The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-05-01

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was to be held that day as soon as SEN
ator voorhees, could sbe found to attend
He said he could mot and him.
laughed and told Mr.. German the situa-
tion. I explained to him that the In
diana senator was actually in hiding to
keep away from the crowd OF Indiana
patriots whom he had invited in hun
dred stump speeches to come down and
see how he would fix them up at the
pie counter. He then asked me If had
any idea where could reach him with
message. I told him to sit down and
write four notes to- him and would
give three into the hands of riding pages
and send them out to scour the city
and departments and would take the
other myself and Try to find him.
knew that old C.. r. Faulkner knew
where he was, but was too good friend
to give him away. started out to find
Faulkner. In about an hour got track
Of: him, also hid, but managed to get
word to him that Mr.. German must see
his senator at once. This brought him
out, but only to dodge again into the
room where the committee was meeting
and, there he remained until the crowd
got away. =
He was more annoyed by these appli-
cants than most men would be, for he
had not the power to; say no to anybody.
Harrison could turn. a man off as coolly
as he would turn his old horse out to
pasture. But VOORHEES, could not do it.
Very soon after this he had it given
out. that his health was so preoarious
that he had, under the advice Of his
physician, gone to Hot Springs for his
health: The evening train took back
a good many hot Democrats to Indiana.
but when he was up for senator again he
got larger majority In the legislature
than he had ever received before. But
he never went over the state again COM
pairing himself with Ben Harrison as a
heavyweight champion Once distribu-
tor.
One could fill a good sized volume
with anecdotes of his Kindness. He was
continually doing some kind thing.
was custodian of the boxes which are
supplied to senator's. three each session,
to send home books snd papers which
accumulate during theBession. He new
er came to me for his boxes that was
not forced to notify him that he had
given them away before they were due
him. At first I was careful to file his
orders, but soon found that he never
disputed my word about It, and never
called for the evidenca.s One Of the fin
est specimens of highly seasoned. ora,
tory that I ever heardk dkhfm deliver was
tribute in memory of the religious side
Of Gen. Logan's character, the occasion
being the setting up of a tablet in the
Metropolitan M. F.: church at Washing
ton. -.
About the time Newman was raise;l
to the bishopric, Mr., Logan had asked
him to preside on the occasion of this
memorial service: Voorhees, and Reed
and some other big guns were down for
speeches. Reed succeeded in making a
very good but very short speech. He
admitted to me after1ard that he did
not know what to say: and rather hesi-
tated about giving me- a corrected copy
of it which I wanted for the Journal.
voorhees, was under no such difficulty.
He poured out such spontaneous flow
of tribute to the religious worth of our
lately deceased friend, the soldier
statesman, that we would have cheered
him to the echo II it had not been in a
church. The speech was characteristic
of the man. He did like to say kind
things of everybody. He liked to do
kind acts. He liked religion. He could
not we'll be religious himself, but he
wanted everybody else to be. think
his children are most Of them connected
with the Catholic Church. I recall no
important legislation which he was au-
thor of. In early, life he was a protec-
Zionist in sentiment, and never, after his
party had pronounced unanimously
against protection ali q principle to be
followed in establishing tariff rates did
he wholly coincide With it, although as
a loyal party man hssacted as though
he believed their doctrine. Few men in
our history have had 20 long service and.
none who came from what is proverbial-
ly a doubtful state.'. No matter how
Indiana might go in other years, it was
always for him on those years in which
he was a candidate.
A Youghait $kon4nee.
A young girl named Nora Abernethy,
who at one time acted as barmaid at
one of the Youghal BoIeis, has been the
subject of romantic: Incident. On leav-