Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-25

and New Haven, but they have changed
that, and IL has now only Hartford ]
then asked the boy where he went TO
school. and he told me that he was
going TO night school aud learning as
best he could gave him an order on
one Of the book stores for what books
he wanted. and took an interest in him
from that time on. Well, he got q fair
education. and one day DE supposed me
by coming into my Office and telling me
that be had passed the civil service cE-
animation and was working for Uncle
sam. lie had received an appointment
as letter carrier and he IS now making
ft.oo3 year. lie has bCcu saving his
money aud investing DC, aud he is now
worth nice little property Tie IS
bright young man, and though ] did
not tell him SO. ! think be- is i1r better
of in Buffalo than in a Washington dc
pariment"
NR mssELL TALKS or THE PRESIDENT
AT this point the conversation turned
20 President Cleveland, and the Post.
master General chlucd Interestingly 1l
his early association with him. 10 is
now nearly twenty years since the two
began their practice 900 the law no Bli-
ialo, in connection with Mr. Lyman T.
Bass who had De ~ a member % Con.
gfcs3. Mr. Bass 'ct the firm in $40
and from that time ON Do went under the
name Of Cleveland s. Bsscil. To- sp akinE
oil 1t ! said. Suppose Mr.. Bl.sgI',yuu Ict
your mind fuu back utesn years tg the
time when you and the President was
practiCing llW together nj Buffalo. Had
you any idea No that time that Grover
Cleveland might bc President of the
United States and yourself d cabinet
oiigcT'
~ can easily answer Tor myself" said
the Postmaster Gcacral. "anl almost
as well as 90 the Pre- adent never
had any ambition 10 engage To- politics,
aud at that time I was duyotng myself
20 tue practice of law, During the first
years OF my legal association with Mr
Cleveland % was my idea that De might
go ON the bench. and was at that time
anxious 10 have him accept a place as
one of the Judges OF the superior court
and spoke TO him about 10. but he did
not take TO the idea. lie has an
cmincniy judicial mind. and have
always thought he would have made
as great a reputation as Chief Justice
of Supreme Court OF the United $ ttes
as he has AZ President II igths judicial
character Of his mind that fB him so
well Tor his present position Ills -ad
IS always clear as to great questions.
lie makes up his mind after considering
all sides Of a question. and he Is gene.
rally correct Ills judicial ability was
recognized IN the courts OF Buhalo. I,
used to be that the judges there in de
Gliding point OF law would ask the
opinion OF some Of the lawyers pre- cnt
upon before making their judgment
and ] hav often noted that % q IOycf
Cleveland was In the court room be- was
man whose advice was sought. III
was so when he was quite young
lawyer, and he made himself noted "a,
the bar as a safe and c1nscrya i've
counselor"
now GROVER CLEVELAND WORKS.
"Was De much OF a studcn1g asked.
YES rgglici the Postmaster General
president Cleveland has always been
hard worker. lie likes work better
than anything else, aud he was as Ia
dustrlous as 4 lawyer as he Is rs Prcsi.
dent Of the United States. ] first knew
him IN the las firm OF lanniug. Cleyc-
land * Folsom, way back In 1869
had Just graduated from Yale and
acted as one Of the six clerks for this
firm Tot a time, They had a big bust.
ness. They were attorneys for tue New
York Central aud other railroads and
their outside practice was large. Cleyc.
land was the hardest worker OF the
firm. ! have never known a man who
worked harder TO m tster all the details
OF his cases. II didn't seem TO make
much difference whether the amount
involved was big or little. and he often
put as much lime ON small cases as he
did ON large ones. He hsed the Law
and he studied IL as 10 science. tie rc
ccivcd many large ic5, though you
| could MOI say that no was what d.
| called a money m king lawyer. lie
pfactced the law because he loved Il
and he seemed 10 get hs greatest p.eis.
urc cut OF his work."
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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