The Southern herald., 1899-08-18

mention of his able and astute private
secretary.
"Then there was brilliant Mccarthy,
who left the Cincinnati Enquirer TO be-
come private secretary to Millionaire
Leland Stanford, the California senator.
Mccarthy wrote speeches which made
Stanford's utterances in the senate re-
spectacle. He attended to all of his
senatorial business so that the people
of California were as well served nn
though they had real senator with
brains for craftsmanship. But when
Stanford died he left not penny and
not even word Of thanks for poor
Mccarthy.
"Have you forgotten Frank Fenniken,
the physical and intellectual giant who
carried the -hnrllens OF stateSmanshin
for Senator Plumb, of Kansas, for II
years? Have you forgotten that Frank
Flenniken attended TO all Of the corre'
spondence, looked after all of the APP
pointments, and took care of the rou-
tine work on Capitol hill, for Plumb?
Well, when Plumb died suddenly Hrs
will contained no mention of Flenniken,
and that faithful fellow was out OF q
job. Because of the chaotic condition
of the affairs Of the late senator, II be-
came necessary for Mrs. Plumb to em-
ploy Flenniken to assist in settling up
the estate. But when that work was
done Flenniken was sent adrift.
"Look all over the list. Tickle your
memory and you will fecall score or
more of good men who have been splen-
did private secretaries, and who have
all received the same kind OF treat
ment. tell you, the big men have little
,rs,s.t -svI-,,Iv- iiUrio TeiIows who serve
them and help TO keep them great in
public opinion, as well as in their own
opinion.
think of Irwin b. Linton, who served
Associate Justice Field for almost 30
years, who grew gray and almost back
number while he followed Justice Field
like a faithful lackey up TO the time Of
his death. He was the confidential pri-
vate secretary of the richest man on the
supreme court. But when Justice Field
died he left will in which Linton was
wholly ignored. But Justice Field left
$500 to his colored body servant. Think
of that! The black man who carried
coffee, ice-water and Cruel to the old
man was of more consequence TO him
than the man of trained intellect who
did great deal of bis thinking for him
in the years Of his decrepitude.
"If these instances are not enough,
let me remind you of old man Fitch,
whom you used to know well. lie
worked for Senator Sawyer, of Wis
consin, the millionaire. He looked after
Sawyer's pension business so carefully,
consistently and diligently that Saw
yer got the reputation of passing more
private pension bills than any two other
senator's. Well, when Millionaire Saw,
yer left the senate be left Fitch witk
out a job, and without hope of 80
because Fitch was too old to 'aA'
job p,
Mr.. Haig was asked TO tey ysonle'i',ns lem.
about the method purS,,eu ~ senator senator
ingalls, in prepariye his celebrated
sneeches for deliye.y in the senate, and
hn ronlied. "I rave given you enough
| now for one sfter. II you win come to
see me s1fhe Sunday afternoon, and
stav 10 supper, will tell you some in
tere,6ng things about ingalls,, in ~
light of his fame; some things srea-
hfable to him, and also credita)se 10 ms
able private secretary.
What Fred Haig will teil on that line
will be exceedinglg lntefesting to the
writer. and also toeyerE reader.
SMITH D. FRY.