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ner is as perfect as his dress. His voice Is
low, well modulated and pleasant and II
he is no orator he certainly is very
charming talker on any subject. Always
suave, bland and smiling, he still impress
es you as being genuine and sincere He
resembles Senator Hill in the sense that
he regards a promise in politics, made pri-
or to an election. to be kept inviolate II
was this very trait in his character that
was shown in the somewhat notorious ca Sc
OF Van Allen. Mr.. Cleveland's much taIked
bargain with Mr. Van Allen may have been
open to criticism. But the bargain was
made and so the goods should be deliver
ed So held Mr.. Whitney.
A Practical Politician.
Mr.. Whitney is not a theoretical politician
any more than he is theoretical nnancier
and business manager. He holds that mon-
ey is needed to carry elections. He holds
that partnership is necessary in the work
Of keeping great political party together
1t is his belief that there should be rewards
in the way of small offices, for the rank and
file well as the cabinet offices for the
staff officers. He expresses these beliefs
openly. They were the opinions of T1Iden
and other teachers in the school of politics
in which he was trained and he regards
them good ones. They won in fights be-
fore and ii is Mr.. Whitney's opinion that
they will again. Yet II was told OF Mr.
Whitney that when he was Secretary Of the
Navy he was most kind hearted in his treat
ment of old department employees who had
seen long and. honorable service. 1t was the
young warriors who were open foes OF Mr..
Whitney's party and who Invariably got
leave at each national election TO go home
to vote that Mr.. Whitney bore down on.
What is offensive partisanship for the
goose is the same for the gander," said Mr..
Whitney oracularly.
Those who will fight must bear blows, {"
and so far as he could order IL they did.
And yet he did his own work so thoroughly.
he labored so earnestly In improving our
navy, that even his political opponents gave
him credit for great ability and singleness
of purpose in the performance of executive
duties.
AS has been said, Mr.. Whitney is now
laying low and putting money in his purse.
Political cards are going to be shuffied in
a very lively way IN New York state at no
distant day and Mr. Whitney is watching
the game with great equanimfty. II is not
his policy just now to take a hand in II.
FOSTER COATES.
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EX TERNAL REGRE TS.

Strangers in Paris who have dear ones
dead in distant places find in this column
Tor the common cause something to local
lie their grief. For Parisians. especially
for those of modest means. there is another
reason for this nameless mourning. Paris
mas twenty-five burial grounds, II Is true;
yet these would not suffice for the hundred
graves required each day were 1t not for
the saddeSt of all inte-ments in The fosses
communes and the almost as sad burial
right OF the concession temporaire. In the
fosses communes the very poor are buried.
Forty collins go into each large grave in
cemeteries outside the walls, like 81. Ouen
and Ivy. And the concession temporaire
is also made necessary by the crowding Of
Lachaise all this is no longer done; but the
monument of piouS remembrance still ap-
peal5 to sentiment.
The Three Great Cemeteries.
There are three really great cemeteries
inside the present limits of the city. To the
east there is Pere Lachaise in the midst of
the crowded workingmen's quarters of Men
ilmontant and the Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
of Belleville and La Vilette. To the north
there is Montmartre. and on the south side
of the river Montparnasse. These are the
largest OF all the really Partisan burial
grounds by the number OF the great names
which have been consigned to them. There
are ten smaller cemeteries which have
been Incorporated into the city as II spread
out. The customs are much the same in
all; and each has it's own special glories
moldering to the dust.
Within the City Limits.
The city government has more than once
had to take into account the love of Paris
ians for their dead. Years ago 1t was
thought that. for reasons of health, there
should be one great burying place, outside
of the crowded city. Land was bought In
a pleasant site. along the river Oise and
every provision made enable the
poorest citizen to make use of the new
cemetery easily and comfortably and freely
For the funerals special trains were to
be always ready, with carriages decently
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each season. The splendid mansion on 5th
avenue, opposite the new home of Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, has been dark and
silent since its mistress died. Its splendid
ball room has remained unused and its
fine apartments untenantei to the unutter-
able sorrow of those who formerly enjoyed
its hospitality.
