The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-03-04
| THE PASSING TnRONG.

nan Gillette OF San Antonio was
IN the potables whom Houston's
bg throng caught in its tide this
Now. Dan Gillette. as his old New
&friends would call him. will no doubt
TO seeing himself set down In
type as notable. but notable he
beless is. despite that mcdesty
Is his enduring charm. But for tho
hat a reporter OF The Post VINO
something OF his history. happened
n in on him. he might have slipped
he lobby OF the Capitol hotel and
ain unknown aud undiscovered.
,nsuished by that delicious COM
thai clings to the thorough gentle-
nd man of travel and experience,
ural perfume to natural DOVER,
fsiIlette is a treasure mine to the
aner reporter. when once he is
II by courteous inquiry into rem
N humor. Asked as to his Inn
ms of Texas simply by way OF In
tlon he told story full of interest
uaint humor and OF a time when
with her sister States, was in
kroes of civil war.
hy. Texas is grand. l didn't think
bme thirty odd years ago. when l
Federal prisoner in Confederate
de at Tyler. your political Mecca.
now. and have shown it by making
my home"
YOU know" he continued. that
~ the pleasures, as we'll as one Of the
ST losses sustained by me during
ockade experience, was due to the
ttal Thomas p. Ochiltree? The
|Hare was in knowing the man. The
Al will tell you about. | had a pair
gloves, the sole reminder of better
n in New York, and the only pair
MAS, very likely, at that time. OF
Il soldier, and particularly cap
soldier, had no use for kid gloves,
~ priced them as young wife her
Ing gown. What became of them
~ Tom borrowed them TO wear, In
}1nction with flannel shirt, top
ri and other inharmonious trappings,
FL puncheon floor ball and never re-
Ia them"
Ifred from war "reminiscences Il
<fs. Mr.. Gillette was induced to tall
l8mmany at n time when, under the
l}kr executive hand OF John Kelly, tina
tization seems to have laid the foun'
IS for eternal life. Yes he said
*6joyed the unique distinction OF hav
fb been the only republican ever EN-
H. so far as l know. by a Tamman.
Main This was after had left TeXa
t&fr. then thought, had returned t
&n etropolis and ceased to grieve owe
$3oss OF my white kid gloves. l wa
Lac clerk to a surrogate judge. On
La lawyer came into my OFFICE an
ga to see certain will. I handed !
I'M. He sat down. read it and handle
1<ck to me, accompanied by $40 gol
t& ! asked what's this for?' He sal
kHs what We always pay Well,
Ixered. you don't pay me- He almos
(D0ed dead in establishment. | after
f4s learned that that was one of tn
I8 in which Tammany employees wer
stlStomed to gather in perquisites, an
lt&the lawyers never objected, bu
sfged the contributions up to their eli
Es% Old John Kelly, an ignorant oil
AMMAN. but with wondrous faculty 70
{9uization. died worth half million.
an Gillette is now connected with one {
,.fbig New York insurance companie:
lux an immense business in Texas. an
not SO much of a republican as ne use
no when Johnnie Reb held him Yankc
homer. nor as he was when an integrt
rtsof the working machinery of marvel
DID Tammany.
Post reporter endeavored to have hill
&omething Of the great Pinkerton, &c
As known that he had been the dc
Hf&e's right hand man in some of I'll
<mysteries that have claimed the al
hon of the country from time to tim
5When invited to become the hero of h
81 etory. he smilingly declined. with ~
10 talked enough for one sitting. Ha'
Hignt cap with me and the next tin
meet we win have another chat. bt
! for the newspapers"