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GENERAL MERRITT.

A FEARLESS FIGHTER AND 'XTRAOR-
DINARY MILITARY TAGTICIAN.

 

 

As a. Boy He Had No Aspirations to Fol-
low tho Army but Expected to be a
Lawyer—Served with D stinction All
Through the Civil War.

No American soldier ever won his
spurs more bravely than did Wesley
Merritt. A fearless fighter, a dashing
cavalry leader, an efficient department
commander, and a military tactician
of extraordinary ability, he has, by vir-
tue of gallant deeds performed, en-
graved his name on his country's honor
roll for all time.

Few military records made during
the war of the rebellion show such a.
rapid succession of promotions for
“gallant and meritorious conduct" as
does that of General Merritt.

 

.5' GENERAL WESLEY MERRIT’I‘.

Wesley Merritt was born in the city
of New York, at 67 North Moore street,
on December 1, 1836. His father, John
Willis Merritt, was a practicing lawyer.
at that time, but four years later.
finding the law not sufficiently remun-
erative to supply the increasing needs
one. large family, he gave up his prac-
tice andfbought a farm in Illinois, near
a small place called Bellevdlle. Unlike
most distinguished soldiers, Wesley
Merritt is unablé_ to recall any boyish
dreams of a military career. Until he
was sixteen years old he had no idea
of being a soldier, his train of thought
up to that period having been mainly
in the direction of the law.

A military career was not to young
Merritt’s taste, but in compliancewith
his father' s wishes he consented to ac-
cept an opportunity to enter West
Point. .

He was graduated July 1,1860, and
w" s assigned to the dragoons. After
Fort
Crittenden, Utah, he was promoted. on
May 13, 1861, to a socond lieutenancy,
and soon afterwards he became the
aid utant general of the federal forces
in tah.

hen he was called to duty in th‘
Egst, at the beginning of the civil wai
Lieu-tenant Merritt was adjutant of the
Second Dragoons, under Colonel Philip
St George Cooke and he remained
with that gallant officer for two or
three years. When Cblmel Cooke was
made a brigadier general and placed
in command of the cavalry of the ar-
my of the Potomac, youngi Merritt be--
came his aide de camp, and on April 5,
1862, was promoted to be captain. Much
of Captain Merritt's work as aide was
done in Washington, and his intelli-
gence, quickness and military sagacity
made a most favorable impression on
the commanding officers with Whom
he was brought in contact. Persons
high in authority recognized in the act-
iyé youngr officer the ready qualities of
a‘ffirst class soldier, and just before
the bat-tie of "etivshllrg he received the
appointment of brigadi-er. general of
volunteers. On July. 1. 1863, he was put
in command of the 1eserVe cavalry at
Gettysburg and so well did i- .e acquit
himself that he was brevetcd a. major
in the regular army for “gaiiant- and

' meritorious services’

It was about this time that the “Boy
Brigadier," as Merritt was called by
the soldiers, attracted the attention of
General Sheridan. The latter was par-
ticularly pleased with the young gen-
era-1’ s dash and nerve, and at the same
tithe impressed with his strategic skill.
Merritt had the knack of finding out
the enemy’s weak points and getting in
some effective blows before his prox-
imity was suspected. He fought close
to Sheridan at Winchester, and so
cleverly did'he handle his division that
“Little Phil" complimented him warm-
ly_ at the close of the engage-.ment A
cordial fniendshi :1 so ang up betwaen
the two distinguished cavalry’men,
Which continued until Sheridan’s death.