This will be changed soon Mr.. Whit
ney's children are growing up. His eldest
daughter is past eighteen and has already
appeared in society informally. This winter
the whitney mansion will be thrown open
again and Miss Whitney will reign in the
place of her mother, whom she much re-
sembles. There will be no doubt as to the
position she will occupy. That held by her
mother, who introduced Mrs Cleveland
into New York society, was such that her
daughter will at once take her place in the
'front.' ranks. There are also two boys in
the Whitney family who are still at school.
They are William and Howard. One is
sixteen and the other fourteen. There is
also Dorothy, a lass of six, born in Wash
ington when Mr.. Whitney was Secretary of
the Navy. Mr.. Whitney is as devoted a
father as he was husband, and with his
Great wealth it is certain that his elder
daughter will be able to reign like a queen
this winter. for Mr.. Whitney is not a man
who does things by halves.
In one thing Mr.. Whitney has followed
the policy of his friend and mentor, Sam
uel ]. Tilden, and by his famous contempo-
rary, John Kelly. He likes young men
dpOul ne likes 10 nelp them along
when they are capable of being helped
Young men hold the most responsible DO
sitions under him. They have the vim
and the go in them" he will say. All you
have to do is to know how to handle the
rens over them. Keep a sharp eye on the
colts and don't let them think you distrust
them. They go all to pieces IL you do.
Young men and colts are a good deal
alike" In politics Mr.. Whitney always
follows the same policy. He had a small
army OF bright young men who followed
him and he could do wonders with them
Mr.. Whitney never posed as an orator at
the bar or in politics. He says that what
ever talent he has lies in the way Of organ
ization and the handling of men. and in
this those who know him best say that he
is right. Men who attended the last demo-
cratic convention saw him accomplish
more in five minutes conversation than all
the loud oratory OF Bourke Cochran and
others could bring about.
No one that know of ever saw him ex-
cited or angry. The proverbial icicle or Gu
cumber is not more cool. His very appear
ance seems a protest against violence AL
ways faultlessy dressed. well groomed like
a thoroughbred racer, without being loud
in any way. YOU are impressed by the man
without knowing exactly why. His man.
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he is always willing to see any visitor who
may have business with him. He has none
OF mat air OF frozen dignity that public men
sometimes affect, but is easy and cordial
but at the same time keen and incisiye
Where business Is concerned. He does not
alect the pleasures that many of New
nork $ rich men do; He is not a horse
man ike James r. keene or Robert Bon
ner, or yachts man or a patron of athlet-
les. Horseback riding is favorits ex-
ercise with him when he feels the need of
reIaxation The theater and the opera he
nnds pleasure in, but does not indulge his
ISSte IN this direction as he did when Mrs
w hitney was alive. He is a prominent
cup man, being member o. half a dozen
or more OF the best of New York's social
organizations. Like most of the success
rui men of today he is singularly temper
should. WV -
Since his entry into President Cleve,an d.s
cabinet Mr.. Whitney has not taken anv
active part in New York state or cttv poli-
ucs He has been called upon now and
then, to use his undoubted tact to bring
peace between warning factions, but that
mas been all. National politics have re-
ceived his attention. To him more than
any one man President Cleveland owes his
last nomination. The knowing ones have
II that there is a GOODNESS between the
PRESIDENT and his former friend Mr.
WI ltney, being a discreet man not over
given to talking, says nothing about this.
With reference to his friend Hill and his
position toward the President, Mr.. Whit
ney maintains the same reserve. His posi-
tlon is that OF a mutual friend. II through
their differences he should float into the
White House himself, well and good.
Just at present he is "brer fox" and "he
lays low"
His Position in Social Life,
1t was loss to New York society when
Mrs. Whitney died. She was among the
brightest OF the leaders and her husband
spent money lavishly, making the Whit
ney receptions and balls marked events
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you are told to walk right up.
