Arizona republican., 1899-08-25


as cold and hard as steel His smooth
sstaven face s a mask He looks as il
he could hear his own death sentence
without moving a muscle or letting his
Ieye-isls drop.
Gcebsl is nCr 2 Kentuckian. He is y
Pennsylvania Dutchman. This is one
reason. perhaps. why he is not liked.
R5 dTifted naturally into politics and
has served for several terms IN the
state senate All sorts of stories are
told Of his legislative career, many of
them not to his cred.t. He has always
posed as the fee of corporations and
the friend of the people. His enemies
lmpugn lis motives and say that his
wealth-he is said to be worth 5000 900
has been acquired through question
abs means. HIS adherents swear that
he Is an h0ne<L man. One tnIng, how
ever, IS agreed upon bv al His nor
dinate ambition is universally conced-
sd. In the furtheIance of this ambi-
i en- he would sweep all things aside
rs the housemaid brushes the crumbs
from the table. He is relentless in
achieving his object. HIS manner CT
securing ths gubernGtor.al nomination
At Louisville indicated his character
and methods. That, however, was the
climax His course before had made
Tim ins1ume-able enemies; but when
! he rcGe roughsn9d over az entire con
/ VenoOn he famed the smoking fax of
resentment into = flame.
/ N Kentucky I find that GoebeI is
/ likened 10 German and 10 David B.
Hi He resembles German somewhat
in features and il his qui5t manner.
He is a good listener. His face is as
in-c9ssive While he listens as though
it were cut n marble. He has Cor
mans wonderful equipo:se, his same
quiet f0Tcefulness of manner. In poll
tiCal methods he has Germans shrewd-
ness and sightFduess. without Cor
mans faculty Of aki1g friends. Goe-
bel manages his own machine He
never trusts the lines to some other
driver. He takes 10 one inrO his con-
fd=nce. He tells each of his Eeuten-
ants only what is absolutely necessary
fer that lieutenant TO know. At the
Louisville convention he sat upon the
stege, surveying the field, tightening
his grasp. trusting nothing to anybody.
This has always been his practice 1t
is enc of the secrets Of his SUCCESS
Coebel is IKE Hill in his bachelor
heed. He may not be a woman hater,
but he does not care FOR feminine so
c;Ety. He likes 10 live by himself. At
the same Zine, ne is a man who would
get married as : cold business p-0p0-
s:ticn # he thought such a step would
1:d him in his future ambitions. In
deed. one CT his friends told me a lit
t.s incident which illustrates this very
Ec31t II happened over q year ago.
when Goebel's name had arily 55en
mentioned IN connection with the gov
eT1oTship.
Z want to be governor" sad Gee
bel. 'Hand I think 1 had better find Z
wife
Pretty and rich and educated?"
queried his friend.
Coed locking? Yes sad Goeaal, |
deliberately weighing the advantages !
and dI5 aQvaltsg = of rs PIP zeG /
step. THAT would hep me. Richz |
No. II wcuidn. 6e polite 80 have 4 |
rich wife. Educated? Well sad !
Goebel. 4 would rather have her know |
more of politics than anything else"
One would naturally suppose thar 4 |
lawyer with \ pr8cCice said 10 be Worth /
S50, 900 a year wculd have a large CT !
srenogIuphers. Goebel > not built I
that way His office IN C0vington s /
a small. plainly furnished room. with |
an old desk in the center. He has no /
assistant Every paper which he files /
in court 5 prepared by mis- own hands |
He works N loneliness. He lives |
pretty much IN the same way. He |
boards IL = li..le ssc0Ed-s50ry back |
room n a house that did not cost over
81 800 to build. and his room has not
much more furniture than a hermit's
csll.
As lawyer GcebeI's specially is
damage suits. 1t has been wittily said
that when an unfortunate victim of
railroad accident iOsss an arm or a leg
Goebel is always willing TO share lis
loss. He is effective before 4 jury
There is reason for the almost violent
which the Louisville and
Nashville road is manifestilg against
him. GCebel has cost that road more
money than any other man in the
STATE. One case in particular is re-
called. A woman in Newport Ian N
front of q Louisville and Nashville
switch engine to save a child. The
latter was killed, the woman had her
skull fractured. G3ebel secured S15,-
900 damages for the chiId's death md
ST, 500 damages for the woman's in
juries. The award was taken to .he
court of appeals on the ground that t
was excessive, but it was affirmed.
Goebel, of course, Pocketed a hand
some contingent fee.
Goebel does no: drink. smoke. or
chew. He occasionally goes to the
theater, preferring a variety show,
nd when he lays aside his mask IS
said 30 be a good companion. He is
not without a sense of humOr. Some
Of his repartees in the legislature have
shown him to be a good fencer with
words, but generally he is as cold
blooded in his speeches as in every
thing else He had a tilt once with
Qeboe, now United States senator. A
member of the Legislature had dIsd
while 5allOting for senator was n
progress, and Goebel urged a postpone
nent of further voting. Deboe pressed
him for reason. Il want no republi-
IAN to so to the senate" replied Goe-