TH SCBANTOX . TRIBUNE -WEDNESDAY MOBNINO, .. JTTNE 3,' 1896.
6
WHO WILL NAME THE
:j NEXT PRESIDENT
Tfct Ptmaad of the Ekveita Natlaaal
RiatjMlcM CmtmUm.
THE FAMOUS MEN WHO'LL BE THESE
Mit Haa4r Scrikc f U Vie
tarivas Baa af McKialeyltes,
raises U Review Sosae fUe Note
Warwickt Who Are Eiaecte at 81.
Leaii.
From tha Times-Herald.
little lees than one thousand men
constitute the eleventh Republican na
tional convention which will aaeemble
at fit. Louie on the lth of June to nom
inate the next president and vlce-prel-dent
of the United States, It will be a
remarkably representative gathering,
qurte the peer in personnel of any na
tional convention held In late years, and
the Interest In its proceedings will not
be materially Impaired by the circum
stance that, so far as the first place on
the ticket Is concerned, it will simply
ratify the choice of William McKlnley.
In fact, this ought to enhance Its sig
nificance, for the nomination of Major
McKlnley will be the most notable In
stance on record of the people's triumph
over the machinations of the bosses who
have attempted to defy their wishes.
The roll of a national convention is
always made up and called alphabetic
ally. I begin with Arkansas, the dele
rates from Alabama having yet to win
their spurs. Powell Clayton, the leader
of the Arkansas delegation, has been a
Republican through good and through
evil report. An adopted cltlsen of Ar
kansas, he Is a northern man, but aa
loyal an Arkansan aa any native.
There have been times when he has had
to take his life In his hand In defense
of Republican principles. His brother
went to death because of them. Powell
Clayton has been a conspicuous figure
In former national conventions and
was the chairman of the one which
nominated lllalne for president.
From California come the son and
namesake of General Grant, John V.
P;reckels, son of the sugar king and a
rising man in Callfornlan politics, and
8. V. Bhortrldire, editor of the Call.
Connecticut sends Sam Fesendcn. one
of the best politicians In New England,
end liovernor Huckley. who Is b-lleved
ly his friends to be a vics-prestdtntial
Visibility. Colonel A. K. Puck. Is the
jrtmost man -w.iontc tl Georjluji;
he has been one of the wheel horses of
the McKlnley movement In' the south.
Vledger, one of his cullsagues. Is a mem
ber of a group of colored mtn who have
labored in vain to keep the cegroes of
the south away fiom McKlnley.
ILLINOIS MAGNATES.'
The Illinois dekgatlon Is headed by
nlmoat the last of the war tovernors,
the venerable and gallant Dick Ogles-
by. than whom there will be no more i
picturesque Ilgure on me noor or ino
convention. Apsociated wlih him as
delegates-at-large ore Private Joe
FIfer, Altgeld's predecessor In the gov
ernorship, and William Penn Nixon and
K. V. Patterson.
Nixon and Patterson come to McKin
lrv Htriiinst thnlr will and under Instuo.
tlon, but are now with him in eo.jd i
faith. Ueorise Schneider, unothcr Chi- j
eucoan. Is probably the only member ot (
the St. Louis convention who wn also
a mt'iribpr of the convention which nom
inated Abraham Lincoln. He was. In
fact, one of the founders of the Re
publican party .and was ore of Lin
coln's trusted counselors before and af
ter his nomination. Sam Raymond, of
Chicago, Is another Interesting charac
ter. 3e Is a great wit and a stalwart
Republican. .If he ever takes the floor
he will win the hearts of all who hear
him. The only other notable man In
the Illinois delegation Is Asa Matthews,
who was once well known In Wash
ington, and I think- had the ofllce of
comptroller of the treasury.
Old Dick Thompson, who was secre
tary of the navy under Hayes, was a
deskmate of Lincoln In the house of
representatives, and has been on speak
ing terms with almost every President
of the United States In this century,
and General Lew Wallace, who has
world-wide celebrity as the author of
"Ben Hur," come from Indiana. One of
their associates Is young Harry New,
who is almost as good a politician as
his. father, dear old John C, who is ex
Presldent Harrison's best friend and
who had the best plum of patronage
under the last Republican administra
tion. Iowa Is well led by Senator Gear,
General D. B. Henderson, and J. S.
Clarkson. It is a pity that Dolliver Is
not a delegate-at-large to make the
quartet complete. Kentucky presents
Mr. Hunter, who came so near, and yet
so far from being a United States sena
tor, and, strangely enough, the only
other notable man In the Kentucky
delegation Is notable because, although
a Republican, he Is a namesake of
Clement L. Vallandlgham.
