Show y vf affy I 1 V new ne w news of yesterday j by E J EDWARDS story about william mckinleyl how when in lower house he twice confuted the low tariff arguments of his friend leopold morse of boston the late leopold morse represented tor some years one of the boston mass districts in the lower house of congress he was a colleague there of ex governor john D long who afterward became secretary of the navy in cabinet and of am brose A ranney one of the ablest law who ever represented massachi Mass achu in the house of representatives mr morse was a business man he was the proprietor of a very large ready made clothing store said to be the largest in new england he was a short thickset man with a sandy goatee curly brown hair a florid complexion and large blue eyes he made no attempt to conceal his gratification over the fact that boston should have bent him a retail merchant to con gross with such distinguished men as long and ranney mr morse had not been a member of the lower house a month before representative william mckenley of ohio made friendly overtures for something for than a formal acquaintance A quaint personality a very manner of adapting the business principles which apply well to retail trade to all the great financial operations of the government and a charming open ness and kindliness of manner all caused this boston retail merchant un consciously to concentrate upon him self much of the attention of major mckenley democrat though he was mr morse and mckenley became very close friends and the fact that morse advocated a tariff for revenue only while mckenley was the apostle of high protection at that time seemed to intensify their personal friendship yet mckenley who was more of a humorist than many persons suspect ed used often to indulge in sly tun at mr morses expense as tor in stance when during a tariff debate mr morse had complained that krotec alon made it possible to buy clothes cheaper in england than in the united states mckenley took from his desk a suit of clothes he held them up to the view of the bouse he asked mr morse if those clothes were not as abod as any that could be bought in england and if the price of the clothes was not as low as would bo charged for like articles in england he then rend the label upon the clothes which showed that they bad been purchased at the house of leopold morse in boston esever was a tariff for revenue only debater more completely confounded but mr morse frankly ad bitted that mckenley had got the better of him A day or two later mr morse made the statement on the floor of the house that he was certain that it was imps elble for a man beginning with nothing and doing business with perfect honesty to make a fortune or by the time he was 60 years of age lie went BO far as to say that no fortune in excess of that amount unless it was inherited was earned honestly by any american an hour or two later mckenley beckoned mr morse to his side and asked him did I 1 understand you to say that no fortune in excess of could be honestly accumulated by any man in the united states yes 1 said that and I 1 believe it was the positive answer mr morse you sell in your store goods like shirts made of cotton yes you of course have heard of finale of the conkling drama how the eloquent senator bade farewell to his friend john chamber ain and borrowed to make new start 1 I was the last man whom roscoe conkling saw and to whom he eald good bye on the night 0 his final departure from washington following his resignation from the united states senate as a result of bis rel with president garfield eald the late john who tor almost thirty years beginning in the late bev antles was the delmonico of the na capital and as such was on in tomato personal terms with all the famous public men of his time dent grant was very fond of john chamberlan ln general arthur took his meals at hotel from the time he became vice president until the death of garfield made him president and conkling remarkable feat of memory james A garfield memorized his famous arlington cemetery address word for word through mere act of writing it robert G ingersoll first won na notice as a brilliant orator by the bleech which he delivered at the dedication of the arlington national cemetery the speech which ha began with the frequently quoted sentence the past rises before me like a dream that speech has become historic and so has the memorial day address which was delivered in the same cemetery by james A Gartl eld then a member of congress in the last year of president grants second ad ministration dy students ot oratory and of literature it Is looked upon as one of the best examples of garfield s ability both as a speaker and as a master of the english language when garfield was invited to deliver the address be gladly accepted the invitation said the late william H hunt of louisiana secretary of the navy in garfield s cabinet and afterwards minister to russia but he kept putting os the preparation of the address and at last the evening preceding memorial day arrived and not a line of the address had been committed to paper or even thought out garfield was much occupied in the early part of that evening with certain congressional duties he was free at about ten 0 clock then he went to his study and began the prep aratoon of the address that he was to deliver on the morrow it was not completed until two then garfield left the manuscript upon bis eludy table and went to bed asking that he be called at seven 0 clock he was called at that hour but be did not get up he fell asleep again and when he was aroused about an hour later he was much annoyed to find that he had overslept over slept for the cere were to begin at arlington at half past nine while be was dressing he asked that a cup of coffee be brought to his room he had just finished when the coffee came he drank it almost at one gulp went to his study gathered up his manuscript and was hastily driven to arlington where he arrived just in time As he stood upon