The Scranton tribune. (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, June 20, 1896, Page 9, Image 9
THE SCHANTON J TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1896. 0 ENGLAND ON TWO v HUNDRED DOLLARS Ho a Tow f It Cu B Mide at Tki ' , , Low Cost MAKES A VERY PLEASANT OUTING Eipericacet of Two Yonag Wmci Traveling ia the British Islet with Clr a "Telescope" asd m Uaas bafCoatforU sad Pleasures of "Lode inf" ia the CountryTipa. Some Loadoa Tricks. "People are alwaya telllnc me that I could go to Europe if I wanted to," aald forlorn youns; woman to a Nw York Sun reporter the other day. "They say you can saend Just as much money ai you want to.' What I want to know Is how I can go and S.ad 'just as little as J want to.' " A good many other people want to know the same thing;. The papers are run or tne names of more fortunate per sonages who are already outward bound, with full pocketbooks and long letters of credit. The reading- of these lists Is very Inspiring as well as de pressing to hundreds of poorer people who would like to follow humbly In the wake of the procession. There is a large class of people who have more re- flnement and culture than they have money. To them; a 4rip to Kurope is the dream of their lives but they gen erally think of It hopelessly as If It were quite beyond the possibility of realization. A European trip may be almost any thing one chooses to make of It. It may be a great and glorious opportunity for spending money In extravagant hotels and among thieving shop dealers, or it may be a chance for getting the best turn for a few hundred dollars that an Intelligent and cultivated man or wo man could ever hope for. The talk about going to Europe with $200, having fine times for a period of six weeks, and coming home with money In one's pock et Is deluding, to say the least. In the first place the people who want to go to Europe inexpensively are gen erally those whohave a summer vacation teachers, preachers, and men who work on a salary or have small incomes. and have earned a couple of months' freedom by years of hard work. They want, as a rule, to spend the months' of July and August in their European out lng, and that is a misfortune at the very start., Summer rates are In force from April 15 or May 1 until the middle of July for eastward-bound steamers, and from May 1 until Oct. 15 for those west ward bound. Tills makes a difference of $5 each way on the cheapest first- class tickets available, and a greater difference on more expensive lines. THE FARE OVER. The cheapest first-class fare out of New York ia $40 on a Glasgow line. Be tween May 1 and- July 15 this fare Is raised to $45, although a round trip ticket may be had for $85. Second class on the same steamers costs $30 one way and $55 for return ticket. It has been often repeated by travelers that two can travel together much more cheaply than one person alone, and four more cheaply than two. There Is no doubt at all about the relative cost of going 'Singly or in pairs, mere mum ue it saving of quite 20 per cent, to each per son. As for a party of four, there are, of course, occasions when it Is a pecuniary advantage to have that num ber. Long drives may be taken more cheaply, and there is sometimes a sav ing on tips. But the time lost In trying to get about with a party of four more than offsets any advantage gained. Furthermore, two can often slip In where four can not, and an experiment in both directions will convince nine people out of ten that two provided always those two are reasonable and congenial Is the ideal number for a traveling party. Another obstacle In the way of most people who want to go to Europe inex pensively Is that they think they may never go again, and therefore want to see as much as possible on their first and perhaps only trip. This handicaps them at the very start. They want to cover as much territory In six weeks as .' 4 her traveler would take in six months, and they will be pitifully per plexed when they find how much more expensive their trip has been In pro portion to the other fellow's. If a person has $200 and two months to spend, the British Isles will give the most genuine satisfaction for his money, if his taste lies that way. That is to say, if one cares to see a new and . beautiful country, splendid ruins, the most wonderful "collection" of cathe drals abd the greatest city in the world, . Great Britain will suit him. One can r, see a good deal of it In six weeks, and at ' the end of that time be . healthier,' ' Wealthier and wiser than if ho had tried There's Good " j There is only one S Cottolene that's the best. C. best for your food best for' ? v . .health best for your pocket book. ' Jr ' Jrfe THB W. It. PAIRBAWK -ffi j' to "skim' Europe. On can skim the cream off Europ and make a hasty meal thereon, but Indigestion is likely to be the consequence. BAGGAGE REQUIRED. Travellers are never tired of telling other would-be travellers not to bur den themselves with baggage. People think they are heeding this