Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-11-30

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| Oi one OF the candidates Of the Rcpub.
lican convention, and Senator Daniel
/ had been acting for one Of the candl-
| dates OF the Democratic convention
| The work had been hard and they had
both returned TO Washington hollow.
eyed and worn out. They looked very
secdy as they stood under tn clock at
the front entrance Of the Senate, and
took, as Il were, account Of stock. |
was sitting on a chair Just below, and
overheard them. 1t was Daniel who
spoke FIRST saying;
Where have you been, Senator
Quayw
II have been IN H." was the reply.
me tool said Daniel.
"Ycs, continued Quay. 81 have been
In hi have been at that convention,
and Tor four days aud four nights have
been working to my utmost tension.
For four days have fought and schcm.
ed and planned. did not lose con-
seriousness for one minute IN all the
minutes oil those nInetY.slx hours. Al
times felt faint, and thought would
die, but ! kept ut Il And, oh, how
did want to take a drinkp
me, tool said Daniel.
There were umes,' Quay went on,
when ielt must have a drink. did
no, see how could do without il. lust
a drink Just one drink"
''But why did you not take Il, Sena.
tori asked Daniel
81 dhnK at such a time" replied Quay.
81 drink at a national conyenuoni Uhy,
man, had one physician and two men
guarding me all the time to keep me
from drinking. take a drink IN such a
iightl No, no. You don't know me,
Senator. With me one drink means a
barrel
"Me, toor' said Daniel.
= LOOK At sENAToR GoRMAN.
saw Senator German on the street
today. lie has occupied until the last
election the position which Quay holds
now In Pennsylvania lie IL fully as
good an organizer as Quay, but his
nature Is essentially different Quay
looks like business man. You might
take him ior n merchant, a politician or
a Wall street broker. German Is states
manlike. His lace seldom smiles. His
iron gray hair Is always brushed well up
rom his high, broad forehead, aud his
cold blue eyes seldom sniff or change In
their expression. lie makes YOU think
OF PHI Crawley in VANITY FAIR" who
would sooner have died than have gone
to dinner in anything else than dress
SUIT and white necktie, and he Is the
pink Of pIopriety In all his actions. The
TACT that he has been defeated In MARY.
land has not dimmed his influence In
the Senate. and he will be strong
quantity In the next Democratic conven.
uon. lie Is re'eminently a politician.
lie took his first lessons while he was a
page IN the Senate, and he has been
learning ever since. II was while he
was a page, he was thinking Of going
west, when Stephen A. Douglas told
him that he ought TO stay in MARYLAND
and decide to be Senator. Mr.. Doug.
las told him that the Senate was much
easier place to reach than is generally
supposed. He advised him to study
politics ana to learn how TO manage
men and things, and that Il would not
be very hard for him to succeed. Young
German took this great statesman's adj.
vice aud succeeded. lie has become
more than a politician. however, and
there are many who believe that he has
some. siatesmanship as well. lie lives
quietly at Washington, spending most
OF his evenings at home, aud running oil
TO his country estate in Maryland now
and then on Sundays. He neither
drinks nor smokes, aud he Is one OF the
few men who can chew tobacco without
the habit being visible to his associates.
NEw sToRiEs or PRESIDENT nARRl.
SON.
President Harrison is expected In
within few days. lie will
hardly call upon President Cleveland.
lie has stunned the White House ever
since he left II. HIS presidential career
many unpleasant things which
are unknown 10 the world, and the loss
OF Mrs. Harrison while he was in the
White House has associated II with his
saddeNt "reminiscences. | talked not
long ago with prominent Indianapolis
woman, To whom President Harrison
lately spokc upon this sub cct, Ia the
most pathetic terms This lady had
been close friend Of the President and
Mrs. Harrison, and during a call upon a
the eX-pIesidcnt she asked him whether
he was not happier outside the White
House than IN It, He replied that he
was, and that he had a horror at the
idea 81 being possibly asked to return
there. lie saiu;
"Nou cannot appreciate the feeling |
have toward the White House and the
presidential office. Il is filed with dis. /
agreeable things, and the President OF
the United States. II he will permit il.
could keep himself miserable all the |
time. There are so many unpleasant
things IN the newspapers, and the lie Is |
one OF wear and tear and worry. / |
guarded niysel, from many OF the dis. |
agreeable things said about me by my
private secretary. Mir. HaliOTd never |
allowed Inc to see the unpleasant things. |
except when they were necessary. In. |
sultmg letters or unjust newspaper crit. |
CisuiS were never presented to me, and |
] hardly knew that they existed gave |
instructions that they should not be al |
lowed TO come into the hands Of Mrs. |
Harrison, and | supposed they had not. |
But after her death, among her papers, |
/ found lied up a bundle OF such things. |
In some way she got hold OF them, aud |
! really believe II was that which Killed |
her. No. concluded the President, Il |
have no desire TO 20 back to the Waite |
House. My lite there was filed with |
sorrow, and ! do not want to repeat
IT,"
WHY DIDN'T YOU TILL HIN so, nEN'
have heard a number OF stories like
this. Harrison Is supposed to be as
cold as snow, but his friends say he
really has warm soul inside his icy cut.
M. a q N.