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family residence in Columbus. o. One
daughter of the judge is the wife OF
Ex-Governor Mccormick of Arizona,
and they live at Jamaica, NY. The
younger daughter married Lieutenant
w. s. Cowles of the navy, but was
divorced from him and married
Thomas Scott Clifford, a native OF
Spain, of English parents.
The nomination of Mr.. Thurman for
vice. president was a spontaneous COM
pliment. The only spirited opposition
to it WAS from Indiana, and that oppo'
sition was not because there was any
objection to the "Old Roman" but be-
cause the Indiana delegation bad been
selected in advance of any notion OF
Mr.. Thurman, for the purpose of Sc
curing the honor to Governor Gray.
No matter who had been presented,
Indiana would have remained true to
Gray. "Aut Caesar, ant nullus," was
the cry of the Indiana contingent, and
so bitter was their disappointment
that it was only assauged by the fact
that it required such a man as Thur
man to defeat their ideal.
Who it was that first suggested Mr..
Thurman for ST cond place is not known
to many. But certain it is the sugges-
tion was never made to him, nor did
any man ever dare make any represen-
tation to that effect But there was
never any doubt during the conven-
ton about his nomination. 1t was in
the air, and the moment the tide swept
in it seemed as il every delegate, every
alternate, every man, woman and child
in the hall had a bandana, for before
the states were counted the atmo-
sphere was sea of bsndanas. They
sprang out like the soldiers that re-
spond to the blast of Clan Alpine's
whistle.
There is nothing strange in the
statement that Mr.. Thurman had
peculiarities of the smaller type. He
would not have been human had this
been otherwise. One these pecu-
liarities was his Indifference of his
own reputation. except so far as
honesty and integrity we're concerned.
He gave no thought to posterity so far
as he was personally concerned. He
never kept diary or note or a memoir
andum or speech which he might have
written. Such things smacked of
vanity that his plain manhood de-
spised. He was honest in this opinion,
as he was in every opinion he held.
One day his son, Allen w., was reading
book in his library. The "OId
Roman" coming ii, asked him what it
WAS. The son replied that the book
contained the personal recollections
of president of the United States.
"Bah!" said the "Old Roman" punch
ing the floor with his cane. damn
man in public life VINO keeps daryl
1t is put down elsewhere in this arti-
Gle that one of the noticeable things in
Mr.. Thurman's life was the high esteem
which his political opponent held for
him. Mr.. Blaine was one of his ardent
admirers and said of him: Mr.. Thur
mans rank in the senate was estab-
and was never lowered during the
mirably disciplined debater. was fair in
his method of statement, logical in his
argument, honest, too, in his conclu-
sions. He hat no tricks in discussion,
no catch phrases to secure attention,
but was always direct and manly. His
retirement from the senate was seri-
GUS loss to the psrty-a loss, indeed,
to the body"
When the writer was in Columbus a
year he was told this by a banker
of that city:
"You should have asked him Thur
msn) what was the first fee he ever re-
ceived. think he has it yet. 1t was a
long barrel rifle, such as Davy Crockett
carried, bullet pouch of deer skin and
huge powder horn"
The same gentleman was asked if
there was any other authority for the
title of Old Roman than that of inner
banker replied:
Governor Allen certainly was the
first to be called the Old Roman in this
state. But I remember that General
Tom Ewing called Mr.. Thurman the
Old Roman in speech which Ewing
made here at jackson banquet in the
'70s. know the title fit, but that is all
I can tell you of the origin"
Mr.. Thurman began political life in
his appointment as private secretary to
Governor Lucas. He was law stud
ent in the office of Noah Swayne, and
was admitted to the bar in 1885. But
his first ambition was to be soldier.
and he was appointed cadet by Con-
gresham Creighton. That was in 1923,
and in those days cadetship required
confirmation, and this young Thurman
failed to get.
Here is the bit in the sketch after
death which he would have asked to
have made prominent if he had been
requested to say what should be writ
ten. It is from one who knows:
"In his wife he found a companion
and helpmeet. She sympathizsd
with him in all his ambitions, eided
him in all his projects. She was intel
ligent and cultured, and gave him I'M
Outstanding and appreciation. To her
be was always Allen to him she was
always Mary Six children were
born to them, and they stood with
clasped hands at the graves of three of
them. Together they toiled and
wrought, sharing their pleasures and
their cares. When the three surviving
children had grown to maturity and es-
tablished their own homes. the two gray
haired lovers renewed their honeymoon
and lived costly and happily alone.
When the defeat of 1883 was announced
to Mrs. Thurman che said: Il regret
the result as to the Democratic party,
but am very 0la that Allen does not
have to 60 to Washington. 1 have my
satisfaction and joy both ways. 1t
keeps Allen at home with me, and that
is all that is left to US at our age.
After all our patriotism there isn't
anything else like home.'"
Nothing is necessary to perpetuate
his fame, but one cannot help regret
ting that the voice of Conkling is still