General Merritt was engaged in sev-
eral spirited raids under Sheridan, and
from August, 1864, to March, 1865, he
was in command of a cavalry division
in the Shenandoah campaign During
all of that time he was practically “in
the saddle” co i‘t liliouszy. -

After the was of the War General
Merritt was specially ho-noxed in V ’as'n-
ington, being personally commended by
General Grant and by Secretary Stan-
ton, and receiving the high military
honor of being brevetted a major gen-
eral in the regular army. In the sum-
mer of 1865 he was appointed chief of
cavalry of the Military Division of the
Southwest, and subsequently chief of
cavalry of the Military Division of the
Gulf. On September 30, 1865, he was
mustered out of the volunteer service
and made lieutenant colonel of the
Ninth Cavalry. For several years he
ser‘"ed at various stations in the West,
and greatly enhanced his reputation as
a daring and effective fighter by his
prowess in dealing with turbulent and
warlike Indians. He was actively en-.
gaged, in the encounter with the Chey-
ennes, near Indian Creek, and soon af—l
terWard General Crook appointed him

' inlet of the cavalry attached to the
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Big Horn and Yellowstone expeditions
He commanded the Wind River expe-
dition against the Nez Forces in 1877,
and in the following year he led the
troops dispatched to aid Thornburgh’s
besieged command at Milk River.
One of General Merri'tt's most nota-
ble exploits was the conducting of a
successful cavalry march against the
Cheyennes, in which he led seven full
cavalry companies in a ride of eighty-
five miles in thirty-one hours and com-
pleted the march with every man in
good condition. “Buffalo Bill" and
Captain Charles King, the novelist,
were with Merritt on this occasion. So
stealbhily did the cavalry advance that
the Cheyennes were taken by surprise
and were so completely panic stricken
that they ran, in disorder from their
camp, leaving Yellow Hand, one of
their chiefs, lying dead on the grass.
Genera-l Merritt Was in command of
Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in 1880, and
again in 1882. In the latter year the
authorities at Washington, desiring to

obtain the fullest benefits from Gener-.

a1 Merrit-t's superior knowledge and
skill as a .tactici'an, placed him at the
head of the military academy at West
Point, Where he remained for nearly-
five years. In 1887 he was promoted
to be brig-adier 'general of the United
States army, and placed in command
of the Department of the Missouri.
Subsequently he was made a major
general, and assumed command of the
Department of the East.' His selection
by the war department to command
the military expedition to the Philip-
pines received the most unreserved
popular commendation.

There is on the part of the people of
this country an abiding faith in the
courage, the sagacity, the judgment and
the pat. iotism of Wesley Merritt.—
New York Times.

WILLIAM GILLETTE.

The Authorvotor of One of the Most
Popular Plays.

William Gillette is one of the few au-
thor-actors who has made a. success.
His play, “Secret Service," in which
he acts the role of the heroic spy, con-
tinues in favor in this country, and
was the only patriotic American play
ever received with approval in Lam
don.

WILLIAM GILLETT.

During his last year in the world’s
maropolis Mr. Gillette was a social
lion. ' I

“Secret Service" isa drama full of
stirring action, and there [is not a dull
moment in it from first to last. It is a.
successioniof patriotic incidents which
hold one in breathless attention, with
comic relief of a sparkling quality. The
play is elaborate in scenic effects and
romantic situations.

 

Japanese Love of the Beautlful.

In the principal room of every Jap-
anese {house built by rule there is a.
slightly raised, platform sometimes so
arranged that it can be entirely en-
closed. This dias is the “sacred niche"
where Mikado would sit should he ever
enter the house. It is still the rule
there that the subject must not look
down upon the Mikado. 'In the days,
not very long past..vv1hen it was un-
lawful even to look upon his face, he
would have sat entirely shut off from
view, and his fool would have been
served through a side opening so
placed as to prevent a'- sight of his
sacred countenance; The royal in-
closure is looked upon-as an altar.
With it the whole house must be in
keeping, and it is here that some
grouping of flowers or leaves, some
beautiful Work of art, is always seen.
The spot is itself a. sample of excel-
lent work, and here the little children
learn from infancy to revere and love
the beautiful and the good in nature
and art—St. Nicholas.

 

. Too Much Iron.

Doctor—Did you get that mixture of
wine and iron that I ordered?

