in my
district. Well, when the vote was counted
l was defeated, as I expected to be, but be-
fore the next campaign came on the Kan
sas-Nebraska troubles had entirely
changed the sentiment of the district and
there was fair chance for Wing to be
elected. l was away ahead of all the
other competitors. because the people re-
membered me from my speeches, and /
got the nomination which resulted in the
election and which sent me to congress.
1t may be the same with you You can't
tell what will happen Public sentiment
changes rapfdfy m~the United States. and
a new issue may spring up any day which
may revolutionize the thought of other
people,"
Mr.. Grosscup gave me also a good story
of Emerson. IL had" he said "a college
professor who was a friend of Emerson,
and when went East after my gradua-
ton he gave me letters to him. Emerson
was living in the country near Boston at
this time. and l stopped at little way
side station to 60 to his place. There was
no cab at the depot, and | noted an old
man with thin gray whiskers through
which the wind blew, who had an old
carryall, and asked hlm if he could not
take me up to the village and to Mr.. EN-
erson's house. He replied that he CO he
and asked me to get in. On t
way up we talked about the weather
and commonplace matters, and / thought
nothing of my driver who seemed to me
more like a broken-down parson or a re-
tired school teacher than anything else.
When we reached the village the old man
drove the carryall up to the front of a
house and tied it and then said: "You
want to see Mr. Emerson, do your"
"Yes," said I. "Well," he replied, "you
had better come in. for this is where he
lives and as for your letters you may hand
them to me, for my name is Emerson and
/ suppose / am the man that YOU have
come to see." I was much surprised, but
l gave him the letters and fol-
lowed him into the house. He
chatted in the most interesting manner
about literary matters and men. He had
just returned from Europe. and there he
had spent some time with Thomas Car