The daily critic., 1890-11-28
fATTEONS PARRarlGR
Be was Born on tho Eastoru shore Of
MarvIaud
Gan iD cla naaH Enquirer.


racy can give a few points about bis
personality,
My father and his father were fellow
clereymen Of the same conference Of
the Methodist Church, that Of Philadol-
phia, and both were from the Eastern
Shore Of Maryland, and our mothers
were also from that same peninsulated
region. Bobby Patdson, as we called
him In the family, was born in 1850.
and Is therefore just 40 years Of age
a capital age for one 10 be considered
for the Presidency. I have heard my
mother say that Miss Wolf0rd, who WAS
Governor Patiison's mother was raised
in The Episcopal Church, the old State
Parish Church of Maryland, and that
her folks. who were interested IN politics
and affairs, thought 10 an odd choice
for her 10 choose o Methodist preacher
20 be her husband
pattison's father, however, was a re.
markably fine looking man, somewhat
resembling Salmon p Chase, with a tall
stature large eyes, serious and kind at
once, and he was pure man, a good
pastor. with a fine voice, and made no
attempt to be brilliant, as probably he
could not have been ntil recent years
the Eastern Shore Of MARYLAND and the
state Of Delaware in the Methodist
Church North were compouents of the
Philadelphia Synod or conference OF
ministers. II was considered a parlicu-
larly fine plum for Methodist preacher
on the Eastern Shore TO get church in
Philadelphia. About 1856 Robert Pat.
tison, the father, got one Of these Phila-
delphia churches, and lie remained
about Philadelphia in one church or
another for a good while, so that he
soon Slipped of his Maryland shell,
having ceased 20 DE q Marvlander at 6
years Of age and passed the examination
FOR the high school, or chief public
seminary,of Philadelphia, which was
the acme Of the public school system.
There studies are conducted as In
colleges and four years IS the term.
The words junior, sophomore, ect are
not used, hut the students every six
months slip from ono division to
another, commencing with II and end.
ing with division A. At 90 years Of
age young Pattison graduated from
this school and received the degree of
A. b., and is no doubt now a Master Of
Arts. The college course Is classical
as well as modern. The young fellow
had a Maryland temperament, rather
earnest and ardent. and inherited from
his mothers side an instinct for poli-
tics. The affiliations Of his mother
were toward Maryland and Virginia,
even after the beginning Of the civil
war.
One Of the veteran politicians In
those days was Lewis & Cassidy Of
Philadelphia. "A Douglas Democrat,
man Of both natural ability AMI acquire
mtnt ln some way or other Mr. Cas-
siiy. although Catholic. was selected
10 be the law preccptor Of this Meth.
Odist preachers son. Cassidy was al.
ways looking out for availablitics Ia
politics II appears tha, young Pattisou
entered the law office somewhat before
he graduated az school. and he there
fore pressed on and was 10 the bar IN
1872
In little while he was a candidate
for something or other In the city, aud
the Republicans having been guilty Of
pCculations and bad book. keeping in
some Of the city offices there arose a
lement about 1871, which threw this
young Pattison. hardly "a years of age,
into the eminent Office Of Comptroller
OF Philadelphia. The Cameron ele
mont had resolved in 1876 that they
would not have Blaine for President,
because they formed portion Of a sort
Of chain gang, which included Conk-
ling and various other State bosses.
whose common club house was the
United States Senate
They defeated the will OF the people
at Cincinnati 10 1876 and again in 1850
attempted 10 force Grant upon the un-
willing Republicans. and 10 that end
packed the delegation appointed az
Harrisburg 10 proceed 10 Chicago. The
result was bolt against the Cameron
candidate, General Beaver, In 1882.
Some clever managers thought that
young Pattison had made a very ac
ceptable Comptroller, having been two
terms In office, and that his Methodist
la,herhood would get him greatmany
votes outside Of their party, while his
Roman Catholic preceptOrship IN the
law would modify any feeling In that
direction against his being a Methodist
Pattison followed his father into the
Methodist Church. maintained always
a good moral character, and became a
favOTite wherever the MethOdlsts had
anything secular 10 celebrate, such as
the commencement of a college or the
laying Of a corner stone. A formidable
bolt against the ring candidate for GOV
eTnOr took the form Of an Independent
Republican nomination; Just as Ia the
present year, tie bolt was general.
though the independent nomination was
not made.
The causes Of dislike We're the same.
and many a person who had voted FOR
PattisOu laluTe saw no reason 10 regret
the choice and voted for him the sec
Cud TINE There was not haEegrr,
il Governor l'litisOn anything eXeep
Ccpi.ouallY strong, except through com
UlIison Witb the ring Repubiican puf
up against him PaliisAn therefore
pas elected though not with as much
ease gs IN 1880 He has had the felicity
of both preceding Governor Beaver and
following hlm.
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