the platform his eye swept he distant city of wash ington and then rested lovingly upon the graves of the soldiers he was as you know an emotional man very sympathetic without taking the man from bis pocket he agn his addrece add reee and it to tho who bard it as he bad been in r f t at ft t i JUL by the solemn occasion and by the long extended rows ot headstones in front of him the official stenographer of the senate colonel murphy who was I 1 believe the most rapid stenographic reporter in the country at that time reported garfield a address ste after the ceremonies were over garfield ached colonel murphy it he would call upon mrs garfield and compare bis shorthand notes with the written address it was the arst in tl matlon murphy had that had committed the address to paper later in the day mrs garfield received colonel murphy in garfield s study she held the manuscript copy of her husband s address while col onel murphy read from bis notes he rend tor some time before she stopped him there was one word in the stenographic notes which did not appear in the manuscript two other interruptions for similar cause were made during the reading by murphy of bis notes when he finished mrs garfield said that with the exception of three interpolated words the manu script copy of the speech and colonel murphy s stenographic report were identical when garfield was asked an hour later to explain the discrepancies he said that while he was speaking it occurred to him that the interpolated words would add to the force of what he was saying I 1 knew continued judge hunt that garfield bad a wonderful verbal memory but this incident shows that his great arlington cemetery address was word for word memorized by him through the mere act of writing if copyright 1911 by E J edwards AH nighta reserved 1 amos and abbott lawrence and also of samuel slater and his bons eons the oreg ot cotton manufacture in ew England 9 yea I 1 have you know of course that the lawrence brothers ventured all their lit tie capital in utilizing the water power of the merrimac Merrl mac river that they built cotton mills in what are now the cities of lawell and lawrence mr morse began to be uneasy did you ever hear a word that reflected upon the business integrity or personal character of the laurences lawrences Lawren ces 01 of the slaters continued me kanley dont you know that these men by their efforts created the great manufacturing industries of new eng land and that each one died possessed of considerably more than major said mr mors frankly I 1 haan hadn t thought of that I 1 guess I 1 will have to limit what I 1 said about fortune making to speculators I 1 dont believe a speculator ever honestly made and so greatly impressed was morse with mckenley s argument and bis kindly way of putting it that he then and there began to predict that the republican party would nom binate and elect william mckenley pres ident and that was ten years before william mckenley was nominated copyright 1911 by E J edwards all nights reserved who permitted very few men to main tain intimate friendly relations with him looked upon as an intimate friend and often he and general arthur and the proprietor of the famous restaurant would dine together chamberlan ln entertaining hla companions with anecdotes of famous men with whom he was on terms of friendship it was about 11 that night when conkling called at my hotel continued mr chamberlan ln lie was going to leave washington by the mid night train after having superintend ed the packing of his papers and books senator I 1 said 1 I suppose you have been around to pay parting calls on your friends john he said 1 I have been now a senator in congress nearly fifteen years I 1 have known the so called great and many of the little but 1 have no friend now that I 1 am a als carded public servant who would care to receive me even to say good bye youa and you alone 1 have come to say goodbye to but john I 1 have come for another purpose also he took out his pocketbook and from it several bills he counted them in my presence sly recollection Is that the whole amount was about twenty dollars john he said 1 I am going away forever from washington I 1 am going to begin life over again as a lawyer my friend calvin stewart has of me the use of his law library in new york and that Is so much gained but r am by necessity obliged to ask you if you can make me a loan of tor I 1 think that it I 1 have in my pocket when I 1 open my law office in new york I 1 can pay my bills until I 1 can secure my first client of course I 1 felt honored by this request and I 1 told conkling so and I 1 also said to him that I 1 thought as too small an amount for him to start his law practice with and that I 1 would rather lend him 1 enough Is as good as a feast john he said and Is enough so I 1 gave him the money and hb took me by the hand saying among the few pleasant recollections I 1 take away from washington Is one with which you are associated good bye and he went out into the darkness ot the night his public career ended conkling was compelled to borrow money from me continued mr Chamberl ln because while he was in the senate he was practically en dependent upon his salary as senator for his support his rooms in washington were almost chose of a hermit or an anchorite they were two in number and very plain one serving as a bedroom the other as a study the rental lor them must have been small and I 1 know that his table expenses were small he was almost frugal there he had to make his salary go round and be had hard work doing it yet he could have en loyed a handsome income had he cared to do so I 1 know that he declined several handsome retainers to argue cases before the united states supreme court because ho felt that a senator could not bo too scrupulous about accepting retainers which iw evolved appearance in any court and thus he lived until he left washing ton practically penniless except for the money I 1 loaned him 1911 by E J edward all rights reserved |