Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-25

FRCITLEss ATTEMPT TO BRING GRESHAM AND
JOHN C. NEW rSro AARxoNr-IT's YAnrRr
MADE HrsroRY-sEcsrTARr HERsERr OK
SOUTHERN AND NORTHERN COURAGE.
Judge Gresham's return TO Washington Just
as President Harrison is leaving the capital re-
calls the intense rivalry OF the two men for
political honcrs An old Indiana republican %
prominence recalled a few days ago an oc-
currence which probably did much to shape
the destinies of the two men. Gresham and
Harrison were rival candidates before the legis-
| ature in 1851" said be. 'for election as United
etates Senator, AID Harrison, as every body
knows, was elected. About that time il became
apparent to both that each WAS a presidential
quantity and Yet neither was on friendly terms
with John c. New, proprietor o: the Indianapo-
us Journal, whose supper, was at soluteiv essen.
tial. 1t also became apparen. in the course OF
year or two that the strength OF eaca in the
state was about equally divided. 1t
was more than ever necessary to have
Gen. Fred. kneaer. who had been a deputy ia
Gen. News Office and Was a friend OF Gresham
undertook TO bring about a reconciliation and
an alliance o. some sort So he escorted Gen
New TO Judge Gresham's chambers in the Fed
cral building and left them alone, thinking that
when he returned he would fnd them on the
best or terms. he was gone about half an hour
His return WAS very welcome. IL seemed 20 the
two party leaders. and a DISAPPOINTMENT 20
him. He found Gen. New gazing out Of the
window. drumming on the window pane
Judge Gresham was standing before the CRATE,
with coat tails parted. and was looking any
where except at his guest, II was evident tina.
the interview had failed Of It's object. As Gen
Knefer entered Gen. New said:
There Is nothing more. guess. to be said.
r ,s-As n
Gresham turned 10 Gen. Kneher aud said:
1T IL OF no use, Fred. New 10 - but
the rest Of the sentence would not look well in
print. Tho judge added, Il don't want snv.
thing to do with him. 1t was not long" con-
'i':ued the narrator, until II was evident that
Harrison had the favor of the journal"
A. J. Beveridge OF the Marion county bar
tells story illustrating Judge Grsshnm's i'm
pu!siveness. 1T was when Judge Gresham
was FIRST appointed" said he. land when he
was much more imperious In his manner than
now. Coming into court one morning no said
sharply to the attorneys present:
"'weli. gentlemen. what have we .odny?'
'Roby vs. Eccles, answered the clerk
What is the cnse?' demanded the Judge of
the plaintiffs attorney.
1T is q SUIT for Possession OF real estate.
your honor. The defendant Eccles is holding
land in Lake county belonging to my client
What's the defease?' again asked the
court in ths same severe tone, Of Eccles' attor-
ney.
Possession for over twenty years. was the
reply:
$50 you think because your client has lived
on the land twenty years you can steal il. eh?'
1T is your honor that puts it that way was
the reply, and then Judge Gresham said:
well, let's hear the evidsncs.'
Snow it so happened" said Mr.. Beveridee.
continuing. that the plaintiffs title was good.
The defendant had been occupying sbout
of 1and a., Sba a.
for IN Roby's deed. 1t is the land in the north
west county OF the state on which the race track
Of Roby now stands. The strip made a sharp
triangle, one side Of which was the state line.
the base was on the section line and the
hypothenuss was the shore Of Lake Michigan
curving convexiy. The peak to the north had
been low and swampy, but Eccles, q German,
had built his house on il. The southern part
was higher and the ground was more productive
for farming purposes. On one part was q knoll
the plaintiff had 4 map showing where his claim
extended. Eocles had been unable to get deed
because the land was swamp land then, though
now the tract in dispute is worth $50. 900. The
case looked serious for the defendant when be
took the stand. In his plaintive broken En-
glish he told how he had settled on that ground
in 1sx5
Il come here, said he, init my wife, und We
walk from Chicago cause had no money, und
We settle on dat land
What part Of it do you live on2 inter-
rupted the court In stern tones.
We lives all over it, was the answer az
builded mine house on der nord part. but
sometimes my boys und me We going Q fshin'
und live long der lake und sometimes We 60
und liue COP ON der high land
What proof have YOU that you have lived
there since ls45?" asked the court. The wit
ness was frightened, but he continued:
MY wife and /, We live on dat land for
long vile Ven We live dere tree years 9 leetle
baby girl come to rs, md she was as sweet und
pooty baby, shuage, as ever vas. We vas 80
happy NIT our ieetie one, und she grew und
grew. Her cheeks vas rosy, her eyes vas blue
and her hair vas all gold-she vas 30 pooty.
One day ven she vas five years old she got
sick L fought holdings OF il, but our
leetle girl she kept gettin' worse
So de next day I walked to q neighbors and
asked him to 60 to Chicago for doctor. but
ven der doctor come my poorly baby vas dead
So We had to bury her. 1 didn't know what to
do, cause We belonged to no church. but some
neighbors come in and We read from
der Bible and laid der baby away
on do high ground. Und ven spring
every spring We have done dat. And now dat
- man wants to steal dat grave from me, he
cried in suddenly angry tones as he turned and
shook his fist at the plaintiff. Dat grave is
dere yet,' he added, and then all was still as he
pointed to a spot on the plat marked grave
we saw that they were full of tears. Then he
Strengthened up in his chair and said to the
plaintiffs attorney:
"'You, sir, may find some courts that would
give you that mans childs grave, but not this
one. Mr.. Clerk. draw up the decree That"
said Mr.. Beveridse, illustrates Judge Gres-
ham,"
SECRETARY HERBERr's WAR STORY
The new Secretary Of the Navy, Col Her
bert, has always been a student of history, and
as such he naturally enjoys the relation Of rem
iniscences that deal with historic events. A
friend OF Secretary Herbert, an Alabama news
paper man, repeated 20 me 9 few days ago a
Conversation that he had had with Col Her
bert recently about some OF the stirring war
scenes in which he was an active figure "OR
one occasion" said this gentleman, 1.-THE topic
was the various estimates comparative of north
ern and southern valor by historians and other
writer's of the war. The conversation had been
drawn to discussion Of the merits and short
comings OF q History of the United States by
Percy Greg, an Enclishmar, who is conspicu-
ously partial to the south from the colonial
period 10 the days of the reconstruction. Greg.
1t Is known by thoce who have scanned his
interesting but erra.ic work. subscribes in his
treatment of our civil war to the brxsh
idea that one southerper was equal to three
or four Yankees In a fght The war ora
tors who in1amed the southern youth were
laughed at by the grim and gaunt survivors
after the war and not infreoueutly were con-