The Syracuse Journal, Volume 3, Number 44, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 2 March 1911 — Page 6

H ot Ifegtttfiw Ajr J. Wards

Sherman’s Simulated Anger

Craftiness of Great Statesman lllus- ' trated by His Pretense of Rage for Edification of Groups of Constituents. John Sherman, great statesman though he was, could be at times as crafty a politician as the next one; Mid I know of no better anecdote illustrating this point than the hitherto unpublished one of the manner in which Sherman simulated anger for the edification of a protesting group 9f constituents. During the entire period that he had i seat in the lower house of congress, which stretched from 1879 to 1887, Benjamin LeFevre of Sidney, Ohio, was one of the most popular men in that body. He had as many friends on the Republican side as he had kmong the Democrats, and by reason of his personal popularity he was one Df the conspicuous members of the house. On a very hot day in April, 1881, Ben LeFevre went to President Garfield with the request that the latter appoint a new postmaster in a certain town in LeFevre’s district. “Why, Ben," said the president, “you know I cannot appoint a Demosrat postmaster, even to oblige you." “I don’t want you to appoint a DemBcrat. General," replied LeFevre, also s veteran of the civil war. “I ask you to appoint a good Republican, a man who left a leg on the battlefield, fend a staunch supporter of you." “What is the matter with the present postmaster, Ben?” the president asked. “It’s a personal matter; the man has gone out of his way to insult me, and I don’t propose to stand it. The plan I ask you to appoint is as good a Republican, and he was a brave soldier, besides.” The president hesitated a moment. "Ben,” he went on, “if you’ll do what I tell you, I think you can get your postpiaster appointed and confirmed. John Sherman is out of town today. You go Hght to the capitol, call out Senator iPendleton, tell him I am going to send the name of the man you want appointed postmaster to the senate immediately, and ask him to get the confirmation through at once. Then, if that is done, hurry back here with the commission, and I’ll sign it.” As Boon as a driver could urge a sweating horse up to the capitol, Ben LeFevre was at the senate chamber and in consultation With Senator George H. Pendleton, Democrat. The Benator agreed to expedite confirmation. A few moments later the appointment was received; by the senate |md Senator Pendleton moved that the penate go into executive session. In that session he made a personal plea. Baying that the appointee was a good Republican—none better in the district —and he would take it as a perponal favor if there was immediate confirmation. His appeal was heeded, bud an hour later the commission of the new postmaster was signed. On the following morning, Senator

Origin ol Wo rid Famous Hymn

Rev. Dr. Benjamin Adams’ Story of How Anna Warner Wrote "One More Day’s Work for Jesus.” The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Adams, for many years a clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal church, was in his early life a warm friend of the Warner sisters, Susan and Anna, who gained wide reputation as writers of fiction about the middle of the nineteenth century, Busan Warner, in fact, being the author of one of the most successful novels ever published in 1 America, ‘The Wide, Wide World.” Next to “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” it is, “perhaps the most widely circulated story of American authorship,” as one authority put it. “I have many tender recollections* of the sisters,” said Dr. Adams to sSfae, "but I think the most vivid of them all centers about the hymn that one of the sisters wrote. I have told the anecdote occasionally to my parishioners, but I believe that the story has never found its way into print “In my early days as a Methodist minister, I was a circuit rider, my circuit covering much of the mountainous region stretching back into New York state from West Point and Newburgh. The Warner sisters lived upon an island in the Hudson river, just off West Point Whenever it was possible in my circuit riding, I reached the home ot the sisters on Sunday evening. They ware women of beautiful character, gentle, sympathetic, kindly, and had gained the confidence of the West Point cadets, many of whom used to attend a Bible class which Anna Warner taught. T remember that the day on which the Incident happened was a dreadfully wet, cold Sunday, with occasional sleet, so that my circuit riding was very wearisome. I think I rode about 40 miles that day, I certainly preached five or six times. And it touched my feeart to see those rude, poverty-strick-na mountaineers, who assembled to Pmmt me, paying me devout attention.

Sherman, having returned to Washington, saw in his newspaper the announcement of the new postmaster in LeFevre’s district. The senator made haste to visit the postofflce department. When he was closeted with the postmaster general he asked: “What is this I see about the appointment of a postmaster in Ben LeFevre’s; district? It was done over my head; I wasn’t consulted." The postmaster general thought) the better way was to tell Senator Sherman the whole story. When he finished Sherman exclaimed: "1 want to express my indignation at this unusual discourtesy to me.” Then, in a lower tone of voice, he asked: “Have you observed my Indignation? If you have” —his voice rose again— “then I strike this table with my hand while denouncing this action.” Sotto voice: “Did you observe me strike the table with my hand? Now” —his voice pitched high again—“in my anger I pace up and down the room while I protest vehemently against this deliberate discourtesy to me.” Aside: “Do you hear me protest indignantly? Do you behold my angry stride ? “Very well” —and Sherman’s voice sank to a whisper—“and yet I want to tell you, confidentially, that I’m glad the one-legged? soldier’s got the job. But there will be among the Republicans of LeFevre’s district, and they will come to see you, and when

