Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-18
TRUE TO HIS PROMISE
Governor Campbell Calls on
the Randall Club.
FIVE HOURS THEIR GUEST.
He Shakes a Thousand Democratic
and Republican Hands.
JUDGE MAGEE GIVEN A HINT.

More than a thousand Democrats and a
considerable sprinkling of Republicans
among the latter Mayor McCallin, of this
city, and Mayor Pearson, of Allegheny,
Judge Slagle, and others too numerous to
mention-thronged the rooms of the Randall
Club last night to take Governor james E.
Campbell, of Ohio, by the hand, the oc-
casion being the return game, the first being
played by the Randall Club at Columbus
on the occasion of Governor Campbell's in
auguration.
The matter was entirely social. and all
efforts to draw the distinguished guest out
on the subject of the Ohio gerrymander and
the McComas bill were futile. He talked
freely, but showed his ability to talk and
say nothing that had any hand-hold to it,
except by implication.
Governor Campbell arrived at Union sta
ton on the 7:1O P NJ train, where he was met
by the Reception Committee, Colonel P. n.
Guthrie, J. P. Fleming, Thomas Wallace,
w. J. Wright, j. X. Fletcher, Frank j.
Weixel, Colonel Echols, T. O'Leary, Jr.,
John McCaffrey, w. A. Ogden and William
J. Weixel.
TAKEN TO THE CLUBHOUSE.
The distinguished guest was escorted to
the Seventh Avenue Hotel, where, after be-
ing refreshed, he was escorted to the club
house on Sixth avenue, arriving shortly after
s o'clock, and handshaking, congratulation
and repartee filed the time for three hours.
The floral decorations of the room were
line, and the Governor was received in a
style that evidently made him feel safe from
the start. Each member of the club. and
many beside, wore roses-red or white-in
the lapels of their coats, and the bust of
Grover Cleveland showed up gorgeously,
also decorated in the same manner.
President f. J. Weixel introduced Gov
ernor Campbell generally, and then the
guests filed past him, taking his hand as
they passed. The first man to shake it was
c. Zug, of the Sable Iron Works. Judges
Slagle and Magee, R. W. Pier, ESQ. and
Alderman Cassidy. P. Foley. W. j. Bren-
men, Councilman Mullin and others of the
County Democracy followed in rapid re-
view and the greeting was cordial, but brief,
except when Governor Campbell stopped to
warn Judge Magee not to attempt to sit down
on the beer men, as it had been tried with
disastrous results in OHIO.
SOME OF THOSE PRESENT.
Where every Democrat felt himself to be
king, it is perhaps invidious to mention
names, but there were too many to notice in
one evening. Among those presented and no.
ticed by the reporter were ex-Postmaster
Larkin, three aspirants Cor County CON-
missioner, Messrs. McWilliams, Alex.
Wilson and D. J. BOYLE; ex-Congressman
Patton, of Judge Harry Whites bailiwick;
II. j. Layden and James D. Temple, Of
East Liverpool, O., vino said they wanted
to see their Governor, and Pittsburg was
ma hop To1,
of Youngstown, o., who gave a similar ex-
cuse; Frank Grosser. of the Allegheny
county bar; j. G. Weldon, who
rejoiced to meet the man that
had fattened Foraker; Governor
Campbell responded that he could do it |
again, ii necessary. An incipient Demo- |
crst, IL years old, Thomas Mcmahon, ex- |
pressed desire to see the guest of the |
evening President of the United States, and |
made way for 7. j. Keenan,, ESQ.
THE RANDALL BUTTON GIVEN HIM.
Colonel Echols next decorated Governor
Campbell with the Randall button, and i
then gave way to John R. Large, Esq, who,
however, was the first man to set the pot |
boiling. He yanked the Governor
almost off his pins, telling him |
that he was glad to greet him as
Governor, and would be more reioiced when |
he shook hands with him as President, then
turned abruptly and embraced a man whom
he designated as "Big Fourteen" 1t was
hard to say whieh blushed the deepest,
Governor Campbell or Mr.. Connor. But
Mr.. Large tore himself away and gave place
Sehwab, of Hannibal, O.; Captain Webb.
hIessrs. Frauenheim and Vilsack: Barry
and Croft. of Uniontown; DIR. Pat
toh, ex-Assemblyman O'Neill, District
Johnston, Henry Meyer, ESQ, ,Mr.
Wood, of the Exchange National Bank, D,
nj. Donehoo, postmaster at Beaver, Charles
Smith, postmaster at Homestead, and many
others, until it looked as though the
line would stretch out to the crack of
doom, and how much longer it were i'm
possible to tell, had not diversion been cre-
ated by the discovery of two candidates for
County Commissioner, Messrs. Wilson and
in a corner, supposedly trying
10 arrange pooling of issues to shut other
aspirants out of the race. Thinking a fight
might result, Tom Wallace and H. T. Nor
rs engaged in an effort to make them kiss
and make up, when the Reception Commit
tee discovered that it was time to take the
Governor back to the hotel.
HADN'T TIME TO TALK.
Another effort was made to draw him out
N engrosslng political topics, but he was
is unimpressible as the sphinx, and the
,rowd dispersed.
The Governor returned to Columbus on
he midnight train, escorted to the depot by
! large crowd of admiring Pittsburgers.
One OF Governor Campbell's callers who
'eceIVed an extra warm handshake, was a
'oung man whose father was one of Mr..
jampbelFs constituents in the Congressional |
district that the Governor carried for
he House OF Representatives by majority
If just two votes, and those two were cast
~ the said constituent and one of his
leighbors at South Lebanon, at the eleventh
lour on election day. That successful race
or Congress it was, as much as anything.
hat paved the way TOR Governor Campbell's
ater political prefermert.
Governor Campbell has informed Colonel
1chols that be. with his staff, would come
rom Cleveland to this city to attend the
'cotch-Irish convention in the latter part of
day, and he would make speech on the