Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-17
STEVENSON SANGUINE.
He Tells a Dispatch Man in New York
He Is Hopeful of Success
IN HIS OWN STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Arrival of the Vice Presidential Candidate
in New York.
PLEASANTLY GREETED ALONG THE LINE


,rrKCTAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPArcR.t
NEW YORK, July 16.-Adlai Ewing Ste
venson, candidate of the Democracy for tn,
Vice Presidency, arrived at the Grand Cen
tral station this evening on the $50 O'Clock
train from the West, and went directly t.
the Hoffman House. He was accompanied
by his law partner, James s. Ewing, o.
Bloomington, ILL.,, and Adam T. Ewing, w
G. Ewing, Jacob W. Richards. A A. Good
rich, A W. Wright and Charles Shackel
ford, Of Chicago. They have rooms in the
new house on Twenty-ffth street.
Mr. Stevenson's tall figure was clad ir
black, with long frock coat, the collar ol
which was negligently turned up on the
right side. A white straw hat which had
lost much of its whiteness from the accumu.
lated dust Of travel covered the bald dome
of thought which is so prominent feature
of the campaign Autographs of the candi-
date He greeted The DISPATCH reporter
with great cordialitv, ard said that though
his journey from Chicago had been some.
what fatiguing, there had been some pleas
ant incidents to tighten it.
Pleasantly Greeted Ev-rvwhcre.
pleasant greetings were given me-" he
said, "by the Democrats of Rochester,
Syracuse and Utica, and several prominent
members of the party in Albany came
aboard the train when it stopped there.
There was no formal speech-making.
simply thanked those who came for their
kindly expression of interest. 1 shall prob
ably remain at this hotel until next
Wednesday evening, at least"
Asked regarding his movements after the
of VI
evening, and the reception at the Manhattan
Club afterward, Mr.. Stevenson said he has
not as yet made up his mind what he will
do. 1t is possible, he said, that he NAV ac-
cept Mr.. Cleveland's invitation to visit him
at Gray Gables
Concerning my participation in the
campaign" said he, s'that will be matter
which will, in all probability, be decided
by the National Committee.
Sanguine About His Own State.
"What do you think of the public char
acter of the ceremony of notification as it
has been arranged?" he was asked, and to
which question he replied:
81 am perfectly satisfied with any ar
rangements my fellow Democrats have made
for the occasion"
Mr.. Stevenson said that the Democrats of
Illinois are very enthusiastic, and feel that
victory is in the air, and that they may
carry the State this fall
'They are pleased with the attitude of
the New York Democracy toward the
ticket" said he. "For my part I never
had the slightest doubt that New York
Democrats would Loyalty support the
ticket regularly nominated"
The Executive Committee of the Com
mittee of One Hundred. which has charge
of the arrangements for the notification of
the Democratic candidates in the Madison
Square Garden, has been called by Chair
man Perry Belmont to meet in the Mayors
Office on Monday.
A telegram from Memphis says: W. A.
Coll ier, owner OF the Apneal- Avalanche, and
chairman of the subcommittee of the Noti-
fcation Committee to prepare the address
to Cleveland and Stevenson, left for New
York last night