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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
DEFEATED HIS OPPONENTS.
The Hardest Fight Ever Expert
enced by German.

Lie I1arQeSC F1SnC Ever EAptfI-
enced by German.
In 1878 the first break in the harmoni
Gus relations among the triumvrate
came. 1t had been Hamilton's mis-
fortune to fall out with every president
of the Chesapeake IL Ohio canal from
1867 down, and it was his destiny to
break with German also. This came
about when successor to Senator Ham
ilton began to be mooted. Hamilton
was anxious to be returned, but Whyte,
whose term as governor had nearly eX-
PRED, was also ambitious to 60 to the
senate. The differences between the
senator and the president of the canal
had now grown to such an extent that
German threw his strength to Whyte
and the latter went to the senate.
Mr.. German was in the meanwhile
elected to state senate to succeed John
Lee Carroll and was reelected III 1877.
1t was during this season that he sue
ceeded in adjusting the differences be-
tween the state and the Baltimore u
Ohio Railroad company growing out OF
the capitatlOn tax, in which he eXacted
from the company valuable concessions
for the canal. The election OF Whyte
to the senate with Germans help was
really the beginning of the split be-
tween them. Whyte wanted to name
his successor IN the gubernatoral char,
but the wisdom of the choice was not
apparent to German. Groome was
Whyte's selection, while German fav-
ored Mr.. Carroll. Hamilton, however,
had entered the lists and his popularity
threatened to make it unpleasant for
his competitor. Atthe last moment MIR.
German persuaded Groome to withdraw,
and, after a most exciting convention,
Mr.. Carroll was nominated.
This was perhaps the hardest fight
Mr.. German had ever had. and having
won, it made him the strongest political
factor in the state. In the convention
for Hamilton were some of the strongest
men in the state, among others John
Richie, of Frederick, Josiah Ii. Cor
don, of Cumberland, George Freaner
and H.H. Keady.o Washington county,
and E. B. Prettyman, of Montgomery.
The latter talked far into the night
against time, while the speeches Of
Freaner and Richie were masterpieces
of eloquence. German, however, used
the same kind of masterful strategy
which won him the victory against the
force bill, and notwithstanding the fact
that Hamilton came into the conyen-
ton with majority of the delegates in
his favor, carried the day for Carroll.
1t was magnificent victory in the face
of great odds
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
HELPED THE LITTLE GIANT.

Gave His Genius for Organization
Chance in the Illinois Cam
paign.
Evidently Senator Douglas found his
young protege very useful and valuable
in the great political struggles in which
he was constantly engaged. The per-
sonal relations between them became
more intimate. and the Maryland lad
was cordially received in the family of
the Illinois statesman and became his
private secretary. He was popular also.
with the other members of the senate,
and used their good will to have himself
successfully appointed messenger. as
sistant bookkeeper, assistant post
master, and, finally, postmaster.
When Senator Douglas entered upon
his famous Illinois cam 1aign against
Lincoln, German was asked to accom-
pany him. Douglas did the talking. and
German did the working. Even at that
time he had developed those remarkable
powers of organization which have
since made him unique figure in ma
tional politics, and he returned to Wash
ington with all even greater hold on
Douglas admiration and confidence
than he had had before. In the Kansas
Nebraska fight, which soon followed,
the calm Judgment, physical endur-
ance, and excellent tact of Mr.. German
stood the Douglas Democrats in good
stead, and brought out the full strength
of the friends of the bill by keeping up a
strong and united organization, and de-
feating the efforts of the filibusters. Natu-
rally his activity stirred up the hostil
ity of the opponents of the bill. and
efforts were made to have him removed
from the postmaStership. Charges
against him were submitted to Vice
President Breckenridge, who dismissed
them as being without foundation.
The election of Abraham Lincoln and
the civil war brought perpleXtieS to the
Germans. At the outbreak Of the war
Arthur German hesltated for while
and then consulted Jefferson Davis as
to his proper course. Follow your
state" said the SecessioniSt leader, and
he did so. When the firing OH Fort
Sumter began he, like the Douglas fol-
lowers, took sides with the Union.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
HALF FOR CLEVELAND.
The Others Are for q Western
Candidate.