advice, and then they come home and say: "What ever you do, don't take as much lug gage as we did!" Two young women travelled in England and Scotland for six weeks last summer, and the only luggage they carried was a "telescope" and handbag. The handbag was en tirely unnecessary and should have been dispensed with. The "telescope" bag Is not a, thing of beauty, but It Is mighty convenient, especially for wo men. It is utterly Impossible to give cast-Iron rules as to Just what one shall take for a round of Great Britain; that la. Just what Is necessary for one's com fort. Nothing else, except neatness, need be considered. Pecple do not travel In Europe to show off their good clothes. This, of course, refers to the ordinary traveller, not to people who go over for social purposes. The traveller proper, no matter what his or her prejudices in the matter of clothes may be on this side of the water, soon becomes quite content to reduce his changes to the least number possible. Consequently, the traveller who Is aim ing at cheapness need feel no qualms over his or her one good suit or gown. Only and this has been said so often that it seems almost unnecessary to re peat it forget not to have at least two pairs of well-made and , comfortable American shoes and a pair of American rubbers. Foreign shoes are Impossible, and the English goloshes are just what the name sounds like.. Of course, "the Inexpensive traveller" will go third class on English railways, remembering that on most of them there is no second class. To the ex perienced traveller there Is no more wanton extravagance than riding in a first-class railway compartment. The baggage system of England has been so much maligned that It Is a pleasing thing to be able to say one good word for It If you are travelling with only hand luggage, you could not be better oft than In an English railway station No sooner doss your cab or omnibus draw up at the platform than one of the uniformed porters gathers up your bass, no matter how many they may be, and carries them to the "booking office" window where you buy your ticket, When he has found out your destina tion he piles your luggage against one of the Iron pillars, and you need not plvn it another thought. As the train pulls in your porter appears, finds you a seat In a compartment, puts your bags in the racks, touches his cap, and -thanks you for the tuppence you give him. Cheap enough at four cents! If there are two of you that makes only two cents apiece. If there is a trunk. so that a truck Is necessary, sixpence Is the fee. Sixpence Is also the usual fee for most of the show places. In almost every ca thedral the choir, which contains all the relics and Interesting features. Is classed by a railing, and each person pays six pence to go In. There Is always a ver ger, often a most interesting and Intelli gent person,-to show you around and ex plain things. He Will bow most benevo lently ovtr the sixpence given to him personally at the close of the circuit This slxiience is sufficient for two. Expenses may be roughly divided Into four classes: railway expenses, living expenses, fees, und extras. The cost of travel Itself Is not heavy In Great Brl tain. One can go from London to Edin burgh, stopping at Cambridge, Ely, Peterborough, Lincoln, York, Itlpon and Durham for less thun $10 railroad fare, One can make the circuit from London up the east side of England to Edin burgh by steamer and coach through the Ttossacks, up to Oban, down by steamer to Glasgow, then to Ayr, then through the lake country and by way of Chester and that best known route back to London for about $30. This Includes a good deal of .coaching, which Is al ways expensive. Thus It is seen that the expense of actual travelling In Eng land and Scotland Is not at all extrava gant. By leaving out Oban one could make the circuit for Just about what it costs to go from here to Chicago. The feeing system is an unmitigated nuisance, especially to the person of limited means, who, nevertheless, wants to give, what Is proper. Of course, one may fee aB extravagantly as one wishes, but the amount which will assure com fort and attention will not be found at all burdensome. A good rule is, not to fee any one who renders you no service. Plenty of persons will look at you with an expectant eye, but that la part of their business. Their expectancy is In their' eye alone most of the time. If you do give them anything, so much the better. They regard it as "lanlappe," as they say down south, but they will have Just as much, respect for you If they don't get It. If one fees moderate ly when there Is an occasion for It, one will And that the sum total of one's trip Health in it! does not begin-to equal that of any sort of Journey here. -' I Sixpence Is a sufficient fee for a res taurant luncheon or dinner for two, un less, of course, at the most expensive places, and even there sixpence Is enough for a modest meal. For simpler meals at lees showy places twopence and threepence is enough for two. The advantage