The daily sentinel., 1902-12-18

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in the domain of tile dollar.
Now up more flights in an elevator
and with shells of buff bound law
books and high outlook over East
river you beign to combine great
form of man a couple of inches over
six feet and generously broad in pro-
portion William Lindsay. former
judge and senator from Kentucky.
| He. too. is clean shaven. but has
the easy carelessness of attire of the
thinking. easeful man. whose crown
of white hair hears out the almanac
when it says he is 81. A cheerful
mellow soul allows him TO be kindly
to stranger. whom he makes COM
Portable on great lounge.
| Il don't know what others may
think, but 1 have had all want of
the United States senate. Eight
years in the Kentuky court of appeals
and as long in the senate about filled
the requirements. 1 don't know any
| thing pleasanter than the senate.
There is the right atmosphere. the
sense of universal consideration. 1t
| is high sir. but one must live pretty
high and the salarv must be backed
with something else easily realizable.
Then, when it is all over. unless one
is a banker. like Mr.. Morton. there
| is a problem of a new and private
| committee on ways and means. With
me it meant law practice in New
York.
''Of course man would be less
than human if he did not feel the
loss of the perpetual per sonal recog
milton that comes to man Of any
must face his question without
qualms and solve it like man. After
the broad life of Washington the
choice of where he will practice law
is easily decided in favor of New
York. Here is where the great bat
ties and great prizes are. If you look
over neighbor's fence in this region
he is like as not counting millions
and naturally
The senator smiled out the rest of
it in a way that was worth a world
of speech. Big. powerful. brainy
man. he had the philosophy of the
great magnet in nutshell. recalling
Tennyson's "Northren Farmer. -
Don't marry for money. but go
where money is.
One leaves him with regret. look
ing out over East river and chuck.
ling. AS you depart you read of
Lindsay. Krem,r. Kalicsh, & Palmer |
on the door as at the seat of custom |
for all kinds of law. How they run
in cacophonous fours!
You may dig them out of almost
every Office building. these senators.
governors, cabinet members, congress
men-all atoms in the Manhattan
maelstrom, ants in the great ant hills,
scarcely recognized by their fellow
ants who have been there all their
lives.
Attorney General John W. Griggs.
who was lawyer. assemblyman. state
senator and governor in New Jersey
before president Mckinley called him
to his cabinet has been practicing
law at 81 Pine street since his re sig
nation, but still clings to his resi-
dence in Paterson. N. ]. He is only
53 years old and does not look upon
himself as a helpless ''ex'' of any
kind whatever fixed conclusions
others may have on the subject.
Daniel S Lamont. two years
younger than Mr. Griggs. has been
the shining light of post-political
success in life. Go up ever so many
flights at 40 Wall street and find your
self i'll spacious offices, marked North
ern Pacific railroad. There in the
presidents chair sits little man.
quietly genial but abnormally
shrewd. looking at you out OF keen
quiet eyes. who was a journalist after
he left Union College. then private |
secretary to Mr.. Cleveland when he |
was governor. and also president for |
his first term. When the second term !
came he slipped into the chair of Sec
retary of war and held it down so
successfully that his return to private
life meant open gates to fortune.
| which he forthwith entered and made
| himself at home.