Deacon Wate s—Yes; it was first-
rate. Ne ever enjoyed a bottle of medi-
cine better in my life. Drank it up
without takin’ breath. But, doctor,
there was too much iron in it.

Dostor—Huh! So I should imagine.

Deacon Waters — Yes, the iron all
went to my feet and made 'em so heavy
I could hardly walk.—New York Week
ly.

 

A "hedge doctor," a kind of quack in
Ireland, was being examined at an in-
quest on his treatment of a patient
who had died. “I gave him ipecacuan-
ha,” he said.

“You might. just as well have given
himthe aurora borealis," said the Cor-
oner.

“Indade, ”yer honor, and that’s just

what I should have given him next if.

 

[he hadn' I: died. ”—Ho‘spital Gazette. 3

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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Special Correspondence.

A new war (has begun and promises
to be chiefly a naval war, yet the Con—
gress has not adopted any resolution
or bill to extend to officers of the navy
the chance to win and wear the bronze
medal of honor given in the army to
officers and men alike. A special medal
has been ordered for Admiral Dewey
and the ofiicers and men engaged in
the destruction of the Spanish fleet art
Manila and the capture of Cavi'te, but
while Lieutenant Rowan of the army
has probably won promotion and may
have the bronze medal of honor, En-
sign Willard of the navy, who planted
the first United States flag on Cuban
soil, is prohibited, because he has a
commission, from getting the bronze
medal, which may be won by sailors
and marines only. Propositions have
been made to equalize this medal in
the army and the navy, and wonder
has been expressed that the effort was
not immediately successful. Upon inn
qwlry of Representative Cummings of
the committee on naval affairs, in the
House, to learn why this refusal is
made, a prompt and vigorous answer
was made. “Nb such resolution or bill
can be put through as long as I can
prevent it. The army bronze medal
ought never to have been given to
officers. It was not intended for them,
but they grabbed it after the privates
'had been getting it for a year. Until
the officers of the navy are more gen-.

 

erous in their attitude towards the.

sailors of the navy they ought not to
have this medal. A private soldier in
the army may become an officer, if he
so desires and has'the necessary brains
and industry. No sailor can ever be-
come an officer of the navy. The line
between :the forecastle and the quar-
terdeck is an impassable one. As long
as that is the case let us draw the line
against the officer who wants to share
with the ‘jackey‘ the distinction of
wearing the bronze med-.al As long as
there is something the officers have
that thesailors cannot get, I shall in-
sist that this honor medal which the
sailors are alone entitled to win shall
be kept from the officers.”

Daughters of the American Revolution,

At the meeting last April or the Na.-
tional Society of the Daughters cf the
American Revolution it was decided
that it was the duty of the society
to do. some work that shouldbe both

patriotic and useful, and, after some

discussion, it. was agreed thatthough
the giving of'faid' and support to the
families 0f soldiers and Sailors would
be an appropriate duty of the chapters
of .the society's-ll over the country. it
would be fitting, that the national so-
ciety shouldco-operate with national
military and naval organizations on
whose success an honorable terminas
blot! of hostilities must depend. The
board appointed a special committee,
consisting of Dr. Anita Newcomb Me.u
Gee, chairman; Mrs. Alger, wife of the
secretary of war; Mrs. Charles W.
Fairbanks, Mrs. George M. Sternberg,
Mrs. Charles O'Neil and Mrs. Charles
H. Alden. This committee set to work
to formulate a plan, and, with the view
of rendering it practicable and availa-
ble, submitted it to the surgeon general
of the army and navy. .
The organization, which is known as
the D. A. R. ‘Hospital Corps, consists
of two classes, corps. members, who
must be Daughters, addvdlunteea. A
number 'o_f the Daughters ll 'fng in
Washington have formed themselves
into a committee to take charge of the

. work connected with the hospital cOrps,

and it involves no small amount of la-
bor to answer all the letters, investi-
gate the testimonials of 'the applicants
and to'at-tend‘ to all the various-mat-
ters whichlcome. up constantly for con-
sideration. Tunis Committee gives its
services and works as faithfully and as
hard as if paid for it. It is in such
ways as-these that the Daughters c:
the Americaanevolutlon convince peo-
ple thatthe society intends doing some-
thing besides investigate genealogies
and study American history, and it will
do. more to make the D. A. R. well
thought of and popular than they can,
perhaps imagine. ,
Not Easy to Get Torpedo Vessels.