of having two In a party is at once apparent when it come to feeing, for almost invariably two can offer Just as small a tip as one person would give. These two young women, who travelled through England with a telescope bag, spent $25 for fees and admission to places of interest In a trip of five weeks duration. This made $2.50 a week apiece and they were not particularly economl can One might spend four or five times that much and have no better service. SOMS "EXTRAS." The portion of csie's expenses which would come under the head of extras Is the one which Is capablo of the greatest arlation. It is the one, too, on which the lnex!erlenced traveller almost never counts. Under this head will come laundry work, stamps, paper, pho tographs, cabs, "souvenirs," presents. refreshments" between times, and any accidental expenses, such as guide books, articles of clothing, and medi cine. This Is the direction in which one can make the greatest saving, and at the same time It Is the one which is most Influenced by circumstances which one cannot control. One may not need to spend a penny on drugs, and, on the other hand, one may be compelled to have medical attendance at $5 a visit. Bleeding of one sort is as likely to be practised on American patients abroad as bleeding of another sort was for merly Indulged In.- , The actual living expenses, however. are the most Important of them. They are bound to be more than all the others put together. And yet they need not be extravagant. One can stay in a com fortable London boarding house, where one will meet agreeable people (mostly Americans), for five shillings a day. This means a room on the top floor, but, as one doesn't go to London for the purpose of staying In one's room, that isn't a very great objection. To this must be added the cost of luncheon out side, for one cannot afford to. go back to the boarding''4iouse for that meal. The luncheon Item Is. another elastic one, which may be regulated by the purse, and alas! the appetite, of the In dividual. Some people are content with a cup of tea and a roll at an "A. B. C." restaurant. Others well, others are not. Outside of London one may spend either more or less than In the metro polls. One will spend more at the ho tels. That is inevitable. But there Is one delightful feature of English life whose charms and advantages must be known to be appreciated. This feature is "lodgings." Lodgings are not recom mended for a London stay unless you are tolerably sure of your landlady. Landladies are an uncertain quantity generally, but In London lodgings they are approximately certain; they are al most sure to be evilly Inclined. But In the smaller towns the chances are just the other way. In such places as Cam bridge, Lincoln, York, even Edinburgh, the lodging scheme Is replete with com fort and economical possibilities. When you take lodgings you pay for your room, and that means that you have a bedroom and a sitting room. In the latter apartment your meals are served. You may do your own market ing if you like. If not, you tell the land lady what you want; she buys It, cooks It and serves It, charging you only what Bhe paid for the things at the market. Oh, she may add a few pennies to the cost, but you are quite willing she should. Something of the advantages of this method of living muy be seen from the report given by severul "couples" of young women who tried it. At Lincoln one couple stayed- in a delightful, quaint little house just out side of the cathedral close. The land lady and everthlng pertaining to the place were spotlessly clean. The two girls had their night's lodging and three meals, served in' a private sitting room, for the total sum of $1.40 apiece. In York they had lodging, supper and breakfast for a dollar apiece. In Edin burgh they had lodging and breakfast for a week for $3.50 each. At Oxford, lodging, supper and breakfast, with a fine grate Are all evening, cost them a dollar apiece. At Salisbury It was less than a dollar. These are actual figures, taken from the expense account of the girlB who made the trip. The only rea son they did not follow the same plan In every place they stopped was that they did not have enough addresses. It will be seen that if a person wants to visit even Great Britain for a period of six weeks, and do very much travel ing, on $200, he will have to reckon closely. Allow $85 for an excursion ticket, the lowest first-class summer rate; allow $5 each way for steamer fees, with two in a room; he will have to cut down his tips and admissions on the other side to $10. That will leave him only $95 for traveling and living expenses and extras. This will be cut down to about $K5 by taking out the railway fares. - It will need close econ omy to live on $1.50 a day, but It can be done. The matter, naturally, 1b very much simplified by any reduction In the amount of traveling. That, as Mr, Kipling says, Is another story. THE NEWSPAPER REPORTER. Hit Place, in the Ethics of Modern Journalism Is Important. Scrlbner's for March. - The