Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13

OF Mut'u VIII W lNunh VI lhNtiNtA ~
this time The sketch was written by
one who has known him for many
years.
when Senator quay returned from
Florida for the conspiracy trial before
judge liddiu. IN Philadelphia. he was
suffering from his old enemy. insomnia.
to which he has been subject ever since
the prolonged strain of the nfst Harfi-
ron campaign. He was pale. his eye
was iustrcieHs and he had the manner
and appearance Of one who had come to
consider the Niciaaitudcr Of public life
to be greater than It's rccDmpcnsc.
A. soon ~ IA" contest VI the thai bc.
gan his appearance underwent one of
those sudden changes which the people
% Pennsylvania have 20 often noted In
him. said Israel Durham. Insurance
commissioner aud leader " the quay
forces In Philadelphia. the other day.
quay IL a wonder. lie has bccomc
Interested In the trial ana his intcrert
has acted like ~ stlmuiant. lie IL sleep.
Ing soundly. For years after the ilar-
fiaOn campaign sleep refused 10 come
10 him until daylight His appetite has
returned. His color II good. HE eye
bright aud be looks younger by many
years than he looked before the trial
began"
70 marked has been his change that
nll the Philadelphia newspapers oppOa-
"a to him have commented upon H.
In this matter Of physical appearance
there are at all seasons several Quaya
~ the same person. one day he looks
like the typical conservative Pcnnsyi-
Nanin farmer. careless na To clothes.
n sort OF Innocent wondcrmcnt express.
cd IN his manner. 10 he appeared way
back In tho elEhtlca when he aroac To
address the chair In Harrisburg state
convention, twirilng n soft hat bash
fully In his hands ms he hcslta;inRly
phraHcd his point In almost inhudiblc
other time on the varnc DAY. thcr- Il
another quay, well clad. drbonair. even
youthful and jaunty In manner In
William Wilson" Poe showed his read.
crH two men IN one. the original Of all
modern ric,chcs like s,cvcnnon's Or.
In AIR. Quay there rccm to b. many
men. one Of whom II the man ~ books.
The story has been told that itudynrd
Kipling In his younger days went out
90 beaver TO write for m English pub
LEGATION sketch ~ the fcnnsyivanla
hoes !, II not dificult To imagine what
Mr.. kipiinR expected 60 md. ~ the
ncnyor home Of Quay the since famous
author was urhcrcd into the best pfi.
waite library In tho State Of rcnnsyi.
vanin. The conversation. instead ~
throwing ilght upon political pulls
and the methods ~ bossiHm, was lei by
QUAY 10 The literature u the old world.
and that theme In iia personal and
artistic aspects was discussed by the
two with such complete sympathy Tint
the visitor after he came away never
carried out his original purpose.
Quay and his book nre almost IN.
Al 50 HNHaIHn
political gathering. The present writ
er has never quite recovered from a
shock ~ surprise experienced durinH
the closing hours ~ "A session of the
prnnsylvnnia legislature during tho
frrt term of Robert y, fnttlson a.
governor n was Ions after nidniHhi,
and therc we're rumorn that Quay was
ciosetrd nomewherc with leading RE-
publican members deciding the fate OF
several Important bills. 10 decide tho
matter I went H. the isuchlol hutel ana
sent my ca "a M 60 Senator quay
room. Immediately word was freriNsi
20 come ~. ON cnicitls the tom. az
ter knocking, found Colonel quay N
his night clothes In bed, a lamp az ms
head. and the Inevitable half read book
In his hand, with not rign ~ u sim
gle uonnpifator anywhere about,
Thlty-ncVen years age Colonel quay
was compelled by an attack Of typhoid
fever TO rvrlHn MS command OF lfhh-
Hylyanla regiment. Thirty years nRo
New York life Insurance company re-
fused 60 insure his life bccaufc Of his
family history, his father and mother,
his brothers aud sisters all having died
from consumption. and because OF his
own tendency toward the same disease.
Ills surgeon told him he would die M
the fool dies. II. suffering nH he was
from the effects " typhoid fever, he
should, after rcslFnlng his commission
NJ colonel, carry out his purpose Of go-
inH into the battle 81 Fredericksburg ~
volunteer aid. quay stayed 20 fiRht
and won from congfvFh the modal OF
honor for conspicuous bravery.
In 1855 the doctors told him he would
die n he took charge OF the Harrison
campaign. His state OF health has
given cause for hope over and over
Drain to his political opponents IN
pennsyivanla. and To men ambitious 10
succeed him In the Senate. For many
months after Hnrflaon's election quay
himself thought hia health was irrr-
parahiy broken, 20 that In him N pre-.
scented the physical contradiction OF
fechlenesH and ~ strength, that has IN
creased with the Fcrnt Of battle,
Quay came by his f0ndness for books
legimnieiy enough, His father was
Presbyterian minister His great
Grandfather, who was a major IN the
Continental army. was In early life
school teacher. After Quay himself bad
Graduated from Jefferson college, IN
Pennsylvania, he went TO Teshs 10