Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-28


Inc scheme succeeded immensely Al
what was regarded as the right time an1
upon direct order from blaine ,vhn ny
seen the result Of the canvass af.er I, NJ
been put in tabulated torn. the ,yhol,
.h.ns Was given to the newspapers during
.ne hrst week In March, To ward on
suspicion, u was stated that IL was col.
iated by the provincial newspaper IN
question. All the big papers Of the
Nofth took the cleverly prepared hal,
g2wn at gulp The Boston Herald. the
nplingneid Republican, New York Times.
fhiadelphia Times, Cincinnati Fnoulrer'
ana the Chicago News, nil IN
which so strongly opposed blaine
published from three To Ave columns ~ n
each,and they don't know TO this dav how
Dadly they were sold. OF how cleyerlv
ihey were made to blow Blaine'a horn
Inc thing was the talk OF the country for
Two or three days, and the Boston Herald
thought one morning that Il detected n
crooked odor about the affair, but the
young chap who had the thing iu charOe
ana the foreign consulship IN his eve. was
equal to the emergency. He promntlv
sent out denial Of this insinuatiou that
the thing had been cooked and seasoned
by Blaine himself He used the Associ.
a.ed Press Tor this purpose, which gave
n,nl al immense advantage, and so the
alarm was nipped In the bud
The publication Of this canvass started
a boom for Blaine that did not waver a
hair's breadth and that eliminated IN his
nomination at Chicago. The fact that the
whole thing was cooked up In Blalne's
back parlor, or that he ever had ANYTHING
to do with 1t, was never before admitted
IL is given to GAZETTE readers the first
time 1t has ever been In print. 1t Is of
itself a noteworthy revelation, aud IL is OF
especial interest at this time from the fact
that something OF the same sort Is to be
attempted in Blaine's behalf few months
before the Republican National conyen.
ton OF 1858. The plan Of the thing will
be varied somewhat for obvious reasons,
but the design will be the same.
Mr.. Blaine and his political CLIQUE form
by far the most able and daring political
this country has ever seen
and the people will do well to watch them.
The truth of the foregoing is fully sub.
SECRETARY wHITNEY's AMBITION.
One evening last week | saw in the
audience at the Chestnut Street opera
house in this city rather foppish-looking
loung man with a heavy mustache, a
lear complexion, well-smoothed-dow
lair, and gold.bound eyeglasses. He
ooked like bank clerk, or possibly
)ank cashier. He seemed much interest
ID in Nine. Judic, who was on the stsge,
he must have seen that the
laughty FrenchwomaD was In bad, and
Ter company worse, voice There was
Dnly small audience, aud many of those
present amused themselves peering at
he distingulshed-look person through
heir opera-glasses. Ii seemed to be
'rettY generally krown that the man was
iecreiery Whitney, and the secretary
imself seemed to be conscious of his at
ractive powers, aud took of and on his
EYEGLASSES dozen times in as many
minutes.
Young Whitney owes his present pO-
itical prominence to several fortuitOus
AS is well known, he
married. a fortune with Senator Payne's
laughter, and that set him on his feet in
lew York. Beconiinga money and social
actor there he followed his inclinations
md began dabbling in politics. II is
we'll known that he helDed the national
Democratic committee over its shallow
financial water in September 1884, but
Mr. Cleveland had formed an attachment
or him before that time. IL happened IN
IN odd way:
At the New York state convention, held
n Syracuse n SS8, Gen. Henry A. Slo-
,um OF New York was the leading candl-
late for the nomination for governor, and
7oung Whitney was his active manager.
The mayor OF Buffalo was also candi-
late, but being from the country, had
neither the following nor the prestige Of
.he New Yorker. Daniel Manning, then
chairman of the New York state
occupied non.commital
position. The first days. balloting
had developed into a sort Of
mutual stand-off situation, with
Whitney's man Slocum looking down
rather than up in the mouth. Late that
evening, when Manning sat in the com
headquarters, Whitney came
in leisureiy, and, ignoring large, heay-
Ily.built man who sat at Manning's elbow,
to the latter his disgust with
SlOcum's poor showing,
"What do you know about this man
asked Whitney at length.
"Not much" said Manning, land for
that very reason I've half notion he's a
good sort OF man to support. The peo-
pie are tired of party hacks
"My opinion exactly" said Whitney.
Just then the heayily-built man mod
estly retired.
"Don't you know that gentlcmanS"
asked Manning.
"No.n
"Why, that's Cleveland himself"
Young Whitney removed his eye
glasses and blew long, contemplative
whistle. Within an hour after
the convention came together next
morning, Mayor Cleveland OF Buffalo
was nominated for governor, and Slo-
GUMS delegate Uncle Whitney, did IT,.
The sequel hiss proved that Whitney bet
that day on the winning horse. He took
the tide OF his political fortunes al the
ebb, and for that reason y now ruler OF
the American contingent on the seas.
Senator Payne, who is now nearly eighty,
is said TO entertain ambitious notions
about his daughter, Mrs. Whitney, being
one day the mistress OF the White House.
His talented son-in-law has been, I'M
derstand, assured OF financial aid and ls
said to be calculating the chances OF 1872,
or even 1896. Mr.. Whitney has veal n,
fame and brains, three great things IN MS
favor Resides, he has q talented WIG