Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06


L saw the Attorney General walk into the
White House grounds. A little sober, stu
dent-like man, with a gray mustache and
iron gray hair, he came gingerly along, with
his overcoat on his arm. The day was
warm, and Gresham had left his coat at
home. Morton was clad in a business suit,
but the Attorney General carried his coat,
though II was within an hour of high noon
and he had only to walk across the street.
Olney is one of the reserved men of the
United States. and If it were not irreverent
l might call him and Secretary Bissell the
CLAIMS of the cabinet. Neither of them likes
TO appear in the newspapers Attorney
General Olney is sixty-seven years old. He
is worth a fortune. and his law practice
largely Connected with railroads, has, IL is
said, been netting him S5O,OUO year for a
decade or so.
BisseIl and His Carriage.
Postmaster General Bissell always comes
to the White House in carriage. He is
rarely seen walking the streets of Wash
ton, and L venture there are not hun
drei men here outside of those who have
met him in a business way who know HIM.
Let ME tell YOU how he looked as he stepped
from mis- coupe today and stood upon the
White House steps The Postmaster Gen
eral has been compared to President Cleve-
land l do not see where the likeness comes
in. Bissell is a much bigger man than the
President. He is taller. broader and better
made. He has giant frame, and the bones
of this are loaded down with muscular fat.
don't think his flesh is fabby. 1t looks
solid, and his dark. sallow skin appears to
be healthy. He has a bigger head than
President Cleveland. If you could thrust a
ruler through it from ear to ear you would
find il quite thick as that of the Presi-
dent. Its longest dimensions, however, are
from top to bottom. l venture 1t is nine
inches from his crown to the medula OBJ
longata and his face must be a foot long.
His chin is double one, and II slopes OF
into a long. strong neck. The Postmaster
General has good, broad forehead. 1t Is
high. as well broad, and he combs his
black hair straight up from 1t, making IL
look still higher. His head is very high
above the ears, and the ears are OF good
size and set close to the head. Postmaster
General BiSSell has pleasant expression.
He Is honest in his manner, and he can
laugh. / judge he would make a good club
man, though he has not spent much time in
club life in Washington. He is noted for
his reticence in regard to himself and his
department, and the cold chills corrugate
his fat back until it looks like washboard
when ne is asked to make a statement for
newspaper publication. He is perhaps, the
closest to the President of any man in the
cabinet, and psychically he and Cleveland
are in fact the halves Of one soul. The
Postmaster General lives here at Washing
ton about two blocks from the White
House. His home is big brick of three
stories and an English basement. 1t has a
priSon-like entrance, and a the right OF
| this is little Office or library, where the
| friends of an evening. He does much of his
work at his home. and he smokes and works
| here far into the night. He is man OF
culture, of good educa ton and a graduate
of Yale His wife is one of the most ac-
| complished women of the capital, young
| and charming. She is fine musician, and
received part of her musical education in
Europe. She is New York girl, and was a
schoolmate of Mrs. Cleveland at Wells Col
, lege The Postmaster General is said tc
be rich. He has made fortune at the law
| and in railroads, and is said to be worth as
| many thousand dollars as he weighs pounds
| AS he tips the beam at about three hun
dred. this would make him the possessor OF
| more than quarter of a million.
Lamont as War Secretary.
Another rich man in President Cleve-
lands cabinet is Daniel Lamont. He fol.
lowed Bissell up the White House steps thi:
| LnOrnIns. ne Is SIX lncnes shorter tnal
| the POSTMASTER General, and though he
| mas materially gained weight since he
| was private secretary to Cleveland, ne does
| not how weigh more than mar as much a:
Mr.. Bisseil ne mas not aged in the pas
| eight years. His mustache IS the same
| why red His chlna-blue eyes look ou
from under the same heavy, unwrinkleC
| brows, and his only difference Is seen IL
| fuller cheeks and perceptible paunch
! Secretary Lamont is always well dressed
| He wears business clothes as a rule, bu
! they are new, and the creases in his pant:
are as clearly defined as were those of Sec
rotary Whitney's. Lamont leads a demo
| cratic life at the War department. he ma!
| a little ante-room back OF his office, wher,
he receives his friends and in which many
! a confidential political chat is held. He i.
a rapid worker and knows how to max,
others work for him. There are no frill!
| about him, and though he is now rich
and famous he puts on no more airs thar
| he did when he was comparatively poor
! am told that the biggest salary he haC
! ever received up to the time he entered tn,
| White House was considerably less than tn,
| amount he got there. He was the first pri
| vate secretary to get $1,000, but 1t is nov
said that his New York railroad and othe
| stocks bring him in several times this
| amount, and he is on the way to a million
Secretary Whitney discovered his sterling
abilities during the last administration, anC
ii was through him Lamont became one O.
the heads of the greatest street railroad
syndicates of the country, and 1 am tolC
Lamonts ability aided materially in max
ing this property so valuable. The com
pany has a capital of $50, ZOO, 900 and it,
| stock sells for $50. Not long ago it wa
only twenty million, and it sold at 60. La
entered the company. He had big salary
and his ability was so pronounced that h
was taken into large number of the big
gest institutions of New York. He was sec
| rotary or treasurer of a number of these
and he was director in eighteen differen
stock companies He is not man VIII
| talks much about himself He is yer,
J friendly with the newspaper men. but OBJ
iects to being interviewed. and will no
talk for publication If he can helm II
| When he first ca NE to WASHINGTON he live,
in p house on " street not far from III
Metropolitan Club. Now his home is hi
| yellow brick lust across 10 tx son Park from