The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

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convictions and one OF tie soundest COO
sutuuonal lawyers the country has pro- I
duced. Perhaps his most noticeable trait
was Independence. He was q living rcru.
tation OF the Byronio maxim that every ,
| man has bis price. Nothing could buy /
MIN. When Mr.. Cleveland called congress-
! INTO extraordinary session In 1923. with {
900 ~, s,,S ~ 'as aa ~,
yer. he withheld ali imnortnnt nominaf,ons
| with the design OF whining conrreasIne,s 4
Into line, and he did whip them into limo.
| American history furnishes no more nath- 4
etic instance OF mon s,Irrrnderinu their
| most cherished unvicfione f,,r fhc sako ~ 4
spoils. senator George would mt he la ,
or driven. He was much intcrosted IN fhe
1 cantilacv az W. n T.. uem,nvwav ~ ~. !
| district attorney for New Mexico, IN or-t
der 10 placate min Mr.. cleveland apro,rt. I
ed Hemingway. but he would mot be piacas.
led. Then Walter q. Gresham. a man WHOM, !
he loved WINS ses,t 10 him Win 4 ren"n.t
that he cali at the White House. "Yom
tell tho big beef from BuffaIo, WINS Ma
bluff answer, .'that Il ia no nearer from
tho capitol to tho White House than from
the White House to the capitol get IN
at s o'clock every morning. cat INV brcak.
fast, come down here and 80 to work, II
he wants mo no knows whero 10 f,nd me =
| When Mr.. Cleveland nominated Judre
Peckbam IA ho ono n, tho tustircs ~ ~.
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sopre"o court NOMINATION. whlch was
subsequently defeated by ID. II. HILL he
agnan requested Senator George 10 call
! Th,. 4,,ro hot, cr.shor, o,a ,ama,, 80.
, the emissaries. george went i Know Mr.
President, what you want with me-, he
, SAID. as he entered the executives room.
You want mo to vote Tor Peckhnm. We'll,
t nm so,ns 70, 70 no ~, nue ' wan y, you ~, 70
0 him because Won want me To vote for him.
. am going to vote for him because Judge
reoNnan believes IN the uncohstttuIionahty
y d,dm,t ,,nuia zoo Mn, s,,,,thar In sh.,@s
= than a pigeon can fly with n grain OF corr
before he could have my vote, The result
: o. unis ,h'sIv'ew was snae seha.or wa,s
A Wss,sslYmi.
i. Though q learned lawyer. Senator George
! knew little OF the ordinary things OF life
. He did not mix In society, and held II
rather in contempt. An apocryphal story
= is told of him. He dined at a swell rvs.
u taurant In Washington with party Of five
Mieslssippians. One Of them. CHANGING al
tho top OF the card, saw tho wore
Menu" "What kind OF dish II
'menoo'?" he asked. The senator laughed
% heartily. Go back to the Yazoo delta,
Bob" no said, land stay there Eat crack.
+ lin bread and drink buttermik. IT'S ali
you're fitted for.' After the repast he
called one OF his companions aside. Say
he whispered, anxlously, what kind Of
!" truck ia that menoo anyhow"
Tho dead man was eminently domestic
ana nas,,,onateIv loved his wife. who wa,
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ut one OF the most cnarnllnb women IN 'aho
OF charming women. They were always to-
Of gether. and nearly all OF his success in life
r. n,a. A.. .. h.r ,,,s MIN, ,ao,,. ~ artv !,
""s uuo " Aoi' no A.en 'aua'' =. ~ =
ones SELF ana ones country came from
r. her, and she saw that he lived up to them
/ He had a beautiful home. two miles from,
NJ carrol,ton where whom not in Washington
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a tleman. There, in building apart from
: tho family residence, he had ono Of the
largest libraries in the South. Mrs. George
was deeply religious and the senator nae
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