Special to the Globe.
GRAND FORKS, N. D., March 23.-All
the delegates to the Democratic state
convention arrived tonight. Fully half
the county delegations are instructed to
vote for Cleveland delegates to Chicago.
Other counties are uninstructed and
prefer that the state delegation should
be untrameled and free to support the
most available Western candidate. Hill
is not in it at all. Delegations are
cauetfsing for choice of delegates. of
the six delegates to be chosen, the
First district, Grand Forks, Walsh and
Pemblna counties, demand two. The
other districts are disposed to cencede
only one. The SIX Red river valley
counties want four delegates. The
fight of the convention will occur on
this question:. The Candidates for dele
gates are w. N. Roach, Grand Forks
county. twice Democratic candidate for
governor. who will head the delegation
Andrew Blewitt, Stutsman; II. A.John-
son, Walsh; John Burke, Rolette; w.
Y. Mooney. Cavalier; Judge Purcell,
Richland; A. B. Campbell, Morton;
Judge Bennett, Bottineau; Joseph
Hare, Burleigh. Andrew Blewitt, chair
man of the central committee, will be
temporary chairman.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
CAREER IN THE SENATE.
His Fight Against the Force Bill a
Brilliant Success.


At the next session of the legislature
in 1878, the breach between German
and Whyte began to grow wider. They
split upon the selections as United
States senator from the Eastern shore,
Whytes choice, who was again Groome,
securing the nomination. Whyte's in
fuence was now constantly growing
weaker, while Germans was getting
stronger 10 the political difference
was now added personal dis
like, which OH the part of Whyte grew
to the most intense hatred. Senator
Whyte was constantly charging Mr..
German with trying to GUST him from
his seat in the senate, and there are
many who today believe that but for
this constant drumming Mr.. Gorman's
thoughts might not have been led in
that direction. However, Mr.. German
being thus challenged to battle. entered
upon the contest with his usual vigor,
and when the legislature met the large
majority of the delegates were solid for
him. Realizing the hopelessness of his
case Senator Why.e announced his
withdrawal. for personal and family
reasons" but big public meeting
WulCll HlS lIlSHOo SOU up lOl hiHi lu 1e'i-
timore induced him to change his mind
and he announced his re-entry into the
canvass. On the following night the
caucus nominated German with scarcely
dissenting voice.
His career III the senate belongs to
contemporary history. His great vie
tory against the majority in the force
bill fight was such Il brilliant achieve
ment as to overshadow all his prior work,
though he had accomplished successes
that were almost as beneficial to his
party, though not so prominent. He
never was snowy man, and the COM
pleteness or far-reaching character of
his achievements are rarely thoroughly
appreciated until they become apparent
His speeches in the senate are always
short but always to the point, and so
delivered as to carry conviction. He
never utters a super1uous word or
makes an unnecessary move. His man
ner of speaking is we'll illustrated and
his political doctrine is we'll defined by
an extract from his speech on the Nc
Kinley bill. In the course of his speech
he said:
l stand precisely where Ihave always stood
with the Democratic party. right or wrong
| stand with it because know that that party
from the foundation until now has been in
favor of levying duties sufficient for gov
eminent economically administered. and
that, in the ievying of these duties, the nee
essarv incidental effect is now and will al
ways be to give all the protection that Amer
lean industries require.
Often during debate upon difficult and
intricate problems of state or economics
Senator German will interject a sem
tence or two containing more wisdom
than the long speeches made by others,
and frequently with more effect upon
the result when the votes come to be
counted.
Upon the death of Senator Beck he
was made chairman of the caucus, and
so leader of the party.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
GoRMAN's DOMESTIC LIFE.
Nothing Permitted to Interfere
With His Enjoyment Of His