THE NORTHWEST.
Ex-Governor Kellogg, who has been
a member of every national Republican
convention in my time, comes again
from Loulsana. His has been a stormy
life, but he approaches old age in
affluence, upon which ha has
willingly drawn to oblige his old friends,
Quay and Piatt, without, however. Im
peding the McKlnley tidal wave.
Maine's most notable delegate Is Har
old M. Sewell, who has only recently
renounced the Democracy, which was
his inheritance. He was the consul
general at Samoa whom Bayard ap
pointed and whom Blaine retained and
vindicated. ' From Maryland come Senator-elect
Wellington and the gallant
and bullet-riddled General Felix Agnus,
editor of the Baltimore American. How
many people remember that Wellington
made' his national debut in the Har
rison convention of 1888, when he got
the floor to move a resolution of sym
pathy with the German people In view
of the deaths In one year of William the
First and Frederick the Noble.
Massachusetts has been more ably
represented than now in national Re
publican conventions, but Henry Cabot
Lodge is big enough and brainy enough
to redeem it from the charge of
mediocrity. He Is the very man to
move to make the nomination of Mc
Klnley unanimous, for he has been
Reed's safest adviser and yet never re
sorted to unworthy tactics to carry his
point. Michigan's star delegate is Gen
eral Russell A. Alger, who received 143
votes for the presidential nomination
eight, years ago. His most prominent
colleague is Congressman Brewer.
Minnesota Is brilliantly represented, In
part, by George Thompson, the able
editor of the St. Paul Dispatch, and ex
Governor Mevrlam. Mississippi sends
two able men of strongly contrasted
types John R. Lynch, the only colored
man who ever presided over a national
convention, and General J. R, Chalmers,
an ex-confedrrate, who when he was a
Democrat was charged by Republicans
with participation In the Fnrt Pillow
mnPFarre. Uth are sound Republicans
wbo have suffered for the. faith that Is
In them.
Chaunrey I. FIHey. tinder vrhoto
leadership Missouri has been rencued
from Democratic clutches, and Thurs
ton, the mcenetlc orator, from Nebras
ka, lead their respective delegations
and will play prominent parts In all
- that goes on at St. Louis.
EMPIRE AND KEYSTONE STATES,
New York's delegation ranks with
the best that the empire state ever
sent to a national convention; and it
will be strange Indeed if It shall play
ths puppet's part which has been as
signed to ic by its self-constituted boss;
tas piraueai rian. .
Nothing caa keep Piatt from being
a roan of mark in this convention, al
though it may be his last Everybody
is curious to see the man who has
maintained his hold upon a great party
in the greatest of states by such un
scrupulous methods, and to know ex
actly how far he will carry his rule or
ruin policy. Depew la a perennial
Joy at national conventions, and
whether he ever gets a chance to nomi
nate Morton or not he Is bound to make
a hit In some way or other.
Other New Yorkers whose faces will
be familiar and welcome are Warner
Miller. Frank Htscock. Cornelius N.
Bliss, Serens E. Payne. W. H. Robert
son. W. A. Sutherland and George E.
Matthews, and you may be sure that
we will be busy pointing out Lauter
bach. Howard Carroll. General Collins.
Lewis F. Pain. John Raines and Lemu
el E. Qulgg.
Who Is the New Yorker who will
thrill the convention and make himself
the hero of the occasion by a declara
tion of independence from Piatt, Piatt
Ism arid boss domination, and voice
New York's participation In the de
mand of the nation for McKlnley as
the advance agent of prosperity?
Pennsylvania, too, presents a dele
gation crowded with noteworthy men.
some with a past, all with a present
and some with a future. Governor
Hastings, who first won national laur
els by his speech nominating Sherman
In 1888, Is at the head, and among his
colleagues -at-large are Mr. Elverson,
sr., of the Philadelphia Inquirer, and
Dr. Flood, editor of the Chautauquan.
Among the district delegates are Quay,
his sworn foes Chris Magee, David
Martin and William Flinn, and his able
lieutenant. Representative Stone, be
sides ex-Mayor Stuart, of Philadelphia,
and half a dosen other Republicans
whose mettle has been tested In many
frays. New Jersey is strongly offi
cered by Senator Sewell, long a fami
liar figure In national conventions;
Garrett A. Hobart, who Is a strong
vice-presldentlal possibility; . John
Kean and George Hlnes.
FAMOUS BUCKEYES.
Ohio, with a full sense of her respon
sibility, on this occasion has a delega
tion splendidly endowed with brains,
Judgment, dash, diplomacy and good
looks on the whole the best all-around
delegation In the convention.
