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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-09-15

IL FunVnl fn "a trrumWp IN lNll and
n slter having served as Justice Of
pesce one torn. In 1882 ne was
|tsdto the legislature as the Ropub-
\ nominee by a large majority over
Democratic competitor
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l9gy d. Il Ere"' organizer ana ne
IVY ~, wv
W Nl', ~ aus nan VI aiu''7'la' was u
gave 10 ,he cuI''ntlon'
2iuup Ashby was an anxious locker
yal he never los' ms smile
NJ. D2Gress was tho guest OF Mr..
= Mrs. Burchell while in the city.
Hartman Bentley was in at the
j b, as he thinks, OF lost oppor-
y.
Vine health of Clark. the next rov-
Of Texas. was the most frequent
last evening
5apy were the plants of those who
ted Doodle from afar, when the
ention decided not to turn itself
H. hundred thousand votes Is what
enthusiastic Rspu5liclns promise
&heir contribution to the George
Skticket
z. ,ed mo belief that the endorse
* Of Clark by the Republican CON
81 ion would inmre him. E5
i i, Worth gets the cbairmnnsbin
y " ul,l sc.7 lhe Gnu r irl.lulis 5.
IN we'll. Clapkite, populist and Re
lean headquarters here.
n r,rdarson of C,orrotov.,
n an No hocamc n fmll Gedgcd Re-,
m t nU D 80, 10 5oIo-at,
IS is pleased with the result.
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rbatim ,,5na,.t oS T,dge Rosdnthal's
4 .ch in advocacv Of The clark en-.
.iement
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80 :, 'F ~ RU5 muster ~ III, az ipIo
" 5oil lor i ~ 49, i ! - .,, - a. a.
my Wy Ne " no Il pie'.scu IN MY
a III y, ai ,l,s convention anu - 'u''
"a . o'eo'lol'
slneet remark by a negro: SHAW!
gnl didn't hay no mo chance IN
'H lie did not say Hades, but II
better In print.
important consideration In tho
rstior the chnirmanship Of tho state
Il aiiye committee is the control
b by this position over the Federal
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forth upon the balcony of his hotel in Balti-
more or Washington to find a vast throng
stretching out as far as the eve could reach
waiting in patience and enthusiasm to
listen to the man who was called the god
like Daniel
Clay was, perhaps. more popular ora
tor than Webster. He was loved while
Webster was feared. In some of Clay's
political circuits, frequently extending
through dozen states, enormous throngs
gathered, impelled not SO much by the
desire to be impressed with Clay's argu-
ment as with the feeling which led so
many of them to seek to touch his hand
and to receive the kindly glance of his
eye No political orator of his generation,
perhaps none since, has swayed great
masses with charming personality and
with affection as Clay did during his po-
litical tours.
With the advent of the Free-Soil party
In lsi7-Sa new race of political orators
was developed many of whom maintained
asplendid prestige until the close of the
civil war, and then another generation
took their places.
'In New York state" said General
Thomas l.. James, .'the finest stump
speaker that the young Free Sellers lis
tened to was Prince John Van Buren,.
Unlike his father, Martin Van Buren,.
Yrince John was of splendid physical pro-
portions. Like Conkling. he was man
whom it did the eve good TO look upon
when he appeared in public. but unlike
Conkiing. he attracted by delightful
mannerlsm and gained extraordinary per-
sonal popularity, which is illustrated now
adays by the soubriquet OF prince, first
applied 10 him by Thurlow Weed, and by
which he was always afterward known.
lie did not dislike TO be called Prince
John. He had achieved fine reputation
as a lawyer before he took very active
part in politics, and had he been possessed
OF that ambition which mastered his
father he might have gained as many
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The Story of Two PhOtoprauhs.

Those who read sketches of Mr. Blaine
have been puzzled by the seeming incon-
sistency of reports made regarding his
health. Sometimes he is described as
looking old, careworn, feeble-in fact, like
man who is breaking up with old age
Other reports assert that he still retains
that marvellous alertness of glance, vlgor
of manner and impressive suggestion of
intellectual power which characterized
him when he was speaker In congress.
