The National tribune., 1906-05-31
PEOPLE.

a group in the White House a short
time ago that Mr.. Stranahan was to
succeed himself as New York's Collec-
tor. affectionately slapped Mr.. Strana-
han on the back and said. -- -....e
Gentlemen. this Is my New York
Collector for the next four years unless
I am impeached in the meantime"
Il suppose" said friend to Presi-
dent Roosevelt several evenings after
| the Presidents overwhelming victory In
November. 1904. that you are now the
most popular man in the country II not
in the world
That's all right" replied the Presi-
dent, but with the things l have in my
noddie at the moment. the things con-
template doing. I'll probably be the
world within two years"
William j. Bryan, when speaking in
the Democratic National Convention Of
1904 to the nomination of. Alton r.
Parker. did not mention Judge Parker $
name. This style OF political oratory
was introduced. it is said. by Conkling
in the Garfield campaign and followed
by Hill In the second Cleveland cam
paign. 1t Is preventive OF too much
crow eating In public.
when you must eat crow" Senator
Thomas c. Plat. OF New York, used to
say. make 1t the most delicious dish
you ever tasted"
The lack Of any moral sense or feel
ing Of shame is one Of the startling
things In criminals. They never seem
to comprehend how culpable they are
and how much they deserve the con-
domination Of their fellowmen. William
j. Dent. one Of the most notorious con-
victs In the South. Is an illustration OF
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in Tennessee. and has had all the ad-
vantages that education could give to his
naturally-active mind. He has chosen,
however. to go wrong persistently, and
during his adult life has spent more
years In prison than out Of it. His par
ticular line OF offending is forgery. for
| which he is we'll qualified by his unusual
talents as penman. He was sentenced
to the penitentiary In Texas some 10
years ago. and while there met. asso-
ciated and became very intimate with
George Isaacs. q notorious outlaw. who
was serving life sentence for murder.
Dents family in Tennessee secured his
| pardon, but before going out he made
| an arrangement with Isaacs to secure
his pardon for $4,000. He secured an
| interview. under false pretenses with
the Governor Of Texas. and managed to
official seal. With these In his possess
| sion II was an easy matter to forge a
pardon for Isaacs, which was sent
through the mail. 1t was received by
the penitentiary officials with surprise.
but they had no right to question the
| Governors action, and they opened the
gates and let Isaacs go free. The COM
munity did not know OF this for some
| time. as apparently the Texas papers are
| not particularly enterprising. and the
fact was first called to Gov. Sayer's at
| tention by letter from another con-
L vrIok vooo - ,a
| money and then left the country for
South America. where the detectives lost
| all trace OF him. The next thing was
to secure Dent. who was at last arrested
| In Arizona, brought to Texas placed on
trial for being an accessory to the MUIR
der. and sentenced to prison for life.
Dent has now issued an appeal to the
people OF Texas to relieve him from this
I'm prisOnment. and he grows quite pa
| thetic in the course Of 1t. saying that he
had been betrayed by Isaacs. whom he
supposed to be his friend. and was made
| to suffer the penalty Of that friendship in
sentence OF Imprisonment for life. He
goes or into slckening rant. with texts
from the Bible. about greater love hath
| no man than this. that he lay down his
| life for his friend" etc. 1t Is to be
hoped that the people Of Texas will
| treat this with the contempt that 1t de-
serves. for Mr.. Dent is a gentleman who
| can well be spared to society for the
rest OF his natural life.
The managers OF the Spiritualist
camp meeting at Anderson, Ind. had
| secured Senator Tillman for an address.
| and afterward secured Booker T..
Washington. Tillman promptly wired
| them that there could be no debate on
| the same platform between him and
| Washington. He did not care II Wash
| ingtOn should follow him at some later
| time, but he would not speak from the
same platform with him. The manage
ment accepted his uItimatum. and In
| formed him that he would have the
platform all to himself Aug. 2S.
Gen. James 8. Clarkson. Surveyor Of
the Port Of New York. Is writing a his
| tory OF the Underground Tunnel OF
Iowa" a work which Is to tell OF the
methods used before the civil war tn
passing runaway slaves on to Canada
| Gen. Garrison. as Q boy on his IA her s
| Iowa farm. helped many q slave TO get
| TO free soil For many years there have
| been few white men In public life to
whom the negroes have been more de-
! voted1V attached than 0~A- <u--,--~-