St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-09
SNAP SHOTS OF THE FRAY.
Personal Jotting About Some of
the Men at the Convention.

PERSONAL JOCtiES ABOUT SOGnO VI
the Men at the Convention.
Sam Fessenden, of Connecticut. is
about the size and the build of Sen ator
Wolcott, of Colorado, and is quite as
much of dude.
Congressman John G. Houk, of East
Tennessee, is a young man. hardly
thirty-four years of age, but he is quite
as much of fighter as his late father.
Leonidas G. Houk. =
Chairman J. s. Clarkson took his seat
among his faithful henchmen of the
Iowa delegation.
G.l. Hurry B ingham, of Pennsyl-i
vania, has been in congress for twenty
years. He entered congress young
man, with a full and handsome head of!
hair. He is now as bald as man can,
be and have, any left. His opponents
say he has worn it off reclining in his
seat and fOrL citing all about the inter-
ests of the Quaker City. d"
Delegate L. B. Keogh, of North Caro-
lima, wanted the rules SO fixed that the
delegations could be pOlled in case any
member had reason to doubt the figures
of the chairman. This was in the rules,
and Mr.. Keogh was satisfied.
John p. Sanborn, the enthusiastic
representative of Alger on the old ma
tional committee, retireS for younger
man. George W. Merriam, of Hastford.
Mr. SanbOrn was one of the clevereSt
politicians on the old COMMITTEES, and did
not desire the job of helping carry Har-
rison through in case he is nominated.
Il know what it cost in 1885," he said
to RhOdy Shiel the other day i'll the
lobby of the West.
Delaware is not large state, but her
six delegates have trouble in agreeing
on a national committeeman. George
V. Massey and Senator Higgins both
want a word or two in the matter.
DIR. Chauncey Depew came in very
late, but was given hearty reception
when he did make his appearance.
ID. Nj. Ferry, the Detroit scotsman, is
short aud slight of build, with gray hair
and side-whiskers and a keen eye that
penetrateS about as far into a man or a
stone wall as any eye that was ever
made.
The colored delegates were loud in
their demands for Fred Douglass. but
the white-haired old man refused to
make a speech.
Pearson G. Cheney, the national
committeeman just reelected by New
Hampshire. is strong Harrison man
and one of the ambitious and wealthy
manufacturers of the Granite state. He
is booked for seat in President Harri-
sons cabinet in case of the latter's re-
election.
Senator Gallinger, of New Hamp-
shire, who came to the convention in
Senator Stockbridge's private car, so
enthusiastic for. Alger and so certain of
the defeat of President Harrison, is not
a delegate and sits among the guests.
He is a physician, and looks like good,
prosperous country practitioner.
Land Commissioner Tom Carter. who
is doing lots of figuring for the Harri-
son men, has kept out of the conven-
ton so far, but he will come pretty near
having some of the Montana delegates
i'm line when the ballOting commences.
Where is all that tin plate the Repub-
licans promised to bring to Minneapo-
lis? The nearest approach to this is
tin plate manufacturer. f. j. Neidring-
haus, of st. Louis, who is delegate
from the Twelfth Missouri district.
When Chairman Mack presented
Clarkson as the new national commit
teeman from Iowa the convention APP
plauded the announcement heartily.
Mr.. Clarkson still has his old machine
in working order in the Hawkeye state,
in spite of his enemies. ~
William 0. Bradley. the man who
gave dOf. DuChIcI anu tic OCiU OClhOS
such scare a few years ago. is the new
Blue Grass national committeeman.
Frank j. Cannon, one of the dele
gates from Utah. is the editor of
the Salt Lake Tribune and a. son
of the the Mormon Delegate Can
non. Young Mr.. Cannon is handsome
young man, and the Republican leaders
of that territory are banking on his
capturing the Mormon vote.
Senator Spooner is not very tall, but
he Is tall enough to catch the eye OF the
chairman and give the Blaine, men
notice that he is on earth and does not
propose to allow the Blaine shouters to
keep on putting off taking vote for
many days. He is the best manager the
Harrison forces have on the floor.
The two Daves-David FL. Lane and
David Martin, of Philadelphia, are
prominint figures in the Pennsylvania
delegation. They have been prominent
in city politics in the Quaker city for
years and are. of course, two of Senator
Quays right-hand men. Mr.. Lane sue
ceeded Mr.. Quay in the highly profit
able position of register of Philadelphia
some years ago, and has followed him