The big four of the present year ore
Senator-elect Foroker, Governor Bush
nell. General Grosvenor, and last, but
not least, the Warwick of the campaign
of 1S96, Lig, brainy, astute, lovable Mark
Hnnna. Alor.g with them will be
raiiged C. L. Kurtz, M. T. Herrlck and I
Sylvester Everett to say nothing of a I
dozen more eood men and trus, worthy ,
retresentatlvcs of a ereat state and
of an Idual candidate. Watt otul see j
the gallant Foiaker btlle the Infamous j
iiisrsestions of a traitorous purpose. I
which the tnemit'3 of McKlnley and of !
Foraker alike have sowed like tares In
the public prets ever since the cam
paign begun. Watch Gi-oHvenor shaka
his Hhairgy heart and Jump at the chance
to hit somebody with h's fcrondgword In
debate. Feast on BuGhnell's benign
countenance and Hanna's benedictory
smile as they sie the states come tunnb- l
ling In one after another and the devil
take the hindmost to swell the McKln
ley column to the proportions of un
animity. Oh, you may be sure the Ohio di lega
tion ulone will be worth the price of
admission.
After this It Is rather a drop to view
the del'vatlnns frctn the lvmalnlmr
states lu their alpha helical order. But
ou may be rewarded none the lfss wlti
a slfrht of some men of nte. Vermont.
for instance, will be right In fr.mt In
the person of Senator Redf.eM Proctor,
who leads the McKlnley contingent
from New EnRland In his own guileless
way. Eolith Dakota present Senator
Pettlgrew, chastised and chastened by
his state convention. No South Caro
lina delegation woufd be complete
without coal-black Small, of Texna,
without Cuney, both representative
Southern Republicans. Tennessee's
Henry Clay Evans is a man of mark
anywhere and may be reserved for
higher things. Virginia has a brace of
notable men In General James A. Wal
ker, who Succeeded Stonewall Jackson
In the command of Jackson's Immortul
foot cavalry, and Colonel William
Lamb, upon whose shoulders has feW
len a rather loose tit the mantle of
William llahone. Virginia has never
sent a stronger delegation to a Republi
can national convention, but many will
miss Mahone and wise. Strong, too. is
Wisconsin's McKlnley legion, with
Hoard and Sawyer in the van.
OUT WEST
Utah has the distinction of being the
only state trusting both of her senators
with a commission to St. Louis. But
the senate as a whole will be represent
ed. Teller not only comes from Colora
do, but has the whole delegation but
toned up In his pocket, with carte
blanche to do what he pleases with it.
Montana Bends Carter and Mantle,
Massachusetts Lodge, New Jersey
Sewell, Maryland Wellington (senator
elect), Vermont Proctor; South Dakota
the spanked Pettlgrew, Iowa uear,
Idaho Dubois, Pennsylvania Quay, Ohio
Foraker (senator-elect), and Nebraska
Thurston.
The house of representatives has been
less fortunate. As a rule, the people are
shy about intrusting the nomination of
president to members of congress. They
are too liable to be saturated with the
over-breathed political atmosphere of
Washington, or to enter Into combina
tions against the people's will.
The platform of a national conven
tion Is often more studded with celebri
ties than the floor. There are arrayed
party leaders who for one reason or
another have not been chosen as dele
gates, but who are Interested spectators.
and in many cases nave as mucn to ao
in shaping the work as If they carried
whole state delegations under their
hats.
Some of these Influential spectators
who have been prominent platform
figures at other national Republican
conventions will be missing at St.
Louis. Notably Tom Reed, who was the
cynosure of all eyes at Minneapolis,
will not be there. Joe Manley, how
ever, will, and he will have Reed's final
word on the vice presidency. Edward
McPherson, the political statistician
and chair-prompter, who never missed
such a gathering, died last year. Wil
liam Mahone, too, has Joined the ma
jority. Ben Butterworth Is practically
out of politics. So Is General George
R. Davis. A dozen more frequenters
of national conventions who are now
missing for one reason or another
might be recalled.
But ot old timers there will be no
lack. Look out for the imposing pres
ence of Colonel A. K. McClure, of the
Philadelphia Times, who always tries
to run both of the great national con
ventlons every four years. His col
league and rival. Charles Emory Smith.
of the Philadelphia Press, ex-minister
to Russia, will be on hand, and will
probably perform his old act of plat-
torm writing. Murat Haistead, too,
will cast a fatherly retrospective and
prophetic eye over the convention. Hw
would not miss a. national convention
for the world. And the stage will be
so tlocKed with Republican congress
men that Mr. Reed will hardly b able
to count a quorum In Washington.
