Show ACimWlTIlEVAllTS I I I I THE OUTLOOK AND A OLANCK AT TilE PAST I Mr tam rrrllcllr In I letleranl I Its llrH1 eimnl Ihnnsli lie wnn t t0 till lye in Iteai lilt Oleos nl Ih < Innlrntlnn ara0 0 NIW YOIIK reporter I re-porter could f not Q LJ help looking along a-long way backward when ho called on 1 the lion William f Maxwell Kvarl 0 the other day Mr yio Kvart was In hli home at the corner I L cor-ner of fourteenth street nnd Second avenue There was an alter of deep i carmine I In the I lapel of Mr llvarls oat IIIrn mess dressed I Just t 0s NCW lee Yorkers have seen him tor Iho I fifty year In n few month Mr Uvnrl t will lx > 78 > can old Ills hlno bloc rock coat and waistcoat ore Just as natty and wellfitting as those lIootw a booth 1111 oldfnshloncMl turned don collar Is I Just as rumpled ns ever nnd his cravat Is I of Iho same raven hue 1t Ib hair Is I Hmewhst thinner but not lotlcatbly ro nnd his feature nro Jutt nt milkwhite and pronounced as In t bygone days Mr Kvnrl li practlonl V In rtllrcment Ho said that ho I rt l 1 dent visited hIs ofllCM In WaU tree t but that be spent most of limo summer at Ills farm In Windsor VI Along In November continued Air Kvarl It becomes n little dreary la Iho country and I to 10 down here tu my city home I wnlli about the street In this neighborhood on bright niter noons and occasionally drive through the park I am bolhervil I romwhat with my ow otherwlio I ara In verb good health amid I get about very nicely I1 cannot use m > eyes to read and this Is I a greet deptlvntlon Ilsyond this ainictton I bale nothing In the world t to complain o I take a groat Intern In all that Is going on In the nation and I have not lost n particle of m > concern In public affairs Tell me please about Ibo convention conven-tion In Chicago In 18CO which ted t-ed Mr Lincoln Ah replied Mr inrt that WAI n convention I bellevo that It you will 1 look up the records you will llnd 1 that Iho seventy voles of New York stale In that convention nro still I recorded I for William II Seward At every roll I call New York responded Seventy vote for William II Seward 1 remember re-member that I moved to malic Mr Lincoln Lin-coln nomination unanimous but 1 I hardly think It was done 1 cannot r t r rr + WILLIAM M PVAIITS quite recall that fact just now I remember re-member thai I was one of Ihe committee commit-tee to go lo Mr Lincoln homo and notify him of his nomination I then saw him for the first lime and also Mrs Lincoln and they both Impressed me During Mr Lincolns first administration adminis-tration continued Mr Cvnrts I It was necessary for mo lo bo In Washington on professional business I frequently called on Iho President nnd I can still remember how kindly Mr Lincoln greeted me He would always nay I am very glad to see you Mr Kvarts bccauio you dont want any oirice I nil Mr Lincoln within n few days of bis assassination 1 wanted A pass I for myself mind some professional friends Into lllchmond Mr Lincoln very kindly gave It to me and I recall i to this day how well ho looked and how strong and what a marvelous man ho vast and within a few days ho was atsaislnalcd Mr ivurt was principal counsel for President Johiiron In the Impeachment trial and ho was counsel for tho United Slates at Geneva In limo tribunal ot arbitration on the Alabama claims Mr Ilvurts good health has often excited limo comments of his brethren of tho bar Ono day a friend asked him the recrct of ills Immunity from disease He replied jocularly I attribute my good health lo the fact that I always get out of bed Into und never take any physical exercise Mr livatts In his convcrsallon did i not care to go Into detail of hll long professional and public I career Ho wa admitted to the bar of New York In 1841 He sops ho Is I good for twenty five cars more and during every mln uto of that time ho will continue to take Iho same keen Interest In public affairs that he has since Ibo day ho first jriisped limo hand of Abraham Lincoln at Springfield after ho had fought hour and hours to bring nbout the nomination of William II Seward ol New York |