readersof newspapers exclusively the man who derives his - intellectual sustenance and. experience from no other source, s apt to believe that he, of all others, Is practical, has a Arm grip on the real;. and because the mod ern reporter, who makes the newspa per what it Is, takes an analogous poal tion, as one who, beyond ail others, is In. direct contact with facts, and looks upon things, and Interprets them, just as they are. On the strength of tills assumption the reporter everywhere, but more 'particularly In America, has of late grown to feel that he Is an ex tremely Important factor in contempo rary affairs. And he Is right; he Is ex tremely Important. He is the most representative figure in the literature of the actuality using the word literature Just here because there Is none other to take its place. He is Important because he embodies the most active forces of the hour: lie cause he Is their tool; their vehicle; but not because ho more thoroughly knows, or more faithfully portrays, life than others. As a matter of fact he Is as much a victim of conventions as the literary theorist and dreamers who be holds it only as if shows through his study window. Sometimes he Js more so. -me medium in which hi works Im poses fixed restrictions and distinct lim itations upon him. And he comes to conceive all of life "chiefly as it may serve his purpose and be made to fit in to those limitations. Base ball lacks spirit in Springfield? Good heavens! , doesn't anybody know "Sandy" Bariorn or read the Bprlngfleld union r uee-wnis, SOME INTERESTING PAST CONVENTIONS Plonjei Into Ibt Historic Past for Paral lel to St Loois. LIVELY SCENES OF FORMER TIMES Brief Retrospect of Some of the t'om biaatioas Mads Against and for Winning Candidates of Both the Leading PartiesThings People liave Forgotten All Abont. From the Buffalo Express. Politics was very much simplified In 184, compared to that of 1K80, when amid the thunder of cannon all over the south, and when the horrid din of war was easily audible at the national cap ital. Lincoln and Johnson were nom inated at Baltimore, and McCiellan and "flentlcman George" Pendleton at Chicago. The only ripple of discontent with the old parties was the defection of the radical Republicans, who nom inated General Fremont and John C. Cochrane of New York, at Cleveland. Fremont, partially through Jealousy, partially because of a sincere dissat isfaction with the conduct of the war, resigned his commission. In company with several generals of less note, and had a sublime confidence In his ability to divert enough of the Republican vote to ensure his election. Yet how many public men. to say nothing of m-r-n net in public life, will recall the holding of that convention? Radicals and Peace Democrats were ollke remanded to the rear, and Lincoln was sustained only to be killed bv the bullet of Bootn. In IMS, ut Chicago, It was Inevitable that the Republicans should nominate Grant, and upon the ticket with him was placed Colfax of Indiana, who was then quite popular. At Chicago, also a little earlier, Horatio Seymour had been nominated by the Democrats, with Francis P. liletr of Missouri, as the candidate for vice-president The Grant convention was full of the enthu liasm that must Inevitably associate with the name of the victorious general of a great war. There was no contest, and the snectacle was rather a mass. meeting to celebrate the restoraflon of the union and the end of the term of the almost imneached Johnson, than a convention of a political party. For hours tire vast assembly did little but stand on its feet and cheer and sing patriotic songs. Old Jesse Grant, father of the general, stood near the front of the stage, the tears coursing down his cheeks, witnessing the glorlllcation of his son. Fenton and Wil&m were botli Dromlnentlv In the race for the vice presidential race, and there was much soivnr-ss over the nomination of Colfux, and not a few were pleased with that gentleman s subsequent humiliation. A STRUGGLE OF GIANTS. The Democratic convention in 1SCS was the scene of a grand struggle be tween such niants of the party as bry mour. Pendleton. Iteverdy. Johnson Packer. Doollttle. Hendricks, Flair, and Salmon P. Chase, who had accepted the platform and cut loose from his .old friends. Aucust Heimont spent jiu.uw, It Is paid, to accomplish the nomination of Jluncock. fceymour was honestly a BUMiorter of Chase and protested against the use of his name, but destiny had marked him for ilefoat by ornnt, In the twenty-second ballot rcnrlloton cast the vote of Ohio fur Seymour und the grand nominating rush of states followed. The Republican convention of 1Si2 was llttli more thun an endorsement of the administration, but It was ainld tremendous enthusiasm which fairly lifted the roof from the Academy of Music. In Philadelphia when the Galena Tanner" and the "Natick Cobbler" were replaced in nomination. This was the year of the Liberal He' pUbllcark upheavel. Horace Greeley and B. Grata Brown had been nomlnat ed at