Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-19
WHAT THE WOMEN SAY
A Group of the Fair Pass Comments
on Pennsylvania's Delegation
AS IT ALIGHTs AT CHICAGO.
Unanimously Decided the Depot Never
Held So Many Handsome Men.
COMPLIMENTS FELL THICK AND FAST

COMPLIMENTS FELL THICK AND FAsl
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPAFcH.,
| CHICAGO, June .1S.-To watch the In
coming delegations is both the business ant
pastime of the hour in Chicago World
Fair matters, the races and the weather al
take back seats for week to come, and viii
receive no more attention than II they hae
never been. Democracy owns the town
and 1t is prophesied even the ivory-white
buildings on the Exposition grounds will
have changed color before ''the greatest con.
vention ever held" shall have nominated
Grover Cleveland and adjourned.
A number of critical women and I, along
with everybody else in the city, went to the
station this evening to see the political no.
bility of the Democratic party from Penn
sylvania arrive. The royal double-header
Pullman special with its IA splendidly dec.
grated palace cars had Just rolled In and
the princely passengers had asthetically
distributed themselves about the platform
in Delsartean groups that excited the sd.
miration of the non-voting party to an al.
most uncomfortable degree.
Agreed They wers Handsome Mon.
IT don't know anything of politics and
care less" said one woman, ''but do know
handsome men when see them, and if that
delegation were not Democrats I would say
they are the finest body of men ever saw
outside OF Knights Templar uniforms
Exactly why they are so handsome, .
answered another woman. 81 can always
tell Democrat anywhere by his fine ap-
pearance and good open countenance."
Here I began to notice familiar faces
among these handsome men, and with what
trust was pardonable pride, turned to the
ladies and said: 'There is still another
reason for the fine appearance of this dele
CATION; they are from Pennsylvania
Instantly was of nearly as much conse-
quence as if had been a delegate. Did
know these men? Would point out the
the most notable? Politicians were so in
teresting!
"Oh. look at that one with the smooth
face; such perfect mouth; so few men can
20 without mustache," said one, enthusi-
must be quite a somebody in your party. I"
and eloquent legal adviser of Governor Pat
tison, w. q. Hensel, delegate at large, and
then answered q dozen questions all In q
breath, the most important first:
A Man Who Can Make Big Speech.
''No, he is not married; (this was decided
to be perfectly lovely); about 40, from
sons Cabinet; he'll be Governor himself
some day. Yes, certainly, ladies man, a
great orator with the reputation of being
able to talk faster and longer than any man
in the delegation and in voice as full and
harmonious As the tones of church organ.
Yes, he is young to be an Attorney General,
but his briefs are said to be models of con-
ciseness and strength, though as hard to
read as those Of Rufas Choate. Fortunately
for me Rufus Cheats was not delegate to
this convention, d6d1 wis not questioned
in regard TO him eF'htGbxisfa
t'Who is that pf6dS.1ooking old Demo-
crat? He is an odd-lookieg politician. I"
$50 he is, but politician from away back,
Sam Josephs Of, philadelphia. 1 can't re-
member time when the broad Atlantic of
his contenance was not as familiar to me as
my own in mirror. A kind face, hasn't
he? Years of political labors have left
little trace upon it 30 far as wrinkles go.
When he looks st you through those gold
trimmed glasses you cannot help thinking
that he has been shrewd enough to travel
over level roads and never wasted energy
by crossing ditch until he haG reached It's
edge. He has a smile for every one.
have been told that he has not missed q
Democratic convention for 40 years and
that he got that stoop in his shoulders from
carrying his district in his trousers pocket u
One woman did not quite understand this
and another explained the political idiom.
1his Man Cuts a Wide swath.
'There's hustler; who's he that comes
up like tornado?"
"Oh, that's another Eastern man, Mr..
William Singerly, of the Philadelphia
Record People stand aside to let Mr. Sin.
gerly pass, not because they must be OBJ.
sequious but to escape the danger to them
selves as he hustles his way through.
When he starts 1t is always with the inten-
tion of reaching the objective point. You
would never Judge him in his plain dress
and spectacles always awry on his nose to be
the owner of a Philadelphis daily, large
yet that is his financial status He Is
one of the eight delegates at
large, and it is said that between love
of Cleveland, and and devotion to Pattison
he can fully appreciate the situation of the
man who warbled How happy could be
with either were 'tother dear charmer
away I could point you dozen or more
men in that delegation who are in the same
boat
"Do you see that little round msn with
the dimples and red cheeks? He's one of
them. He's not q delegate, but it is always
understood that John B. Larkin will be in
at the DEATH He was postmaster of Pitts
burg under Cleveland, and they do say that
if Cleveland is again President Mr.. Larkin
will only have to whisper his wishes into
the Presidential ear.
John Larkin Doesn't Paint
'eNo, he doesn't paint, but if he were q
woman he would be credited with it and
likewise accused Of sleeping with clothes
pins on the inside of his cheeks to make
those dimpleA. While I grant you he has
no business with thsse favors, there is moth
ing effeminate about the man. BE is . worker
full Of force and always felt in the resulta
'That large. heavy-set, clean-shaven man
nearest him, who looks as II he were about
to raise his hands in benediction and say
let US pray is Mr. Timothy O'Leary.
Surely you have heard of him, and maybe
what you heard was not any too compli.
mentary. All kinds of things are said in
politics, you know, which is considered one
reason why women should keep out
But Tim O'Leary doesn't mind. A kite
rises against the wind, and some men seem
to 60 up higher on political breeze. He
is always that way-smiling, bustling and
managing. You can see to-day that he feels
he is working for winning man. He il
not delegate either, but that makes NO
difference to him; his individuality and in
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