The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-03-16

Wilson $. Bissell
and Rich ard Olney. The newspaper men
are Daniel S. Lamont and J. Sterling
Morton, and Mr.. Smith is also promi-
nent III the newspaper world OF the South
Waiter z. Gresham, the premier of the
Cleveland administration, is now 81
years OF age. March has been an impor-
tant month in his career, for he was born
at Laneville, Indiana, March 18th, 1882,
and in March, 1898, he assumes the office
OF secretary of state, the highest place
In the gift of the PRESIDENT 1t is odd,
too, that he was born in Harrison
county, and that 60 years later he
should refuse to support for president
the grandson of the man from whom
the county of his birth took it's name
Mr.. Gresham was born in a rather wild
locality, and when he was only two years
old Sheriff Gresham, his father, was
killed by a Desperate. There were six
children for the widow to support, but
young Gresham managed to get good
education and became IL lawyer. When
the Republican party was organized he
Joined it and took up the anti-slavery
cause.
When the war broke out Gresham led
a company of home guards into the fed
eral service, and for gallant services rose
gradually to rank until he was made a
brigadier general at Eickshurg. In July,
1864, he was disabled by a mimic ball
which broke his leg as he was leading a
charge. General Grant made him United
States district Judge, and he served II
years, during which time not a single
one of his decisions was reversed by the
United States Supreme Court. Judge
Gresham received many honors at Presi-
dent Arthur's hands. He was success
sively made postmaster general, secre-
tary of the treasury and United States
Judge for the Seventee nth judicial dis
trict at Chicago. In October, 1892,
after he had refused the Peoples party
nomination for president, he announced
that he would vote for Cleveland and
added, II think that Il Republican can
vote for Mr.. Cleveland without joining
the Democratic party" In 1853 Judge
Gresham married Matilda McGram, and
they have a son and a daughter.
John Griffin Carlisle, the new secretary
of the treasury, is one OF the best known
Democrats in the country. He was born
| in kentucky 81 years ago, received a
I common school education and later
taught school at Covington. He was
admitted to the bar in 1868, was a
member of the state house of repres enta-
| tives the two years following, and be-
| ginning in 1866 served two terms in the
state senate In 1868 he was delegate
at large to the national Democratic con-
ventioE 1t New York, and he served as
lieutenant governor of his state from
! 1871 to 1875. The year following the
| budding young statesman WAS sent to
congress, where for II years as congress-
man, speaker of the house and senator
| he made a great name for himself. He
| has only been in the senate since May,
| 1890, but resigned when Mr.. Cleveland
called him to the cabinet. Mr.. Carlisle S
family consists of himself, Mrs. Carlisle
| and two sons, Logan and W. h. Carlisle.
Daniel S. Lamont, secretary OF war,
first achieved fame as private secretary
! to President Cleveland during his first
! term His career has been Il very inter
! esting one. He was born in Cortland
county, y. y, ~ years ago of Scotch
parents, and when only - years of age
he went to work in Il newspaper office.
: His first public office was a deputy clerk
| ship in New York, and in 1870, 1871
and 1875 he was clerk i'll the New York
! state assembly The two following years
| he was chief clerk in the state department
at Albany, and during Governor Tilden 5
administration Lamont was regarded as
! his confidential man. In 1888 lie was
appointed as private and military secre-
| tary of Governor Grover Cleveland, and
thus secured his title as colonel.
When Mr.. Cleveland went to Washington
as president, Lamont accompanied him.
! He already possessed great reputation
as model private esecretary-alert, keen,
even tempered, diplomatic and silent
| and after he had been at Washington a
| short time he was generally recognized
as the most able private secretary a
president had possessed. His tact, shrewd-
| ness, ability and popularity made HIM
! one of the most conspicuous figures OF
! the official family. Since the close OF the
| Cleveland administration he has deVel-
| Oped into street railway magnate OF
most marked ability and has been inter-
ested in dozen big enterprises. His in
, come is said to be about 100000 a
year: his salary as secretary OF war will
be IS 900. Mrs. Lamont is described as
a model wife and mother. There are
three little Lamonts-Bessie, aged II
years: Julia, aged 8, and Frances Cleve
land Lamont, aged I.
Hilary 4. Herbert. secretary OF the
navy, has served several years as chair
man of the house naval committee at
Washington and is SAID to know more
about the navy than any other man III
congress. He was born in Laurensvilie,
s. C., in March, 1894, and moved to Al
ALBANIA when he was II years old. He
became q lawyer, but dropped his hooks
at the breaking out of the war, and en-
tered the Confederate army as captain
He became colonel through gallant SER
vices and was disabled at the battle OF
the Wilderness in 1864. He practced
law in Greenville, Ala, until 1872, when
he removed to Montgomery, his present
home His first important political Of
flee was that of congressman, and he has
been a member OF the Forty-tifth, Forty
sixth, Forty-seventh, Forty-eighth, For
ty-ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first con-
crosses Mr.. Herbert is a widower. His
family consists of a married daughter,
an unmarried daughter and son IN
school.
Hoke Smith, secretary OF the interior,
was born 3s years ago in North Caro-
lima. He removed to Georgia with his
parents, and after receiving his educa-
ticn in the Atlanta schools became prin-
cipal of the girls high school. While in
structing pupils there he studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1876. In the
practice OF his profession he was fire.
nuently retained in suits against rail
roads. and for years he has been known