St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-27
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

saw Marvin Hughitt here yesterday,
says New York Press reporter. He
is president of the Chicago 81 North
western railroad. and one of the solid
men of Chicago. He was here to at
tend meeting of the directors, and one
of his fellow directors was Mr.. Depew.
l saw them sitting together between
me and the sunlight in such a way that
their profiIeS stood out i'll clear relief
side by side. | was startled by the re-
markable resemblance. 1t is so great
that they might be taken for brothers.
On front view Mr.. Hughitt does not
show the resemblance, although he has
cut his side whiskers so that they match
Mr.. Depew's except in color. Mr.. De-
pew's whiskers are getting very. gray.
whereas Mr.. Hughitt's are dark brown.
Mr.. Hughitt's resemblance to Mr.. Depew
i'm profile is greater than the reSem-
blance that has so often cen not ed be-
tween the late Adam Forepaugh or A,
r. Whitney and the CentraFs president.
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I see that James G. Patterson, of
Hartford, president of the Travellers
Insurance company, has been elected
a trustee of Brown university. His
classical education fits him for the
place no less than his business qualifi-
cations. He is one of the best posted
Homeric scholars in America, and Curl
Ously enough his knowledge of the
classics was dug out of the books out
side of college walls. He was fitted for
college and applied for entrance to
Brown, when he found himself by
stress of circumstances obliged to go to
work to help support large family Of
brothers and sisters. He started a
small marble yard, from which begin
ming he has become a millionaire by
dint of hard labor. But he never lost
his taste for classical literature and fol-
lowed the college course through pri-
vate study until he had mastered it,
when he kept on, las few students do after
graduating, until he made himself a
master of the Greek language. He can
quote Homer by the page, accurately,
too.
Ex-Gov. Rufus Bullock. of Georgia,
is in the city again, and, as usual, when
be comes North, he is very much in
earnest in talking about the Southern
political situation. He said to me yes
terday: "There are some features of
the proposed new federal elections bill
which l heartily commend. and some
which l think might wisely be left out
1t is right to have federal registration
and federal returns. am in favor, too.
of the refusal to seat any man who can
not show the federal return. But | do
not like the federal supervision pro-
visions, in which it is proposed to eXer-
else force. You can never gain any
thing in the South by force. Sherman's
army could not do it. The only result
of that provision will be. to lose the sup
port of business men in the North, who
are doug business in the South. 1t will
not change vote. When you shut out
the representatives from congress who
are unable to comply with the require
ments of federal elections and re-
turns. you leave the fight among our
selves, divide both the whites and the
blacks and create new order of things
entirely. That is what is wanted. An
other thing; would have the officials
under federal election law appointed
by chief superintendent, as in the case
of census, insted of by the United
States court. When judge has lived
for half lifetime in the South his SYM
pathies are naturally enlisted with the
present order of things. A superin-
tendent would administer the law
strictly and impartially."