Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-13

James r. Garfield, son of the late Presi-
dent. will make another effort to land the
nomination for Congress in the twentieth
district, observed an Ohio newspaper man.
who is spending a week in Washington. at
the Arlington. Garfield came within two
votes of carrying off the nomination a year
ago last summer, but the fact that Repre-
sentative Reynolds of Lake county, recently
elected speaker of the house of representa-
tves. was before the convention prevented
Garfields nomination and gave the plum to
Judge Phillips. Those republicans who at
filiate with Senator Hanna declare that
Reynolds did this to defeat Garfield and
was backed by j. A. Bedler, a wealthy
coal operator. who has taken more or less
interest in politics and who in years past
has been frequently mentioned in connec
ton with the republican nomination for
Congress. AS 1t worked into the hands of
eX-Mayor McKisson of Cleveland. Hanna's
most bitter enemy, the latter's friends
threatened to defeat Reynolds for the
speakership: but it is said that the matter
has been patched up and that Reynolds will
be for Garfield for the nomination this year.
Garfield wants to go to Congress and he
will make a good-sized effort to secure the
nomination next summer If his friends
know and are telling the truth about the
situation
Living quietly at Ogontz, one of Phila-
delphia's beautiful suburbs is a man who
floated millions of government bonds in the
dark days of the civil war;" said Lewis d.
Davis of that city, at the Normandie.
Ihose OF former generation will recall
the failure of the great banking house of
Jay Cooke & Co.. which had offices in Phil
adelphia, New York and London and which
was one of the largest financial institutions
in the world. Jay Cooke himself is today
the only living great figure in that ire
mendous catastrophe. OF all the men who
were originally in the Northern Pacific rail-
road scheme. which was Immediately re-
sponsible for the failure of his banking
mouse, none is alive except Mr.. Cooke His
nearly eighty years of usefulness appear to
hnger lightly upon him. Mr. Cookies hair
Is as abundant and his beard luxuriant
as th.y were In the early sixties, but the
once dark hues have become gray with age
In 1873 Jay Cooke & Co closed their doors
and a great panic resulted. The man who
had saved his nation from financial ruin
was himself bankrupt. The firm had be-
tween three and four thousand creditors.
But Cooke was possessed of indomitable
PUCK and perseverance. Every penny of
the Indebtedness was paid up. and now, in
.he tWinght OF his life, he may lay claim to
competence which can be expressed in
not less than seven figures. Jay Cooke is
a great lover of home. and in the summer
ne may be seen every day sitting beneath
the shade of the trees which adorn his spa
cious yard Although retired from business
he still takes a great interest in matters
financial and is well posted on marked o,,o-
'auons and the rise and fall of stocks
Ex-senator George E. Edmunds of Yer
mont has been familiar figure at the Ar
linston for several days The ex-senator
now calls Philadelphia his home and he
enjoys there a large legal practice. His
present visit to Washington is in connec.