Why Gould Clung to Morosini

Giovanni Enabled Jay to Escape From Legal Predicament by Removing Evidences of Certain Stock Transactions. For many years there were all sorts of surmises and conjectures to explain the queer intimacy and kindly protecting association which characterized the relations of Jay Gould with Giovanni Morosini. Mr. Borosini died two years ago, leaving an estate estimated at six million dollars, and this was regarded as the fruits of his close association with Jay Gould, and as a great fortune to be accumulated by a man who was believed to have begun life as a sailor before the mast. The explanation which was commonly accepted as the true one for this business and personal intimacy was that at some critical time In Jay Gould’s career, when his life was threatened, or when he was in danger of bodily injury, Mr. Morosini had protected him so as to avert the danger, and thereafter became Gould’s personal bodyguard. But this was not the explaantion Mr. Morosini himself gave to a personal friend upon an occasion when he and this friend were brought for several days into very cordial and intimate relations. Jay Gould, at a time the Wabash

and appearing not to heed the cold, so that at last I said to mysfelf: ‘As long as people, oven two or three, will come over the wet and rocky roads to hear me, I shall not complain of cold and fatigue.' “But I was very tired when night came, and I reached the Warner sisters’ home. There was a bright light in the room as I entered, and the place looked Cheery and comfortable; but it was not half as comfortable as was the warm greeting of the sisters. They insisted that I be careful not to sit in wet clothing, that I go to my room and put on dry garments, and then come down and have a cup of tea and some bread and butter —a Sunday night supper—with them. “When I re-entered the living room a little later and threw myself in an easy chair, Anna Warner said to me: ‘Dr. Adams, you seem very tired.' “‘I am tired,’ I replied; ‘almost exhausted. ‘And yet I ought not to complain, and do not complain, for it has been one more day’s work for Jesus.’ “A few minutes later I was refreshed with a cup of warm tea and food, and then, after a little conversation, I retired for the night. “In the morning as I came to breakfast, Anna Warner passed me a sheet of paper. “ ‘Dr. Adams,’ she said, ‘you said last night that you were happy because your work yesterday waß one more day’s work for Jesus. As I thought over what you said, there came to me, suddenly, an Inspiration, whleb you will find on this sheet of paper. I wrote it in a few minutes.’ “I looked at the sheet and found that what she had written was the hymn beginning: “ ‘One more day’s work for Jesus, One less of life for me.’ “1 do not need to tell you any more; the hymn is sung wherever Christians praise God and voice their love tor Jesus.” (Copyright, mo. by E. J. Edward* Ml. R>«hta RM«rr«dJ

they do I want you to say to them that Senator Sherman was so vehement in denouncing the discourtesy shown to him in the matter of this appointment that he actually struck this table with his hand and paced up and down this room in his anger.” The postmaster general promised to report the scene faithfully. A few days later, when a group of protesting Republicans from Ben LeFevre’s district called on him he fulfilled his promise to the best of his ability. And with his description of Senator Sherman’s conduct in that very room in regard to the objectionable appointment the protestants were obliged to be content. (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All Rights Reserved.) Nickel to Take Place of Paper. One of Edison’s latest suggestions is the use of thin sheets of nickel in the place of paper for books. He says he can make by an automatic process plates of nickel one-twenty-thousandth of an Inch thick, tough and flexible, at a cost of a dollar and a quarter a pound. The nickel plates are perfect for printing purposes, and are practically indestructible. Servant’s Wide Influence. First New Woman —It is very important to get all cooks interested in the suffrage movement Second New Woman —Why so? First New Woman —Because every cook controls two votes—her own and that of her mistress.” —Life.

