New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
Lyman Trrmlruv Of Illinois, and George II.
Williams. Of Oregon.

sylvania. Mr. Grow is a unique figure in polit-
| cal history covering half a century, and the
! details Of his career are given with pardonable
! pride He is a bachelor Of seventy-three, who
| can we'll afford to state his age frankly. for
| his vigorous activity. both mental and physical,
would eacily rate him man quite ten or fifteen
! years Younger. In short. he is the youngest old
! man in the House CT Representatives. Mr.
! Crows industrial training began at a very early
age on q Pennsylvania farm. where he worked
in summer His book learning was obtained at
the winter district school. But even with these
| limited advantages, at seventeen he had fitted
himself to enter the freshman class at Amherst
| College, Massachusetts, where. at twenty lone.
he graduated. His political career had al
ready begun, when month or two before at
! an Amherst mass-meeting. he made his first
! political speech. At twenty-four the young
Pennsylvania was admitted to the bar. ana
| in 1850. at twenty-seven. he was elected tc Con-
! gress Mr.. Grow was the youngest man In Con-
gress. This was far more distinction anu
| compliment in that day. when years and ex-
tional Legislature. than at the present time,
when youthful faces In the Senate and House
are not unusual.
| Mr.. Grow was elected to the House Of Repre-
! sentatives six consecutive terms. the first three
as a Free Soil Democrat, and the last three as
! a Republican. During the twelve years he was
chairman Of vlrous committees OF more or less
| Importance. including those on Indian Affairs,
Territories and Agriculture. But Representative
Grows highest honors when he was
elected Speaker Of the XXXVIIth Congress- on
July L. 1861 He was not quite thirty-fve. and
! was the youngest man ever elected TO preside
over the House of Representatives. Mr. Grow
has travelled extensively in Europe and In his
| own country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific
making trips West in the early days when
| Of hx- tbp
President Hayes wished to make Mr. Grow
Minister to the Court Of the Car. a position
which he declined. After an absence of nearly
| forty years. Galusha A. Grow is again In Con-
gress. elected a member at large to the Lila
! Congress and reelected to the LIVth During
all the years of his absence Mr.. Grow retained
an active interest in State and National politics
and never grew rusty" In the House OF Rep
resentatives, which has almost doubled It's
numbers not Of his former colleagues re-
mains The few living. with but two exccp-
| tons. in the quiet homes OF their ola age,
but most Of them hayc passed on. Inc TWO leI'
| in public life are over in the Senate-Mr Nor
rill and Mr.. Sherman. who were in the House
with Mr.. Grow.
As compared with Northern cities Washing
ton Is slow to make changes But Representa-
| tive Grow finds In the Washington of to-day
few reminders Of the Washington "befoh de
wah" when there not single paved street
in the city-more truly a struggling village
lie has gone back 10 WlllaTuS iiotei WHITE
he lived forty years ago-the same old Will
ards-and yet not the same. but larger
luxurious and up to date. Its outlook on
PENNSYLVANIA is the same-and yet not the
same That broad thOroughfare. which. In Mr.
Crows early days In Congress. was navigable
for small boats in the springtime. is now high
dry and beautifully paved: and the streets all
over the National Capital show hundreds OF
miles Of the finest paving In the world. The
big white marble building on the hill. then but
half completed, is now perfect work Ihe
greatest transformation Mr. Grow nnds Is In
the northwest part Of the city. where rom
Moore. on his visit to this country, once looked
according to his own lines:
lakes and and anl S 's
| A few Democrats still remain. but all the rest
Of the poets pessimistc picture has vanished
and there has risen the fashionable West End
with its private residences that are little short
! of modern palaces And last. but most won
derful, the ring of the cable car Is heard at
| every turn, and electricity. the motive power
of the future. has It's grasp on Washington.
| All these things and many more equally inter
esting the veteran statesman likes to tax
about In the Washington he has renewed
I his youth.
A recent exhibition given here by firm OF New
York publishers Of fret editions manuscripts. ex-
ira illustrated editions. etc, was widely attended
| by women In official and social circles, some ~
whom were more enthusiastic in their comments
than accurate In their information An original
letter from Keats framed. as such letters usually
are between glass which shows the superscrip-
| ton and letter as well, was much admired by a
| lady who dotted on Keats. she said. ana
| thought "Endymion'' lust to sweet for any
thing"
But isn't 1t shame" me asked OF the gentle
| man with her, some one has stolen the stamp?
hafo . n
| session or since?" she demanded Of the man In
charge and 1t was much TO hep credit that she
| took that gentleman's explanation that stamps
| did not come into until some thirty or forty
| years after the date of this letter very good
| naturedy.
1t was not this lady, but another whose hua-
bands name Is known from the Atlantic TO the
| Pacific and from Lake Superior to the Gulf OF
Mexico. who picked up an Original edition ~, OF
| marsh esq., little brown paper-covered book Of
less than hundred pages. but rather rare. and
asked the salesman who had the most wonderful
| facial CONTROL
would you be so kind TO tell me who NJ. A.
| Titmarsh Is? His name Is quite unfamiliar to
| me. Has he written many stories"
| At a recent tea the wife OF a member OF Con-
gress from a Prohibition State who was stationed
near the punchbowl surprised her friends by taxi
ing frequent libations Of the insidous mixture
and becoming in consequence every moment jol-
ler and less like her sedate self
"Oh! Mr.. x" she asked Of the host at the
moment passing. "just more glass OF iced
tea please. never tasted anything so delicious
and intend to ask Mrs. x for the receipt"
Mr. KS sense OF bumor Is keen. but he felt
compelled to explain the character Of that iced
tea TO the wife OF the NJ. c. from the Prohibition
State who mplored him not to dvulge her I'M
conscious fall from grace in the matter Of drink
ing spirtuous liquors. He promised. OF course.
and as statesmen always keep promises. he has
doubtless not told, but the story leaked out some
how
ODD SCHEME or "MARKING DOWN."
From, Tho Chica 20 Record