The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11
ECHOES OF THE CONVENTION.
. PINK ROSE FADING ON TIE LAP
PEI OF FAssETTs COAT

,.s. Made by the Conve IN HGnor.
,,r the BECKER Boom-wadsworth De-
fe.ted by = Lack OF Organization.
ROCHESTER, Sent. lo.-As the best possible
Indication how II must excite man to be
nominated for Governor OF the State OF New
York. it Is worthy OF notice that Mr. ]. Slont
Fa.sett wore in the left lapel OF his coat this
morning the same pink rose which THE Sun
described two days ago. and which he pinned
m his Goa. whom he arrived in Rochester on
Tussday morning. He came here heading .
contrasting delegation from Chemung, and with
a battle on his hands before he could
take his seat In the Convention. He
want into the Powers Hotel barber
shop and had 10 make . rapid choice between
three BARRIERS who were idle. One was an
Italian. one was . German. and one was o
Hungarian. He chose tho German and got a
GOOD shave. 1t was while being brushed that
he bought tho rose. 1t helped to make him
look very fine indeed. He wore 1t whom no
want in to see Mr.. Platt. and continued to
wear 1t until he went to bed: but BY that time
every man had told him that hs was to DO
nominated for Governor. and 1t was not bslit-
Ting him to shy that nothing 80 small as II
rose interested him after that. The flower
remained In his buttonhole all the next day.
shrivelled, wll,ed relic, whlie Its owner hold an
eighteen hour levee and shook hands with
$500 meu. At intervals during tho lsveo
he was called away to learn that there was
trouble to get noted Halt Breeds to 80 on the
,icks. with him. to consult with the leaders
about the platform. to receive treacherous
over.ures from double faced Halt Breeds. who
pretended to be his friends. and to listen to
startling stories about other candidates who
insisted on showing their weakness In the
Convention solely to rob It OF its spont aneous
character. 1t was small wonder that he forgot
tho rose 1t was smaller wonder that Its
petals dropped and its leaves grew black ut
the edges.
Again he went to bod. this time with coarse
politicians sitting on the counterpans and
splitting on the carpet. with eight electric
lights blazing In his tired eyes. with great
leaders and petty henchmen making FREQ with
bis door and entering without knocking. and
With messengers keeping un q strain OF doubt
and anxiety as they bore stronger and fresher
news that the conspiracies o! the Beldsns. the
Hacketts. and al! the rest OF the conspirators
who were ut work to denude the Republican
ticket OF strong men. and to spread about the
impression the nemesis OF Folgsr was about to
reaprear. In time, when s,reaks OF gray
broke the blackness OF tho horizon, the worn
out young politician was loft nlone, with the
wllted rose limp and dropping in the button
holo Of the coat beside his bod. Another day
flooded the atmosphere with It's light. and
there seemed q thousand more things to
attend to than one man had hands to perform
for every hour. until that one in which .
distinguished committee sought him at his
writing table and Interrupted the Indictment
OF his letter to President Harrison resigning
the Collectorship by telling him that the Con-
H. IL. Nj 4
his oratory. Then he took down his coat from
the nail on the wall and. half dazed under the
strain Of tho moment was bundled into the
presence OF 5000 cheering men. 1t is
safe to say that only the six or eight
women who sat beside tho Chairman
noticed the now disreputaole rose. Exactly
twenty-io hours came and went each
ireighted with multt!orm engagements and
ssul AND Lott .n. on hH
facing tho tumultuous city OF his birth where
eWas TO receive an ovation; 1t would be inter.
tired and discouraged rose figured in that
sassg eds IT. to 5ss es Fan
SHOW business. Mysterious influences make
smaller places can keep q comrany . week.
politicians know that tho same is rue with re-
Line months in the year. ' has beretoiore been
tNh NV 70 b. better coavention toXn than
iipio tho frs, place By dsmonstrasins
tans Of The sta,e without ea making tas p sny
NOR, disturbance than pebble that has neeH
ddr r.Ip INFO the river. Its huge mctropolian
"a are Sv on one PH is
oed Is Mh s
L me best managed branch OF the Western
~ n ,tS s Tesgraph Company within the confines
Rochester to- night still contains largo num-
~ nefs o, deiegatss and strangely enough most
more clearly than ever was seen before tho
ma *. that were made in the couysntion
no newspaper outside Of Buiralo paid sufflcient
ne mon t" the absurd Becker ON Absurd
Bpaio ana not to tie ' Renublica anu " nar
AMP dh,.p IL bssck SI G,oceryman and liInor
10 be simply u German American. WHO VINO
as. DO S wh and who &sa n
All eontiol II appeared to the Convention iIon
quite natural thnt, rich German like him
city, he S6sS Of argy
three bands to come to Rochester. the Com
srfatlc Character with an extremely swollen
seli. concett. The consequence was TIL at he got
scant courtesy. aud was treated as borss al
WAYS are ~ ever company.
4. To-day 1t turns ont that this was sad mis-
hiaSe. and that whatever Mr.. Booker may, be.
~ neveItheless represents q vast. reputable.
dlgnined. and tnliuent al class OF our fellow
.l'1ens, 10 Is a German OF the Germans and
70 peittle him was to Insult his people. He 10
IN ~ probability tho strongest German fra
,afnity man In the Slate. lie is an honored
inemher OF sixty:oight German societies, He
Len innucnt,al factor In all German CONNER
Gal circles H. has had influential connec-
Hons as q great purchaser with great German
E houseI in The cites Of Ihe staie NJ Is
iorce among the matsters. lie Ia trusted
a,d PEI yea W all the German liquor dealers
q me State. A liquor dealers convention
without Philip Becker to address 1t W" uld be
- absurd ~ the play Of Our American
cousin" without LOrd DundrrnrV. Even tho
AMERICANS who elected him Mayor Of Buffalo do
kot sufficiently understand his status. They
:TI.sisn awkwardnsss. snd they forget ,ha, ~
mS es hm are s,a hT II
ana In Ballston Spa To-day this is bet
Yer Understood than when the COnven-
tion sat. and To-day two Republican
Papera in Buffalo have hsl tiled the ticket
sealsd by Fa.sett. whiie all through the state.
"snsrever the Germans are strong. newspapers
IRE asking tletr reader, II they see any Ger
man. America m nam0H on the ticket. 90 AfrOnR