St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-04

If grave argument. Flashing badges
md hats of all colorS proclaim partlSanS
or this man and that man. Many are
vigorously putting or chewing cigars.
Some are swearing. Occasionally one
steals off from the crowd and makes his
way to dark corner where he is met
oy others equally as mysterious. The
whole scene reeks of action, plot and
eOunter-plot.
What different scenes the name of
Gen. Lew Wallace calls up before the
eye. We are wondering beneath
shimmering Oriental skies. All around
is that markedly picturesque landscape
Of the East. A gentle breeze bring to
The ear the tinkling of the camePS bell
as he swings along under his load.
Around a turn in the road we meet
leper seeking aims and draw back in
,oathing. We see lithe-limbed Ben
hur and his gentle sister. We watch
Ben Hur laboring at the oar and our
hearts go out to him in his SufferingS.
At every turn we meet Roman SOL
lierS, and compassion rises uppermoSt
IS we watch them flOut the despised
Jew. Anon we are transported to the
circus. Our hearts almost stop beating
as the characters urge on their steeds,
md we find ourselves joining in the
wild applause as Ben Hur wins the
race. All the various and multI-colOred
pictures are permeated with, hallowed
by the tale of the Christ, and we hear
again those divinely immortal precepts
that have made the world worth lly-
ing in.
Are the pictures different? Yet the
man who painted for us that living por
trait of the East. traced for us the foot
steps of the Christ through swamp of
human passion and suffering, deScendS
from his pedestal and becomes one of a
crowd of pushing, jostlIng, quarreling
American politicians.
For Gen. Lew Wallace is in Minneap-
pills. He arrived yesterday afternoon.
And he does not look so much out of
place among these men of the earth
Earthly. There is nothing of the dream
er IN his appearance. One can well
imagine him as a general at the head of
4 charge-and he has been there many
lime and oft. But dreamer of luXu-
liant dreams of other days, never.
Gen. Wallace is one Of the dramatic
characters of this convention. He is a
dramatic charater at any time-much
more so at national political cOnven-
lion. He looks a leader, with his bright
Eve, griZzled beard cropped closely and
sweeping muStache.
Have you moment for epeStifer-
ous reporter" asked GLOBE man,
sornering him before the hotel register.
The reporters are necessity, my
boy | can accommodate you, but |
Wish you would let me get clean shirt
Dn. My baggage hasn't come yet Ito
The clerk? Well, go ahead with your
Interview"
He was asked about the presidential
situation, as he saw it.
II cannot tell. Eve just arrived, am
waiting for my baggage, and have not
had time to look around me-"
You can speak for Indiana?"
Eyes, L can. We have come here
Harrison, first, last, and all the time;
unanimous and to win. We will stay
here until we do win. We shall
win"
You do not come as delegate?"
"No, am not delegate. | was
elected delegate but declined to serve.
| declined, not through any opposition
to President Harrison, but for purely
personal reasons. am here to do all l
can for him."
DO you think he can be nominated
and elected?"
81 am sure he will be nominated
Will he be elected? les, he VIII. lie
was elected four years ago, and he can
be elected easier now than he was then.
He is a stronger man now than he was
then stronger than any man III the
country. He is not understood by
everybody. have known him all my
life, and not al hour have known him
That ! have not loved him. De is the
Text president"
Gen. Wallace takes the same view of
Che Blaine men that all the other Ilar-
rison men do. Blaine has said that he
was not candidate, and that his name
would not be presented 10 the conven-
ton. He has never unsaid that. There
fore he is not candidate.
Harry s. New tells why Gen. Wallace
Is not candidate:
"Gen. Wallare is man whom every
Rne in Indiana makes way for" said