The Irish standard., 1903-09-26

'ait'iS from tHe tlnc lney entered
public life. There is probably no man
living who is as familiar with Senator
Gorman's sayings and doings as he.
The fund of information which he pos
srsScs is astonishing, but it is more
astonishing how well minor things are
retained in his memory. AS Il result
some of the left handcd' compliments
which he hcStowS upon the senator
from Maryland, as we'll as his SUBJ
ordinatcs in the city and state, have
| been highly effective. Although so
| restless III manner, Mr.. BOnapartc is
not Incking in necessary dignity and is
entirely at home upon rostrum or be-
fore jury. He is deliberate in his
manner of speaking, and knows just
how to give emphasis to a telling point
| by pausing ut the right place and for
| the right length of time. When he
begins one of his reform speeches he
rises slowly from Ills seat as the chair
man of the meeting is giving him the
usual but needless Introduction to the
| hlldlcncr. lie bows ana smiles to the
presiding officer, repeats the bow and
| smile to the audience, then, taking Il
good, long drink of water, lie is ready
for business Seldom do his features
assume Il grave expression during the
| entire speech. and most of the time he
looks as cheerful as if telling IL good
story Generally he does tell half Il
dozen good stories before he is
| through, ut the expense of the party
or issue which he is criticisng. This
is one secret of his popularity as an
or;ltoI--hr makes hits good naturedly,
and. although his sarcasm has Il sharp
edge to il, his words are clothed with
| pcnS:lntrirS. Seldom does he make
miSstatrmrnt. and it is seldom that he
can be rontrndictcd. This is one rea-
son why he has public confidence to
such an extent, but another is he is
not un office seeker, ana does not need
public money because he has enough
| himself. Mr.. HOnlpnrtr is Il Million
nrc several times over. The extent
of his wealth is not known except by
| himself Hnh Il few intimate friends.
His income from his law practice is
probably not far from $4,000 annual
ly, but he is Il large owner of real
estate in and around Baltimore and
one of the heaviest taxpayers. Dating
back to the last century, the Ronnparte
family forms Il portion of the real ar
iStocrnry of Bnltmorc-l group Of
families who descended from English
and French nobility. One of his an
crstors was Il beautiful Miss Patter-
| son. who married Prince jerome Bona
pHrtc, Il marriage which Interested two
nations. AS already stated, the pres
cnt Bonapnrtc bears Il strong rcscm-
blnncc to Napoleon III in his features.
| At his city home he has Il collection Of
mcncntocs of his ancestry in what is
called the Napoleon room. He lives
| in Baltimore dnrin" the winter months,
| but is fond OF country life. He is
| strongly avcrSr to the noise Of the
street cars. Several years ago he pur-
| cIliiStu IL IlOIIlt III lllc SuDulDS u
cost of ABOUT $4,000. located, as he
thought. far enough away to be free
! from the rattle of the wheels and the
cang of the gong. but the track layers
| followed him and the surveyors laid
| their lines directly in front of his resi-
| dcncc. The story goes that lie offered
the street car company a small fortune
to go in another direction, but the Of
fer was refused. He accordingly sold
the house. upon which he had made a
number of improvements for about
half of what it cost him, and bought
high hill nearly twenty miles from the
city, on which he has erected one Of
the finest residences in Maryland.
1t is nearly mile from the nearest
road and fully ten miles from any rail-
way. Here Mr.. BOnaparte spends
much of his leisure time reading, walk
ing about the grounds, and entertain
| ing his most intimate friends at house
parties. They include Cardinal Glib
bons and number of old school ply
sicians and lawyers of Baltimore.