The record-union., 1893-01-10
JOHN SHERMAB'S CAMPAIGN.
Interesting Gossip Of a Washington
Correspondent,
How an Illinois Lawyer Lost Money
On the Marriage of the In
vontOr Edison.

ventor Edison.
The Washington correspondent Of the
Louisville COuricf-JoHlnut sends his
paper the following:
l heard a curious story OF John Sher-
mans first election TO Congress to-day.
1t was told me by the Hon. Peter Gross
cup, who IS now one OF the brightest
young lawyers i'll Chicago, bat who, Il
few years ago, was the Republican nOmi-
nee for Congress i'll Sherman'S Ohio dis
trict. Grosscup at this time lived at
Ashland, ONO, Il town OF 300 people. lust
/ fifteen miles from Mansfield, v here ssher-
man lives, ana he was once the RepuB-
llcan nominee Tor Attoruey-tenerai OF
the state. lie was in Z democratic dis
trlct, however, and a Democratic county,
and he lett politics ana Ohio and Went to
Chicago, ana was taken inIo partnership
by the late Leonard SWEET, who was
noted as the Old law partner and friend
OF President Lincoln. lie has, within
the last i've years, made a fortune in
Chicago, and has been spending a few
days at Washington attending to some Of
his cases before the Supreme Court. said
he:
when I was nominated for Congress
was III doubt about accepting the NOM
ination, and l Went up 10 See Senator
Sherman, and l told HIM there was no
chance OF my being elected. he advised
me strongly to run and said: \ ou are
a young man and you cannot tell what
Will happen. l was nominated lust as
you have been and / had no more chance
OF being elected than you have. / had
not much money, but l had an old White
horse and a rattle-trap OF IL buggy, and
| took old Whitley and drove around all
over my district. Every village [ came
/ +.,, -Ic.t ( Il Il a
standing together l would get out and
Jump upon u chair or a store-box and
make q speech 10 them, and / old this at
every crOss-road III my district. Well
when the vote was counted | was de-
teated, as expected TO he, but before the
next campaign came on the Kansas Ne
braska troubles had entirely changed tho
sentiment of the district, and there was 4
fair chance for a Whig 10 be elected.
was away ahead of all the other competi-
! tors, because the people remenb bered me
from my speeches, ana got the noIuiua-
ton, which resulted in the election and
which sent me to Congress. 1t NAV be
! the same with you. You can't tell what
Will happen. Public sentiment changes
rapidly in the United States, and a new
issue may spring up any day, whicn
may reyOlutionize the thought Of other
people.
Mr.. Grossup gave me also good story
of Emerson:
- had" he said, a college professor
VINO was q friend OF Emerson, and when
went East after my graduation he gavo
me letters to him. Emerson was livInr
| in the country near Boston al TINS time
and L stopped at little Wayside station
TO go to his place. There was no cab AT
the depot, and l noted an old man with
thin, gray whiskers. through which the
wind blew, who had an old carryalI
J a OH IN ha
up TO the village and to Mr.. Ilmerson's
house. He replied that he could, and
asked me to get III. ON the way up We
talked about the weather and common
place matters, and | thought nothing of
my driver, VINO seemed to De more ike
/ broken down parson OF retired school
teacher than anything else. When We
reached the village tie man drove the
carryaIl up the front OF a house and tied
/ 1t, and then said, \ on want to see Mr.
Emerson, do your i es, SAID |. Well
he replied, you had better come in. for
| this Is where he lives, and as for your let
terS you may hand them to me, for my
name is Emerson, and suppose I am the
man that you come TO see.' / was nitcn
surprised, but l gave him the letters ana
| followed him into the house lie re-
| ceiVed me very cordially and cha.ted in
I the most interesting manner about lii
erary matters and men. lie mad lust re-
turned from Europe, and there he had
spent some time with Thomas CarlvIe
and he was full of the great PHILOSOPHER
OF England. / remember one remark
that he made about him, and this was
that 1t seemed to him thai the mouth OF
God Almighty was closer TO the ear Of
Thomas Carlyle tnan TO that OF any man
IN the world
During my talk with Mr. GrOsscup I
received a letter from Mr.. Edison's lab
oratory, inclosiug a picture OF the great
inventor, and the conversation turned to
him. Edison" said he. lost me iusr
$40 by his second marriage"
"How so?'' l asked.
st happened this way" replied the
young lawyer. Mr.. Edison married a
daughter OF MIR. Miller, a very rich man
OF Akron. Ohio. The young lady was
charming and accomplished, ana she had
a number oil lovers, and among them was
young friend OF nine who was prose-
cutting his suit with vigor, but who was
rather respondent about his success. in
talking with him concerning Ii one dav.
l offered to bet him a suit OF clothes that
he would be married TO the lady inside
Of a year. He took the bet, but stiDu-
lated that the suit should be a business
suit and not dress suit, as ne really ex-
pected and hoped that he would have to
pay the bet. and he wanted to make it as
cheap as possible. Veil, it was shortly
after this that Miss Miller went to Chau-
tauqua TO spend a few weeks. and there
she met Thomas Edison, and it was a
case of love at first sight on both sides,
and the two became engaged and We're
wedding l received bill OF 1orty-five
dollars from this young fellows tailor to
pay for those clothes, and so the marriage
cost me Just that amount"