The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-02
perty in a large number of the other
counties of this state.

He was shreWd man when he made
his investment in Texas bon.ls lie
was a shrewd man when he made
himself the nominee of the Democratic
party for the vice-presidency Mr..
EngliSt'S nomination was not the 1e-
suit of a popular demand. Many men
have planned to be yice-president ard
the plans of some of them have sue
ceeded. William H. English started
after the ce-presidency, and got as
far as the Democratic nominl ton.
heard the story a few days ago of the
way Mr.. English tricked his greatest
enemy into contributing TO his ambi-
ton
English had been in the employ of
the Senate at washington. speaker of
the lower House of the Indiana legis-
! lature and a member of Congress from
1852 to 1860 At the breaking out of the
war he retired from politics and gave
his attention to his bank in Indiana
polls.
In the panic which so seriously af-
fected real estate values in Indiana
was William H. English. Among his
debtors was John G. Shoemaker, who
at one time had been auditor of the
state. Shoemaker had been attracted
| 10 indianapolis by the, real estate
boom which preceded the panic. He
invested all that he had in real es-
tate, dealing on a very narrow cash
margin. English was the chief mort
gagee of his property. The collapse
came. and Shoemaker found himself a
bankrupt in a day. He had to give
up everything He says that English
sold him out to the last piece of per-
sonal property Out of this grew a
bitter enmity between the men When.
after recovering some of his lost
wealth, Shoemaker came into possess
sion of the Sentinel, which had been
the party organ for half a century. he
was in a position of power. At this
time he would not speak to English on
the street and he never permitted his
name to appear in the Sentinel.
One day English entered the Senti-
mel office with a roll of manuscript
Shoemaker created him cody. Eng
lish spoke of the unpleasantneSs be-
tween them but said that the ill-feel-
ing was all on the part of Shoemaker
He said he bore Shoemaker no ill-will.
AS for himself, he had done only what
any man would do to protect himself
Then he unrolled the manuscript. He
had written a family history, he said,
and he desired to have it published in
the Sentinel. He knew that the mat
ter was Of more interest to himself
and his family then to the Sentinel
readers, and he would expect to pay
for the publication. He wanted it to
appear as a supplement to the regular
edition and he would want several
thousand extra copies of the supple
lment. He said that he had no further
political ambition, and that the mon
Iograph was only tribute to his fam
lily which he could say without boast
ing, had been prominent in the history
of the state.
Shoemaker would have made any
sacrifice rather than help English po-
litically But English's plausible ex-
PLANTATION deceived him, and he &C
copied the manuscript. The story was
published. The editorial page of the
Sentinel contained a paragraph apoli-
giving for the space devoted to the
family of Mr.. English, but said that it
was appropriate in view of the family
prominence in the states development.
The article alluded to Mr.. English's
former prominence in national politics,
but said that he had now no ambition
in the line of politics and was content
to spend his latter years in the pursuit
of literature and in the enjoyment Of
his large wealth.
Mr. English bought thousands of the
papers. The set type was used to run
off thousands of pamphlets which were
scattered far and wide. Editor Shoe
maker was amazed to find that his ex-
changes were quoting from the story,
and printing long articles about Mr..
English. of Indiana. Most of them
boldly pointed out that here was the
way out of the political dilema in
which the Democratic party then was.
Mr.. English was available, they said,
as a candidate on the national ticket.
Some man could be found in New York
to head the ticket, and Mr. English.
rich man, very rich man, could repre-
sent Indiana Thus the old fight could
be refought with the old states. the
critical states, supplying the candi-
dates.
The result at the Cincinnati conven-
ton is familiar history. 1t was several
weeks before Editor Shoemaker could
master his chagrin and place the name
of his former creditor at the head of
his paper, according to the usage of
party organs. 1t is said that he did
not vote the Democratic ticket.
No one knows just what English con-
tributed to the campaign fund of $780,
Old politicians told me that he probably
spent between $4,000 and $4,000, and
that he demanded a receipt for every
thing that he spent-which is not the
way to put money where it will "do
the most good" in Indiana. The party
leaders had counted on 100000 from
MIN, anu InSy expected 10 SpeIQ II.
But English stayed at the head of the
state committee and supervised all of
the expenditures for himself.
Mr.. English is 72 years old. His mill
lions will be distributed before very
many years have passed. No one who
knows him believes that any of them
will go to charity, or to any public OBJ
ject. They will probably be divided
between his only heirs, his son, Will
lam H. English. of Indianapolis. and
his daughter Mrs. WiIloughby Wall
ing, of Chicago. William H English
is man of about 40 who lives a life
of leisure on an allowance made by
his father. lie never appears in public
except at the annual benefit of the
Elks, when he usually takes the part
of end man or interlocutor in minstrel
performance He dresses quietly and
lives quietly and as he inherits many of
his fathers peeuliarities there is little
danger that the English millions will
be wasted in the next generation
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