New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-10
AMONG THE POLITICIANS.
GLIMPSES OF STATESMEN, BIG AND LITTLE,
AND THEIR FRIENDS


desk is at that hour piled high with letters and papers
especially papers. Every little country paper that
makes a threc-line notice Of Chauncey.S or even
weavcs hs name into poor rhyme Of fancy
Is sent TO him by the editor who expects thereby AZ
least excursion Ticket for himself and wife to Mag
Falls or Saratoga, not TO mention annual pass
over the New-York Central. Mr.. Depew has a lively
secretary in the person of Lieutenant H. C. Duval OF
the 9TH Regiment, who has a daily wrestling match
with all this mail before Mr. Depev's arrival, and
only the most important letters come his attention
Hundreds answered satisfactorily their senders,
which barely 10 his eye Ills perusal Of this
mail is the sauce with which he dgests his breakfast
He runs through letter. sandwiches 1t with a
paper extract, chats with whoever may drop in, or
stops for some important consultation, as occasion
may require.
1t is in this hour Of the day with Mr. Depew, that
his friends find him at his best. When they come to
talk over the Presidential question with him they find
him frank and open as child admitting and even
pointing out HIS weak points possible candidate,
restraining the aror which breaks over all bounds
and has no discretion, and in a thousand ways ndi-
eating that he has neither lost his balance that
calm pose from which coolly Judge of passing
events. He checks without repellng men he en-
courages them, while at the time he indicates
difficulties that may be insurmountabe.
General " d. Groner, OF Norfolk, who was chair
Of the Republican State Convention at Petersburg
which was organized in opposition what Is known
as the Malone convention I'm New York day
or two ago. He Is intensely in earnest In his antag
onism to General Mahones party organization in Vir
ginia and said "Thcre was nothing for Us 10 do in
selfrespect and dccency but refuse TO SIT in con-
vention where every rule of fair representation
violated fagrantly. Nine counties were represented
in the Malone convention by men selected by Mahone
from which delegates were entitled to admission.
Regularly elected delegates shut out from the
hall by his instructions. The convention over which
presided represented two-thlrds OF the white Repub
Hcans of the state and the bulk of the brains. They
the respectable citizens who are In favor of
liberal, open organization, In which there shall be
no bosslsm. We have good TO contest with Ma
hone the repre- entation at Chicago and We propose
to contest 1t vigorously"
A prominent Iowa who has been recently in
New-YOrk IS T. J. Evans, OF Council Bluffs. He IS
the manager OF the Omaha and Council Bluffs Rail
way and Bridge Company, which IS Just completing
$4,000 structure the Missouri River between
those cities Mr. Evans the originator and principal
promoter Of ihe enterprise, and says the bridge VIII
be completed in July II will not be used for rail
roads the Union Pacific bridge taking that business
by OF its approaches. but VIII be constructed
that it may be utilized for railroad purposes If IT
ever becomes desirable. Mr. Evans has always taken
a deep interest in politics, and in talking about the
Republican situation. said Mr.. Blaine is a. great
a favOrite with Western people he ever was, what
the politicians may say for selfish reasons lie
ought TO have lecn renomnated because he could
carry every Western state that he carried In 1854
and enough more to elect him.
Henry Oliver. jr. OF Plttsburg. who IS often known
as Harry Oliver. is at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel
The firm OF Oliver Brothers has rcganed IT'S position
as one of the leading iron firms in the country, and
Mr. oliver again has political prominence through
his election as a delegate at-llrse TO the Republican
National Convention His election was In large de-
gree personal triumph, the machine had slated'
another man He once missed the United states
senatorship by one vote, and has always been a
jealous Republican. He Is said at the present Time
as a delegate to Chicago to have as his motto: Let
us have a winner, In his conversation with his
friends he expresses the judgment that as the fight
is 70 be largely in New York, New-Jersey and Con-
necticut the National Convention should defer to the
Judgment Of the delegates from those states in the
selection of a candidate
When Senator william Pitt Kellogg Of Louisiana,
was here day two ago he spent most OF his tlIhe
trying to find ont about the political situation lie
is delegate from his state to tie Chicago ConVeh-
ton and will be influential in shaping the course OF
the Louisiana delegation. lie had Htue
or nothing to say as to who he
thought was the right man for the head Of the
ticket but Just before he started for Chicago he shot
out with his Left the pugsts would say, by this
remark: This Chicago game IS what makes me
smile They get up wheat corners, grain corners,
pork corners and all kinds OF corners IN IicdGo Now
they have got up a Presidential corner The same
fellows are running Il. 1t will bust Just like the
rest The fact is they advertised in the wrong
papers
Colone, 4. VI. Jones. of Chicago, better known as
Ionr f,I NJ e
tvitv in Illinois Republican politics, has been recently
at tbe Fifth Avenue Hotel lie was until last week
for five terms chairman Of the Illinois Republican
state Committee in which time he has held Important
Federal appointments, and repeatedly been deie-
gate 10 the National conventions. Three years ago
ne became manager Of the Bethesda company Ills
deno,.tion nom the craftsmanship grew out OF the
Gresham boom. and has left some sears The Colonel
tells the New-York newspaper that he has nothing
o saw but he tells his friends that Illinois IS not
for Gresham by a great deal He IS an old POLITICIAN
noverful I'm his state where he was General Logan
trusted lieutenant and philosophical 10 cohsueraoo
decree said he " You can say that Long Jones was
fourteen years in politics and not In business Now
he Is in business and out Of politics. We can't al
cot what We want in this world and have inc
smallest possible resrec-in fact none at al-ior the
man who iumps I'D and yells that he won't play wheh
no ccts left in ANYTHING Somebody Is going 10 DC
surprised at Chicago. but Pm not ready yet 10 say
who it will be.s Colonel Jones IS said to Do ior
Sherman.
The bringing forward at st. Louis OF Juose ln"f
man. the red bandanna statesman OF Ohlo has star'u
new round Of stories about that ancient, tlhe-"or"
moss bsclcd Bourbon politician. 1t Is renemDereu ta
in the midst OF the successful enforcement OIL 'no
sumption policy he made speech at HAMILTON ONO.
in which he declared resumption impossbllity ara
A failure When that noted fiat money advocate
General Thomas Ewing. nominated by the Denio
Gratis for Governor OF Ohio in 1879, resumption hau
been accomplished and the credit OF the Government.
carried paper money equality with gold anu
silver. Very little Of the coin, however, as comparuu
with the volume of paper money. was distributed over
the country Senator Thurman went on the stump IN
Ohio where I'm his first speech he ridculcd the idea
that RESUMPTION had been effected and called on his
audience 10 know If any Of them had any gold or