These reports have been so evidently writ
ten in perfect serenity that the discrepancy
between them has caused much comment.
Perhaps the mystery may be explained
by telling the story of two photographs.
When Mr.. Blaine was in New York city
in the early part of June he was urged by
a photographer Of high repute for artistic
work to sit for number of photographs,
and he consented. A dozen or more diff
ferent negatives were obtained, and Two Of
the finished photographs suggest that the
writer's of these inconsistent accounts
were entirely truthful. These two photo
graphs were taken at almost ldenticaly
the same moment; in fact. the first
negative and the second were taken
within an interval of less than q
minute. The mounted picture taken
from the first negative is one of the finest
photographs of Mr.. Blaine ever made. 1t
suggests the ideal Blaine. 1t is the face of
a man in vigorous health. of superb intel
lectual powers. and would be to any ono
who had never seen Blaine in his best
moments sufficient explanation of his
extraordinary power of impressing men
with his intellectual ability.
The mounted picture made from the
second negative seems to reveal q man
upon whom the touch of age has fallen
His eye lacks luster, his cheek seems
haggard and the expression upon the face
is that of one who is weary. A person
who had never seen Blaine would say that
this is the picture of a sick and feeble old
man. Yet so short was the interval be-
tween the taking of the two pictures that
Mr.. Blaine had not time to change his
position or even to adjust the string of his
eye-glass which fell loosely over his collar.
If these two pictures were the pictures of
an actor who desired to display the ca
pacity of the face to express vigor
and decrepitude with the celebrity of
thought, they would be regarded
as marvels of nimetic skill on
the part of the subject. The only explain
alton which the photographer can give is
that Mr. Blaine's mood changed instantly
between the taking of the two pictures
When the first one was taken he was in
terested, but before the second one was
captured he had become iistless, wearied
and, as it appeared TO the PHOTOGRAPHER,
his mind had wandered awav from the
business of the moment. 1t was the most
extraordinary change of face which this
photographer had ever experienced in
thirty wears OF picture taking. during
which time almost every man of note in
America has stood before his camera.
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as being unavailable, was used by him in
his paper and adapted to the use of gen.
tleman who had doubtless paid up his
subscription or sent IN a bit of bridal cake
i. e., bridal bit as it were.
Below l give the paragraph as it is
printed, for it is gem of forensic beauty
which would have Jared the rock-ribbed
shaken the wet cotton domestic roof of the
Chicago Am pronounced ''forum").
l shall utilize ii in school speaker
which am about to issue, to be used in
advanced classes of rhetoric:
''He stands today most grandly piano.
piled and most magniicently equipped
and most iuxuriantiy robed with all those
splendid attainments which most admir-
ably TT him for that high arena of brilliant
usefulness, where his grand powers shine
forth with all the undimmed spfendor and
matchless brilliancy of the knightliest
grace and dignity, and which emit at all
times those rare waves of luster that lend
and impart additional glory to the rich
and glittering tiara of American manhood
and American craftsmanship. In the for
titude Of his purpose. and the strength of
his character, and the tenderness of his
sympathies. AMI the womanly gentleness
of his heart he reminds US of some grand
and lofty towering oak, beautifully and
symmetrically developed and rich
"
the graceful garniture of YER
nal woven garland of opulent splendor,
capable of defying and withstanding the
raging blasts of the widest storms, and
yet offering, within the tender and gentle
recesses and its eafy bowers, a nesting
place for mother birds to safely nurse their
tender brood"
If Mr. Harrison sent that back he richly
deserves the charge OF being the great
American ice machine. Cold as my own
heart Is at times, cannot read the above
without quickened pulse. and over and
over again az | read il / promise myself
that | will never again do so without pro-
vIding myself with a handkerchief
Ii Mr.. Cleveland returned this inaamed
encomium il is no wonder that Repub-
lican papers charged him with trying 10
drive over little children with a moving
machine Mr.. Cleveland is a keen critic
of beautiful word picturing, and if he
sent this graham gem back TO North
Carolina il mus: have been owing to his
vulgar haste and his anxiety to get away
with Joseph Jefferson and catch tomcods
in BuZzard's bay.
