Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-01

ward appointing him United States Judge as
successor to Roscoe Conkling's father.
Nearly all subsequent members of
the firms descending In direct
line from o. H. Marshall have held some i'm
portant Office from district attorney up. One
of them. the Hon. L. IMAM X. Bass was not only
a district attorney. but member of Congress,
and his widow is now the wife of Senator Ed.
Wocott of Colorado. Mr.. Bass was Bisselrs
first partner. and Grover Cleveland Joined the
firm In 1874 after his term of sheriff had ex-
PRED. Bass withdrew on account OF ill-health
III 1881. and left the firm name Cleveland h
BlsseE- Tie two men did a very large busi-
ness as confidential advisers and counsel to
corporations and in year they were
obliged to take in another partner. Mr.. Cleve-
land remained q member of the firm through
out his term as mayor of Buffalo. bu. retired
upon his election as governor of New York,
leaving Mr.. Bissell where he has been ever since
at the head of tine firm, which is now styled
Bissell Sicard, Brundage Il Bissell.
BIG LAWYER on rsrDE THE COURTS
am told here that notwithstanding the fact
that the new Postmaster General has been
making from $4,000 to $50 900 year at the
law, that he has never had a case in court in his
life. Still he has been a member of the bar for
twenty-five years and has made fortune Of
something more than half a million dollars. He
has wonderful executive ability and has made
his money as counsel IN big corporation cases
ness TO form sound judgment on important
matters has caused his advice to be sought in
many OF the largest railroad transactions Of
recent years He has been president of two
railroads and is still at the head OF the
Buffalo and Southwestern. which he organ
lied. for which he obtained the right OF
way and for which he conducted the appraisal
by which the road was leased to the Erie and
ITS stock brought up to par He organized the
Buffalo and Geneva road. now branch Of the
headlng system. procured its charter and was
its first president. He also organized the New
York corporation of the Lehigh Valley railroad.
HIS present connection with the Reading sys-
TEN would be hard to discover but without
exception, his railroad management has been
remarkably successful. He has a faculty for
getting quickly to the bottom of big mat
ters and Is famous negotiator Hence by
tact and training he seems to be a far better
man Tor postmaster General than most persons
have supposed. i am told that the Post Office
Department was the portfolio he wanted and that
he said to the President he would like eitl or
that or to be Secretary Of the Interior, though
he didn't care much which
SOMETHING ABOUT HIS HAprrs
Mr.. Bissell, with all his greatness. In . de-
votee OF the cigarette. He smokes necessarily,
and uses the Russian and Turkish varieties and
with his big head as background these little
cigarettes grow smaller and smaller till it looks
as though he was sucking the end Of . taper
rather than smoking. He smokes while he
talks. and he Is a good conversationalist He is
simple and unaffected in his manners and is I
ind, very popular with those who know him
well. He has been . club man for wears. He VA
president Of the Buffalo Club, the most i'm
portant institution of the kind in Buffalo. for a
longer term than any one else, and they tell Of