Almost everybody favors the bill of
Representative Pearce of Missouri,
providing for an extension of the naval
flotilla by the construction of five ar-
mored cruisers and a large number of
torpedo boat destroyers and torpedo
boats. If passed, however, none of the
vessels provided for by the bill could be
built within the time the war with
Spain is expected to continue. Chief
Constructor Hiichborn, who knows
something about the difficulties attend-
ing the construction of large and small
vessels, says that it is evident from
the remarks made" concerning the
scheme of Mr. Pearce, that these diffi-
culties are not fully comprehended by
the public. The armored cruisers that
are most wanted right away, would
take from three to four or five years
to complete, after the plans were pre-
pared and the contracts awarded. The
greatest difliculty, however, would be
encountered in obtaining quick bid-
ders for the torpedo vessels. Mr. Hich-
born says it is evident that the opinion
is too prevalent that any well equipped
blacksmith shop can build torpedo ves-
sels. “That is a very serious mistake,"
said he, “and it ought to be corrected
as a general impression. Torpedo ves--
sels are built like watches, with the
exercise of the greatest care in «the se-
lection of material and the adjustment
of the different parts. Theseverity cf
‘the test-s enforced may be judged when
I tell you that one firm made eighteen
castings to get one cylinder. Another
firm secured plates for one vessel out
of orders for plates sufficient to build
two vessels. The tests are severe and
should be. Very little money is made
by building them, and the shipbuilders
are learning to avoid getting them into
their yards .No; it will not be an easy
matter to procure all the vessell:.pro'-
vided for in Mr. Pearce‘s generous
Dill.” SENATOR: .

INEW YORK FASHIONS.

 

One would suppose that among the
many gowns included in the summer
*girl’s wardrobe for wheeling and the
numerous other sports, one of them at
least would be appropriate for golfing
and tennis; this, however, is not the
case. The up-to-date girl wants a
separate and distinct gown for every
occasion and the modistes and large es-
tablishments take pleasure in supply-
ing their demands.

The costumes designed for golfing
dlfier very little from the bicycle suit,
with the exception that the skirt may
be worn longer. The skirts are made
of light wool goods for cool days and
for wear during the warm weather
pique, duck and linen are popular ma.-
terials. Shirt waists on these occa-
sions are simply indispensable. They
are usually made quite plain and of any
suitable material, the thin wool goods.
however, proving the most desirable, es-
pecially in preventing one. taking cold.
The most attractive part of the golf cos-
tume is the coat. This garment is al-
ways red and-either the double or sin-
gle breasted variety is fashionable, fas-
tening with brass buttons.

 

Another important item is the hat to
be worn on these occasions, and this
season shows some very unique styles.
The sun-bonnet is a novelty and many
girls have adopted them fer both golf-
ing' and tennis. White dimity or sprig-
ged muslin are employed in the compo-
sition of these quaint bonnets, and they
are made with small capes extending
down well over the shoulders, thus pre-
venting the hot summer’s sun from
marring the complexion or the neck
and also forming a very picturesque
frame to a youthful face. Many wo-
men, however, prefer the regulation
Alpine or sailor hat, the sombrero

proving a very popular form of head-
gear. '