You knock at the door. 1t opens, and a
giant of man grcets you with a hearty
shake of the hand Vice President Steven
son is one of the big men among our states
men. He is six feet two in his stockings
and he weighs more than two hundred
pounds. He stands as straight as Nor
wegian pine in his polished boots. and his
big blonde head is fastened to his broad
shoulders by strong firm neck. His arms
and legs are long. His chest is broad ard
full. and his shoulders are we'll thrown
back. His complexion is clear, and he looks
like a man whose blood is pure and who
knows not that he has stomach.
His Ancestry.
I asked as to his ancestry. Gen. Steven
son replied: 1.-THE Stevensons come of
Scotch-Irish stock. My people came 20
this country long before the revolution
and settled in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
They drifted from here south to the Caro-
linas and thence on into Kentucky. l was.
you know. born in Kentucky, and 1 moved
with my father from Kentucky to Illinois.
My father was farmer or planter. He
had the natural blood of the pioneer In
him, and he came from North Carolina
into Kentucky, and as the state filled up
he sold out and went on to Illinois. This
was In 1882
How One boy Got an Education.
You say you worked your way through
college, general. How did you make the
money! l asked.
"In different ways" replied the Vice
President. Il taught during vacation. and
and at one time 1 remember / received sos
a month and boarded around. and at other
times left school for the winter and took
turn at teaching. 1t didn't cost so much
to 60 to college at that time as now l
remember l paid $3.50 a week for my room
and board, and other things were proper
tionately cheap. After leaving school 1
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ID. y. Lamont.

course, but was not considered rich. But
he had resources. His wife was the
daughter of Henry B. Payne, the Ohio
millionaire and Standard oil magnate, and
that keen judge of men was not slow to
recognize the talents of his son-in-law
He became the banker of Mr.. Whitney and
the young man did the rest himself. He
gave up the law. 1t was too slow 1t NAV
be that he had considered as sound the
statement of old Commodore Vanderbilt.
that the business for bright young men in
this country was not law, but "railroading -
At any rate Mr.. Whitney took UP railroad
ing. In company with Lamont and some
other bold spirits he started in to get con-
troll of the surface railroads of New York
He succeeded well that at present most
of New York's best paying roads including
the enormously profitable Broadway route,
are dominated by the Whitney-Lamont
syndicate. From a comparatively roo-
man Mr.. Whitney has become a very rich
one. his wealth being placed by conserva-
tive judges at over s6,O00,OOO and rapidly
growing. Mr. Whitney is as busy a man
today as he ever was. He is one of those
keen, active men who are unhappy when
idle. Since his wife's death he has given
his whole tim, to business. He scarcely
misses a day from his desk. being as tire
less in this respect as his friend and part
ner, Daniel Lamont.
Mr.. Whitney is one of the most demo-
cratic Of men. Just as he was when in
Washington. He is a very busy man. but
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Der, the Day of the Dead (our All Souls
day., and for a week afterward that the
burying places especially blossom with flow
ers. natural and artificial. and of beadwork.
and with every other mark of tenderness
for those whose bodies lie under the infinite
and quaint variety OF tombs.
This is the day. the only one OF the
year. says a Boulevard poet, when Paris
ceases TO chan and chatter: when the liv-
ing. IL they are pious. kneel in the churches
weeping to the sound OF psalms: when, even
II they are atheists, they make the round of
the tombs where lie their loved ones of
other days. and when the last of men-he
who has never loved-stops for a moment
and shudders on his way. For on that day
the greatest doubter of all. thrilled by his
memories. for moment believes in the
future life of heaven"
Among the French the Imagination is
very much affected at the fact of deatl and
the fragrance OF pious and sentimental
romance clings round the thought The key
note of the sentiment is struck in the verses
30 dear to the people:
Mes cheers amis, quand lie nnourraf.'
and its practice is remarked by every tour
ist as he visits the cemeteries of Pere La
chaise and Montmartre. most CT all in the
gray days of November
These cemeteries are not laid out It is
true. like the rich burying places of Eng
land and America, in park-like lawns and
alleys; but they are all the more homelike
TO the Partisan. He can use his own taste
IN adjoining and building on his little lot
The result seems grotesque huddled, in
consruous to the disappointed tourist on his
nrst visit. But he learns after a time to ap-
preciate the human interest of it all. Such
cemeteries are really sad. They are places
where unframed grief. which is always
homely, leaves no room for Partisan CO.
