The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-08-21
PICTURES OF POLITICIANS.
IHE LEADERS AS SEEN AT THEIR
HEADQUARTERS.

| " " AULO VI l. OUl l1O1AN IN ~
THE LEADERS AS SEEN AT THEIR
HEADQUARTERS.
Their Peculiar CharacterIstics-W
| They Eat and Drink and How
They Dress.
| New York Sun
Mr.. Harrity, chairman of the demo
cratic National committee, is feet 2
inches in his stockings. His mustache
is dark and his hair is slightly curley and
of an auburn tinge. He has the frame of
an athlete. He is secretary of State for
Pennsylvania under Gov. Pattison and
was postmaster of Philadelphia during
Mr.. Cleveland's administration. His
full name is William Frank Harrity, but
the Pennsylvanians who come to town
say. Glow dye do Frank 2' Nobody
, in democratic ranks in the Keystone
! State knows him or speaks to him other
than Frank Harrity. Mr.. Harrity is a
devout member of the Roman Catholic
church. He is 45 years old and looks
35. He has a charming young wife and
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with them at Long Branch. His tenn
porary residence in New York is the
I Hoffman house. After the labors of the
/, day at headquarters he dimes with Brad
ley B. Smalley of Vermont, Don M.
Dickinson of Michigan, and others in
!, his confidence, at the hotel He is a
q smoker of good cigars, and at the table
| is very moderate in the use of cham.
pagne and apollinaris mixed.
q Mr.. Carter, the commander of the re
! publican national camp, is short man
Y not over feet inches in height. HI
o has tuft of blond hair on his chin, anG
>, he wears straw hat slightly tippee
Il Il over the left ear. He is blond anc
fair faced man. His demeanor is ouie
and retiring. Like his opponent, Mr.
= Harrity, he is fond of good cigar anc
r a moderate stimulant at the close of tn
day. Although quiet and retiring, MIR
Carter is never disconnected, abashed O
confused. He seems to be CONSTANT,
waiting for the OF Ter fellow to tell all b.
knows Mr.. Carter threw up $5, 90,
: place to take charge of the republican
4 forces. In the event of Harrison's vic
rs tory he will not suffer. At present b.
RS is stopping at the Plaza hotel. Mr. Car
a. ter was farm boy. In his youth b
u u studied law, later he was book agent
e and then he became interested in minin
e. properties in Helena, Mont, his home
He is 3S years old, and his father,
IA watchman at the Philadelphia mint, i
50 proud of his son.
Bradley B. Smalley Of Vermont ha
r charge of the spell binders at Mr.. Hal
- rity's headquarters. His duties consis
= in sending for men in the Democrat
party endowed with oratorical power
and assigning them to speak at differen
towns and cities during the campaign
This is no small task. Certain orator
lst decline to speak in small towns, AM
In others of less repute insist upon addres
an DIS ing audiences in Cooper Union, Madiso
lis Square Gardea, the Academy of Musi
n Brooklyn, and other noted spots in tt
3w great cities. Mr.. Smalley is competer
- to smooth out these wrinkles, to impre
v the different orators with their respecti'
|, personal characteristics and powers, al
to get them to take the assignme
scheduled for them. Mr.. Smalley is
-. years old, with keen eyes, bushy ey
A'o brows, and beard that makes him loo
E. ever so much like President Garfield. I
is of average height and is fond of Egh
nd hued clothes in the summer. He b
persistently followed the fortunes of N
pg Cleveland since 1884.
oIs
sur Don NJ. Dickinson, chairman of n
Ia Harrity's campaign committee, is L
er- over 45. He, also is fond of effulge
garments in summer. He is affable
rd, his ways, and, although of nervo
'ns temperament, TALKS and. walks deli
y-tf erately and sedately. He has exubers
. side whiskers, which are as nea
trimmed as those of any swell coachm
with English predictions. Mr.. Dick
son was Mr.. Cleveland's postmast
les; general. Before that he was lawyer
ant Detroit, his home. He had fair pr
IGN tice, consisting largely of commerc
ely cases; that is, the settlement of dispu
-ely between merchants AS head of t
ice; campaign committee it is his duty to 81
ent- NIT vital questions to the executive &C
rid; mittee. The campaign committee c
= to lines a plan of battle, and in minor N
our ters goes ahead; in questions of ext
aud ordinary profundity Mr.. Dickinson 8
his associates on the campaign commit
= consult with the executive committee
an, ana William Collins Whitney, ex-Secret
of the Navy, and Mr.. Cleveland's I
Ic sonal representative at headquarters,
10 fine looking fellow. He has an ambro
EI moustache, gallant ways, rather d
voice for man not deep chested, we
eyeglasses constantly, and is alw
m, neatly and handsomely attired. HI
|TE, about so, tall and straight, and the
'' quent comment upon him at headqu
ers is "Whitney is brick" In the q
nor democratic fashion he sits on tables
jure trunks and swings his legs, adjusts
fest, glasses, and schemes. He is the da
Of the shop in various ways.
Ex-Mayor William R. Grace, the ch
EEK tain of the anti. snappers, has he
moustache slightly tinged with gray,
r wears extraordinarily large eyeglas
arpe 80 large, in fact, that they have
called window pane glasses"
,E. Grace's hair must originally
7. G. been auburn, if not red; there are
- traces of this tint discernible. He,