Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-12-07


one thousand men could destroy the
US lulness, for the time, Of the Canadian
Pacific railroad, aud Il IS not an improb.
ability Ia case OF war that Canada " ould
not become ours. Englands policy is,
and always has been. to a large extent
pocke,.book policy. She has vast In.
teresls In the United States, and the is.
sues must be very important before she
would risk a war with u.s."
TIM wEsr vs.. TIA EAsr.
us not the west more patriotic than
the eastl"
81 think il Is. " feplied Senator Thur.
ton The cities OF the east have cnor.
nous property interests, and they are
APT 10 discuss whether thing will pay
rather Than as TO whether Il is patriotic.
! believe that II foreign gunboats lay
OUTSIDE OF Boston or New York, there
would De quite number Of business
men who would be willing to contrib.
ute sum to induce them to leave rather
Than to have a bombafdmcnL | don't
mean to say that the west IS not anxious
for buslness-thatit does not love money.
But do believe that our people are
more patriotic. We would fight first
and take care Of the business later on. ="
MRS. rHuRsroN DESCRIBES TiE SENATOR
At this point Mrs. Senator Thurston
entered, and the conversation again be.
came personal Mu. Thurston Is closely
associated with the Senator IN his work
The two have spent hardly an evening
apart since they were married, one
/ Christmas day now twenty.thTee years
ago. She goes with him during his 20.
liucal campaigns and sue was present
at seyenty,two out OF the seventy.four
political meetings at which he spoke
last iall. Mrs. Thurston also came from
/ Vermont. Her name waj Martha l..
Poland, and she Is a niece Of Senator
| Luke r. Poland, who was so long known
as the father OF the House Of Represen.
tatives. Mrs. Thuston knows more
about the Senator than any other per.
son on earth, and II was In his presence
that asked her 10 tell me something as
to what ind OF a man Senator Thurston
was. She replied:
| HE Is very curious combination.
One OF his faults Is that he trusts people
too much. lie believes that all the
world Is honest, whereas, as we very
well know, a good part OF II Is not "
us the Senator a hard woTkerp' |
asked.
YES" replied Mrs. Thurston; che
works very hard along his own lines; but
he is lazy along Others. One secret OF
his strength Is that he knows how to
get others to do his work for him. The
old theory was that man should never
let others do what he can 90 himself.
Senator Thunton never does anything
- "a fHs4N a.IH 10 a -
when he knows that the other man can
do II as well as himself"
YES" interrupted the Senator.
that's true, Had | not done so | could
never have accomplished my work. I
don't believe IN man doing what others
eau do lust as we'll, Il there are other
things which he can do little bit bet
ter"
"But how does the Senator do his
work." said /, directing my question az
Mrs. Thumton. Can he do 1t without
worry Can he leave his work at the
Officer
"Yes, he can" was Mrs. Thurston's
reply. lie comes home tired, but al
ways gets interested IN the children,
aud when he goes to bed he sleeps like
baby"
"How about that Senator" said |.
turning to Mr.. Thurston. ''Were YOU
always sol Is freedom from worry a
natural or an acquired train"
at is acquired" replied Senator
ThurSton. 81 got il from a story-a
very old story, which almost everyone
has heard
Tell 1t again" ssid l.
We'll, It related to a man who was
troubled with insomnia. The slightest
noise distur, ed him. One night he
heard a man walking over head IN the
room above IN his stocking leet. Pat.
pat, pat.pat. the steps went over the
floor hour after hour. Pat pat, midnight
came. Pat.pat, It was one o'clock. And |
SO Il went on TO two and three. Al
last the man could stand Il no longer.
lie slipped out went up and knocked at |
the door OF the room above. IL was
opened by a pale'iaced mau, who seemed
almost distracted with worry or grief. |
The sleepless man said MY friend |
you must be in an awful trouble"
81 am, " was the reply
VIVA, IS the matyer2'
why, sir ! have q note for Sy.ooo
which Is due tomorr0S, aud / haven't |
a cent with which 70 pay Il. NV God!
My Cod What shall Go9r
'Oh, Is thar alp Is that the reason
WI you are walking the noor2 Why.
sir yol are TOOL. Way don't YOU lei
the other man walk the lloorY"
Well concluded the Senator 81
decided then to let the other man walk
the soor, as Tar as was concerned. In
IS a setter policy and much more com.
l0rIaole The result is that get my
sleep, and ! am never troubled win
worry except during a murder trial,
cant sleep then. have had fourteen