Cincinnati and were certain to be endorsed by the Democrats. There were stroni: protests aguinst the policy of .the administration, and especially ntralnst the Immediate advisers of Grant The Cincinnati convention was one of the wildest enthusiasm. Many men who had been high In the councils of the Republican party -were the foremost figures of the great assembly, and they congratulated themselves that the Grant ring was about to be snapped in pieces. Bayard, now Minister to England, was the only prominent mem ber of the Democratic convention at Baltimore w'hich endorsed the Cincin nati platform and candidates, who at tempted to stem the tide of Greeley, but he was summarily squelched. Penn sylvanla cast the majority of her vote for Jeremiah Black, but It was Wallace, afterward senator, who finally moved to make the nomination of Greeley and Brown unanimous. The scenes attend lng the nominations at Cincinnati were so inspiring that the mass of the Democrats would hear nf nothing but endorsement of the ticket and platform. Probably no other nominations were ever supported by such a brilliant array of editorial talent. Held, McClure. Watterson, Hnlstead, white, Bowles Washington, McLean and other grent editors of the day Joined their mighty forces to accomplish the election of the "Sage of C'hnppaqua," but the stars had written It otherwise. A Finiill whig of the Democratic party met at Louisville In September and nominated Charles O'Connor and John Quincy Adams, and a Labor Reform party nominated Judge David Davis and Joel Parker, at Col umbus, but these tickets scarcely caused a ripple in the tremendous cam paign waged over Grant and Greeley, and which resulted In the defeat of the great editor and in his death of heart break. THE FIGHT OF '70. In 1876 there was n. strong feellnp; In favor of the nomination of Grant for a third term, but this was dissipated long before the Republican convention met at Cincinnati In June, and party affec Hons were divided between Blaine and Conkling, with numevous favorite sons in the background. It was the contest between the two brilliant leaders trans ferred from the halls of congress to the floor of the political convention. That Blaine had the great delegate as well as the popular following no one denied. Conkling could not control the delega tion from his own state. Cameron was able to divert the vote of Pennsylvania from Blaine only by securing Instruc tions for Hartranft. Brlstow, as nn "anti-boss" Republican, had a strong following. Oliver P. Morton, Lugnn, Hayes, Kvarts, Morgan, Wheeler, Adams, Hartranft and other favorite sons trailed along, their hope based upon a probable breakdown of the lead ers. On the very Sunday previous to the meeting ef the convention, and when nearly all of the delegates were on .the ground, Blnlne was stricken down while on his Way to church with something closely akin to apoplexy, and his adher ents and opponents alike were gloomy and sympathetic. Later reports of the favorable condition of the patient re vived the Blnlne enthusiasm and the Blaine antagonism, and on Monday the fight was as Intense as though the hand nf disease had not touched the man from Maine. Edward MrPhersori, who died a tragic death at his Pennsylvania homo a few months ago, was made permanent chairman of the convention. The most sensational episode of the cenventlon was the almost riot that followed. Mc pherson's ruling In the ense of Penn sylvania delegate. John Hampton, the brilliant Pittsburg lawyer among them, who protested against the castings of the entire vote of the state by Cameron as a unit. The excitement Was Intense, and at one time It seemed that Mc PherBon would be driven from the chair. Finally order prevailed, and the convention negatived the appeal taken from the Important decision and pre cedent. Blaine out of danger, as it was reported to the convention, the struggle between the contending ele ments was renewed with increased bit terness. Every scandal that had at tached to the name of Blaine, his bor rowing of money from Paclflo railroad officials, his ownership of Arkansas, Little Rock and Fort Smith railway bonds, the famous Mulligan letters, and other things derogatory to the man rrum Maine were used without stint. The dramatic Investigation of these matters was even then pending In con gress. A more bitter fight was never waged In a convention, but Conkling and Cameron held their forces so well In hand that they were able to make Hayes the nominee, by somewhat lib eral promises to the friends of Wheeler and Morgan of the honor of second place on the ticket. BRILLIANT SPEECHES. Never were more brilliant speeches made for the purpose of placing candi dates in nomination. That of Inger soil nominating Blaine has been placed among the political classics. Stewart L. Woodford nominated Conkling, Noyes made the speech for Hayes and was seconded by old Ben Wade. Upon the first ballot Blaine had 291 votes, Bristow 113, Conkling 96. Morton 125. Hayes 65. There was no material change until the