St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-26


| SpOndent.
This is Mrs. Stevenson who is talk
| ing" was the answer.
The correspondent took a carriage
and drove to Franklin square. OppO-
| site the embOWered spot stands the two
story brick home of Adlai Z. Stevenson.
! The lawn about the house wore fash
| iOnable cut and looked as if it had been
washed. The great elm trees which
| shaded the walks and the veranda
| bowed gracefully as if they felt the
| hOuor that had been conferred OH the
master of the mansion. The front door
| stood wide open and through the screen
a glimpse was had of the wide Old-fash-
| ioned hall, which extended to the very
| porch, on which stood the table all ready
| for breakfast.
For a moment the correspondent was
| alone in the parlor. Its furnishings
| brought back recOllections of an
OLD Kentucky home. The family pOr-
traits, of the old 'senOol. hung on the
walls, and great easy chairs seemed to
vie with each other III their silent inyi-
Iations for the visitor tomake himself at
home. Here and there on easelS were
pictures of the younger members of
the family, each tastefully draped, and
the piano was open; over the ivory
keys was piece of music just where it
had been left at night. Idle curiosity
prompted the correspondent To look at
the back Of this piece of music, and he
read the name thereon, 'The Wild
Mans Polka"
Members of the Family.
In less than ten minutes Louis Ste
vensOn, a young man whose appearance
and manner reminded the visitor of
Walker Blaine, came down, and two
minutes after he was followed by his
mother and her daughter, Miss Letitia,
who completed her sixteenth birthday
twentv-four hours before her father was
nominated for vice president. The
young girl remarked playfully that she
had hoped the convention would nOmi-
nate her papa on her birthday, but, in
asmuch as it had failed to comply with
her wishes iD that respect, she had post
pOned the celebration of the birthday
so as TO make it agree with the nomina-
ton, and that the calendar which re-
corded her birth would have to be
changed.
Mrs. Stevenson said that she had re-
ceiyed no Official announcement o. Mr..
SteyenSOn's nOmiDatiCn. This was said
with a pleasant smile. But" she
added, my daughter Mary, who is with
her father in Chicago, was more
thoughtful, and from her we learned
the news"
A forty-minute visit in the company
of Mrs. Stevenson and her son and
daughter left The impression that should
Mr.. Stevenson be elected. all the social
features at Washington would not be
confined exclusively to the White house.
Under no circumstances would it be
proper to say that the wife of the man
nominated Tor the Office of vice presi-
dent of the Office Of the United States
was not charming woman. In the case
of Mrs. Stevenson. the most bitter parti-
san could not fail to acknowledge her
superior WOmanhOod and feel proud of
his countryWoman.
In speaking of her husband, Mrs.
Stevenson grew young to degree that
was charming. Reverting to the time
when she first met him, she said:
Before 1 knew him | had almost
learned to love him on account of his
devotion to his mother. 1t may seem
strange that any son should receive
special credit for being SO obedient and
dutiful to his mother, but in the case of
Mr.. Stevenson his devotion always
seemed more marked than in any one of
whom l ever heard"
Leaving the delightful atmosphere of
this home regretfully your correspond
ent returned to the city and began a
walk among the people who have known
Mr.. Stevenson for SO many years. The
result of this walk was a number Of
stories and anecdotes which are here
with given in about the order they were
told.
Some Good Stories.
81 remember" said an old man who
was cutting away at the top of a dry
goods box i'll front of store, 'When
Adlai Stevenson and Jim Ewing were
boys. jim Ewing is his law partner,
and brother of Adlai and Wing Ewing
Of Chicago. When Stevenson and Jim
Ewing first came here they had potato
patch just out Of town. They were
poor, and relied Oh the potato crop to
bring them in spending money. One
day they brought in load of potatoes
to town. and while passing a livery
stable the liveryman began to guy them.
This incensed the boys, and they decided
he couldn't have them. After they had
sold their potatoes they found thumper
who was lOating about the corner and
asked him il he wanted Job. They told
him they wanted him to thrash a man.
The thumper asked them how much
they would pay. and they said they
would give him ali they had realized on
the potatoes. He accepted the job, and
they told hnn to get in the wagon and
lay down. Then they drove back past
the livery stable. The liveryman was
standing in the doorway, and young
Stevenson asked if he had changed his
mind about them. The liveryman said
he hadn't. Then the boys threw the
lines over the dashboard and made
rush for the 'SoOthless insulter.' Before
the first blow was dealt, the thumper,
who had been con cealed in the wagon,
leaped over the wheels and tackled the
liveryman, who was laid up for repairs
in consequence for several days. Adlai
told me that was the first time and last
time he had ever spent any money for
fight"
Boom for the Presidency
did you ever know" asked another
citizen who had heard the story Just re-
lated, THAT Stevenson once had a boom
for the presidency. I'll tell you how it
was. One day there was a man came
up from the KickapOo. 1t was about
the time when Davis was looking up
for the presidency, and Adlai met HIM
and saws to him: Tom, what is the