The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-05-30

ed Joel Parker
Warm hearted oolonel ". Il, Polk, Of
Tennessee, brother Of President Polk,
rare good fellow. as the phrase goes, Of in
hnise wit aud good nature, said on one CO.
casion, when certain gentleman was asci-
'dentally nominated for the FIRST Office IN
tho nation, s + must take care or the light
ming may strike ma; nobody Is safe alter
thai" he vas in Congress from 1881 to
1853, and there was not day he did not
brighten with joke. IF he were living
now--he died At Nashville, a defaut enemy
of the rebellion, December l0, lS62--he
would find a source Of great amusement in
the list Of possible or probable candidates
far The Presidency in 1876 aud without
wounding any sensibilities he would score
each Of them and make every social circle
ring with his happy hits. Let me try to
euumerate the catalogue, excluding Gen.
Grant who, whether an aspirant for a
third term or not, has been 50 often de-
scribed that il would be lost time to re-
produce his familiar picture.
Oliver Perry Morton, Of Indiana, born
in Wayne county, Indiana, August 4, 1923.
A face Of singular force and mobility, very
pale, set off BY sparkling black eyes |;
slightly bald, with broad expansive brow,
and the manners Of the West, ehastened
BY society and study; fine speaking pow
ems instructive executive tastes; an ad-
mirable organizer, and the magnetism not
always found in ambitious men. He is 3
Republican Of advanced views, and enters
the race with the Western sentiment at his
back, splendid war record, and pledged
to a liberal increase Of the circulating me-
dunn. Afflicted by numbness Of his
lower limbs, and often confined to his bed,
he Is nevertheless a great traveller, and his
stump speeches are models Of logic and
good temper. He is never coarse, though
slwavs bold and often severe. He is now
Is he Senate his term expires March 9,
1875, and he lives at the Ebbit House.
Morton political and personal antiPodcs
Il Thomas A Hendricks. Democrat, pre-
sent Governor Of Indiana. born in Wash
;pctou county. Ohio. September I, 1919.
studied law and completed his studies at
Cbambe,shure Pennsylvania. in 1913,
aseer which he settled in Indiana. and soon
rose n success;op to most Of the Offices in
,ha c;ft Of the people--LegisIature. Con-
cress limited States Senator, and now Gov
ernor President Pierce made him Com
missioner Of the General Land Office. An
excellent man every way. Cool, sagacious,
persuasive bis gentle manners and pleasant
oouptenapce add to his influence. know
NO aspirant for the Democratic nomination
that would make a better President. he
and Morton agree on the currency, but
d;fEer about everything else. Hendricks
IN complexiou i light. and 10 this is the
exact opposite Of his dark skinned Repub-
lican competitor.
James Gillespie Blaine, of Maine, Speak
er Of the present House, born in Washing
ton county, Pennsylvania, in 1880, grad
uate / at Washington College, same county,
IN ls47. then moved to and married in
Maine became editor of the Keunebee
Journal aud the Portland Advertiser, four
wears il the Maine Legislature, two Of
them Speaker Of the House; in 1862
chosen to Congress from the Third or Au-.
eusta district. and has been reelected to
every succeeding term. Is now Speaker of
the House drst elected in 1871, and
again IN 1873. There is solid metal here.
6ne phvsioue. excellent habits. varied
study. great energy, ready orator, with
ringing voice prompt and decisive, he
holds over three hundred members and
delegates in check with firm and strong |
hand And this is no light task. When
Henry Cav was Speaker he made great
lame by bis manner, in fact, almost as much |
as when he cot to the Senate afterwards.
And vet the House over which no lorded
and ruled. which be rode, reined in, and
for ten years-spurred, had only eighty-four
members IN 1911, which gradually became
ii his last speakership, Of 1926, 1888.
They were iery and untamed, but he was
equal to them. When thew threatened he
threatened: when they said severe things
he retorted bitterly and more than once
he came down from the chair to lash some
rude adversary into silence. Il was
word and challenge with him always
There is as much difference between the
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