The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-22
SENATOR H0AR
ON FIsHBALLS
CHARACTERISTIC LETTER FROM
THE LAST OF THE PURITANs.', :
The Late Senator Gave Good Insight
Into His Life in Denying Charge Of
High Living Made BY Pennsyl-
vania Editor - A Fine Eulogy Of tha
Great Massachusetts Dish. H

A good insight into the life" Of the late
Senator Hoar of Massachusetts was
furnished by himself ii, the following
letter to The editor Of the Pittsburg
Post, which paper had accused Mr.. Hbar
Of lli[vt: living e exclusively on terrapin and
sn Uhltea s States Senate, washington,
Aug. 10, 1890 MY Dear Man Some.
body has sent me q copy Of
Gle Of which You, do me the honor
to make me the subject What can
have, put, such, an extravagant yarn into
natursd a fellows { neveF said the
things which you attribute to me Id an
interview, caucus or anywhere else. I
never inherited any wealth or had any.
NY, father was a lawyer in very large
practice for his day, but. he was a very
generous and liberal man, and never put
bis estate was about $ia56o. sl All the he
income pro ducihg Prperty I have iii the
world, Of ever had, yields little less
than $1,000 a year, $500 Of which, is
from life estate and the other $1,000
comes from stock in corporatien which
has only paid dividends for the last two
or three years. and which. I AM very
much afraid will pay no dividend, or
much smaller ones, after two or three
years to come: - = -
With that exception, the house where
l live, with its contents, with about
four acres Of land; constitute my whole
worldly possessions, except two or three
$4,000 all told: I could not sell them
now no ", TOR enough to pay my debts. :, T
| have been an extraVagant collector of
| books, and have library which YOU
| would like to see and would like. to
| show you. ,'*,% H.. -. ,x
1.-THE senator here reviews the period
| OF his public service and then con
The result is, have been here TWEEN
w years as representative and senator,
the whole time getting little poorer
year by year: IF YOU think have not
been q good one, you have my full
authority for saying anywhere that t
fully agree with you. During all this
time [ have never been able to hire a
have experienced the. vafying fortune
OF Washington observation-disclosures
times very comfortable and a good
deal of the time living in a fashion to
which no 1ttechanie earning SO a day
would subject his household. ss
little In MY mouth. The chief earnal
luxury of my life is in breakfastinp
every: Sunday morning with: an ortho:
dox friend; lady who has o rare giff
fol. making fshballs and coffee. Yotj
unfortunate and benighted Pennsy1ya
mans can never know the exquisite fla:
vor Of goldfish, salted, made into balls
and eaten. on a Sunday morning by d
Il person whose theology is sound and
Il who believes in all the five points 81
J Galvinisr1. am myself but an in:
worthy hereto, but 7 am Of Puritan
stock, Of the seventh generation, ana
there is youchsafed to me also some
Of that beatifc vision. Be assured; fiy
benighted PENNSYLVANIA friend, that il
Il that hour when the week begins, al
the terfapin Of Philadelphia or Balti
more, and all the soft-shelled crabs o.
the Atlantic shore might pull in .vait
at. my trousers leg and thrust theiil
selves on my notice in vain: t al
faithfully, George F. Hoar. .