The patriotic American girl will un.
doubtedly be a. conspicuous figure in all
the summer sports and some very
striking gowns, comprising the nation-
al colors and ornamented with military
buttons, army buckles and all the rest
of the paraphernalia will be seen. A
lovely gown of this description has
been designed for an enthusiastic ten-
nis player. The skirt is navy blue
linen, cut to escape the ground by
about three inches, is finished at the
base with a deep band of red lined.
headed with a piping of white pique.
The blouse of blue linen is made sailor
fashion, with a large collar of red over
a plastron and stock of white pique.
White pique form the cuffs of the regu-
lation shirt waist sleeve, while brass
buttons are employed to fasten the
front of the blouse. A red leather belt
fastening with an immense army
buckle finishes the waist. The hat to
be donned with this suit is a simple
white sailor, decorated with a he .lid of
red, white and blue ribbon. Altogether
this forms a very original as well as at-
tractive suit.

Two pretty models recently com-
pleted by a fashionable dressmaker for
a couple of swell patzons are worthy of
description. One in thin blue sex-get,
unlined throughout, has the natty skir
made in bell shape and is simply faced
at the hem with a strip of linen which
supports the band of white cloth. deco-
rated with rows of braid. The blouse
has an open V neck and may be won
with chemisette or plastron of pique or
silk. The broad {rant pleat of waits
cloth is braided to match the skirt as
is aISOJIhé square sailor collar and
small turned-up cuffs. A blue silk
scarf ties beneath the collar in a jaunty
sailor knot. A white belt and sailor
hat completes this suit.

The second costume is especially
charming in a combination of white
pique combined with red and white
striped linen. This suit is also made
without a lining. The wide band at
the foot of the skirt is put on to form
a. point in the center. The blouse bo-
dice is single breasted, fastening with
one large button and worh over a shirt
waist or plastron of silk or cotton. The
striped linen forms the slashed revere,
the band down the front and the cliffs
of the tight fitting leg-’ o-mutton
sleeves. The fashionable sombrero

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will be were within}- gown.

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I THE WEEKLY MENU.

1 Lemon Jelly.

. Toast.

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MONDAY. '
Breakfast.-— Grape Fruit. Wheat
Gems. Bacon and Eggs. Mullins.
Coffee.
Luncheon.—-Cblcken Salad. Sliced

Tomatoes. Bread and Butter. Cold
"Rice Pudding. Tea.
Dinner.—Sirloin Steak. Mashed Po-

tatoes. Asparagus and new Carrots.

 

Lettuce Salad. Strawberries and
Cream. Cake. Coffee.
TUESDAY.

Shredded
Lamb

Lyon-
Biscuits.

Breakfast. — Bananas.
Wheat, Sugar and Cream.
Chops. Toast. Coffee.
Luncheon—Meat Croquettes.
nais Potatoes. Pickles.
Cocoa.
Dianne-Roast Lamb. Mssheano.
tatoes. Green Peas. Stewed Toma.-
toes. Cucumber Salad. Shredded/
Pineapple. Plain Cake. Cotes.

WEDNESDAY.

Breakfast. —- Strawberries. Rice
Flakes, Sugar, Cream. Dried Beef in.
Cream Sauce. Buns. Coffee.
Luncheon—Curry of Lamb. Plain
Boiled Rice. Bread and Butter. Cream
Cakes. Tea. ~
Dinner.—Tomato Soup. Broiled
Mutton Chops. Potatoes. String
Beans. Lettuce and Tomato Salad.
Strawberry Sherbet. Cake. Coffee.

THURSDAY.
Breakfast—Hominy,
Milk. Fried Potatoes.
Coffee.
Luncheon—Sliced Ham. Mustard
Pickles. Brown Bread. Waffles. Cocos.
Diana—Roast Beef. Riced Potatoes.
Spinach. Creamed White Onions. Let-
tuce and String Beans. Salad. Straw-

 

 

Sugsr and
Bread Omel

 

berry Short Cake. Coffee.
FRIDAY.

