Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-04


publicanism, and New York is conced
eddy the battle-ground between the par.
ties. No wonder the "Big Four" were
important factors in the result
The Ohio delegation was of prime i'm.
portance. 1t could scarcely be other.
wise with such men as Governor Nc.
Kinley and Ex-Governor Foraker in the
list. Here again is most striking con.
trast. Mckinley showed himself at Min.
neapolis in his strongest characteristics
of modesty and reticence. His quiet,
almost shrinking demeanor, was every.
where remarked. Not so with Foraker.
He is brilliant, dashing cavalryman,
who flashes his saber and shouts his
"Hoop la" as he rides the enemy down.
A very "taking" way Foraker has. Put
on his feet at Minneapolis before crowd,
he had no difficulty whatever in making
them think him the smartest man in
America.
Other Ohioans who attracted much
attention were Bushnell, of Springfield,
and Conger, of Akron, though the latter
was not a delegate. Both are rich man
ufacturers, and Conger, think, must
be one of the busiest men in the coun-
try. In addition to serving as president,
general manager or director of ten or
fifteen big enterprises scattered through
out Ohio and Indiana, as the Buckeye
member Of the national committee he
has for long time devoted a month or
two each year to politics, which is his
chief amusement. A strong, shrewd,
quiet but friendly man he is.
Senator Quay, with his slight figure,
squeaky voice and air of one whose
mind is so fixed upon what is before him
that he cannot stop to look to the right
or the left, was much sought after.
find that Quay, like Plat, is one man
to the world another to his friends.
The latter say no more generous, self
sacrificing man can be found within a
thousand miles. Instead of being grasp
ing, selfish, unfaithful or tricky his
friends set him down Us true, manly and
loyal. 1t does appear to be fact that
most of the trouble Quay was ever in
grew out of excessive loyalty to his
friends.
Hamilton Disston, the millionaire saw
manufacturer of Philadelphia; w. l..
Elkins, the street railway magnate of
the same city, who lives in veritable
palace and with his partners controls
the surface roads Of the three great
cities of New York, Philadelphia ard
Chicago, and H. w. Oliver, the very
rich iron man of Pittsburg, were con-
spicuous i'll the Pennsylvania delegation.
Such gathering of active, successful
men in all the walks of life is to 10
found nowhere else than in one Of these
great national conventions. AS l sat on
the press platform and looked out among
the delegates | saw among others rhe
picturesque, saturnine face of ex-senator
Malone. Tucked away under the seat
was the famous white hat. Nearby was
Ex-senator Spooner, of slight physique
and unprepossessing face, but brainy,
brilliant and powerful. TranQuilina
Luna, or the calm moon, Juan Santiste-
van and Miguel Otero, Of New Mexico,
showed the dark faces of the Spanish
race Behind them, in the alternates
row, were two women from the woman
suffrage State of Wyoming. In fact all
nations and races were represented in
this body Of president makers, even the
native Americans, for there sat White
Turkey, the Cherokee delegate, as proud
of his honors as any man on the floor.
An interesting pair were Senators
Teller and Wolcott, of Colorado, the lat
ter vying even with Depew in eloquence
and wit. Other famous orators sitting
among the delegates were ex-senator
Ingalls, and w. 0. Bradley, Of Ken
lucky. Notable among the elderly men
were ex-Speaker Galusha A. Grow,
Governor Dick Oglesby, of Illinois, and
Dick Thompson, of Indiana, who has
been delegate at large from his state to
about all the national conventions the
Republican party has ever had. Senator
Cullom and joe Cannon. of Illinois,
were among the notables. George
Swift, of the same state, who made his
fortune in the manufacture of axle
grease, along with Director General
Davis, of the Worlds fair, was one of
the most active of the younger politi-
clans. AS rule the gathering was of
young men. Probably one-half of the
delegates were under forty and many of
them have barely started in the thirties.
No one can attend great national
convention like that we have just had
at Minneapolis without feelir. proud of
his countrymen. The energy, the skill,
the good temper, the comradeship even
in the heat of battle were noteworthy.
No other country could produce such an
assemblage. Nowhere else under the sun
could men assemble from communities
distant from each other thousands of
miles, representing all the races that
have here found home, yet all speaking
the same tongue, and hundreds of them
knowing one another like brothers and
greeting each other with hearty, famil-
lar goodwill. These great political bat
ties serve to show the matchless energy
of the American people, an energy
which at once gives key to the manner
in which q continent has been conquered
and beautiful cities reared where few
years ago bare prairies basked in the
sun. They show also that Americans
know one another; that they travel and
mingle; that they stand shoulder to
shoulder, and that politics is doing more
than anything else except commerce to
develop truly national life.
WALTER WELLMAN.
It Saves Children.