Omaha daily bee., 1893-10-15

rather than tho common round OF receptiors
ana calls. As to entertaining ! was thrown
Gpoh my own resources at a very early age.
| was only IL when | took charge of my
i~athers household, aud | continued at the
mead OF IL from that time until his death"
MIS-. Chase then said that she had no
photograph or daguerrotype OF that time.
out that she could give me a steel engraving
which was said 10 6c a very good likeness.
she thcreGpUn went into the house and re-
turned with this engraving and a photograph
OF her daughter, Ethel. After speaking Of
Miss Ethals success on the stage and her
delight that she had been able to carve out a
place FOR herself, she showed me the en-
craving. IL was the picture OF n beautiful
woman in the fun uress OF about 1850. II
iles before ae as ! write. Tue hoop skirt is
very large, but the !owscut gown shows a
beautiful NECK and shoulders and the sym
metrical features are full OF beauty, much
on which still may he seen on the face of
Mrs. Chase. AS she handed it out TO inc she
SAD; That picture has a curious history.
IL wa made when my father was secretary
OF the treasury. Some OF my friends
wanted TO put my picture on one Of the bank
notes, and they took one of my photographs
without my knowledge ana sent it to the
American Bank Note company Of New York
ana had this engraving made. As soon as |
heard OF it ! positively forbade them using
IL In connection with the bank notes. My
tathers face was on the bills and did not
care TO have mine there as well. Il seemed
TO me very bold that they took the picture
and mad the engraving made without my
knowledge"
She Talks of Her Father.
Your fathers face was printed on the
81 bills, was ii not2
Yes, they wanted him to allow it 10 go on
the sl,OOO bonds, but he said he preferred
the dollar notes, and said that it was his
sole ambition to rive the United States such
a currency that the dollar of the laboring
IMAM ana 1hn dollar nf Tho .a nitaliGt Nxp,lI
be an honest dollar from Maine to Georgia.
lie succeeded IN doing TINS and his success
as secretary OF the treasury will be one Of
the wonders OF history. When he had Dor
rowed his first $50, O00, 900 of the New YORK
banks tho London Times said he would not
iare so well across the water. Nevertheless
he raised millions in London, and he was
pound that there should he money enough to
carry on the war. He succeeded in getting
IL IN all sorts of ways. At one time when
the New York bankers refused to give him
money on his own terms he threatened to
return to Washington and issue notes. He
SAD AT this time that the war must 20 on
until the rebellion was put down If we had
TO put out pa per to such an extent that it
would take 81, 900 IL buy a breakfast"
salmon p. Chase's I,iary aud Papers.
asked Mrs. Chase as to her fathers
biography which she was writing. She re-
Piled:
II cant tell how soon it will he done nor
IN Just what way it will be published. My
rather left a mass of valuable material. He
was one OF the most methodical men / have
ever known and he kept everything. His
letters are full of unwritten history and they
cover more than "A generation of important
events and of famous men. He kept full
memoranda of everything connected with
his work and he understood how TO make his
secretaries keep things for him. Every
night Just before he went to bed he iotted
down the occurrences of the day and he thus
Kept a record of the important conferences
that he had while in public life. All the
cabinet meetings that he attended while he
was secretary OF the treasury are thus re-
corded, and his diary gives in q nutshell the
history of his time. 1t will have to be edited
carefully, as will indeed all of the papers.
had 4 call not long ago from an old friend of
my fathers who lives in ONO and he told
me that he had a manuscript autobiography
which my father had given hin in trust to
be published after his death. This he said
he would send to me-. | don't know Just
what it is, but I should think it might be of
great value"
In what condition are these papers of
Chief Justice Chase2n
They are carefully stored away" replied
Mrs. Chase. THE most important of them
l Keep III a fireproof vault, and a large
amount of them have been sent to Boston.
There is n man connected with Harvard
college, Il Prof. Hart. who is writing a bio
graphy of my father for the statesmen's
series. This will necessarily be short, and
II cannon go into detail like the work that |
have in view"
Chief Justice Chase in History.
What do you think of your fathers place
in history! Does the world of TODAY know
him as he was?"
at does not, " replied Mrs. Chase. 81 be-
lleVo the time will come when his work will
De appreciated. lie was one of the noblest
ana greatest OF men, and he sacrificed him
sell to II large extent to his country. He has
heen called selfish and has been accused of
aspiring TO the presidency as a matter of
personal ambition and self ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
There was never n greater mistake. The
only desire he had to be president lay in the
thought that he could serve his country best
IN mai place. He had a policy and ideas of
his own as to the administration of affairs.
ana had he been nominated he would nave
been elected. He was, as you know, n dem
ocrat, but he was a union man. and his
policy would have healed the troubles be-
tween the north and south. He would have
escaped the troubles of reconstruction and
the kuklux would have never been known.
! am safe i'll saying he would have been
elected had ne been nominated. He stood
out as the great civil leader OF the country
ana ms record In this respect was a match
for General Grants military service. His
financial theories had been a great success.
He was strong in all branches of the dem
ocratlc party and among the republicans as
"'ii' "hu ZIG NOhtcSt Nuulu nave Dcen an
even one
The Convention of 1868.
"Eou were in New York at the time the
convention nominated Horatio Seymour"
Yes, | went there and stopped with
friends next the Manhattan club, which was
a great democratic headquarters In those
days. | knew that the men who were man
aging my fathers interests were not rs well
organized as they should be. and / wanted to
hn nrnNpnf IN nl-AUAnT ~ fFntn 4 md -
take advantage of any situation that might
come up. AT first there seemed to be little
doubt but that father would be nominated.
The night before the convention General
Van Buren,, Governor Seymour's secretary,
came III and told me that Mr.. Seymour would
not be a candidate, and that he would only
accept u complimentary vote, and would then
withdraw in favor OF Salmon u. Chase. He
told me that Governor Sey mour would come
in shortly himself and toll me that he IN
tended to do this, but he never came. did
not think he would at the time, as | feared
he would not have the courage to carry out
his resolution, He had promised To do some
thing of the kind when he ran for governor,
but when the time came he proved 100 weak
TO carry out his promise. 1t was the same
in tins convention, He was, you know, the
presining officer, When his name was pro
posed he SAID nothing, and he remained in
the race until he secured the domination"