In nv mind now l see Mr.. Cleveland
with new tiara made specially for him
by Lyon & Healy, of Chicago, and quietly
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throughout; =. ugh the entire country. In Utica
AZ Io4o. when David Dudley Field and
bb.ner men of great prominence had
pUlought about the nomination of Martin
van buren tor president upon the free
soi platform Ga nomination afterwards
f lam oy national convention at Buff
aaio1 Prince John was called upon to
SPEAK at mass meeting in support of this
, new movement. 1t was delicate posi-
t'oh 20 put him in. The candidate was
nls own father, who had already served as
president. Ten thousand persons were
gatnered to hear him. He stood before
.hat throng superb specimen of physical
manhood, revealing none of his embarass-
mnent, but seeming to be at perfect ease
ne spoke with his hands in his rockets
much OF the time, mannerism which for
most men would have been undignified.
pgt which In Prince Johns case gave no
oHense. he spoke for more than two
hours. His speech was a mosaic of wit.
numor, pathos and profound argument.
1t was widely published and exerted a
powerful influence towards that CONSOLE
uation OF various elements which created
the Free-Soil party in Buffalo. thereby
spilttlng the Democratic party and defeat
ing the election of Louis Cass for the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-17
KINGS OF RAILWAYS.
The COnceitS and Eccentricities
of Some of Them.
WHIMS OF OLD SAM SLOAN.
Why Depew Was Made Presid ent-What
Vanderbilt Meant When He Said:
"The Public Be Damned"

Railway kings, like common people, have
their conceits and eccentricities. The
presidents of most roads who have to
hustle for proxies to control each annual
election and perform the antics of JAP
anese Juggier to keep their heads on are
necessarily conservative and diplomatic.
Il iabored thirty years to get to be presi-
gent OF this road" said a veteran, land
nave struggled ever since to retain my
JOB. Of actual work for the company /
nave never had time to do any," The
fortunate few, however, who have per-
sonal grip On majority of the stock of
the companies over which they preside are
as autocratic as the car of Russia or his
weil-fed majesty of the Cannibal islands.
II such men have any strong character
lstics they are sure to show them.
People of powerful personality are the
Vanderbilts. They never traded on any
body's misfortunes. they never attacked
anybody's credit, and in all financial
battles they have invariably been arrayed
on the side of progress. With cordial de-
testations of shams and iniquities, the
father and grandfather snubbed dema-
gogues and the parasites of the lobby, and
turned a cold shoulder upon the hordes of
business men who sought dishonest ad-
vantage of their neighbors through the
medium of special rates. Instead Of a
public vote of thanks, this straightforward
course brought upon the heads of the
Vanderbilts storm of Indignation. Hated
and maligned, they realized the need of
diplomacy. They were themselves too
blunt to be diplomatic, and engaged
Chauncey NJ. Depew to assume the role
This was twenty-five years ago.
Mr.. Depew didn't know a way-bill from
a water tank, but he was talented, popu-
lar and possessed of infinite capacity to
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presidency. Prince Johns repute as a re-
suit of this speech was so great that APP
peals were made to him to go to many
other cities. He spoke in Boston in Fan
euil hall on the closing night of the cam
palgn Webster had spoken in that
the Wings. Yet in respect of the
size and the character of the audience
there was nothing TO choose between that
one which greeted Webster and that other
one which faced Prince John. and the
opinion expressed by those who heard
both speeches was rather more iiattering
to the effort OF Prince John than to that
of Webster
Another stump speaker who gained ma
tlonal repute during that canvass was
Daniel 5. Dickinson. He was what would
be called magnetic man upon the stump.