Nothing Permitted to Interfere
With His Enjoyment Of His
Home.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
of Senator Germans career and the
constant wonder of friends and oppo-
nents alike is his beautiful domestic
life. Thoroughly devoted to his home
and his family, he is fairly idoIized by
his wife and children. One would
imagine that man so deadly inn
mersed in national affairs would
have little time to give to do
nestle details or to home pleasures.
Yet no one takes more minute i'll
terest in the affairs of his home or gives
himself up more completely to the hap
piness and welfare of his family. Pc
litical matters are never permitted to
interfere with the interests OF his fam
lily. and day which began with a.hard
battle against the strongest Republican
generals in the senate is wound up With
pleasant family gathering in the even
ing. and relaxation from the excitement
and strain of a busy season found III a
game OF ball with his son and some lads
from the neighborhood of his farm in
Howard county. When he was post
HidStcI vi TIE ScudIe lie JoIliCu ehOso!o
National Base Ball club, playing in
center field. This love for the national
game he has always maintained, and
has been frequent visitor to the games
in the capital.
To the observer in the gallery Senator
German is one OF the least conspicuous
men Oh the floor of the senate. 1t the cas-
ual visitor comes in while a party meas
ure of great Importance requiring the
skillful direction Of the leader is under
way and expects to find HIM some nerv-
Gus, fidgety member who goes hurrying
about among the Democratic members
he will not find Mr.. German. He does
not do his work that way. On the oeca-
sion of great party crisis in the senate,
if the visitor will follow the eyes OF the
other members he will find them center
ing upon quiet, unasSumlng man lean
ing carelessly against the front OF his
desk. Apparently the least concerned
of all the persons OH the floor,
the bright, penetrating eyes OF
move searchngly from one to
another of the leaders Of the opposition,
as if anxious to learn what the next
move will be. His plans have already
been fixed for any possible move they
may make and is only waiting for them
to make it, when he follows on quickly
and calls out "checkmate." All the
nervousness or concern that is within is
expended OH the little piece of paper he
folds about his fingers. His voice is
clear, his Judgment ready, his action
quick, and his manner confident. The
visitor will observe him to be hand
some man, perhaps little over the
medium height, with head we'll poised
on broad shoulders and his deep chest
well developed by outdoor athletics. A
face of striking contour, finely chiseled
and highly expressive features, an aqui-
line nose, delicate lines about the
mouth. and firm jaw combine to pre-
sent an appearance that quickly at
tracts the attention.
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NOT RABID FOR GORE
Dpayton and BorroWe Arrive
at New York Whole in
Wind and Limb.
They Never Chatted as They
Passed by ON Board the
Majestic.
Nothing Was Known on the
Vessel Of the Hate They
Cherished.
Both Men Talk a Little, but
Neither Makes a Statement
Of His Case.

New YORK, March 23.-James Cole
man Drayton and Hallett Alsop Bor-
rowe have arrived here sound in body
and limb. and with no evidence of the
sanguinary meeting which was haitian
ticipated by the interested public on
this side of the water. The story of
their trouble has been public property
for some days. 1t arose out of Borrowers
intimacy with Mrs. Drayton, and cul-
minated in an attempt on the part of the
injured husband to seek satisfaction
by force of arms. Failing in this. he
took passage OH the White Star liner
Majestic. which left Liverpool on
Wednesday last. Borrowe, accom-
panied by Harry Vane Milbank, hear
ing of this. started post haste to Queens
twon. where he caught the steamer
This action assumed the appearance OF
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-24
AS A CAMPAIGN MANAGER,
Senator German One of the
Shrewdest in the Country.

AS campaign manager Senator Cor
man really stands without peer in the
country. The Maryland campaigns I'M
der his management have been great in
their way, and some of the most brill
liant successes have been won in the
face of the bitter opposition on the part
of members of his own party. The in
dependent campaigns under the active
management of such men as Cowan,
Marshall. Bonaparte, and other power
full men, who were backed by
an almost unlimited supply of cash,
were the most bitter political battles
ever fought here. The most violent
personal onslaughts were on German
aud his friends, and every possible
means which ingenuity could devise
and money could buy were used to
bring about his political downfall.
Through it all Senator German main
tanned his serenity under provocation
that would have driven any other man
frantic with rage, and refralned from
responding in kind. With each sue
cesstve campaign. however, the indie
pendents came out weaker, until now
they have been entirely dissipated in
the great victory which finally brought
the Sixth district into the Den .,.ratic
fold by the defeat of Lo....s McComas
who made such g. s,rong fight on the
farea bill
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SENT TO LIBBY PRISON.
Unfortunate Episode in the Ca
reer of Gorman's Father.