Altogether it will be a great show, If
not an an-siar comuination.
QUASI-PEXITEJfT;
I want a little casket, - - -
With hasp and lock and key.
To hide a little treasure
Thai's very dear to me.
My sweetest sin's the Idol '
I seek to put away, '
But I will nut resign It
Forever and tor aye., S ,
I want it kept securely . , '
I'm quast-penltent, '
And I'll be vsry likely
To claim Itafter Lent.
, -Suilt M. Bait In 'Judge.
MAJOR M'KINLEVS
OFFICIAL SCORER
Sketch ef Qeaeral Charles H. QrorreMr,
the iKoaparaMe Tabulator.
HE WD HIS WORK REMARKABLY WELL
The Flctaretejae Persaaality af the
' Impertaraaale rigarer Waa Lit
e rally Pencilled His Maa lato the
Presidential Race-Hew He Coa
dacted His Mathematical Caaa-
Probably the happiest man in Wash
ington, writes Walter Wellman to the
Chicago Times-Herald. Is General
Charles H. Grosvenor. of Athena, Ohio.
General Grosvenor, as all the world
knows, Is the mathematlclan-ln-chlef
of the McKlnley boom, and his work Is
done. There never was a greater
mathematician than Grosvenor. He
has a method all his own. Coming
from Ohio, the state which gave rise
and fame to the late John G. Thomp
son, whose greatest service to human
ity was aa originator of the theory that
when you have claiming to do It Is
better to claim everything In sight and
put the burden of proof on the other
fellow, it was not surprising that Gros
venor exhibited tendencies to large and
eloquent and comprehensive figures. In
his room in the Cochrane hotel in this
city General Grosvenor has kept for
several months a staff of clerks and
stenographers and accountants. These
able and alert young men and women
have had nothing to do but to count up
McKlnley delegates, and In this task
they have had the assistance of type
writing machines, adding machines.
automatic tabulators and various other
devices. General Grosvenor has kept
an eye upon the work every minute.
and has seen to it that everyone was
pushing things for all he or she was
worth. But the strangest part of the
whole business Is the fact that count
as hard as they could, count they early
and late, count they with enthusiasm
and greediness which disgusted the
friends of all other candidates, these
counters of General Grosvenor have
never been able to get ahead of the
actual facts. The country has run a
race with them in the matter of elect
ing McKlnley delegates, and up to dote
the country seems to be a lap or two
ahead.
Oenernl Grosvenor has of tan con
fessed his discouragement. Tnere were
times when things did not go rlRht. He
thought He was counting induptrlously
and -alertly, he knew he had issued
the strictest orders that nothing should
he allowed to get away, he used the
malls and wires lavishly, he sat up late
nights with his hand on the lever of the
automatic adding machine, and yet,
with all this energy and precaution, al
most every morning General Grosvenor
awoke and read the papers and found
that the Republicans of the country had
got a little ahead of him had elected
McKlnley delegates whose names and
existence had evaded his eagle eye. So
it was, too. with the regular weekly
bulletin. Grosvenor thought he had
everybody In. He was quite sure no
wandering McKlnley delegate had been
'Overlooked. Yet after each bulletin It
waa found neceswry. to apologize to
some man who had been omitted and to
Include him in the next bulletin, only
lo have some other chap rise up and
claim his rights In the same fashion.
Under the circumstances It Is easy to
see that General Grosvenor Is glad to
get through with his Job. The Repub
licans of the country have been muklng
things pretty lively for him for several
months, but he has caught up with
mem ai lujr una ine ueeu is done.
LAUGHS LAST.
General Grosvenor has known all the
time that if he was making any error
it was In not catching the McKlnley
delegates fast enough. They came In
at sucn a rapid pace, with such a hot
delivery, with so many curves and un-.
dershoots, that Grosvenor was afraid
all the time some of them were getting
away from him. On this account It
was particularly hard to be accused by
the odious and envious opposition of too
much extravagance. It was sad to see
the look of pain upon General Gros
venor's face when some one accused
him of stuffing the returns. For weeks
and weeks it was the fashion in Wash
ington to sneer at General Grosvenor,
to crack Jokes about his mathemalcs, to
say smart things concerning his rapidly
expanding McKlnley column. He has
been called almost everything anyone
could think of, and has been forced to
stand pat against more poor Jokes and
weakly attempts at wit than any other
man in the history of American politics.