fifth ballot. The antl- Blaine managers held their men steady and Blaine stock went down. On the sixth the break was made for Hayes, Indiana withdrawing Morton and lead ing the stampede, and the nomination was a fact. A foolish story has recently been re vived telling that the antl-B'alne man agers prevented a session the evening preceding the day of balloting by secur ing a statement from the managers of the building that the gas pipes were out of order, and therefore no Illumination could be had. It was asserted thut Blaine could have been nominated had a session been held that evening. The irutn ib tne announcement In regard to the gas was made 21 hours before the balloting, and the pipes could have been repaired If the Blaine managers naa mougnt an evening session of any Importance. Frye, of Maine. Blaine's fast friend, made the motion when the session ol the day previous to the nomination was ended. ON THE OTHER SIDH. The great struggle In the Democratic convention of that historical year, when It mt at St. Louis, was between the forces of Tildcn and Hendricks. The latter was immensely popular and the cpeecnes nominating him were many. long and eloquent. The Tilden speeches were Dareiy more man a reference to the great reform-record of the "Sage of Oramercy." Tilden had a long lefcd in the first ballot, however, and was nominated on the second by 43 votes more man enough. in mai year green back Ism took a great spurt, and Peter Cooper and Saow Carey were nominated to witness the political death of themselves and the lapse of their theory. In the Republican convention of 18S0. at Chleapn, "Caesarlsm" was the great cry oi me opponents of the Grant Conkling combination. Grant had re turned from circling the world, and wns as great a popular figure as ever. All the machinery of expert management was brought Into play to ensure the ex presltlent's nomination. Contests were acutely arranged. The unit rule was enforced to the fullest extent possible. Gnrllcld came to the front at once as an on an antagonist of thesa crafty meth ods, and was looked upon as a likely dark horse. His eloquent nomination, or snrrmun pave him much additional popularity. Joy of Michigan nominated Mains, and created much amusement by mistaking his candidate's Initials, calling him '-'James A. Blaine," when ho rounded his final period. Conkling nominated Grant in nn eloquent siteec-h. The long balloting and Intense excite ment have been equaled In no other convention. The famous 306 phalanx of Grant was rrsver seriously broken, and when th stampede cume for Gurfield on the 36th ballot giving the latter the nomination, the Grant delegates never for a moment swerved from their fealty. For the Democratic tnininatlon In Cincinnati In 1880 predictions had been generally favorable to Hancock, provid ed Tilden persisted in his refusal to stand. Bayard, Randall, Thurman and other great names were upon the ba-n- nersof thedelegatlons. The necessity for a soldier-candldute was argued. Payne and Thurmau demolished each other, and Hancock was triumphantly nomln ated on the second ballot. One of the features of the convention was the sqelehing of the contending Tammany delegates. MORE RECENT TIMES. The year 18S4 was a golden one for the Democrats. The tremendous Re publican slump In the New York state elections placed Cleveland In the fore- front of candidates. The old Dem ocratic guard was practically obsolete, Tammany was the only opposition In evidence against the Buffalo man at Chicago. Madness against Cleveland ran riot with the Tammany end of the New York delegation. Grady and Bourke Cochran made violent speeches against tne governor, assuring the con ventlon that he, could not carry their state, tint me independent Kepubll- can influence carried the day. C'levo, land, Bayard, Carlisle, Randall, Mc,, Donald and others were put In nouil nation. Hendricks spoke for McDon aid, but when the balloting began and a vote of an Illinois delegate was cast for him, it appeared for a time as though Tllden's running mate would sweep the convention from Its moor ings. It wbb one of those grand scenes when a name sets a vast assembly wild with enthusiasm. The entire convention arose and applauded as though It would never stop. Watterson and Bel mont warmly embraced the old man who stood bowing and trembling, with tears streaming down his cheeks. Voorhees withdrew McDonald In favor of Hendricks, and again the convention went wild for "one of the men wronged in "TO." But when the voting began It wns seen that the Cleveland forces had not been shaken, and upon the second roll call the New York man was nnml nated. and Hendricks was again given Becona piace. The Republican convention at Chi eagp of 1884 aws again the scene of tho contention of the Blaine and antl Blnlne forces. Arthur, made president by the assassination of Garfield, hoped ror me nomination, ana to some ex icni tne oiiice-noituiiff element was controlled for him. Robertson, how ever, who was collector of the port of New York, was a stitunch