railroad was in the hands of a receiver, in the middle seventies of the last century, made a trip of inspection over the road, having in mind its purchase, a purpose which he subsequently carried out. Some ten or twelve men of financial and railway authority accompanied Mr. Gould upon this trip, iand among them was Mr. The excursion lasted the better part of a week, and in that time Mr. Morosini found himself greatly attracted to one of the members of the party. With this man, who has for years been a leading railroad authority, Mr. Morosini became confidential, narrating many interesting anecdotes of Mr. Gould, all of which made it clear that Morosini understood Gould perfectly, and especially Gould’s disposition to give confidence to no man. “Many persons have wondered,” said Mr. Morosini, one evening, “why Mr. Gould and I are on terms of friendship. Some of the explanations they give have made me smile. There isn’t one of them that is correct. But I don’t mind telling you, provided you won’t say anything about It, as long as Mr. Gould and I are living. If you should happen to outlive us, you may tell then. “You remember that I was the auditor of the Erie railroad at the time when Mr. Gould and Jim Fisk, who then owned it, were printing stock certificates as fast as the printing press could run, and selling them, fradulently, as charged. It was my duty to keep a record of those transations. “Afterwards, the great fight was begun to oust Gould and Fisk from the control of the road, and the New York courts got after them, and the offices of the road were removed to New Jersey in order to escape jurisdiction in New York. I was instructed to remove from the books all evidences of the stock certificate transactions, and I obeyed orders. I was told to tear the leaves out of the books and destroy them, and I did tear the leaves out. “Os course, Mr. Gould did not want to know personally anything about this, so that if he were put upon the witness stand he could testify to that effect. I was presumed to have destroyed the leaves. But Mr. Gould has never known whether I did that or not. That is my secret. Now, if I kept those leaves, why, you can easily see that to have produced them at any one of several periods might have caused Mr. Gould considerable trouble. “I won’t even tell you what I did with those leaves —whether I destroyed them or not—and nobody will ever know. But as long as I had that secret it was, of course, to Mr. Gould’s advantage to have me keep on good terms with him. I don’t know whether that is Hie real reason, or not, of the beginning and continuance of our friendship, but I don’t know of any other. And I suppose I have been as good a personal friend of his as he ever permits anybody to be.” (Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edward*. All Rights Reserved.) On the Trail. Tb gunning for railroads,” announced the trust-buster. “Then oome with me,” whispered the near-humor Ist. “I can show you some of the tracks.” Os Course They Can. “Bat can these college girls cook?" “The man who says they can’t is hOtoaa. They can ail make fudge and some of them can make welsh-

VISION OF MAINE SINKING Woman Claims to Have Seen Mental Picture of Disaster to the Battleship. Washington—Mrs. A. W. Frazer, who now resides in New York, claims to have mentally witnessed the disaster which befell the ill-fated battleship Maine in Havana harbor thirteen years ago. Mrs. Frazer states that she distinctly saw the sinking of the battleship before she was told of it. A young man rushed to her in her cottage, which was ten miles from Washington. He told her to tell him what she could see. “It disturbs me to have some one challenge me to a psychic test,” she Mrs. A. W. Frazer. said. “Nevertheless, I sat down and saw a battleship in full regalia. It was black. Suddenly it collapsed and sank into the sea. “Then I saw, near at hand, a man m uniform, with upraised sword, standing with a handful of men. He had a mustache and side whiskers. He said to the men, ‘Reserve your comment till you hear from us.’ As the vision disappeared, I heard a voice say, ‘The Spaniards did not olow up the Maine.’ “Then the young man told me that aews had just reached Washington of the blowing up of the Maine and said he was sorry I had seen the ship black, as ail our war vessels were white. I later learned that the Maine was the only black ship in the navy. “How did I see the ship black and aow did the papers later on print a message from Sigsbee which in substance was what I heard the man in uniform say, ‘Public opinion should be suspended until another report?’” OLD LODGE BUILDING RAZED Historic Structure at Williamsburg, Va., Torn Down to Make Room for Improvements. Williamsburg, Va.—By order of Williamsburg lodge the historic old Masonic hall on Francis street of this city has been • razed to the ground. This is the building in which the convention was called for the organization of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, on May 6, 1777, and in which the deliberations ended in the establishment of the Grand Lodge of Virginia on October 13, 1778, it being the first Grand Lodge of Ancient York Rite Masons in America. Rev. John Blair, Past Master of Williamsburg, was unanimously elected Most Worshipful Grand Master. In 1784 the Grand Lodge was removed to Richmond, Va. The most prominent men and Masons of early times attended lodge in Old Lodge Building Demolithed. this old Masonic hall. George Washington was a member of Williamsburg lodge and many times presided as master, occupying the famous chair presented by Governor Batetourt in 1769. The chair is still in the possession of the lodge. In 1824 General Lafayette visited the lodge and presided as master. For many years the old building has been unused, and it was fast falling to pieces when it was determined to tear it down to make room for modern improvements. Noted Cats of Maine. Lewiston, Me. —The feline pride «. Maine is a waltzing cat, owned b. Mrs. Lutie Rowe of 80 Lowell street, Lewiston. Prince, the cat, dances whenever he hears music of any sort. This clever feline Is one year old and tips the scales at 11 pounds. He is a fighter, and thus far in life has escaped without serious injury. There arrived by express from Galveston, Tex., at Hallowell, Me., a few; days ago, a cat that was the only companion of Capt. E. E. Wall, who remained alone on the derelict schooner, olli&wood until rescued. It is pure : te and weighs 18 pounds. It was 'd by the captain to his wife. Ti was fi.ve days on the trip. Oh t were the words; “Water A ed me. Tom.”

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