His speeches were and were meant to be
ephemeral, but popular. He was an enc
my of Van Buren's, and perhaps did as
much as any man, except John c. Cal
houn, to prevent Van Buren's nomination
In 1874. Dickinson gained such a repute
that wherever he was announced TO speak
there the day of his appearance was a
holiday. lie established himself with
his party so firmly that he
was leading candidate for the vice presi-
Dental nomination at least twice, and
many of the members of his marty re-
garded him as an available candidate for
the presidency. William n. Evarts gained
his first repute as powerful speaker upon
the stump early in the fiftes. and Roscoe
Conkling, then mere lad barely past his
majority, appeared upon the stump for
the first time during the Wing campaign
in the early tiities, and made speech
which is still preserved and reveals much
of that characteristic rhetoric and diction
which afterwards made him famous among
the orators of the land.
Another speaker who gained great fame
during these exciting times was Caleb B.
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DIR STUMP SPEAKERS
ONLY Three Great Ones Have
Ever Become President.
LINCOLN. GARFIELD. HARRISON.
blaine and 6churz the Most Powerful
Living Political Orators-A Great
List, From Webster Down.

"Nothing can take the place of the spoken
vo-s ..,,,e personal impression, the personal
rgument," was an opinion recently ex-
pressed by Chauncey NJ. Depew while dis
cuss,ng the influence of the press in repre-
.enting and moulding public opinion. No
man ever spoke more appreciatively of the
mighty influence of the press of today and
of its tremendous force in modern civiliza-
ton than Mr.. Depew did in this address.
Yet 1t was his belief that the press could not
supplant the platform, the pulpit and the
stump, and that these two influences must
continue doing their work side by side,
each TO a certain extent supplementing the
other.
Mr.. Depew has the conviction that the
stump will never be supplanted as factor
in American politics, and he believes that
to it is due in great measure the healthy
agitation, the political virility and the
sturdy common sense in regard to political
affairs which characterize the American
people.
The greatest of the stump orators have
lived and been conspicuous within Mr..
Depew's recollection, and that of most of
the men with whom he has been politically
osSOciatco. n comparatively Su0I num-
Der of men who are Mr.. Depew's political
companions today were born too late to
hear the giant stump orators of the earlier
generation. Webster and Clay were, per-
haps, the greatest stump speakers of that
generation whose career ended during
President Fillmore's administration. The
triumphs of Webster on the stump have
never been exceeded, although they have
been closely approached by others who
followed him in political life. When he
was to speak no hall was found big enough
10 contain those who desired to near him.
He had but to open his window and step
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mustache shaded his mouth. Except
this his face was smooth shaven. In front
of each ear was a small dab of English
whiskers. The Colonel came to Washing
ton City unknown and unheralded. He
seemed chiefly rem arkable in the early
days for his ability TO adapt himself to
every new situation. He had not been in
Washington City more than a month
when he adopted the most careful and
precise dress of what he called "le haut
monde" He discarded the soft black hat
OF the South for the stiff high hat of the
North and East. He attached himself
very soon 10 the Louisiana Lottery Com
pany and SO had larger income to
crafty his tastes, which were extremely
social. No one ever saw the Colonel drunk.
He was very careful and absternious
in his habits. He devoted almost his en-
tire attention to Washington City society.
He made as many calls as the wife of
cabinet officer. In the easy going society
OF Washington City any one who is well
dressed, and deports himself with decorum
and dignity, can go very nearly where he
likes. The Colonel had evidently never
found so inviting field. tie attached
himself TO the diplomats by telling them
remarkable stories Of his power and intiu-
ence in the South. lie made many
friends among the Southern men because
he represented a Southern paper, and
WNeH Win itth it WAS Efte ltOSL uDrH-
constructed rebel living. The wife of the
Spanish minister was pleased with his
formal politeness ard attention, and hon.
ored him 1t nearly every entertainments
with her special favor.
1t was during this winter that the
colonel decided the role he was 10 play.
