The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-15

torneys. The lobby has not yet gathered
itself together, and what its future course
will be is conjectural The chances are that
it will be as anxious to have a conclusive
departmental decision now as it has hereto
fore been to prevent such action. It would
seem that it's only means of extricament
from the dilemma which now confronts it
will be by first clearing the decks for con-
gressional action, which may give 1t fair
show with American roads for through
business from coast to coast.
.
The new controller of the treasury, ex-
Representative Tracewell, of Indiana, halls
from Corydon, the first capital of that State
and once the capital Of the Northwestern
territory He lives in the old Walter Q.
Gresham home stead and his house nestles
in the shades Of the great sugar naples
which were planted by the late secretary of
state about fifty years ago. II knew Judge
Gresham very intimately" said the control
Ter a day or two ago, and l loved him
like father. 1t was his custom for many
years to make annual visits to the old
home and on those occasions he was al
ways my guest. 1t seemed to give him
great delight to sit in an easy chair under
one of the naples in the lawn. Nobody
has a better right he said to me one day,
for I planted every one of these trees my
self, brought the saplings from nursery,
dug the holes and put them into the ground.
L watched their growth tenderIy a
woman would the progress of a rose-bush
and as time advanced became greatly at
tached to them
Mr.. Tracewell is a tall, athletic man, with
black hair and heavy black mustache. He
is very easy in his manners and is one of
the most approachabIe men in the Treasury
Department. Like his chief, President Nc
Kinley, he believes in rubbing elbows and
crossing palms with his fellow-citizens He
is accounted a good lawyer and has already
made a favorable impression with those
who have business with his office.
Senator Santa Claus" Stewart of Me-
vada can, with difficulty, restrain himself
from joining one OF the many Klondike ex-
petitions and starting out personally in the
pursuit of gold. The senator is veteran
prospector and one of the original argO-
nauts who left their impress on the history
of the early mining development of the Pa
ciic coast. He is seventy years DID, yet his
step is as sprngy as that of young man,
and despite his snow-white hair and long
hoary beard there is an air of youthful
vigor about him remarkable in one of his
years. This may be accounted for however,
by the fact that he keeps in constant train
ing and every morning gives about an hour
of his time to q course of gymnastics in
room fitted up especially for that purpose
in his house. He swings dumb bells and In
dian clubs, punches the bag, pulls on
rowing machine and goes through a regular
course of exercises, concluding the per-
Torrance with a cold plunge. He says he
expects to live to be a hundred years old.
Like his friend, Coils Z. Huntington pres
ident Of the Southern Pacific Railroad,
Senator Stewart likes to talk about his
wonderful physical strength when in his
prime. Mr.. Huntington, who is now nearly
eighty years old, was, in his day &C
counted the strongest man in California.
The only member OF the House of Repre-
sentatives who has been left out entirely
in committee assignments is Mr. Henry, of
Texas. The omission was accidental. The
only time in the memory of this generation
that a speaker has Intentionally left men,
Der of the House entirely off the commit
tees was in the case of Sunset Cox, Of
| New York Mr.. Cox was a candidate for
| speaker against Mr.. Randall, of Pennsyl-
| vania, and the contest became so personal
| that the two men learned to hate each
| other cordially, and when the speakership
was conferred upon the Pennsylvania he
refused to assign the distinguished New
York member to q place on any of the
committees ignoring him entirely. This
piece of revenge added nothing to the luster
of Mr.. Randalls reputation.
w G. NICHOLAS,