Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07

and re,nsi,,, arnvci about 4 o'clo~S
tor rnla,,.ns unill the ANAL hour ~.
thur IL 80 l found President A.
from VIA, n',' different sort Of man
.n, = supposed him "a H. I ~
u pohucian, not too scr,,,,,,..
ssru 70 political fnattrre a.
.onuhry, ! found him 10 h. on =, ~
,noa youiieous and Intelligent sen,s.s
a,,t, cner met lie WAS evidcn,,~
Ill.,, WI educated and derldc-i,v
~. "'sut; lie VAS the son OF n Mia
,snsh, when a young man MAJ
haa5" a, soi N lac Dutch nelxhbur-
amusing accounts Of tho eh,r.e'. ,sns
eharactcristica of those nrcnie ~ ~
t.emcd almost as much Al h,,,.a - -
n hia,',ta as Washington ir,inr IA
neeh In his knlckerhroel., III. n.e
ne mentioned a curona aror. H
Dnieh 70 abbrcviate a chfistlsn ,.n.s
with the last syllable only, pro,n ~
Nu'"in. Ties Tor Matthias and cisa.
t,,i,, "..,aus' we four sat around
"a w,lete mere were cigar. wines
ana other liquors. The Preslasn, a~l
UT, Noorncoa drank rothins III ,, ~
ana very little % that. hui the men,
ner or the House mixed hls d,l,ts ~,
became quite cunvltiai. th.n hti.s.,,..s
then lost bis head. and ilte &C.,.
tppkc parrot and dlacourerf svs,f,a
WIN MS own shadow. The pferldcn,
showed NE tact and ro,ltsne,s he
..chilhs not 10 notice tho condition u
We eongi.ssmani In the convcrratlon
'N 'Nsilns, Mr voorhees, appeared
70 ~ great advantage ~ / ever sa~
him. lie was one u tho i,est eonx.e.
hauonhlltt. EVER know, and a. n
fheonteur ! never knew hla equal sts
Ind nnn verbal memory and /. f,,..
or Witty anecd0tc stuck In hls ten,'
cioue memory like a burr. lie ma
learned number Of these frum M.
personal friends IN the south, and h.
gave them With the utmost fidelity of
detail. and a perfect Initiation q the
southern prnNinclalinm Al this was
new 10 the President and h. enioyef ii
heartily, At his request Mr. voorhees
related the particulars Of the John h.
.ook trial for murder and treason I'm
NlrEinla. and his Interview with oli
iohn Hfuwn and Cook. This narrative
was related In such a mastefly and
eloquent manner. such a. have ne,sr
seen IN print. that the President was
evidently deeply Impressed. VOORHEES,
was alno asked about the action II
,onrfcss IN 1851 In rejecting him fruna
tho House 81 Representatives In cons
tested election caie. The senator ravs
a full account N the proceedings Ia
Eeiher VITA the Interview h. had with
Thaddrus steven. immsilately after
wards, who unblushingiy admitted that
the decision was wrong and cintfnfy 10
the evidence. Upon what principle then.
dl1 yuu do ~. Asked Voorhees, ny
the rule q do H." replied stevens III
was military necessity. The war WAS
over, the storm had scbside.i. but the
waves were Htill rolling r'-N and va
needed all the votes we colll Est for
recgnatfuction." Thereupon The Prcsl-
dent fead a few PAGES from the book
he had been perusinE whlcf ACCORDED
exactly with Mr. voorhe-. narrnflv..
although he had never seen the book.
Your correspondent having from buy
hood been well acquainted with rensior
Voorhees,. aud having met him In
WaahinEton almost every day for sew
ernl years bcfofe his death deems ID 10
be a duty and an act " justice 10 sfats
some facts. that entirely exonernfe Mr..
VOORHEES, frum the lmputaiion %
neglect and inEfptltuie 10 many Of hls
old friends. The truth Il TIA, Tor sons
ten year before his death, h. wa very
much afflicted. Among other things hs
had rheumatism. which often - Grip
pied him that he Naa unable 10 walk
~ the steps o. the departments ana
ever since the fall 81 isss he wus IN c1n-
slant apprehension Of sudden death.
from disease of the heart. Al the date
last naiaed. he came very near falling
In the street from angina pectnri.. and
had 90 be- helped In n drug store by q
friend. where rcsioratlves were applied.
During the latter years u his life. HE
Impaired health meaaufably prevented
his practice at the bar. which had for
merly added constantly 10 his Income.
/ His correspondence was Immense. 20
u II 80 l1safa.aaII.Ia Naa
with the AID II clerk. 10 answer one
tenth Of the letters he received. soms-
TIMES. during his spells Of inilspoxltion.
bushels u letters would accumulate.
Mr. Nonfheca at his best. IN the young
~ days. was the Idol II hts party
/ friends. and he had way u graphing
them 10 him ~ with hooks u steel. 20
that each man felt that Dan" was de-
voted 20 him llke brother and would
favor him above all others This
worked very we'll for a long time. but
when The Democrats elected Preri-
/ dent. trouble came. There were not
Offices enough 10 ~ around. Sometimes
there would BE- Ton applicants for tho
same position. and when one was ap-
/ pointed. tho other nine who were ieft
out. felt that they had been badly
treated Prom his youth up. Mr. voor-
heea was subject 70 flts ~ melancholy.
| The loss ~ his wife witch came ten
years before biz own death. wa. q
heavy blow 10 a man q hi- senslbiiltics.
and h. had not The fortitudc 20 resist
giving away 10 gloom and dependency.
hut h. n now gone. and long viii u be
ore the banks n the Wabash shall
echo with words VI such eloquence.
pathoH and force.
tThe blaze Of wit, the Fash Of bright.
Intelligence,
The beam ~ social sioluence, sunk with
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