Arizona republican., 1898-03-16

 afternoon when the talk contained no differences as might sometimes be the case when discussing them and meas ures that shaped our national politics, he being thoroughly imbued with the Hamilton, and I equally SO with the Jefferson Madison political faith.
 But he was ready to recognize meri- torious acts of teachers whose doc trines he might not follow, and quick to apprehend forceful speech or a we'll rounded period from whatever source proceeding.
 As with most men of his school, Henry Clay was one of his idols once while with him before the magni- ficent statue of Clay in the rotunda of the Louisville court house, l re- marked that, when a boy, I was pres ent at it's unveiling. and rec1ted to him an eloquent expression of the orator of the occasion in eulogy of MT. Clay, which I thought equal to any thing that ever came from the lips of the or iginal of the marble. It seemed to inn press him greatly, and he requested me | to repeat it again that he might fix 1t in his mind.
 1 Many of his commentators have laid 1 so great stress upon his capacity for work. and described him as such an incessant toiler, and as so devoted to laborious employment and the exer- else of severe mental activity, that those unfamiliar with his private life might imagine he could find enjoy ment in nothing else, which is far from the truth.
 | He was pre-eminently domestic in his tastes, and sentimental in the best sense; and, if he was too busy to find enjoyment for himself, he managed with superb adroitness to give happi- ness and delight to others.
 No prettier home picture could be witnessed than a group of children his own and perchance others clus- tered about him, hearing, by the hour, quaint and amusing stories, read or told; nor could the elders, looking on, say which was the jollier, the chair man or his infantile audience.
 Writing to my wife, from Washing ton soon after the inauguration, with characteristic unreserve and thought fulness of all, and referring to his great interest in the welfare of Arizona he says, "because I have a nephew and niece (our little ones) there, who may one day play big part in that future great 'state'' And of his own, you should see them swarm around me when I get home, and strive in every way to make me happy. With such a wife and such children as God has blessed me with, even politics couldn't make man altogether bad, nor give him reason to be miserable" eff I can stand the strain of this life and steer clear of both it's eXcesses and wickedness I feel sure I shall succeed
 He found leisure to gather beautiful souvenirs wherever he went and col lect many books and documents, among them some rare volumes and papers. One of his pleasing fads was to have some original writing of each of the presidents-not mere auto graphic collection of signatures, but manuscript embodying the thought, and conveying to the reader an inn pression of the mental trend of the writer; and when I last saw him he had something from all of the presi- dents. except one; and knowing him as plete when he died.
 And when occasionally he came for a rest to my mothers home in Ken lucky he would bring them, or other curious and interesting things, along, and night after night so en- certain mother and Cousin would forget to be sleepy, and sit up long after their accustomed hour. The days he passed largely in rambling about the country place, or driving over the neighborhood in the exquisite enjoyment of rustic pictures and rural scenery. But true to his na- ture, the very first thing, on his first visit, that he wished to do, and did do, was to see the childhood home (some forty miles distant) of Abraham Lin coin.
 It was needless to say that every member of the family-old and young, white and colored-loved him; or that his departure for his field of labor in Ohio always came too soon, and left it's shadow of regret over the entire l household.
 Such incidents, though devoid of any 1 interest to the public, I mention as, in a measure, illustrative of the exceed ing gentleness of the man, and the 1 loveliness of his character.
 A toiler, yes. I can well bear wit ness, knowing something of his earlier struggles, when oft times wearied out with work until the dawn, he would fall asleep without removing his cloth ing, and be at the newspaper office at the regular and usual hour. And la 1 ter on, when a devoted wife and little ones made glad his home, he might, it 1t true, on returning at evening after a weeks absence at his Columbus of flee. pause in the sitting room only long enough to give each an affection ate greeting and then pass to the Ii- 1 brary and take down a book of refer ence before taking chair, and go right to work while h1s subject was fresh in his mind But that does not prevent his little children, who had 'listened