But now that It is all over, now that he
has caught up with the enthusiastic
REV. DR. EARL CRANSTON,
The Soldler-Prlest Wl nieg Bishop
From ths Chicago Timot-Ttenld,
Rev. Dr. Earl Cranston, the soldier
priest who has been elevated to the dig
nity of bishop of the Methodist church
by, the Clevelund conference, has lived a
life of intense religious work and has
traveled widely as a dispenser of the gos
pels. He Is CO years' old and In the very
prime of his Intellectual vigor and ma
turity. It was at the tender uge of 12 that
he felt Impelled toward Methodism, and
from the moment of his conversion he
st to work to tit himself for the purpose
to which his life has been undivldedly
devoted. In 1801 he had Just come out of
the Ohio University with his first degree
when President Lincoln's call to arms
made him a volunteer In the army of his
country. From private he rose by gallant
and meritorious work on the field of bat
tle to the rank of captain. In 1864 he re
turned to the university to have conferred
upon him the degree ot master ot arts,
and we ytars later hs was preaching to
Republicans who were electing McKln
ley delegates so fast that Grosvenor
couldn' count 'em. it Is easy to realise
the truth of the old adage concerning
the stage of the game at which a certain
party enjoys himself with the best and
loudest laugh. Having run his type
writers and his adding machines till he
produced a majority of 200 for McKlnley
over all other candidates, Grotrvenor
spreads a smile on his benign face and
closes up the shop.
People who think Mark Hanna doesn't
know how to run a political campaign
should step behind the scenes a few
moments and see the wheels go round.
Mr. Hanna believes In having one man
to do one kind of work, and no one else
to get In his way. Therefore the Mc
Klnley campaign has had but one offi
cial enouncer and tabulator, and Gros
venor was the man. The official talkers
were designated and duly appointed
Just as the official tabulator was, and
General Grosvenor was one of these.
Mr. Hanna. who is a simple business
man, does no believe In too much talk
ing. He does not like to see talkers
falling over one another. One of the
happiest strokes of his very successful
management was the idea of having
one official mathematician and one or
two official spokesmen, with everyone
else invited to keep quiet. As an of
ficial talker General Grosvenor has been
aa successful as he was a tabulator.
He has known what to say and how to
say It. There were times when it
seemed to some of McKlnley's friends
that Grosvenor was talking too much,
but now they take all that back. They
see how ablr he has kent up his end
against the combined opposition and If
there were any occasion for It, If it were
at all desirable, which It Is not. for
Grosvenor to come out and metaphoric
ally and rhetorically to wipe up the
earth with Piatt and Clarkson, he
could do wthout raising his temperature
a thousandth of a degree. Now that he
has figured the other fellows to a stand
still, perhaps It would be a good Idea
tor him to start in and talk tnem into
silence, too.
LIKE SANTA CLAUS.
No better selection than that of Gros
venor for chief spokesman for the Mc,
Klnleycampalgnatthenational captltal
i could have been made, uenerai wros-
venor is a veteran polltican and legls
lator. He has few or no enemies in
Washington, and is looked upon by al
most everyone as a man of truth and
candor and fairness. HU Santa Claus
beard and full, white hair, Ms clear,
steady eye, hla general air of sincer
ity and well develc:ed character, do
not belle the men. He has In ten years
of congressional service won high repu
tation bs a debater. Though a partisan
of partisans, a radical cf radicals, he Is
known as a man who gives ana tuKes,
us one who does not believe all the
facts and all the argument ore o.n one
side, as one who Iovcb truth and is
willing to concede something In order
to bring It out. On the floor General
Grosvenor has all the year been a free (
talker. He is more often interrupted, ;
perhaps, than any other man, because '
it Is known of all men that he takes
Interruptions calmly and good nutured-,
ly, because he has a fund of humor, :
because It is next to Impossible to j
anger or rattle him, and because a :
colloquy with him Is Bure to bring out ;
not only wit and sharp rally, but some ;
graceful compliment or concession to ,
his opponent. A man with a character ;
and a reputation like theje is eminently '
fitted to be In charge of the Interests :
at Washington of a campaign which
had nothing to conceal, which sought ,
only thut the truth should be known, .
which had no war to make upon other !
Republicans and asked oi:Iy fair ptay
and an open field.