Quetry.
The TOmbS.
The tombs of darkish marble are dingv
from the dampness of the Paris at1nos-
phere- The growth of the grass is rank:
the round pebbles of the gravel walk CRATE
mournfully beneath the foot. Ugly iron
ratings, rusty and corroded, give forth
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went back to Bloomington and studied law
and when / started to practice 1 had Just
SIS worth of books and very little else. My
first law case was before a justice of the
peace. and my fee was S.. This seems very
little now. but it paid my board bill for two
weeks, and 1t was two months before I
make more than my expenses during my
first year at the law and had 1 continued
to practice from that time to this I would
be much better off In pocket than 1 am
What n Vice President Can Do.
The conversation then turned to the
United States Senate. and I asked the Vice
President whether there was not some way
in which he could control it's debates and
prevent such a situation as has been in
existence a greater part of the fall. He re-
piled:
Il receive numbers of letters asking me
that question. Some men want to know
why 1 do not stop the silver discussion
Editors send me marked copies of news
papers directing me how to act. They do
not understand my position. My power is
clearly outlined in the Constitution and in
the rules of the Senate. The code which
prevails there is made up Of laws and pre-
cedents which extend over eighty-seven
years or legislative procedure. These are
no more to be changed by me than are the
laws TO be changed by judge of a court.
Suppose judge should say L don't believe
that law is right and 1 won't allow that
statute to enter into this case? 1t would
he the same If should attempt to act in
the Senate irrespective of law. To do other
wise would be revolutionary. 1 took an
oath to administer the laws of the Senate
AMI have to act according to them and to
nothing else.
A Word for the Minority.
again" the Vice President went on, at
is question as to whether the people are
not unreasonable in their demands upon the
Senate. These men represent great states,
and they have to do what they honestly be-
lieve to be right for both their own people
and the Union. 1 believe they are honest.
The Senate is a conservative body and it
is fair that the minority should have a
show. 1t is, as Senator Turpie calls it. the
asylum of the minority and one of the
safeguards of legislation lies in that fac
1t Is large body. There are eighty-eight
Senators. and each has the right to speak.
and when great questions like those we are
now discussing come before it 1t needs the
combined wisdom of the whole to decide
them
This Senate Compared With Those of
the Past.
How does the Senate of today comma re
with those of our past history"
II think it is equal to any We have ever
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had" replied the Vice President 1--WE may
have no giants like Calhoun, Webster or
Clay, but the average is higher the men are
broader, better educated, and the range of
subjects which they have to discuss is wider
ana deeper than those which taxed the Sem
ators or the past. The questions which are
now TO be decided by the United States
senate demand well equipped mind. They
are not abstract questions, beginning and
ending In the theories of government They
are business questions, and upon the deci-
sion OF them depends the welfare of an
empire when the first Senate met we had
o'ooo,OOO people in the Union, and the country
over which they legislated was a narrow
strip running up and down the Atlantic
coast. Now we have nearly twenty-five
times as many people, and we are bound by
the racine. We have a country of vast re-
sources, divided into sections, each of which
mas Its own interests, and the government
must be for the good of the whole. We have
an enormous revenue to raise. When
Buchanan was President one of the chief
arguments against his administration was
the immense expenditure which 1t made. 1t
TOOK So0,CO0,O00 to pay it's bills. Now we
spend over $iOO.00O0O0 every year to run the
government"
Will the Union Lasts
Does not this growth tend to dissolu-
ton. Mr.. Vice PRESIDENT" 1 asked "Will
not our country and people eventually be-
come SO rich and 50 great that it will be
divided into sections? Win the Union con-
tinue?'