friend of Blulne. Arthur, Sherman, Logan, Ed munds, Hawley and Blaine were the great array of names eloquently pre sented to the convention. This time populur sentiment was triumphant Blaine nws nominated on tho fourth ballot, amid the craziest enthusiasm which was almost equalled when Logan wns given seconu pince. The Republican convention met ngaln at Chicago In 188S. Blaine was a great factor in the convention and would un doubtedly have been nominated had he not cabled a. positive command that his name should not be presented. It was a convention of old and new candidates. Harrison. Depew, Sherman, Gresham, Allison, Rusk, Alger, Hawley and Fltler were ell placed In nomination. Chicago was one compact chunk cf frenzy for Gresham, and to some extent the hall of ests.. Hnrrlson steadily gained In the balloting and on the fourth roll call New York started the great ninth wave of the Harrison tide, and the nomina tion was made. New York's prominence In the result gained for Morton the vice presidency. The Democratic convention of thnt year was held at St. Louis, and was little more than a ratification meeting for the administration. Democrats al most without exception swore at Cleve land In private and shouted for him In public. It wns sadly confessed that there waB nothing to do but. to renom inate him, The acclamatary result was received with no great enthusiasm. From among; Cray, Black and Thur- Y man the last was chosen for second place. FOUR YEARS AGO, The Republican convention at Min neapolis in lmt was plainly in the uoa- session of friends of Harrison, although a nne combination ror his defeat was in the wind. Blaine curtly rvnigned his office of secretary of state after the del egates were assembled. ' and Harrison as curtly accepted It. When BUilne's name was presented the cheering con tinued for nearly half an hour, and doubtless such. a scene was never before witnessed In convention. An attempt was made to rival It when Harrison was presented, but It was forced and fell short of the Blaine demonstration by several minutes, which was thought to bo quite Important. Harrison was easily nominated, but Blalae seeicca s dagerus candidate for a time, aad there wis also a brief prospect that MrKlnley would prove a winning dark horoe, as he gathered In as a finality no less than 132 votes, Pennsylvania cast ing 42 of them. Probably Blaine's fatal weakness wan the Impression that his name was being used slmolT to ao compllhs the defeat of Harrison, whir. law Held was the unanimous choice of tne Mew York delegation for the sec ond place, and to that fact he owes his nomiaatlon and defeat for the vice presidency. The third nomination of Cleveland in 1892. at Chicago, was a third time re markable for the opposltipn in his own state, the great delegation being held una against ninx under the manage ment of Senator Hill. But even mat new xonc was not greater than the resi or me country. The Tammany machine again received an awful snub bing, and Cleveland again rode to vic tory and the presidency, to Potomac- nsmng ana uucK-shootlng. THE SEXf WUJIASr. Had Every Accomplishment of a Poe- sible Man, bnt Few of a Woman's. From tho Chicago Post. "So your daughter'o education u rnm. Pleted," said the. old-faahloned man re- necuveiy. "It Is." replied the " neWWOTrnn "anA I think have every reason to be uroud vi nor. sne graduated at the head of ner class. "And now that she has graduated ." quemeu me oia-raahloned man "what next r "Why, she is prepared to be an orna ment to ay position of life," explained this "new woman." "8h ha iu.n ivi every opportunity to acquire an oduca- lion that fits her for the duties and re sponsibilities of any station, and nw I expect her tago into society and marry a man or softie distinction. She is thor oughly versed la politics." "And that, you think, should make her dear to the heart of some statesman?' Naturally. She would understand him and be able to assist him. Why, Bhe could carry on a campaign herself. She can make an excellent speech on al moat any subject connected with poli tics, and Is well posted in International affairs. She would be a wonderful help to a diplomat." "fut pontics is not iall that there Is of value lit thjs world." "Of coure not, and heir education has not been confined to that She has glveHj a little time to law, a little'to medicine, m qualified to keep books and can use a type-writer." "In short, she can do anything that It is llkEly her husband will be able to do," suggested the old-fashioned man. "Ye,"'proudly'Teplled the "new" wo man. The old-fashioned man pondered this for a few minutes'. "Do you know," he eald- at last, In a burst of confidence, "I have an Idea that the average man does not wajit a second edition of himsolf when be marries, and whon It come toaccom-pllshmtnts " "Yes?" "he would'rather have some one who can do the. things that he can't than the things that he can. Now, a home-'' Bat the "new woman had lndtgwant' ty turned away. 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