The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-14

trlDS nave teSt1tieu.
General Harrison solved for himself the
problem of what should be done with eN
Presidents He resumed the practice nl
law. but at the same time did not VIII
draw from the public eye altogether. ne
appeared occasionally at large gather-
ings in the interest of some worthy caust'
as. for instance. Presbyterian nllssl"hS-
The people have looked TO him AT uhlts ,
for an utteranCe on some important topic
aud with due regard to the proprleties
he has spoken or withheld TO counsel
as seemed best. 1t looked for a time
early in 1896 AS though he Woulu be d
candidate for a denomination to the Pres
idency but long before the RepubLCin
Convention 1t WIS a foregone conclusion
that Mckinley would be the man, ana
any secret hopes that General Harrison
NAV have entertained were forgotten by
him. lie made number OF speeches III
that campaign. all marked by feilcitous
phrase and close reasoning of a loitier
kind than usually characterized campaign
addresses. Probably his most striking ef-
fort was the first one, made in Carnegie
Hail on August q. He went twice on
tours through Indiana, and spoke in other
States.
Republican success that year was un-
doubtedly due in some measure to him
His voice was raised in support of Presi-
dent CleVeland's action in calling out the
troop at Chicago iu 1894 and while on Wis
ii to New York in 1897 he endorsed Gen
eral Tracys candidacy for the MaEoralty.
He did not speak in the last Bresldehtlal
campaign and an interview in which he
had said of the pending Porto Rico tariit
bill that 1t WAS departure from right
principles construed to mean that
he was in too fundamental disagreement
with the Administration to support Presi-
dent McKinleys Administration. He up
set that view, however, in statement is
sued on October IL, last, declaring that
the question was one that the political
departments OF the Government could
not adiudge finally, and urging the vot-
ers ito vote with view to the right de-
ciC eli pf hos
ly and finally in control of the President
and Congress.
HAPPY KNACK OF SAYING A THING.
Some sentences from that statement
will illustrate well General Harrison $
happy knack of putting things in strik-
ing manner He said, for example:
I'VE should not aid the election of a
President who would, admittedly, II he
could, destroy the gold standard and
upon the deceptive suggestion that he mas
been bound-that the Republican party
will after defeat still have strength
enough to save the temple. 1t VIII be
much better not to allow these men with
destructive tendencies SO much as 10
lean against its pillars
The full dinner pail is not sordid
emblem. 1t has "A spiritual significance
for the spiritually minded. 1t means
more comfort for the man and family,
more schooling and less work for the chill
a
He quoted also from his Carnegie Hall
speech of four years before in which he
had said:
When we have a President who be-
lieves that it is neither his right nor his
duty to see that Interstate commerce
has its free way irrespective of State
lines, and courts that fear to use their
ancient and familiar writs to restrain
and punish Iawlessness. free trade and
free silver will be appropriate accompan-
iments of such an Administration and
cannot add appreciably to the national
distress or the national dishOnor.
Among General Harriscn's public de-
liverances after his retirement from the
Presidency We're lectures IN college or
university courses. In 1894 he lectured
before Leland Stanford University on our
Constitution and constitutional history. 1t
was on December 4 last in lecturinS be-
fore the students at Ann Arbor that he
showed in detail how he was at variance
with the colonial policy of the Adminis-
tratlon. He held discussing the legal
status of the Porto Rico question, that
the Constitution followed the flag. few
years ago General Harrison also made
contribution to political literature in a lit
tie book on the way We are governed.
ENGAGED IN IMPORTANT LITIGATION.
BY practicing his profession assiduously
as he had opportunity General Harrison
accumulated what would be called COM
peteuce by some and fortune by others.
At all events he died weather. than any
of his ancestors but as he said once at n
reception the Harrison family had had
better luck transmitting a good name than
IN amassing riches From the time of his
retirement from the White House Cen
eral Harrison was engaged as counsel In
most Important litigation In the superior
State courts and the Federal courts, in
cluding the Supreme Court. Everybody
knows that he was chief counsel for Vene-
zuela in the case arbitrated last summer
at pa aris General Harrison gnpnt
years in preparation for that argument
and was disappointed at the outcome. IL
IL said that he was to receive a fee OF
S25G go for his services in the case. Ad
vices from Venezuela "A month or so ago
We're to the effect that he had not received
much more than half Of the stipulated
sum. His income from hfs practice is es
timated to have ranged about 100000 "a
year for the last six or eight years.
MARRIAGE TO MRS. DIiNHCK
On April 8. 1895, General Harrison mar
ried Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick at
st. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church
on Fifth Avenue, New York. Mrs.
Dlmmick was niece OF General
Harrisons first wife. She had been
a widow for more than dozen
years when General Harrison became
President. her husband having died three
months after marriage. She was living
in Washington with her mother and
grandfather, when General Harrison was
inaugurated. When her mother died she
went with her grandfather to the White
House and lived there so long the Har-
rison family occupied 1t, acting as Mrs.
Harrison 3 secretary.
After his second marriage General Har-
rison took his wife at once TO his Indi-
annapolis home. y girl was born to him
In the following year
OF late years General Harrison had
aged, but his figure was still erect and
soldierly. He was Of medium height.
stout and of a compact frame. His face
was pale throughout his L.. but was no
indication of ill-health His friends say
that his health was always excellent. His
hair and beard became grey long ago.
His carriage was dignified and his de-
meanor might he chara cterized as distant
when he was accosted by strangers or
H.. Int