He saw the attention gwen to officers In
socity at Washington City and decided at
once that he should become an ottic~-
As he was then playing the role of oefas,
an extreme Southern gentleman, be cotsps
begin by being nothing Tess than an et'
Confederate officer. No ape was ever mors
initiative. Ii studied the ways OF ts.-
Southern brigsdier and the imitation WIS
50 uerlect that I never heard Southern
gentleman at that time dispute the verify
OF his assumption of his being an ex-Con-
Tolerate. The Colonel had a tine literary
mind and such powers Of imagination that
II be had applied his ta,ents IN the direc-
ton Of literature alone he certainly would
have made name for himself. He read
IN ali the histories O. the war. details of
each noted battle. and there was no real
veteran who could afford TO DISPUTE with
him concerning these same details. His
descriptions OF engagements ia which he
participated were so much more dramatic
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Smith. He was esteemed one of the great
est stump-speakers of the West. The
tributes which the masses paid to his ora
tory have never been exceeded, and yet,
although Mr.. Smith afterwards became a
member of Lincoln's cabinet, he seems to
have been utterly forgotten. The two
great stump speakers of the West then
and for many years afterwards were Tom
Corwin. of Ohio, and Stephen A. Douglass,
of Illinois. Each of these men owed
much of the political success which they
gained to their marvellous power
upon the stump, while the re-
spective parties which they repre-.
sented on the stump gained many Of
the victories which they achieved largely
through their efforts. Yet these two men
were wholly unlike upon the stump.
Douglass was very short man. though of
stout build. Senator Benton used TO say of
him that he could never be president
because his coat-tails came too near the
ground. Benton forgot that two presidents
during his recollection, john Quincy
Adams and Martin Van Buren,, were below
average heighth. Douglass was not read
ing man He knew political history and
knew little else. 1t is doubtful whether he
ever read novel in his life and he knew
nothing whatever of poetry. Ii he had any
sense of humor he never revealed 1t In ms
speeahes He had tiowery rhetoric. Yet
he possessed capacity for stump oratory
which, as MI. Blame once saiu. was siFat
enough 10 have enabled him 10 Lead mob
10 riot, had he desired it. He had glo-
rious voice which week after week of use,
sometimes two or three times day. IN the
omen air never seemed 10 impair. His adj
dresses were cold, hard argument, and are
rather dreary reading. Ii was the man
rather than the speeches which impressed
vast crowds. made Douglass popular
idol and caused him TO become proml-
neut candidate for the presidency, when
he was scarcely ~ years of age, ana made
him the candidate of one wing OF his party
when he was only Il.
Corwin is ole Of the few men VINO won
reputation upon the stu mp who gained
thereby what seems 10 be permanent tame.
He was A large man, so swsrtny OF COM
plexjon that he was sometimes mistaken
for an Indian or a SDaniard. Imagination
r,lIed his mind. He was poet, though
not rhymster. He knew the more mel
odious poets by heart. and in correspond
ence which he had with Roscoe tonkllng
lust after Conkling gained his fame Corwln
compared notes win him respecting the
poets ard found that. like himself. Conk-
ING had been a student Of The most mel
n8ious of the English poets. Upon one
<r,-sfv,,sx On pcgS Il
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learning TO play on it in Mr.. Jefferson s
studio. while Mr.. Van Wrinkle is paint
ing life size picture OF Buzzard's bay.
Then, again, / see him at the close of
a busy day taking OF his panopiy and
hanging 1t on chair as he retires to
rest. or mayhap in the morning, equip
ping himself for that high arena of brill
nant usefulness where his go and powers
shine forth with all the undimmed splen-
dor and matchless brillIancy of the
knightliest grace and dignity which emit
at all times those rare wares of luster that
lend and imnart additional glory 90 the
rich and glittering tiara of American man.
hood and craftsmanship.
If | had tiara that | could wear on the
cars-size 71s-one that would prevent
neuralgia and tick sroo in the teeth and
head. and then panoply to wear on cold
nights when l am restless and kick the
asphalt Pullman blankets off, would like
1t as we'll as another.
NV bust measure is forty.
An Atwood panoply with a belt to it
would suit me iirst-rate, or the whole
thing could be made in one garment, with
tiara of the same.