Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-01-14
4 BUDDING FLOWER.
R0sWELL j. FLOWER BURSTS FORTH
4S Il PRESIDENTI-AL CANDIDATE.
His Mary Elements of PopuIarity-Bs
Conservative Business Methods and Po-
lfticaI Tact-Hew He Favored the Farra-
ers on the St. Cre1x Land Grant-H1s
Views Upon the Banking System.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.I

find more or less dissatisfaction among
! Democrats with all the names heretofore
prominent as presidential candidates.
One man rises, gets certain following or
notoriety, is discussed and in little while
pals on the Democratic mind. The cleo
tion for speaker has disabled many pre-
vious candidates for the presidency and
not much assisted few names which have
since come forward, Carlisle and Morri-
son have been developed, and are Ianguid-
ly regarded, while McDonaid. who was the
only other western man retaining much
vitality, seems not to be a subject of fur
ther curiosity. When public man with
presidential possibilities is not even in
quired about he Is hardly popular hero.
/ suspect that through both parties run a
desire for new blood for leaders neither
rooted in the past, nor too flexible in the
present, bat plain, cheerful, strong -willed
men, who can let Us go to sleep if We want
to, while they thoughtfully address them
selves to the aggregate griefs we have,
none of which amount to much, but on the
whole requiring equanimity, experience
and business grasp to deal with them. In
| this quarter of the country
| Mr. r. P. Flowers name has been coming
forward in sort of dog trot, not from any
whoop, not coddled by anybody, but as a
kind of afterthought. He was. first made
known to the community by his race
against the heir of all the Astors in dis
triot generally Republican. Flower took
the field himself, made speeches, went
such good nature, cleverness and strength
that he got in the neighborhood of over a
thousand majority, and for the time being
was new and blooming quantity IN New
York. In congress he was about equally
noted for the original way in which
he addressed himself to a
few busines questions, and for
the ease and pleasantly with which he
gave dinners. His dinners were mainly
| stag dinners among his own party, where
| the host could sit back and hear them fire
a each other. He remarked not long ago:
II knew if those fellows could get Off their
epeeehes st dinner they wouldn't deliver
| them in congress and, therefore, help the
! party. Besides, when they charged on
oach other ct dinner coula get rhe diff
OF what they were thinking about, and
measure it up" Saying this with a laugh
which is his customary expression, Mr.
Flower continued on up Fifth avenue
where he resides. at the close of
his term he declined to run again,
and the momentum be had acquired set q
number of the enthusiastic persons to put
him up for governor. Ii he had received
the nomination instead of Mr.. Cleveland
ii is probable that he would have polled as
large vote, though there were some Cir
cumstaroes in Clsvelsnds favor, the
| chief Of which was his rebuke of the But
fao city councils in sharp veto message.
For some time Mr.. Flowers chaaos
| seemed the best for the nominati
Finally the Buffalo man carried off the
prize.
Mr.. Cleveland locked to be full blown
presidential candidate for some
time, but unfortunately be fell
foul O.. the different factions, races and
old friends in the state, and while his
private reputation is still good, and the
condition of tbs state chesrY, his general
failure to concliats the faction has led
some TO think that the presidency ought
not to come to New York at all. Tsere is
an element in both parties making that
| the chief Cry al present. l suspect that
many of the persons who raise that cry
ara hopeless Of nominating their
own man from New York and want
to kill off every other New Yorker.
There are but three men at present un-
| Ger consideration IN this state for The
Democratic nomiuation-Mr. Tlden, Mr..
Flower and Mr.. Hewitt. had a recent
opportunity TO chst with Mr, Flower, and
VIII lay him before you to some extent.
Ee vas born in small village IN jefferson
county, New York, about forty y-eight year:
ago. Jefferson county is at the foot OF
lake Ontario, fronting on that lake and on
the Thousand Isles of The ST. Lawrence
river, and the Black river, coming
out Of the Adirondack forest
plunges into it at Sackett's
harbor. Tt is one of the ST. Lawrence tie1
of counties which was uniformly Demo.
cratic III the days of Daniel Eompkins and
Silas Wright. Governor Wright in the
campaign of 1913 supported Mr.. Var
Buren,, and his neighbors took up the
slavery question and afFer that in the
course of years were let into the Republi
CELL pHIhJ3 SIASS WHICH tlL10 tiSSo cOuuIlSt
} have been almost uniformly Republican
Mr.. Flower says that until he cam,
to New York in 1869 he had neve
had the privilege of voting fo
Democratic ticket which was elected.
asked Mr.. Flower where the population o
these counties originated.
ITO very large extent in the state o
, Connecticut" said he. My parents cam
: from Connecticut and sailed around Ions
Island to the Hudson river and ascendet
into the Catskill mountains, where m,
father went ashore and began life on
farm. The first employment I had wa
picking WOOL The general custom was f
leave the Connecticut river by vessel, Ian
on the upper Hudson, and go across tn
: state to those wilderness counties"
In Watertown one OF the most promin
eut families is named Woodruff, and tn
chief hotel now bears that name. Nj
Woodruff had large family chiefly com
? posed Of daughters, and st least five Q
, them married enterprising men, the bes
| in that region. The subsequent Lieuter
: ant Governor Beach married one; Henri
q Keep married another. sand Mr.. Flowe
married the youngest daughter, who is sii
t living an interesting lady, womanly an
4 devoted like all her sisters. Henry Kse
{ turned out to be the most remarkable G
: these sons-in- law. i