Peter German took the same side.
He was sent by the federal government
to Richmond to attempt to prevent the
passage of an ordinance Of secession by
the Virginia legislature. Gov. Letcher,
however, gave him no chance to fulfill
his mission. Immediately upon his ar
rival Peter was arrested and sent to
Libby prison, where he was kept until
the state seeded. The excitement of
the event and the hardShips of prison
life affected his health, and he died in
1862 shortly after his release. When
the war closed he became one of the
organizers Of the conservative party in
Maryland, which was the occasion of a
third and this time successful attack
upon his official position. Senator
Wade, the president of the senate,
fought hard for him, but IL was of no
use, and he had to go.
German, however, was too valuable
member of the party and too active a
man to be long out in the cold, and he
was promptly appointed collector of in
ternal revenues in the Fifth federal
district of Maryland, his sponsors being
Reverdy Johnson, Thomas A. Hen
bricks, Montgomery Blair and several
other conservatives. This was the
starting point of his career in the poll
tics of the state, which finally landed
him in the most honorable position that
a state can confer. Upon Gen. Grants
election he returned to his Howard
county home, took an active interest in
local politics, and in the fall of 1869, at
the age of thirty, was elected to the
house of delegates.
In the house he quickly forged to the
front as a quick witted parliamentarian
and shreWd and energetic worker. In
1872 he was elected speaker of the house,
and then earned the reputation of being
the best pariiamentarian who had ever
occupied that seat.
In ISL, when Mr.. Whyte was candi-
date for governor, he was supported by
Hamilton who was then United States
senator. The effective work of the CAM
paign was done by Mr.. German. Gov.
Whyte. on taking his seat, appointed
him president of the Chesapeake & Ohio
canal. The appointment at that time
created great cutlery, as it meant the
displacement of James G. Clark, whose
executive ability was then highly
thought Of. Mr.. German, however. soon
showed that ne had made good use Of
the opportunities his prior appOiritn. G G Ii {
as a director in the canal lad given,
and in very short time the canal had
grown .T oe Strong competitor to the
baltimore q Ohio railroad, which it
p0rausis Ia the coal gegions. He not
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n farm and from the comfy school he
went directly into the school of politics.
working his way upward by virtue of
his native intelligence and untiring in
dustry, streng thened and broadened by
such a close and successful study of
human, nature that his judgment DOW
in ( the great crises is as unerring
as his decisions a." quickly formed.
German may we'll be called the Moltke
of American politics, says the Chicago
Times. A thorough strategist, he covers
the entire field, and when lie sets out to
do battle has every point covered and
every contingency provided for. Politics
is to German what war was to Moltke-
g great chesS-board. His plan of cam
paign is thoroughly studied out and de-
cided upon at the beginning, and he
plays with his political opponents as
Moltke did with the generals of his enc
my. German has here and there in his
political career lost pawn, but in every
instance when the loss became inev-
table he has always shrewdly managed
TO turn the defeat into victory and con-
vert his apparent loss into permanent
gain.
Mr. German possesses ano ther faculty
which was also characteristic of Mo-
like. He has in remarkable degree
the power of keeping his own counsel.
For long time he was called 1.-THE
oracle" by his enemies, who chafed
under the disappointment of being
unable to fathom his purposes. His
thoughts, his plans, his conclusions, and
his ambitions he keeps to himself, and
never reveals himself or his intentions
until he is ready TO act. Then he gives
his directions, and those whom he trusts
then carry them out with the confidence
of victory already won. Overcon-
fidence is not one of Mr.. Cor
mans faults. He never boasts, and how
ever roseate the prospects never conSld-
ers himself out of the woods until the
result is officially announced. At the
last election everybody. Democrat as
we'll as Republican, conceded that Cor
man would carry the state by larger
majority than the Democratic party had
ever had before-that is, everybody but
German. He worked harder, gave
greater personal attention to the details
of the campaign than he had ever done
before, and then waited with anxiety
for the official figures before he would
accept congratulations for the great ma
jority his party had received. His own
reelection to the senate was involved
and he took no chances.
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his management of national campaigns
and elections. But German has had
way ever since he became prominent in
public life of surprising his opponents
and surprising the expectations OF his
most Sanguine friends. In this, as in
every position that he has undertaken,
he developed capacities that no one had
given him credit for. In every case he
has shown that long before he had made
known his ambition to be elevated to
position he had been diligently prepar-
ing himself to perform its functions
with wisdom.
Mr.. German is born diplomat and
strategist. He inherited his remarkable
genius from his father, and has been
steadily developing his powers through
out his career. Peter German possessed
a unique faculty for organization, which
was quickly recognized by his party as
sociates, and he was frequent dele
gate to state and county conventions.
Senator German comes of good old Irish
Presbyterian stock on his fathers side.
His grandfather, John German, came
to this country from the North of Ire
land in 1881 and settled in Harrisburg,
Pa. Here he engaged in cattle trading
between that city and Baltimore, and
his attention being thus called to the
excellent prospects of that city, then
booming, he determined to move there.
Thus he became a resident of "Old
Town." where was born Peter German,
who grew up to be a clear-headed, self
reliant man, full of resources, and with
rare capacity for controlling and di-
recting men. Peter German became
one Of the contractor S for building the
first section of the Baltimore d Ohio
railroad.
1t was while he was engaged in this
work that he moved 10 Woodstock. III
Howard county, near the line of the
railroad. Here he married Miss Eliza
beth A. Brown, daughter of an old En-
gliSh family which had settled in Mary
land early in the history of the colony,
and which had furnished soldiers for
the Revolutionary war and the War of
1912. Peter German had now become
power in politics. When young Arthur
German had become thirteen years of
age his father, through the influence of
Judge Edward Hammond, who repre-
scented his district in congress, and Mr..
Hamilton, had him appointed a page in
the house. Here the ready intelligence
and quick wit of the smootll-haired,
of Stephen A. Douglas, who soon after
ward had him transferred to the SEN
ate and made him his protege. Senator
Douglas made him his cOnfidant and
friend. Difficult problems were then
presented, and the mental training and
discipline there offered were not lost
upon the willing student, who gloried
in theil intricacieS.
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Her Betrayer Captured.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 The GIODe.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mimi, March 90
A very pretty French girl, so young as
to attract Humanitarian attention. was
two days ago found in the lumberman
bagniO known as Lewis place. Her
name was ascertained to be Adelphine
Gooden, and her age fifteen. She was
taken out by village officers and locked
in hotel room. pending report to her
home at Dayton, Mimi. Yesterday the
sheriff of Anoka arrived with warrant
for her betrayer, Adolph Brien, alias
French and Freuchy. He was caught
today and taken back to Anoka, whence
the girl was alured from place where
she was serving as domestic. The
girl was sent home.
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RUN OF THE MARKETS.

