St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-18
LANGDON AND ALGER
Appear to Control the Destiny and
Voices
OF A PARTY TO CHICAGO
That Got Off by the Burlington Last
Night...Some of the Pill
grims.

There was quite an exodus from Min
neapolis yesterday of young politicians,
who went to Chicago to fill the heated
atmosphere of that wicked city with
their cries for alleged prominent candi-
dates for the presidency of the United
States. There was no rush. There
was simply noisy and interesting ex-
odus by way of the Burlington. The
Omaha, Milwaukee and Wisconsin Cen
tral all carried more or less
pilgrims to the shrine of cell
tralized power, but interest hung
principally around that Burlington
train. 1t was long train of sleepers,
but tucked away in one end was the car
known alternately as the Langdon and
the Alger car. 1t was furnished by the
former and is intended to boom the lat
ter. 1t was gOrgeouSly gotten up and was
arranged with especial regard to keep
ing off attacks of SunStrOke and mala-
ria. The smoker was walled off and
placed in special charge of Charlie Hunt,
who, armed with white apron and cork
screw, announced himself as presiding
genius of the mahogany. Freeman p.
Lane was there, but was very quiet,
y,
weather eye on the arrangements.
Justice A. 2. Abel, with biography
of Alger for shirt front and with
Perry Housed to give him advice, was
conspicuous pilgrim. Tams Bixby,
secretary of the state league, was there
in all his dignity. w. II. Place, who is
for Blaine or bust, looked askance at
the Alger boom. E. F. Comstock,
d. q. Thompson, James S.
Trip, G. W. Flanders, E. A. Bigelow,
J. w. Stone. w. j. Canfield, Nelson
Williams, A. w. Giles, George F. Moul-
ton, E. B. Patton. A. S. Heffelfnger, R.
Cramer, J. G. Hewlett, Major Bill
Regan, A. D. Polk. William McGloney.
F. s. Lewis, S. Myers, c. l.. Dewer, E.
c. Olson, r. l.. Stillman, j. Kantrovitz
ana Louis Schilt were among the pill
into e'S' the H. Ager s car, stapin caugbt iHthea
whiff of the Mrs. Casey liquor
and incontlnently fed from the train.
DIR. A. II. Hedderly, the discover of F.
+. Davis, was in high popularity, and
was only clouded when he missed the
face of j. G. Worrall.
Col. Thomas Lowry surveyed the
party with considerable interest, and
then took another road.
little rapid for him and he would wait
over one day.
Resolutions of regret at the absence
of Winn Bracket, Jim Ege. Charlie
Silloway, Charlie Dunn. and other
Argonauts were adopted in silence.
George Moulton, who is cousin of
Alger, was in the Langdon car, and was
perhaps the most enthusiastic man in
the party. He said that a strong fight
would be made by the delegates of Min
nesota to nominate Alger, and that in
no way would they give up until they
were defeated. Justice Abel arrived a
few minutes before the train left, at
tired in full dress, with linen duster
and straw hat.
Strange to say, Freeman P. Lane was
as mum as Methodist minister, but,
Judging from the looks of Charlie Hunts
blind pig. it would not take long to
bring him into line.
Tams BiXby, secretary of the state
league, was nearly prostrated with the
heat after making short speech in
dorsing Alger. He was put on the
cooler which was prepared for the occa-
sion.
The most noticeable thing was that
the wives of the men occupying the
LangdOn car were not present.