The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-04-21
ATTORNEY B. HARRISON.
HOW THE EX-PRESIDENT FILLS
IN HIS TIME.
Will Practice Law But Take no Small
Cases An Instance of Demo-
cratic Simplicity.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 4.-When ex-
President Harrison returned from
Washington a few weeks ago, in reply
to an inquiry as to his plans he said
that he would take a good rest. That is
just what he is now doing and has been
doing ever since he made the remark,
excepting, possibly the few days re-
Gently spent on the Illinois river hunt
ing ducks. 1t was a real hunt, as he
seemed to have rather poor luck il
securing any game.
He has not been to his old office
but twice since his return from Wash.
ington. A correspondent to day visited
the apartment and found it, or rather
them, as it consists of several rooms
en- suite, occupied by bis old law part
ners, ex-Attorney-General Miller and
John B. Elan. The eX-President does
not expect to re-enter the partnership
In another room on the same floor
Mr. Howard Cole is furnishing a law
office for himself and Harrison. Mr.
Cole went into the latter's office when
a law student and has remained there
ever since. Mr. Cole said there was
no intention of forming partnership.
Pointing to a solid-looking desk with
circular folding top, he said:
THAT is General HarrlSon's desk
He will do his writing there and the
friends or clients with whom he makes
appointments will meet him here in
this office"
"Does he come down town often?"
"No; he has not occupied the office
or desk yet, and will not be here much
before late in the summer"
"Does he propose to re-enter the
general law practice?"
"No; he will only practice in the
Supreme and Federal Courts, and only
then to manage important cases"
General Harrison is very averss to
being interviewed He treats repre-
sentatives of the press Courteously, but
a reporter soon discovers that he is talk
ing a good deal but giving no informa-
ton of any value to the newspaper
readers. Recently a Chicago paper
sent a reporter down on the Illinois
river where the ex President was duck
hunting to interview him. The Gen
eral expressed his admiration of the en-
terprise of the paper and reporter, talk
ed entertainingly about the weather
and the duck shooting, but as soon
as be was asked about certain matters
that occurred during his administration,
or his opinion as to what brought about
his defeat last November, he shut up
like a clam, and the newspaper repre-
sentative was obliged to return without
any interview worth writing about
The eX-President remains at home
all day and every day at present, except,
perhaps, for a few hours in walking or
visiting intimate friends He is having
his residence completely renovated
from cellar to garnet, the barn and
other outhouses reprinted and the small
grounds about the house beautifed.
While he was in Washington he rented
the property. This occupies Mr.. Har-
riSon's time now almost exclusively.
Last Thursday night he went to
prayermeeting. He boarded a horse
car, and as it was crowded the General
had to stand and hang on to a strap
One man on the platform said
at seems a shame to see a man
cto tHrhn npNlNr n 70 ,,,anly.
at the head Of our Government. He
ought to be treated with more respect"
The people in the car, however, did
not take the hint. Everybody sat
quietly and the ex-President remained
standing.
"Move forward" cried the conductor
to the people in the aisle, and the ex
President was quick to obey. He
moved toward, grasped another strap
and continued to hang to it,
"That shows the beauty of our
Government" remarked the patriotic
citizen on the platform. ga street,car
conductor can give an order to an eX
President. Its democratic-purely de
HOCIdllC,
eyes, it's too democratic" returned
an aristocratic looking old gentleman,
who was one of those who went down
to political defeat last November.
The General held on to his strap
until the First Presbyterian Church was
reached and then he left the car.
The ex-President, it is well under
stood, has accepted the invitation to
become a nonresident professor of law
in the Leland Stanford University at
Palo Alto. Cal This will require two
or three months OF the year. He re-
Ceived an invitation to take the same
position in the Yale faculty, but prefer
red the California professorship.