Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-03
GOSSIP ADour MINNEAPOLIS.
WHO WILL BE An THE CONVENTIONS
iIs CifAtRMAN.--N NOTED
CHARACTERS.


The time Tor the great Republican
conclave nj Minneapolis IA coming and
ihe public are on tiptoe 10 know wha
u VIII DO. Who will DO II, and who o.
'ne Old Republican war horses will b.,
ahsentla the hest that can he told now
and the 81. Louis Globe Democrat sayi
this about them;
The time waA when there were nc
nominating conventions. Senator.
and representatives got together and
decided upon nomiLationp. The PEG.
Pie accepted tho candidates thus
chosen and voted for them. But
during tbs long period that conven.
hons have been In order, senators and
representatives until now have boeu
conspicuous for their numbers aud In.
iuence IA delegates. Right here an.
0lhcr new leaf has been turned. In
respect to it, congregational coutlnge MT
the Minneapolis convention will be
agteeaoly peculiar. When the chairman
looks down upon the SEA Of faces
ne VIII recognize but few who be.
long In either Senate or House. II
used to be the practice In Presidential
conventions to have keon-cyei clerk
rom Congress stand beside the chair.
man and give him the names ~ dele.
gates claimed recognition. The Wash.
lnglon clerk can be dispensed with at
Minneapolis. All Of the Senators and
Representatives who will DO In this
convention the chairman can count on
hls hnger.i II he has the normal num-
Der OF digits. This IL well, too. It
savors OF bossiam aud one man power
10 see the SENATOR'S anu Representatives
leave Washington aud run their party
conventions. IL looks as N they were
the party. The conventions were
originated TO express the will OF the
party. They haven't always done so.
Some OF them have been dominated by
n few men In Washington Just NJ much
~ the pfcllminaries OF the early Pfesl.
dental campaigns were.
But at Minneapolis there will be n
gathering Of the party, for the party
and by tho party. Colorado sends NJ
three OF her delegates at large her
two Senators. Teller and Wolcott,
and her Representative Townsend.
but she II odd this time. She wants
free silver aud desires 10 emphasize
the course Of her delegation In con.
gross. Senator Shelby M.Cu llom goes
ut the head OF the Illinois delegation.
Senator Fred 4. Dubois, the boyish
new senator from tue new State OF
Idaho, II = delegate. 30 IL Senator
Anthony Higgins, DelewaTea first
Republican senator, Senator Hisuock
IA one OF Now Iork's big four. senator
Joseph r. Hawleyof Connecticut Is u
delegate at large, and Senator NJ. s.
Quay Of Pennsylvania II a district
delegate. Young John G.. Houk, The
Tennessee representatives, IA u delegate,
aud that about completes the con-
grossional contingent for Minneapolis.
IL viii not take a train tO carry the
statesmen from Washington 10 the
Republican national convention this
time, Buainuss eau 70 on Ia both
branches OF Congres simultaneously
with the presidential nomination II Il
wants TO.
Many facea Of senators and repre-.
aentaiiyes heretofore well.known In
Republican rational COZ ventions will
be missed at Minneapolis senator
Hoer or Massachusetts, will not be
with his delegation, for the first time
In several quadrcnnials. The stout.
voiced Boutelle Of Maine does not 20
this time. The pugnaclous Senator
William II. Chandler OF Nes Hamp-
shire win not he u delegate tfeompll.
cate ex-senator Blair's philanthropic
candidacy.
There Is no lack OF material for the
chairmsnshlp OF this convention. The
choice VIII probably bo between J.
Sloat Fassett, who made such gallant
tight for governor in tho New York
campaign last year, and ex-senator
John j, ingalls,, who declined Senator
Plumb's earnest appeal to go IN with
him and help redeem Kantas from
the Alliance control. Mr.. Ingalls
would mako tho most accomplished
chairman, But Mr.. Fassett's selection
Ia almost assured.
In nearly every state delegation |
there n at least one distinguished Re |
publican OF national fame. Ex.Se. |
crelary Of the Navy Richard w. |
Thompson will be In his accustomed |
seat at the head ofthe Indian DELEGATE |
ion. Mr.. Thompson has one Of the \
finest faces that will be seen in the |
convention. His home Is In Terre
llaute, ON the banks Of the Wabash.
When Mr.. Thompson was appointed
secretary of the navy Mrs. Thompson
exclaimedi
"Why, Richard can't even swimlD
With "Uncle Dick" Thomson will
sit representative Of one OF the great.
est manufacturing enterprises In the
T. De PAW.
The most notable Newspaper men
among the delegates will 10 Nj. II. DE
Young, proprietor Of the San Francisco
Chronicle, and q. u. Hart, proprietor
and editor Of this Wheeling Htcingono.
er, which was a power In politics az
long ago IA when the ball was "sot a
rolling" on the national road for "OlI
rlppecanoe aud Tyler too"
There were two "BiR F0ursp In the
Of 1855. New York sent
ono and Ohio furnished another, II
was nip and tuck "A 10 which was The
biggest "four." New York repeats.
Her "Blg F0ur"-Chauuooy Depew,
nx-Senstor Warner Miller, senator
Frank Hlscock and ex.senntor Thomas
o. PlAtt-will head the New Yorkers
again at Minneapolis. The Ohio quar-.
let OF lSss Ia broken. x.Governor
Foster In secretary Of the treasury,
Ex.Congressman ben Butterworth In
rather "out " politics." But Cover.
nor William Mckinley and sx.Gover.
nor j. H. Foraker, with running mates
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