Life — May 15, 1902 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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430 An Appeal to the Public. IFE takes great pleasure in presenting below to its readers a carefully selected list of the most prominent and deserv- ing charitable, benevolent and eleemosynary institutions of the United States. Their work is so well known that any word of apprecia- tion or enlogy is superfluous. Let us all heartily turn in, then, and che fully, as cheerfully as we can, contrib- ute our mites to further their intelli- gent efforts and promote their prosper- ity. Remember that every little helps, and the Lord loveth a cheerful giver. The Beef Trust. The Coal Trust. The Flour Trust. The Standard Oil Company. The Steel Trust. The Salt Trust. The Tobacco Trust. The Whiskey Trust. The Telegraph Trust. Alex, Ricketts. General Sewell and Colonel Scovel.—A Reply. DEAR Live : 1 and in your delightful paper of last week the following concerning eral William Joyce Sewell and myeelf : JENERAL WiLttam Joyce SEWELL, who passed Decetuber 27th, was a iy in Camd pel thought he ntly to make it 110 vend him a possi pass caine by return pass to San Francisco. of mail, There is bo re Sir," the 'm willing tosend —if Hil belp you rgonaut, om California is about as near the truth as we may expect for a story #0 far away from hor , General William Joyce dewell was a brave, strong man in politics of the country. We often differed. He was never asked by me for a pass to California. Doubtless he wished I would remain tn some of the States where I made political «peeches in the Presidential campaigns, but he was too nice and wine to say so, The facts of the case mentioned in the Argonaut are there When Garfield was running for President, I was called to Indiana to take the stump by John C, New, General Sewell was a member of the Na- tional Committee. I naturally asked him for a pass to Indianapolis. He gave it to me without question, When the fight was nearly over, to my astonishment, I discovered that the pars was not good to come back, I wrote to him thus: * Inptawarouis, Ixp., Nov, 1, 1883. ~Genenat Wittiam J. SEweL, % Dear Generat : * By some strange inadvertence your pass to Ta- .* LIFE = Aianapolis is only for one way. Perbape you are like the railway magnate of New York, when an Albany editor asked him for a pass to New York; he courteously responded, *Certainly,' and handed him the pasteboard, The editor looking at it said; “This is not to come back.’ ‘Give me the pass back, said the railway magnate. *D—n you, Tdon't want you to come back." ‘This letter brought me a return pass! (We never used any snch language to me, in regard to | “helping me back.” ) We bad very different aystems in poli- tice, though I confers he oftencr played the winning game. Once I said to him: “Gene- ral, you understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and aalence,but neither division, long nor short.” He replied: “D—n it, Colonel Jim, I think you're quite righ ‘There was a natural antego- nism between us which eventa- ated in my leaving the State, as '% WA he had the Pennsylvania Rail- road interest in New Jersey, over fifty million, behind him! T inherited a conscience in poll- le General Sewell, like Robbins, of Middlesex, ‘a conscience in politics be something good to But he grew, and he must bave had genuine ability ; and one by one, like summer flowers, tho Jerecy stateeme went down before his well. directed blowe. Poor oberon. Grant's Secretary of the Navy, did not last long, and William Walter Phelpe, with his eeven million dollare, was toon driven to the wall, Even the mighty John Roderick MePherson went down. Sewell became Lord Paramount in New Jer- sey, and if he had lived a bun- dred years could and would have remained in the United States Senate. My creed was— that the Republic should be the vast stature of an honest man; General William Joyce Sewell thoaght the Republican Party should be the cast stature of @ ratlroad man. New Jersey is contented with his record, and 1 am bere simply to praise Cwsar. Judge Arm. strong, one of Sewell's best judicial appuint- ments, aaid recently, at bie last Jadicial dinner, a delightfal occasion, that one million three han- red thousand ($1,800,000) dollars was the ep- praised estate left by General Sewell. Ilis great- ness was ehown in making New Jersey a Repab- te and in keeping iteo! General Sewell hated" me ; L was simply In his way! Yours, James Matlock Scovel. Purtapecenta, April 9, 1908 AND IP mE Ly ysat boy next door is not only cruel, but a sneak.” “Yes ; he admires Funston.” JOHN BULL HAS DEFINITELY ORDERED AN ainsmiP FoR IT WILL BR TWO MUNDRED. FEET LONG AND WEIOM News Item SES IT IN SOUTH APRICA HR WILL SalL INTO A BORK TRAY AS PROMYTLY As EVER. How to Name Your Boat. JF you have a catboat, call it Carrie Nation. Asharpie, Hetty Green. A schooner, Seth Low. A flat boat, Alfred Austin. A bark, W. J. Bryan. A cutter, Jno. D. Rockefeller. Aliner, R. Kipling. Smack, Lillian Russell. Battleship, Ben Tillman. A scull, Kitchener. #H E: I don't see how we can get married, dear, if the price of meat continues to advance. Sue: But pearls and diamonds are the same. comicbooks.com