The herald., 1897-03-09
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Hon. ]. o. Henderson, ex-auditor of
the state of Indiana. and good Demo-
crat by the way, is at the Hotel Hollen-
beck. A Herald reporter found him in
a reminiscent mood in the lobby last
night.
'Politics?" said he. mo, politics are
below par in Indiana just now. The ma
jority it seems, voted with such a vul-
gar solidity, there's no getting around
the returns. What is the effect? l live
in the center of the gas belt. The mills
and by such l mean the glass works, nail
mills-in fact, all Of them-shut down
year ago. All? / mean all, except the
tin plate works at Elwopd, Is miles from
my home, where strike was amicably
adjusted in favor of the workmen before
election last fall, and in spite of this, the
tin plate industry was the only one the
tariff bill bearing the name of our new
president affected in our district.
"Oh, yes; Riley came from our way;
so did Mary Hartwell Catherwood, than
| from whom no better stories for young
folks ever emanated.
I'VE used to call Riley plain Jim His
gar Allan Poe poem, published in the
Kokomo Dispatch. After the expose,
with which Riley had nothing to do. n
new poet blossomed and, let me say, not
unseen. He was induced to write the
poem, and it commanded no more at
tention or notoriety, l believe, than If 1t
had borne his own signature. IT had the
impress of genius in every line. This can
be seen by the notorious success of his
recent publications.
Don't forget that Gen. Lew Wallace
| of Ben Hur' fame also came from that
| glorious old state, whose emblem is
buffalo running west, and I guess he
kept on running into the Pacific, from all
| the signs / can see here.
mo, l am used to rain. Thirty
years ago quinine was one of the staples
| on an Indiana platfornl-I mean table.
| I have quit politics, but / break in now
and then. Your climate is not only felc-
| itous for your citrus growthS, but, for
the northerner, is constant reminder
of the gentle, anti-tariff swinging
breezes of the cold, chilly north in a
mild Democratic landslide"
Mr.. Henderson is ex-auditor of the
state of Indiana, multi millionaire
and, unintentonally, the editor and one
! of the proprietors of the Kokomo Dis
patch. His wife accompanies him on an
extended California trip. In Mr.. Hen
| derson's company was found ex-Gov.
| Mathews of Indiana, whose fondness for
Southern California is we'll known.
''The prices of slaves varied greatly in
different parts of the south in ante-bel-
| lum days" said p. D. Ewart of Dallas,
| Tex. In states like South Carolina or
| Louisiana, where slaves were always In
demand, much more was paid for them
to, l.A, 1A,. be
lucky or Missouri, where they could
easily run away. In New Orleans $500
TO s2500 was often paid for good car
penter or blacksmith, who, in Kentucky
or Missouri, would not have brought
| more than half as much. Many slave
traders made regular business Of buy
| ing in the border states and selling in
| Mobile, New Orleans or Charleston, ami
there was always a handsome profit in
| the transaction. The most risky part
| of the business was the guarantee de-
manded that the slave would not run
| away The time limit wasusually 80 days
| and the matter was usually arranged
with the slave himself, by taking his
promise and giving him s. or $40 to stay
| until the guarantee had expired. Ther:
| was one instance l remember in which
| the promise was faithfully kept the
newly purchased slave remained during
the thirty days, and on the night of the
thirty-first disappeared and was not
again heard of until after the war, when
| he returned and explained how he left
| on ship bound for some West Indian
| port"
'There are many strange and inter-