New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-30

:. r.s.s 4 s!.ics watch on lis goodwill 10
a'" ,.,;,ea states, ard strictly raprcssss all I'M
''' so1 end expressive expressions OF 1t. The.
.,ve t,cn .rae enough n other days. Yet NJ.
re- l.,,,r ,ayaocaly. had an uEm!s;akable liking
,,,srlra AID Americans He cherished the
io' of his visits to the United States. There
JIG ,e ~efraned from showing how much he
remember meeting him for the first time
u-srirrtoD / think in 1866. and coming away
-, tho impression that he was extremely re-
- or even frigid. in manner. a good many
...,.ans had been asked To meet him at Mr..
-..,.s one evening Some Of them were men OF
..".,..,,or Mr. Schuyler ColfaX was one. He
.. that time a person of distinction, and
Ter of the House. and 1t was thought nee
bs should make a speech. The speech was
.ha kind then and perhaps still known
.a-eacle: had. l thought. already done duty
.,re Indiana platform for the deectaton of
W co,fax's constituents. Mr.. Walters face was
~ rule remarkable for fexibilty of express
NV ~, nobody could doubt wha. 1t expressed
OCCASION This sudden ebullion of cam
" oratory stiffened the Englishman; he be-
Pc. s,ll more reserved In manner. as If aware
.a", his face had already betrayed him; and the
...,,ns ended in constraint Yet his friends
.~h, no always unbent to Americans more
-, m his own cOuntrymen. lnere was AZ one
,a notion in Printing House Square, mean
x 1ondon one--that an American could get any
viz. ont of him. and that even some of those
90, mysteries of THE Times office which in
,.,don are impenetrable had somehow become
-,..ter Of gossip in 1.-The States" If there ever
a,sre revelations they certainly do not seem to
have done much harm.
NJ walters generosity was proverba in his
do = ctiu hett L.
hear Of scores of letters from men whom he
80 befrended None knew of 1t but the men
.,smselyes. and now that he Is gone they un-
.,-den themselves Of tributes TO him. He gave
,nev he gave advice. he gave time. and he
..rs sympathy: outside well as inside the
@cs where during generations, the wise lib
.ra,,,y OF the Walter family has been stereo-
,vnsd into a custom. He did not always know
when 10 stop giving: any more than does the
United States Government in the matter OF
PENSIONS 10 its soldiers even unto the third and
fourth generation. and for service not always
solderly or military. There was once made to
him what he called most impertinent request
70 continue to a son pension wnlch had oeeh
maid for txenty-three years to the widow OF
man who had himself been pensoner for seven
wears before He showed at length. as he told
the story how it would be contrary TO all eco
,onical laws and almost contrary to moralty, 10
continue T. "Of course you refused" said his
friend. He might have said nothing, but ne
was incapable Of compromising with the truth
svsn by silence Blushing as II he were con-
,sssine a crime he said in his sternest tones:
Most improperly l acceded to his request
With glimpse Of one other side OF MT. waiter
character | end these desutory "reminiscences.
There was a question about certain appoint
mont on the staff OF the paper. and ne was COIL
suited The applicants numbered some seventy
Three names out OF the seventy were submt'ed
70 him. One had the best certificates. but II APP
reared that he was OF near kin TO man VINO had
done Mr. Walter some wrong. He was askeu
which Of the other two he preferred. lie coulo
rot understand why his choice should be limited
- tho others THE best man must OF course
10 Amounted" he said. and he was. That MS
relationship to enemy snould prevent ''''
candidates appointment never entered MT wal
rer's mind There was connection between
the two things. He incapable or WISHING
unon the children the sins OF the fathers. III
was thought in the Office rather creditable mat
priyate reasons should not be allowed TO ihlu-
ence him against the selection OF the best man.
That, again. would probably have been 10 MI
Walter an unntegble iiea IL these are not
traits OF a high character what are? he may
.or NAV not have been a great man. but on his
,ombstonc might be cut the testimony Of one
who was intimate with him: He was the oes'
man | ever knew" 1t Is ar ample euiogy' anu
one that may we'll endear his memory To nose
VITO care for loyalty OF nature u. w .