St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-02

left Washington last night. hut this
contingent IS the handful of pioneers
who act as the sappers and miners of
the advancing army. These men who
came yesterday are nearly all old hands.
in the business, and probably not one
Of them but would have said, if asked
his business: ''Sir, l am journalist"
There may have been an exception or
two in the shape of bright young men
who would have admitted that
they were plain newspaper men.
All Of them have attended nation
al political conventions for years
and are not only entirely familiar with
the men who lead and control such con-
ventions, but equally so with public
matters ami policies. and are, therefore,
well qualified to Judge of the future by
the past, and whose political guesses
are worth as much as the predictions of
the oldest politicians themselves.
This beyy of correspondents arrived
in the morning, and we're escorted to
the New York Life building, which is
to be their home during the life of the
convention. All of the rooms in that
building are not yet ready, so the regis
ter of the West hotel was Ornamented
with the autographs of the journalists
for the time being. In the afternoon
the lobby was full of them, and as there
was really no convention work to do
they spent the time in conversing and
comparing notes.
Probably the most conspicuous man
in the group was George Alfred Town
send, known all over the country as
"Gath," whose high-priced work for the
Cincinnati Enquirer has been the won
der as we'll as the envy of many am
bilious scribe. 1t comes VerV soft for
''Gath.'' He has the reputation and his
stenograDher does the rest. He has the
most remarkable retentive memory for
men and events and wonderful fac
ulty for work. With two stenOgraphers
and typewriterS he can grind out
twenty columns of interesting matter a
day during a convention and always
has a ready market for all he can do.
"Gath" is as much of a Republican as
man in his position can be and his
fusiladeS against Hancock in the cam
paign OF 1881 were probably direct from
his heart. He is now fifty-One years of
age and in the prime of his career. He
came straight from his lovely place
"GaplandS,'' in the heart of the Blue
Ridge. and bears commissions from
half dozen papers.
Another Prominent Figure
Is that of Col. Frank A. Burr, a veteran
correspondent who has been connected
with the Philadelphia Times for many
wears, though all that time he has held
q roaming commission that has carried
him all over the world. He is few
wears the junior of "Gath," but has en-
loved even more close relations with
prominent men of the nation. Some of
his memoirs of public men are standard
works, and he is now engaged on the
life of man who is not unnamed in
connection with the presidential noml-
nation at the coming convention. Col.
Burr has been at every national cOnVen-
lion time out of mind, and few men
know better the ins and outs of such
complicated gatherings. He wields a
forceful pen, and readers of the GLOBE
will get a taste of his quality during the
convention.
E. G. DunnelI is the Washington cor
respondent of the New York Times and
Is a shrewd looking young man with
wonderful familiarity with public af-
fairs. He was one of the loudest Of the
Washington Correspondents to object to
taking either of the large conventions
to the Northwest, and says now that
while everything has been done for the
correspondents. yet the city will agree