Breakfast—Oranges. Oatmeal, Sugar
1nd Cream. Flshballs. Muffins. Cof-
lee.

Luncheon. — Shredded Codflsh.
Creamed Potatoes. Cookies. R381!-
berry Jam. Chocolate.

Dinner. Little Neck Clams. Fresh

Salmon, Shrimp Sauce and Cucumbers.
Mashed Potatoes. Butter Beans.
l‘omatoes, Sliced. Chocolate Pudding.

Coffee. .
SATURDAY. ‘

Breakfast. —Strawberries and Cream.
Oatmeal Cakes. Scrambled Eggs.
Rolls. Coffee. .

Luncheon. — Pork Chops. ADD“
Sauce. Brown Bread and Buttbr. Cake.
Tea.

Dinner.—Boiled Cornbeef. Young Cab-
bage. Boiled Potatoes. Green Peas.
Cucumber and Lettuce Salad. Vanilla
and Strawberry Ice Cream. Cake.
Coffee._ ‘

 

0011’: Cross Your Less. 1

One by one the doctors are taking
away our comforts by representing
them as dangerous. Now we must not
cross our legs. According to a medical
man, when we get a headache or cold
an), ‘10; 11mm zouueo on will 1an
discomfort is caused by the habit of
crossing the legs.

“Cold feet, varicose veins, headache,
ulcers, and countless other troubles
from the improper circulation of the
blood in the lower limbs, are caused by
the pernicious habit of crossing the
legs,” this medical man goes on to
587-

The reason why such serious dis-
eases follow the mere crossing of the
legs is a. purely physiological one. If
you cross your right leg over the left
knee, you will notice that the whole
weight of the suspended right leg is
sustained by the left knee, which places
all the pressure against that under part
of your right leg between the calf and
the knee-cap. -‘

The mere fact of putting undue pres-
sure against this spot in either log has
the effect of crowding all these tissues
together; their walls are clogged up.
and the circulation of the life-giving
fluid is materially interfered with.

An Anectlonate Dog.

A lady had a. pet dog of which she
was very fond, and in. many ways the
dog showed that he returned her at-
fection. When she was ill be was
very restless and wandered about the
house in great distress.

One day he saw that some beef tea.
was being made, and he ‘watched the
whole proceeding. When it was ready
the servant put it on a. tray and took it
upstairs to the mistress. To the dog’s
surprise, however, the meat was put
down for him to eat.

Somehow he got the idea. that a mis-

take had been made and the meat
meant for his mistress had been given
to him. He therefore determined to
put the matter right. Watching for
an opportunity, he took as much meat
as he could in his mouth, ran upstairs
and laid it on the lady’s pillow.
, Then he lay down at the door of the
room, to see that no one carried it off
before the lady awoke. In a little
while a servant tried to enter the room,
and the dog gave an angry bark. This
awoke the lady, who saw the beef he
had brought to her. She did not eat.
it, but she showed by her manner to
him, how much she appreciated the
mark of affection.

 

What Goes with Meat.

Roast beef—grated horseradish.
Roast mutton—current jelly. Boiled
mutton—caper sauce. Roast pork—ago.
pie sauce. Roast lamb—mint sauce.
Roast goose—apple sauce. Roast tur-
key—oyster sauce. Roast chicken-
bread sauce. Vension or wild duck—
black current jelly. Compote of pig-
eons—mushroom sauce. Broiled fresh
mackerel—fennel sauce or sauce of
stewed gooseberries. Fresh Salmon-
shrimp sauce and cucumber.

 

Ants have brains larger in pi'opor-
tion to the size of their bodies till!
any other livins autumn

WILLIAM R. 111131. .'