General Grosvenor Is 63, though you
wouldn't think it to look at him, de
spite his white hair and Santa Claus
beard. His eyes are so bright, his com
plexion ho ruddy, Jils mental alertness
and love of humor so boyish that those
who do not know the truth put htm
down at about 55. He Is a native of
Connecticut, and comes .of a family
which long distinguished Itself In de
fense of the country. It i& said all the
Grosveiiors in America can be traced
back to one progenitor, so that If any
Grosvenor reads this article he may
with propriety address the meat mathe
matician as a relation. The father of
all the Grosvenors came from Chester,
England, when the New England col
onies were young and struggling. He
established a settlement at Windham,
Conn., but died before he could return
thither from Massachusetts, and now
lies under an old fiat grave stone at
Roxbury, in Boston. The present Gen
eral Grosvenor's grandfather was grad
uated at Yale and went all through the
revolution, and was afterward a dis
tinguished Judge. With other officers
of the revolution he acquired lund in
Ohio, near Marietta, and his son. Gener
al Grosvenor's father, moved out there
in 1838. The mathematician was then
a mere child of 4 or 5. His father took
him right back into the wilderness.
They lived in a log house and spent
their energies clearing the land of the
virgin forest. There was no other
house within two miles. There was no
schoolhouse within five miles. Gros-
By ths Courtesy of H. H. RohlsaatJ
a Methoillst charge at Mlddleport, Ohio.
Lntll 1870 Dr. Crnnston served the uMo
conference, preaching to many congrega
tions. In that year he waj transferred to
Winona, Minn., and thru he built a
church, which was lft behind him as k
monument to his energy when, at his
own requnst, he was transferred to
Jacksonville. In that city his wife died.
Dr. Cranston stayed his full term there,
and Jacksonville has Grace church as a
result of his labors. Evansvllle, lnd had
him a short time, and then his dut'et
called him to Cincinnati and lator to Den.
yr, Colo., For four years he was preld
lng elder of the southern Colorado confer
ence, and his energetic Work in that dis
trict won for him the admiration of all
who saw it. In 1884 he was sent to Cin
cinnati as ' the representative of the
Western Book Concern, a position he heli
when hs went to the conference at Cleve
land that widened ths scope ot bis work
by making him a bishop, .
venor lived In a log house till he was a
man, and after he had been to school
in a log schoolhouse five or six years,
a 1? h began to teach school hlmaelt
also In a log house.
IN YOUTH WAS POOR.
General Grosvenor la not as yet a
candidate for the presidency, but if he
ever concludes to run he has a log
bouse record which will stand him In
good stead. While teaching school
young Grosvenor studied law. carry
ing his law books to the school house
with him. He was admitted to prac
tice in 1857. While yet a boy he .took
an Interest In politics, and even at that
early day it was said ot him that he
could count up the election returns and
get them nearer right than anyone else
in the -county. He made his first
speech for Fremont in 1856. and of
course was a member of the Republi
can party from the start. In 1857 he
moved out of the country districts Into
the smart town of Athens and hung out
his shingle aa a lawyer. Clients were
not numerous, and when President
Lincoln appointed Aleck Sands United
States marshal at Cincinnati and Sands
Invited young Grosvenor to become one
of his deputies the invitation waa glad
ly accepted.
"In 1861 a warrant was Issued by
United States Commissioner Long tor
the arrest of a fugitive slave from Ken
tucky who had escaped into Ohio. The
warrant was placed In Grosvenor's
hands to serve. "It was the hottest
piece of paper I ever touched," says
General Grosvenor. "It burned me. I
didn't want to serve it worth a cent.
Flainen Ball was the district attorney,
and he said there was no way out of It
Stanley Matthews, who had been the
district attorney, said the same thing.
Governor Chase was appealed to, and
he replied that we had to serve the
warrant even if It did come hard. The
Kentucklana who owned the slave were
at the Burnett house waiting for their
property. Just then came the news of
Bull Run. The streets ot Cincinnati
were full of men and women howling
with Indignation. The war feeling
was at fierce heat. I happened to think
of my warrant. So I went down to the
Burnett house and hunted up my Ken
tucklana. 'I am going up to Clermont
county tomorrow,' I said, 'to serve that
warrant, and I want you to come along
to Identify the man.' 'No, we don't.'
replied the Kentucklans. 'NT we get
out of this d d state alive that is all
we ask. Let 'em "keep our niggeit'
That was the last fugitive slave war
rant Issued in the United States," con
cluded General Grosvenor.
Young Grosvenor at once enlisted as a
private soldier and wont to the front.
He was promoted through various
ranks and finally commanded a brigade
In the battle of Nashville In December,
1S64. His war record Is a brilliant one,
but It is one thing General Grosvenor
does not like to talk ahout. Though a
friend of the soldier he does not eternal
ly harp on that subject for political
effect. After the war aeneral Gros
venor served In the state legislature,
where he was speaker of the house for
one term, and held other offices. Twelve
years asro he came to congress, and it
was here he first knew Major McKln
ley. A warm friendship at once sprang
up between tha two men. In congress
General Grosvenor hus won a high
place. He is a keen debater, a splen
did parliamentarian, and would make
a good speaker. But whether the fu
ture brings him cood things or poor
things, probably he will never in all his
Hie perform a task that will bring him
more honor and fum than he has won
in the role of chief tabulator and of
ficial interviewer for the McKlnley
bourn.
