The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-09

He always had IN for the dramatic
and his friends now believe that ID was only
his desire for the effect OF colored lights and
slow music at his exit tina led him to Brack-
ett's Office door.
1t Ii believed that, had he found the
Senator-his friend for years. his lawyer
and the man who more than once lent him
the use Of his name that the gambler might
borrow money-Mitchell would have simply
told him to behold one OF the wrecks
that he ~(Brackett) had made and then let
suicide follow. 1t In believed that he wanted
his death TO excite a sort of dramatic sym
patty, and In this he succeeded.
Immediately efter Mitchells death son
siderable feeling against Senator Bracket
wa aroused both here and in New
York. Indeed. for a day or two after the
suicide there ~werelheard more kind words
for Mitchell than for Bracket. ,
For twenty-five years Mitchell had been
one Of the very best-known gamblers in
the United States, even IL the risks he took
at play were not so large as those taken
by many others. II is natural. therefore,
that. when the peculiar story of his death
became public, there should be found many
who believed that he had been bounded TO
his grave.
Those who held that belief, however,
were persons who could not nave known
very much about Senator Bracket. II
has become known here that, since Mitchell
died, il has been taken for granted in New
York and elsewhere that Bracket is a
sort of ward politician of the type familiar
In most great cities.
sRSAToR BRACKET.
The question has been frequently asked
outside Saratoga, what kind of fellow must
this Bracket be? 1t may be WELT answer
thai question here by a statement Of fact.
Edgar Truman Bracket is not far from
~ is a graduate of Cornell College in Iowa
and came here shortly after his gradua-
ton to study law. He had none Of tho
helps which wealth can give, and what
success has come to him has come through
his own hard work and strong intellect.
For several years his law practice has
beer estimated to be worth SIS 900 a year,
In appearance and In manner he Is as much
unlike the typical ward politician a. two
men could well be. He " n mau OF moro
than ordinarily high cult ure. and his pri-
vate library IL one OF the largest in this
part of the State.
assumed that he is well paid for his ser
vices and hat he returns a fair equivalent.
But TO say that he attempted to down
Mitchell for the sake of a large legal re-
tainer is to state an absurdity.
Had II not been for the best interests
Of this village for Mitchell TO be put out Of
business senator Bracket could not have
afforded to undertake the job, no matter
what the retainer might have been. What
ever he does here must he done for tho
public veal, or he works against his own
interests.
No other citizen OF Saratoga is com
PEELED to be more aggressive in all that
works for the welfare of the place. He
Is President Of IA trust company, he is at
the head OF q gas company, ne is the prin-
cipal stakeholder in an ice company. is
the attorney and n large stockholder in
a chemical company and is a stakeholder
in the electric railroad which CoHneCts
Saratoga with surrounding towns In
fact, there are few enterprises Of any i'm
p%ortance in the town with which Senator
Bracket il not connected. No matter
how he may be regarded else where, he il
looked upon in Saratoga a. a good lawyer
n a good citizen.