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time were talked Of While the discussion
was going on one of the bystanders, who
had been listening silently, suddenly inter-
rupted the others.
There" he exclaimed, pointing to a
man who was passing through the room,
goes the most successful man in the coun-
try, all things considered
The other men looked in the direction in
dictated. They saw a quiet-mannered man
who looked to be anywhere from forty-five
to fifty years of age. He was dressed in
semi mourning. but his dark clothes were
faultless in fit and make and of rich mate
rial. The man himself was above the mid
die height and well built. He wore no
beard save a mustache. AS he lifted his
hat in response to the salute of some ac-
Quaintance it was seen that though the
hair was scant on the frontal part of his
head it was still dark. A pair of eyeglasses
rested upon strong nose. His face was
long and keen, and his jaws were those
Of man quick to act and firm to persist
in any enterprise upon which his mind was
set.
William C. Whitney" said several of
the men in unison, and enc or two of them
smiled while several whistled softly.
Yes" said the man who had been speak
ing, "ex-corporaton counsel of New York
and eX-Secretary of the Navy William {.
Whitney, and n man who will bear watch
ing both man who is making his mark
in the business world, and also as a man
who is about the best and most available
piece of presidential timber in his party"
Ten years ago." the speaker went os,
that man was comparatively a poor man
and a politician of no especial reputation
outside of New YORK city. Today he is
worth millions and has q national reputa-
ton in politics. If that isn't success, then
I'd like to know what is"
The speaker quoted was trifle strong
in speech, but in the main his utterances
could not be denied. The career of Viii
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liam c. Whitney during the past dozen
years has been wonderfully successful.
The rise of President Cleveland in politics
has been of course remarkable. But II
grew in a sense out of fortuitous circum-
stances. Mr.. Whitney, starting his career
as poor boy in a lawyers office. became
leader in his profession. a leader in poll
tics, a leader in financial circles, and a
leader in society even. of the most ex-
elusive sort. A man who can achieve these
results, while he is yet on the sunny side
of fifty, is far from being a common man.
In politics, Mr.. Whitney occupies a posi-
ton that is unique. to say the least. He
is a friend of President Cleveland and he
is on good terms with Senator David Ben
nett Hill. He is popular with Tammany
Hall and also with those who are opposed
to it, In short he stands between all the
factions, and as candidate for Office,
could count on the support of all. 1t is a
position held by no other man in New York
state and the results may yet be import
ant.
A DemOcrtic Man.
Mr.. Whitney is not seen so much about
New York as he was formerly The death
of his wife was a sad blow to him, for 1t
was she who brought him not only most of
his prosperity, but much of his popularity.
Mr. Whitney has Stunned the public since
his wife's death and has given all of his
time to business. Associated with him has
been Daniel Lamont, his friend and who
like himself and Senator Hill, was a protege
of that rare judge of men-Samuel j. Til
den. The business success of these two
men has been a marvel to much older and
more experienced men. When Mr. Whit
ney entered President Cleveland's cabinet
he was far from being a rich man, as rich
men go nowadays. He had money, Of
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HumOr's Decay.
From Puck.

Minstrel End Man Ito Professional Liter
airy HnmorisO-"I say, old fellow, now.
really, is there any money in writing jok es
for the comic papers?"
Humorist-"Certainly. Why. IAN live a
Wnole week on ABOUT forty Jokes"
End Mans Slavery, sir; positive slavery,
Why. in the palmy days Of minstreisy 1
could start in at the beginning Of the sea-
son with one joke. and live on 1t for forty
weeks"
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GROUP OF NJ E N
who are well known
! both in business and
political life were
gathered in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel t h e
other evening. They
were discussing sue
cessful men and the
causes of their sue
cess. President Cleve-
land and half a dozen
men who have won
national fame in a
very short period of
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A K | 5 l a y ) ARE
commonly supposed
to be so taken up
with this world that
they have no time
to think of the next.
Yet no other people
bestow so m u C h
thought on their dead.
Every Paris cemetery
wears the signs of
this fond remem-
brance all the year
round. But IL is on
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