The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13
LIGHT ON PUBLIC TOPICS.
A CHAT WITH SENATOR GEORGE
GRAY OF DELAWARE.

Sugar Trust Inquiry ana the ProceedinEn
for Conterapt-Ths RarIy History and Ole
Families or Deiaware-The nayards,
WASHINGTON, June IAN evenings in.
formal talk with Senator Gray shed light upon
several matters old and new. He is one OF the
easy, handsome, gentle bred men OF the Senate,
with an unconscious strength never hsIshly
exerted. and q fine stature which mover poses
His retention Of his place 10 said In Delaware 70
he without seeking. He seems 10 be without
hobbies, and to exert the influence Of q respect
for others which Is In q strong man the eQulva-
lent OF sclf.respect.
George Gray was born at Newcastle. the
Plymouth Rock Of the Delaware, Mry !, 1910.
his father In that year being made happy In q
pon and n whiF President, w. H. Harrison.
1is father. Andrew Caldwell Gray. was n leg
islator and a promoter OF education in the State.
and was one Of his sons law proceptors, father
and son graduating ut Princeton; the son thcn
won't to Harvard Law School,
From 1868 to 1879, sixteen years, Senator
Gray had no offices. He then became Attorney.
General Of Delaware and went to Cincinnati TO
assist to nominate T. +. Bsyard in 1880. Four
yoars later he was in tho Chicago Convention, OF
which n result was Bayerd's v~acating his Senate
seat. Ever since Mr.. Gray has been Senator.
He is six feet two in height. but only looks toll
when somebody is by him, n proof Of harmo-
NOUS proportion. He wears no beard, but q
nustache, and is dark-haired, stands straight,
.-c,,or.nt h.. a An. h.,d Witch "a MT .howv
ard COOS ohout his bu.,res. az .o5ote,v With tho
,o,t - ro,th IT,, he x,,,ht r.. .ho o,nt,.
wm shakesnoaro amorr them who ,tr,t ana
%, WOW ,ha staao
apm.aa l. - ,
about his descent from the man who owned the
Blue Hens Chickens In the Revolution.
"rbot IVA. INV grondf,thor,s broth.ri, .Ia1v
Jaboz Caldwell 7 am not desc.rdcd from tho
man N whom vou rofcr. hnt nv greot.gr,rd.
fotber,s ,vifo va. n C,,d,vou ~ thc somo family
os Iabev Caldwell, ,vho ,v..,n omc.r In m, moi.
oyvore limo durirr ,bo p.yolrtionnrv war ava
Tho Iseerd "a that bo ovnod and ,o,rht n hrood
of gamoc bickeps that gave tho NAME NJ Rlpo
Hen's Cbickcns n that Gallant regiment and
afterward was apnlied to tho people Of tho state.
INV. nu.ms a .pp.0a n ~ p @Dpn ., u'sa ne.
becca Rodgers, daughter of Col. John Rodgers
of Hartford county. Maryland. Two Of his sons
were Commodore George Rodgers and Commo-
dore John Rodgers OF the war OF 1872"
peiaware mas had Duponts' mcpohouRh.
ana Jones among her naval peoplef
81 have a letter to my father from commo-
ooro yonh rodgers wheh inc latter was naval
Commissioner after the second war; saying I
mail iN"' ofi " 'no eu'eeque"' auhiirai
.i",amt o,.u, S'. a. u noran ~" atp.o Vas was a aa n as
courts before he entered the navy. In those
days a maritime career on the Delaware River
was paramount among worldly careers"
You did not finish as to the Blue Hens
Chickens"
...rh. D.,,vor. roo;r,.nt tool, ono ,.;o,o..
with them to the camps, in particular the COM
rororv ocnonrts ,oraht al dar ~, ,n.un.
,hiekeps all nirbt. This snpears to "h havO 'b besr
Especially the case in the South. under Greene,
h they woro c,uod fror, ,ho ,,r.in =, 80
% .nes were .n yaa.ep ua rom shS sIra'h OF thelr
tredoubtable regiment, set down bv Ramsev,
The historian. who wss s,rgeon :, Tho son,t'
s ssn aln Arn Ss f Iss e %oss sl%sasnI ki in sns co ~s.
revering officers We had" VIC ''Au per
which two Delaware men would be sent to
olars Of the state ~ :" "s eA'"
~ never Thought of TINT ouestion. porb. N.
the frat james 4. BayaEd would b regarded Is
who 10 fond Of old books and estimony recently
brought me a book With an anecdoto Of James
fennsTIVaSia and 4 m psnpiTsdp tbe ee dsMsbfs ron ~
RIchard Basel the Chief man IN ~ stat oi
o %nsso nSsacS. naa nb oef bid iS 9o nv ns, OF me Meth,
from the storms Of ContinentaII var and sStsr.
ward OrQanize6 fha EniRCnna1 Math0dtaf Chnp,h
~ parrett'a . hanai II RsIar1a Thnn a.a
cot on conyertinR Baynrd also who Was az tbe
WhiteSeId or Preshxtertan hio. ~ we tthhes
2reachers made a dead set At him IN in t IN tamiIv
praver Alter tScv ali aross grnm Hth,T Snacs
r. ward vailed mn and down snms I'm. nnS
finally going mn 10 The nreacber ssid. MI: ~
RlanE wby do ron ehaEs yonr s,inhu. HI.
over me I" This sssomed to strike Mr.. &oar ""at'
.syn, we're * sirmSn ~ 3ha con,no,,to"t ~
vesti0ate The alleged sugar tay couna;ons ~, " III
THAT unpopulSr committee work I had IN as.
nuue nv Sirect;on ~ fha Senota Ill., =" ~ W q >
had been made nv nv a rorpesnondeD Of n PhfIa'
deInbio ne,vsnaner easinst nonocrst ~; + Ss.nnanttntrn,
In cnnnect,op Hith fhn srDer SchodUi ooen II trs
then pepdina Tariff biiI STbia was IN INC o. = t ne
ofIsd1 Tba Dsmncrati ~ ~ ~ W. ~ ~ ~ tnE Sprrhg
Committee were especially assailed. and Il wa
cbar1od nv he corresnnnJen t thot th ~ "
scheSnIe had heen snhstsntieIiy anrso5 Sn ~ uf ba
tween oficera nj the SuGar iTr,ist aud NJ pTiaUa
lana sbnarS W. panaS;ct's roeSt an iu = SLo.S
OF 1893: and that the Secsretsrv Of Inc TressnrT
Mr. CarlisIe had dnring the nenSencr a. tSs.
6iii in The Senate visited tho bemncrsf c me =,
berg Of The Finance Cnnmittc 90 in The canjtoI ",
night, secretly. while The sugar ~ maenafes We a
IN The nd ioining room and t6at he ~ Si;s,a " as
anred nam that tba Sn ~ ; 1 Trrs ~ n.ar hnas as
care Of in consideration Tor The cont rim tian,
mads Nv II IN the clection IN m 500 q oohu'oueoh
N.snr " ~ u 'A' SS,i" va ia g