Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-11
time Judge Stewart, John Sherman's faith
er-in-law, was judge.
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the presidential race his name may yet be
mentioned among those which come up at
st. Louis. Cush Davis is a curious-looking
man. He is very tall. His shoulders are
slightly bent, and his little semi-bald head
Is fastened to them by a short neck. He is
enc Of the most studious men of the Senate
and one of the best read. He has one of the
finest private libraries Of the country. He
is great lover of books, and when he wants
to rest from his studies he drops what he is
at and takes up some work in a different
literary line. When he is tired of thinking
OF politics he translates lot of Virgil or
Horace for a change, and when he finds
as he does sometimes, / venture, for he is a
trif1e lazy-his ambitions tagging he boil
stsfs himself up by reading the life Of Alex
ander the Great or that of Julius Caesar
10 him the greatest man who ever lived
was Napoleon. He was an admirer of Bona
parte ior g before the present craze concern
ing MIN broke out. He has already about
four hundred Napoleonic books in his
library, and he Is always picking up more
Began AS n Poor Bey.
AS I compare Davis with CuI,om and ALI
son think of the three great men who have
nodded the lives of these presidential can
didates Davis Is a wOrshiper of Napoleon
Allison was brought up on Henry. Clay
Cullom modelled his life after that Of Abra-
nam Lincoln, and over there, so near Gull
iom that he could hit him with a paper wad
II he chose to throw it, Is another Senator
a young man.of some presidential ambi-
ton, who all his life mas worsniped at the
shrine of James G. Blaine That man is
stephen b. Elkins. Note how he sits there
pehlnd his mahogany desk, perfectly at
ease IN the Senate of the United States! He
Is one OF the youngest OF the prospective
candidates, and perhaps the richest He
owns miles of railroads, thousands upon
thousands of acres of timber and millions
o, carloads Of coal. He has towns and vii
Iases on his estate, and his principally in
west Virginia is unsurpassed by that of
any man east of the Mississippi
And still Efkins began his life as a poor
Doy. ne went across the plains in a can
vas-coVered wagon to New Mexico, study
ing Spanish on the way. He settled in SAN
"a Fe as lawyer, and made money out of
Dotn the Mexfcans and the Spaniards. One
, u MS nrst good jobs was tn connection
with the Maxwell grant Maxwell paid
MN salary of 5000 a year for defend
ing his interests, and at one time he got
sIo,Uo from Maxwell for a single hours
work. He first came to Congress as a dele
gate from New Mexico, and after leaving
the House of Representatives he made $50
VUU a year here at Washington practicinp
law. From Washington he took the dol
there bred for him more dollars. Increasing
their yield almost as fast as Australian
rabbits, which are said to be the fastest
breeders of the world. The result was
that he soon had big fortune, and by
joining this with that of his father-in-laW.
ex-senator Henry G. Davis, he became pos
sessed Of his wonderful estate in West
Virginia.
Senator Elkins is not living awake ST
night waiting for the presidency He told
me once that If 1t came his way, and got
near enough to him so that he could put
ms hands on it, he would take 1t. but he
added that he did not think his chances
We're very good. He is a notwithstanding
man, and does not lose sleep over his DO
htical ambitions. He is a good organizer
ana knows all about practical politics. He
however
many suppose He is well educated and
has the studious bent. He likes Browning,
quotes Tennyson frequently and reads
Greek, Latin and Hebrew in the original
He is a great walker, and keeps his sys-
tenn in good order by exercise. He dresses
In business clothes, but his linen is ALWAYS
OF the whitest His skin Is as rosy as that
OF country girls after she has taken a
securing at the pump, and his short, white
clean.
AS l look. Senator Hoar of Massachu-
setts waddles up to Elkins and whispers in
MS ear Hoar Is dry joker, and he is
probably making one of his sarcastic re-
marks, for Elkins bursts into laugh.
smiling like school boys, rather than Sc
date United States Senator's
Goes n Fishing.
AS they do so, a dark-faced man in front
Of them turns about and almost scowls.
That man Is also a presidential candidate
but he is pot a candidate who smiles He
seems to sit and brood. He reminds you of
Cassius, though he has not the lean and
hungry look of Shakespeare's thinker He
Is, however. plotter, and he is one of the
strongest of our political managers His
name is Matthew Stanley Quay. He is the
man who carries Pennsylvania in his pock-
et and who has been chosen by that state
as it's candidate for the presidency. QUAY
Is natural fighter. He would rather
you remember, he was sick. and he in
sisted on going to the battlefield. The sur
geons and his superiors told him he was a
fool for making the attempt, and he re-
piled: Il would rather die a fool than live
a coward" Quay is now in his prime. He
is tall, well rounded and healthy-Iooking
He keeps himself in trim by taking fishing
excursions. His chief exercise at WASH
little in society. You never see him about
the hotels, and there is nothing of the
hail-fellow-well-met about his character,
Still, am told he Is man Of more than
ordinary culture. He is well educated, has
literary tastes, and his house at Beaver
Pa, is packed with books.
A. Natural Fighter.
On the other side of the Senate chamber
there Is q democratic candidate who Is
much like Quay in character. This is David
B. Hill. Look at him as he sits there with
one hand in his pockets, leaning back in
his chair, with his glasses on his eyes,
Note how his jaws are fastened together!
They are as tight as a sprung rat trap
See the determination In his countenance
How he grips the arms of his chair with
his hands He is evidently planning out
some political scheme and you can almost
see the light darting out of his eyes from
under his heavy brows as he sits there, like
a sphinx, and thinks, and thinks and thinks,
AS you look at him now he seems to be
almost statuesque. You would hardly i'm
agine he had life. Stir him up, however,
and you will see. He is natural fighter
He goes about with chip on his shoulder,
end he Is ready for quarrel at the drop
of hat.
Let US get a better focus.
What q queer-1ooking man Hill is His
head is as bald at the top as a new drum
head, and quite as white. A heavy black
mustache covers his mouth, and at the
lower edge Of his forehead there are heavy
dark eyebrows Now he look up at the
gallery. How sharp his eyes are! They
seem to look right through you, and it is
said that Hill can tell man at a glance
How aggressive they are, and how full of
determination! The soul back of those
| eyes has faith in itself and depends on IT.
self. Hill confides In no one. He has many
| acquaintance, but few friends. His soul is
wrapped I'D in his ambitions. He plots his