The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-30
The Next Vice-President.

The Next Fice-President.
Ihaye spent the morning with William
Fl. English, the Democratic candidate
for Vice President, and he is no more
like the William II. English of popular
Imagination than COW is like an oyster.
His picture gives him prim, New Eng
landish, pedagogue look, with carefully
trimmed beard, exact fitting clothes, and
general air of complacent sweetness, but
bis pictures are like the "Pinafore" ad-
miral, "they mean we'll, but they don't
know" Indiana is hot, very hot; hot
ter, in fact, than half dozen New Yorks
rolled into one. Red.faced politicians
rush frantically from place to place; red
hot Democrats plot and red-handed Re.
publicars bluster. It requires no vast
intellect to discover that the politics of
the State arc raging like the fierce flames
of prairie fire, with indications of a
greater intensity in the near future. The
surface suggests great Republican VIC
tory in October, but, as the State Auditor,
Mr.. Fleming, quantity puts it, "the Re-
publicans always carry Indiana down TO
the day of election, and then the Demo
Gratis out vote them"
Having seen and heard much of Will.
liam II. English, his loans, foreclosures
and general cussedness, in compliance
with Herald orders I sought and found
him this morning. He is Chairman Of
the State Democratic Committee, acting
as Gen. Arthur does for tho Republicans
in New York. The headquarters are in
the Bates House, not nice-dilapidated,
bare and unattractive. On the walls
hang samples of Boys in Blue uniforms,
torches and banners; on the floors are
nothing; on the tables are bundles Of
political documents, and on the chairs
the orators of the nation, waiting for ap.
pointments and the necessary funds for
expenses. Mr.. Fleming is the right
bower Of Mr.. English in this matter.
He stands and stoops about six feet high,
is an off.hand enthusiast of the Gen.
Barnum type-"not too enthusiastic, but
just enthusiastic enough"-and quite
confident that he and his party are "all
right up TO the present time" Having
introduced the Herald to the magnetic
magnates, Mr.. Fleming kindly took me
to the private Office of Mr.. English and
left me alone with the Indianian. The
great expectant was occupied for mo-
ment, and thus afforded me an opportu.
nifty for observation. He stands in low
cut, uubuttoned CATERS above FIVE feet
nine inches. His head would be bald
but for an ingenious. though not an en-
tirely ingenious, combing of his side
hair, and is we'll shaped for business.
He has a shelving forehead, clear gray
eye, full dyed beard and red socks. He
wears black broadcloth, coat and trousers
,--the latter perhaps two inches too
short; brownish vest, no watch and
silk cravat, with the knot nearer his ear
than his windpipe.
The far-famed iron-lined mansion is
an ordinary two-story double brick house,
with kind of square tower running to
the top. We entered and looked. The
doors are like a thousand in New York,
and have no iron lining or protection in
side or out. One window in the second
story vas then pointed out.
"Tbere," said Mr.. English, "you can
see the barricaded window of which so
many lies are told. When was Presi.
dent of the Bank, Col. News room was
entered by q burglar and shots were fired.
He and l exchanged opinions about it.
and agreed that we ought to be more
careful of our persons, lest enterprising
burglars should seize and bind us and,
carrying us back to the bank, compel us
to open the safes. l then had that lat
tice work, which slides in and out, put
up, so that if burglars attempted to get
in would be aroused and prepared to
defend myself and protect the property
of the bank, and that's the whole egg
from which Halstead's tremendous lies
are batched."
I was greatly interested in what Mr..
English said and the way he put it. He
wore an old felt hat, walked carelessly
along with one hand in pocket and
used the other as pointer. He ap-
peared to be entirely earnest and honest,
and spoke of himself and his affairs with
commendation, as though it was a per-
fectly accomplished fact that English and
the world were friends. He is building
an opera house, fine structure, to hold
1000 people, with q beautiful broad,
deep stage, absurd little boxes and an
entrance direct from the street. It is to
be opened later in the month by Mr..
Barrett in one of Shakespeare's plays.
Mr.. english showed me through it and
pointed out with commendable satisfac-
ton the name of English worked in the
parti-colored tiles upon the roof. His
son, who is theatrically inclined, is to
have the management of the theatre,
which stands next door to his dwelling,
and, like it, is to be a part of a system
attic frontage along the entire block
owned by Mr.. Euglish.-Indianapoks
Letter to New York Herald.