DAVIS, OF MINNESOTA.
A Peu Picture of the Senator from
the Northwest.
Senator Cushman K. Davis, of Min
nesota, Is in his fifty-eighth year. Of
medium height and stocky In build,
though not stout, he Is strong and ic
tlve and capable of an Immense
amount of work. His face Is shaven,
except for a mouutache.and he is slight
ly bald. The resemblance between
him and Senator Quay, of Pennsyl
vania, Is a rather striking one. Seen
together from the senate gallery they
might almost bo taken for twins, al
though the resemblanue Is not so ap
parent when one sees them near at
hand.' Still, even then. It is sufficiently
strong to confuse many of those who
know but one of them very well. This
leads to some amusing epsodes, In
which Senator Davis is the more fre
quent actor, as of course more Penn
sylvanlans come to Washington than
do citizens ot Minnesota.
Scarcely a day passes that some
Pennsylvania pilgrim does not hall the
Minnesota senator on the street or In
the corridors ot the capltol and proceed
to Impart to him matters Intended for
the Junior senator from Pennsylvania.
One case was quite amusing to those
who heard of It, although not so fun
ny to the actors in it themselves. Sena
tor Davis was going along the corridor
one day when a man stopped him,
greeted him familiarly, shook his hand
and then proceeded to make a request
regarding some matter In wheh he was
very much Interested. The senator, to
use a common phrase, "didn't know
him from a side of sole leather," but
from the familiar manner In wheh the
man greeted him supposed that he was
from Minnesota and a political sup
porter, and was just politician enough
not to let on that he didn't know him.
The man stated his request and Sen
ator Davis said: "Why, certainly, I'll
do what I can for you. I'll attend to
that matter right away. Now you
come back to me In two or three days
and I'll tell you how things stand."
Back the man came and this time sent
In his card to Senator Quay, who came
out to see him. "Well, Senator." said
the visitor, "how about that matter of
mine?"
"What matter?" demanded Senator
Quay.
"Why, what I came to see you about
the other day, and you said you would
attend to it for, me."
"You are certainly mistaken," said
Senator Quay; "I never promised to at
tend to any matter for you." The man
was speechless for a moment, and then
exclaimed, with rising Ire: "Do you
mean to say that I didn't meet you right
here the other day and told you what I
wanted and you said you would do what
you could for me, and told me to come
back here and see you today?"
"Hold on," said the senator: "I'll bet
you saw Senator Davis," and then he
charged back Into the Bennte chamber
and told the Mlnensota man what trou
ble he had got him into. The two sena
tors went out together, explanations
followed and the visitor's wrath was
appeased.
A PLAIN MAN.
The Minnesota senator Is a plain
every-day man. He Is not a society
man. Nine o'clock In the morning finds
him In his committee room at the capl
tol. where he works on public matters
until the meeting of the senate: JIls
evenlnsrs are spent In reading and stidy
His office in his Washington home Is a
little third-story back room away from
the noises of the street. It Is plainly
furnished and uncarpeted. The walls
not covered with book cases are bare,
except for the picture of Naoo'.eon at
Fontnlnleau n.nd n beautiful enTv
Ing of the cathedral at Milan. Every
shelf of the book cases Is crowded with
volumes, congressional, statistical, his
torical and classical, except one corner
of tho lower sh'if, where the senator,
remembering his early days, In his
nnrthwoRtern homo, keeps a little rile of
faggots of wood to be used In the cheery
fire that burns upon the open hearth.
On his desk the other evening lay open
Whewell'B edition of Grotlus's "De Juris
Belli et Vacls," In Latin. Near by were
Cooper's Vlrgll. Shakespeare. Shelley
and the senator's old school copy of
Tacitus, newly rebound. On the shelves
are a score of volumes of International
law, among them Cnlvos's "Le Droit In
ternational, " In French, a German edi
tion of Tacitus, Dante's "Divine Come
dy" and two large volumes of Malte
Brun's old geography. In this last the
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A Oreat Sale of
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At $1.50 and $2.00
Trimmed in height of fashion and best
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Trimmed Leghorn Hats
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Finest Trimmea Hat
a: la 08, $3.08, $4.98
Reduced from $, 110 and 112.
Trimmed
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Fine Bennett Braid Sailors
We sell
Knox shape, Leather Sweat.
mem at
48 Cents Each.
Worth 75e.
