The morning times., 1897-01-12
In the Pupil of
the Public Eye.


whether they live in that delightful To-
cality or simply walk through it once in a
willie and comment on its notable build
ings, are delighted at the prospective ap-
pononeEt of Col. John Hay minister TO
the court OF st, James Col. Hay was al
ways gifted, and he has now attained
wide experience in the ordinary practice
OF diplomacy and in the higher flights of the
art He had the Judgment to let up on
Lincoln several years ago; but il is not
too much to say that his literary efforts
in this direction, and as a poet OF no mean
talents, Well as his diligence as night
editor OF tie New York Tribune, in
former decade, have made him what the
newspaper gossipers might call truly genial.
l was not quite so glad to read that the
prospect OF his appointment had caused a
real twinge OF delight in the British capi
tai; not that our English friends are not
all right but it would seem more important
that the appointment of foreign minister
| should be hailed with pleasure in this
country more than in any other. Perhaps
| the appointment Of Col. Hay would please
us all; indeed, haven't any doubt that
| 1t would.
Most OF the Senators who have been
| worried about their reelection during the
| past few months, or perhaps during the
past few years, seem to be pulling through
| handsomely. The dispatches gave US in
| formation several days ago that Hans
] brough. OF North Dakota. had been favored
| by a curious freak OF fortune. One OF
| his own lovely Dakota bliZZards had stalled
| two or three railroad trains on which
| some of his bitterest antagonists Were
| endeayoriug to travel to the State capital
| This was jolly, indeed Whether these
| opponents reached the scene Of conflict
| or not, Hansb roughhas now pulled through;
! and as the gentleman was once an ad-
venturSome printer, who did not hesitate to
F! travel from town to town for work when
| he absolutely required it, and as he has
never put on a frll in his life, no matter
what his success may have been. who
| shouldn't wish him continued success?
| "A good many are making the pretty
| common but not very natural mistake Of
| supposing that because the Hon. Boes
| Penrose, who is to succeed Mr.. Cameron
| in the Senate, is rather young and had not
| been heard of nationally So very much,
| possibly he was a bright fellow, but prob
ably not remarkable in any way. 1 know
| him. and he is remarkable. For one thing,
/ he graduated from Harvard College away
| up in his class. and, spite of the common
| impression to the contrary, that is some
| thing. Still better, he was one of the
| worst mathematical fiends chat they ever
| turned out at Cambridge. He took to
| politics naturally; and for that reason Sen
| ator Quay took to Penrose naturally. Pen
| rose was brilliant, true, practical, genuine.
| Mr.. Quay liked him for all these things
and, of course, Boies Penrose liked Mr..
Quay, Penrose is brilliant scholar, an
| impassioned orator, and practical up
and-up politician. He knows the ward as
| well as the legislative caucus, and is
| deep, persistent inGuistor into public af
| fairs. This is not written to puff Pen
l
notion that he is in any danger whatever
of Disappointing any new-found friends in
| the United States Senate.
/ l do not know that there is any great
| future in store for Harold Marsh Sewau,
| son OF Mr.. Bryan's late running mate on
the regular Democratic ticket. But Maine
is a curious and pretty fine old State. where
public men, and especially Senators and
| Representatives., are permitted TO grow
| gray, or at least to grow bald, in the ser
vice of their country. Sewall is pretty
fine sort of chap, and SO far as attention
can be attracted in the Pine Tree State
legislature, to which he has just been
elected, he will doubtless attract it. He
is talker and a student. and in his recent
evolution from Democrat and the son o1
Democrat into an anti yard man and
| then Elaine man and now a Republican, D,
1 he is just as likely to have been brave and
sincere as he is to have been disappointed
about something.