Wheat went down with q run yesterday,
and the close was at the lowest prices OF the
day at these figures: March. SOssc; May,
Sls4c; July, S2Ac. Corn closed: March, 37Ae; :,
May, 3Sl3c; June, 377Sc. Oats fingered at
21lsc March. 277sc May; and pork finished at
Tuesdays, prices 50 slice March, SO. 10 May.
The narrow market continues at New York,
and prices went down decidedly. the close
being at the lowest prices of the day.
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A Brave Girls Deed.

BoNNIwELL's MILLS, Mimi. March
23.-The dwelling house of Chardon
Kennedy was DESTROYED by fire Monday
afternoon with all its contents. Moth
ing was saved. The parents were some
distance from the house, and did not
learn of the fire until their little four
year-old daughter called to them. The
baby had been left in the cradle, and
the sparks falling from the upper floor
set the quilts wrapped about the little
one on fire. The little daughter with
great presence of mind seized the in
FAINT, and rushed out into the yard, call
ing at the same time to the parents.
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THE BIG STRIKE OVER.

Canadian Pacific Troubles Re-
ferred TO Arbitration.
WINNIPEG, Man.. March 3d. The
great strike on the Canadian Pacific is
settled. The Brotherhood of LCcomo-
tive Engineers. which has been trying
to effect settlement, has succeeded.
This morning an agreement was reached
by which all the men are to be rein
stated at once and the question of wages
in dispute is to be referred to the fol-
lowing members of the locomotive
brotherhood, who will say what wages
will be paid: Brownee, Kennedy. Wat
son. Breach and Pope. The men think
thew have virtually won,