The times., 1901-03-14

Presidents He resumed the practice OF
law. but az the same time did not Win
draw from the public eye altogether. ne
aupeared occasionally at large gather
iugs in the interest of some worthy cdus''
as FOR instance. Presbyterian missions.
The pcnpi. have looked 10 him az umtS
for su uttcrauce ON some important topic
aud with due regard 10 the proprlttI'S
hs EsS spoken Or Withhtsid go t'"ii-''f
aS seemed best 10 looked for "a time
early iG 1885, as though ne Wuuiu le
,.r.tlaFIf. f1r denomination 10 the fr'S-
IIruDy- hut long before tine k'HuHl-' tl
Convention Do wgS e furtEHuF Cnu'iA0l'f
that Mckinley would be ia" man, ana
any Errr,t hopes that 6entrAi harrison
FI.. have entertained were forgotten bl
Eiu EiT made number 't Ert+chrN III
tlat tImr4iEu. Hll mtrhsu 10y IetrituhS
aHfHe. ari close reasoning uf iniiitr
Kind fhau usually characterized campaign
4tI.fr.. .--te Probably his most striking rf-
fort WIS fhr FIRST one. made 500 carnegie
UaH on August 81. Tie went twice on
tuurs through Indiana. and spoke iu other
States
Republican success that year was un-
duubfgdlR due in some measure to nina
Ills voice WIS raised iu support Of Fresi-
dent Clevclaud's * action in calling uut the
troop az Chicago iu 1895 and while on q Vis-
DO Co New York in 1875 he endorsed Gen
eral Tracy - candidacy for the MhNpralty .
He did not speak in the last PRESIDENTIAL
campaign and an interview in which he
had said OF the pending Porto RICO tarlH
hiii that 10 wis q departure from right
principles was f0USlthFu At lilNill 'iltAA
he was in too fundamental disagreement
with the Administ ration to support Presi-
dent McKinley's Administration lie up
set that view, however, in statement ls-
sued on October II, last. declaring that
the question was one that the political
departments OF the Government could
not adiudge finally, and urging the vot-
ers "tC vote with a view to the right de-
ciSiOn of these questions that are direct
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's 5
happy knack of putting things in strik-
ing manner. He said, for example:
we should not aid the election of a
President who would, admittedly, II he
could, destroy the gold standard ana
other things that we value even more
upon the deceptive suggestion that he has
been bound-that the Republican party
Will after defeat still have strength
enough to save the temple. 1t Will 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 a 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
dren and n margin of saving for sickness
and old age"
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 lawlessness. free trade and
free silver viii be appropriate accompan-
iInents Of such an Administration and
cannot add appreciably to the national
~ st or rh.a nat lDn4l nIEhOnOT
Among General HarrisCns public de-
iVerances after his retirement from the
Presidency were lectures in college or
university courses. In 1884 he lectured
before Leland Stanford University on our
Constitution and constitutional history. it
was on December last in lecturtnG be-
fore the students at Ann Arbor that he
showed in detail how he was at variance
with the colonial policy Of the Admins
tratIon. He held, discussing the legal
status of the Porto Rico question, that
the Constitution followed the flag. A few
years ago General Harrison also made
contribution TO political literature in 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
petence by some and fortune by others.
At all events he died wealthieT than any
of his ancestors, but as he said once at
better luck transmitting q good name than
m amassing riches. From the time Of his
retirement from the White House Gen
eral Harrison was engaged as counsel IN
most important litigation in the superior
State courts, and the Federal courts, IN
Guiding the Supreme Court. Everybody
knows hat he was chief counsel for Nene-
zuela in the case arbitrated last summer
at Paris. General Harrison spent two
years in preparation for that argument
and was disappointed at the outcome. IL
it said that he was to receive fee of
$3.50 600 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 his practice is es-
timated to have ranged about 100000 "a
year for the last six or eight years.
MARRIAGE TO MRS DIlnnCR.
On April 6. 1895. General Harrison mar
ried Mrs Mary Scott Lord Dimmick at
st. Thomas Protestant Episcopal Church
on Fifth Avenue New York. Mrs.
TIarrisons 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
when General Harrison was
When her mother died she
went with her grandfather to the White
jlDhct anu NV tA A4itIt 80 AbilB as Ll4t IidA-
rison family occupied it, acting as Mrs.
HarrisOn's secretary.
After his second marriage General Har-
rison took his wife at once TO his Indi-
annapolis home. 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 IL 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-
meaHOT might be chara cterized as distant
when he was accosted by strangers or
even by acquaintances.