The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-12-21

hast was partly clad in breastpla.C
With a rough jacket tied with a rep
inolosipg it. 4 more realistic bust Z
az idaclsd Puritan horsemSn neye
saw. TO bTGg on, Cromwell N great
eT relief, as .t sppeaIed. there WAS
bus. Of C,oero Jus. across this narTVI
I place, With magnificent hooked no{e
shavcn face, Intelligent eyes ard cSAi
! Cal, almost pucSeged, lips. NbeR
/ expressed my surprise at CcomwelI
FEATURES the Covernor went into anoth
er room and returned win 6 la-s,
O,cE, wnlca contained Isom q dozen L
! Iweuty for;uits ct Cromwell - mors
7 a. au 1 had supposed 10 DC exkant. Al
f. ot them rePF seuted bIm as the princi.
I pli general T tLe commonwealth OF
IFS ruler, - iime, petaaps, when his
career had gown broader and txpand.
eli the intellect and Isce cC thc mere
dagoon. Stal, somc,ot these cuts ep.
pguSims.cl te the rough Cromwell %!
tLc bust.
geB-oted from this and o.hel points
and incidents how vice Of the msrk
was the estimate Of J!lden in the Re-
publican newspapers, Ills antetypes
were Pnritans of the time OF Cromwell
and Mi.t, anu antiques. His family
came 10 Massachusetts among the early
Puritans, and his father worshipped
IN the Presbyterian Church smoug the
Shaker hills OF Berkshire. John Kel-
ly, who is the most prominent Catholic
politician in the ooun'rv, naturally ap.
peared at the St. Louis convention in
violent hostility 20 this Puritan canai-
date. While Kelly is of on his Hed-
ding trip with the niece of thn Ameri-
can cardinal, the Damocraiic president
is sitting in his library under The bust
cf Oliver Cromwell.
Nc. Ti,den seemed 70 me to be. II
possible, more sincere and more open
in his ra!k and the utterance OF his
convictions than he was two wears go.
Ho regards his great popular vctc,
which, IN the State OF New York. wss
larger by many thousands than when
he ran iog Governor, 10 have been
drawn partly from the Republican
parry, partly from the German
PsoIeS'ants, and. finally, from
what is called the silent vote:
that which makes up its mind
without talk, and is only computed
after the ballots are cast. Mr. Trden's
fortune has not been affected particle
by the campaign. He had no volun-
tary sponsor, like JAY Gould, to come
forward with a pucSc. and was too nru.
dent and discreet to waste his own
means. Although he lives as elcrant
iy as any gentleman in America, his
appeutcs are simple. and he rtouires
no lacAeys ooar him. His parlors are
nearly half block in depth, as his lot
runs through from street to street.
When he wanted anything, he got up
end walked for it without calling. and
he seemed TO know where cverv book
and plate and autograph belonged,
among thousands.
1'llden'a conversation is not burden.
some with politics. He appears to
have decided convictions, ana among
ihe is a reliance en- the law to car, |
o 1t with certainty, il slowly, the high |
designs OF hdmanity. His dcmoc-
racy consists chiefly in tiisputing the |
fact TINT when people think they want |
ANYTHING philanthropic they can 90 |
and do it, over or m icr or thrOu IN |
the law. | suppose that he regards |
The dogma ~ "a higher law rs revolu- |
tlonary. lie has a steady, discreet Al q |
h"t repellant courage. He believes |
ilmly that, at thus time, he represents |
the popular will of the country for "a |
change OF administration. While Il
\ rthcrn man in all his attachments
and modes, he considers the chaotic
condition of the South TO be the result
Of bad reconstruction upder bad agents,
aud our general business prostration 10
be ;lat Of one healthy twin Juggling
along the corpse nt the other. He
takes pains to avoid any reference to
but | have understood that |
ir holds his numerical majority 60 be
u a greater degree a physical majority
that the working aud muscular |
,iasses, those who make armies aud |
i'll out levies and conscriptions, were
IN his side of the slate. Iu short, he |
5 quietly sitting among his books,
vith one eve on events aud the Other /
IN his friends, waiting until the Re
'ablicans aisntegrate by the mere
weakness OF their alliances in the .louth
md the pressure of their personal
cruples in the North. - Gtorge Aired
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