“SECRETARY or STATE AND PERSON- ‘
AL FRIEND OF ms PRESIDENT. '3;

 

The Position Sought the Man, Not the
Man the Position—When McKinley was
Governor of Ohio Day was 111- Close
Adviser. ~ * ‘ *4

Less than fifty years ago, on April
17, 1849, William R. Day was born at"
Ravemna, Ohio. His father, Luther
Day, was Judge of the Supreme Court
of Ohio. He sent his son to school in
Ravenna to prepare him for the en-
trance in-to the University of Wiscono
sin with the class of '70. Of appar-
ently delicate p‘hysique, he devoted,
himself While in the university with...
such unremitting zealund interest as
to cause‘concenn among his classmates
as to his ability to pull through the
course without breaking down. He”
was tougher thanghis classmates supi'
posed, and he pulled through with'f
credit, to begin 'the study of law. in
Ravenna. Returning to Ann Arbor to-
attend lectpres, he became librarian at
the university, and in July, 1872, wad
admitted to the Ohio bar. Two years
later he formed a partnership with
William A. Lynch at Canton, Ohio, the
home of Mr. McKinley. This firm con-
tinued until June, 1886, when Mr. Day,
was elected Judge of the Common
Pleas Court of the Ninth Judicial Disq
trict. - J

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JUDGE WILLIAM R. DAY.

The new Judge had not sought nom-
Ination or election. He. was averse to
the routine of the bench: he had been
content with his ofilce and his practice.
and the practice he had left was more
lucrative as well as more congenial
than the service of the bench. He reg
sumed practice in 1887, his old 1111!!
having been changed by the addition 0!
dis brother, David B. Day, to the com.
pany, which was styled Day, Lynch &'
Day. His fitness for public place was
recognized by President Harrison, who
nominated him to be United State!
District Judge for the Northern . Disc
rict of Ohio. The Senate confirmed
rim, and his commission was made
)ut, but by advice of his physician, his
health having been impaired by over.
work, he declined the honor of servi _
The President has known Judge-D [
almost from the time he began his
practice, in Canton. The two became
warm and intimate friends. The Pres.
[dent needed the advice of just such a
man. and long before there was an;
expectation that Mr. McKinley would
be President be had learned to trust
to the calm, sagacious advice of the
pale, spare and reticent lawyer, then
quite as devoted in his friendship as he
is now. While McKinley was Govern-
or of Ohio be trusted to Judge Day's
help in deciding many questions that
semed vexatlous, and when he .was
standing before the country as the
candidate for President there was no
more zealous and helpful friend than
Judge Day.

There is no doubt whatever that if
there had been any office under the
President which Judge Day desired to
occupy after Mr. McKinley had been
inaugurated he could have had it. In-
deed, it is not improbable that he was
asked to accept an office, and that he
leclined to accept. But the President
lid not forget him. When it seemed
1ecessary to the President that he
should have a report on the conditions
11 Cuba made by some person in whose
judgment he could trust implicitly he
turned .to Judge Day to perform the
service. But the State Department
needed a First Assistant Secretary.
Mr. Rockwell had been sent to Greece
IS Minister, and there was need of the
guiding hand of a sound lawyer and a
man of judgment and courage. Judge
Day was stopped while on his way to
Cuba and made Assistant Secretary.
Sherman's resignation soon followed.
and Day then became actual Secre-
:ary. "
Judge Day has not lacked spirit on
oatriotism in *his conduct of the many
negotiations about the Spanish-Cuban
:ontroversy. If his feelings occasion,
lily moved .him to favor a more vigor.
ous treatment of Spain, his judgment
and his absolute loyalty to the Fresh.
ient have restrained his personal Dre“
ferences. Calm, with no inclination tq
talk, either upon his own motion or in
response to questions, this spare, cool.
:a-lm man has conducted his business
with great tact not only with the din.
omatic representatives with whom he
has come in contact, but also in his
an office, in which respect for his
inlet and loyalty to the President mad.
-t necessary that he should at all “files
tvoid a course that would p‘rovokn
:omplaint from his immediate superio
:hat he was in any sense lacking i.
'espect or fidelity—New York Times.

 

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