Fine nilan Sailors,
Knox shape, Satin lined, Leather sweat,
at
01c, 73c. and 98c.
Worth double the money.
A Shirt Waist Sale
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GERSON'S MILLINERY,
THIRD NATIONAL BANK
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Capital, - - $200,000
Surplus, - - 300,000
Undivided Profits, 64,000
Special attention given to Business and Personal
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3 Interest Paid on Interest Deposits.
senator pointed out an old map which
shows the line of demarcation between
Venezuela and the British possessions
Is as claimed by the South American
republic. Chinch's "Life of Oliver
Cromwell" Is there also. "That Is an
able and a valuable work," said the
senator, "It Is an honor to Pittsburg
that Its writer is one ot her sons."
HIS FAMILY.
The senator has no family except his
wife, a beautiful and accomplished wo
man, and one prominent in Washington
society. His father and mother are still
living, one at the age of 84 and the other
02. They make their home with their
son, keeping his house at St. Paul dur
ing his necessary absence at Washing
ton In attendance upon his official du
ties. Senator Davis hns learned the neces
sity of dealing with men and affairs as
they are, and not as they ought to be.
To quote his own words, and the words
of the great thinker he himself quotes,
will give an idea of the man:
"The geometry of general principles
In statesmanship always becomes er
roneous in its application beyond a cer
tain point. But there is a calculus of
probabilities In administering human
concerns wherein true statesmanship
finds Its most certain guide. We should
be taught by the wisdom ot Edmund
Burke:
" 'The pretended rights of these theo
rists are all extremes, and In propor
tion as they are metaphysically true
they are morally and politically false.
The rights of men are In a sort of a
middle, incapable of definition, but not
Impossible to be discerned. The rights
of men in governments are their ad
vantages; and these are often in bal
ances between dierences In good, in
compromises sometimes between good
and evil, and sometimes between evil
and evil. Political reason is a comput
ing principle; adding, subtracting, mul
tiplying, and dividing morally, and not
metaphysically or mathematically, true
moral denominations.' "
HOMELIER THAN LINCOLN.
George NebccUer's Greeting from the
President at a Reception.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
Rensselaer, Ind., March 14. Judge
Bundy, ot New Castle, was holding
court last week at M uncle, and at the
dinner table at the Klrby House related
the following reminiscence of Abraham
Lincoln:
Judge Bundy was a page in the Indi
ana house of representatives In the win
ter and spring of l8ti. President Lin
coln was on his way to Washington to
deliver his Inaugural address, and
stopped at the Bates House. Indianapo
lis, to erect the citizens of this state.
The page, Bundy, was well acquainted
with all the members of the legislature,
and was stationed a short distance from
the President to give their names to the
reception committee, so that they could
be properly Introduced.
Oeorge Ncbeker, an uncle to E. H.
Kebekcr, ex-United States treasurer,
was a state representative, and much
resembled Mr. Lincoln in appearance,
except that he was probably homelier.
As soon as Mr. Nebekcr's towering form
appeared in the doorway the page said
In a stage whisper to the reception com
mittee: "This Is Mr. NcbE-ker. of Foun
tain and Warren." Mr. Lincoln heard
this, and before Mr. Ncbeker could
reach him, and without an introduction,
the President reached over the heads of
the Intervening persons and, grasping
Neho!cr's hand, said:
"How do you do, Mr. Ncbeker? I am
especially glad to see you. Over In
Snnenmon county they say that I nm
about the uelle3t man In the United
States. While I am proud of this hon
or, I believe If you would go there the
people would unanimously crown you
with thi title."
Mr. Nebeker took the matter In good
humor. The Incident hud .been- forgot
ten until recalled by Judge Buudy, .
' I
"P.e mine," he Implored. i
"No." she answered.
"1 won't take no for an answer," he
shrieked.
"Nit, then," she responded.
And he took his hat and sadly went.
Boston Courier.
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421 Lackawanna Avenue
Half Price and Less
For Untrimmed Hats
All the neVest shapes and latest styles
In Finest Braids and Straws marked down
to
SO Cents Each,
Reduced from 11.23. tl.W and $2.00,
Fine Bernina and Jsp
Straw Turbans
Fancy Braid Children's and Misses' Hats
marked down to
1 as Cents Each
Reduced from 73c. and 11.
Sailor Hats.
Finest Satia Straw and English
Milan Straw (alien. '
Newest shapes, finest trimmings
f i.sj snd S1.4S
Worth $2 and S2.23.
Trimmed Panama Sailors
Newest styles, best quality,
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Cost elsewhere .50 and J3.
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