The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-19
THE BoIES BOOMER
He Is Ubiquitous. I.ond Voiced, ana . uus-
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He L. Ubiquitous. J."nd Voiced. ard . " Hus.
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! CurcAao June IL. - The Boies boomer ID
swelling. He Ia increasing In number and he
I Is carving on what he calls a campaign OF
/ corn md education. He has absolute pnsses-
! sion OF the Palmer House. and he spread him
sell through the Auditorium with its rolling
floors. aud through the Victoria He carries
loud voice and an imitation silver adge
with gilt Imprint Of the 1ncersollian features
OF the fat little man from Iowa on It He says:
THE Democrats OF Iowa present Horace
Boies as n candidate for the Democratic Ptesi.
Dental nomination. aud thoy do 80 tecanse he
ellis in ample. rounded measure all the require
ments Of candidacy for that high place"
Tho rounded measure inclu',as width OF
girth You ask him why he thinks a Western
man should be dominated and he answers:
out West We believe TINT no man is exc
cludod because OF his resid~noo- In 1880 Lin
coin was taken from the West, and relatively
further West than Omaha would be NV. In
Is y and 1872 Grant was elected by the heruh-
licans. and Galena was relatively further West
than Kansas City or Omaha Is now. But thors
Is Il very much better reason for the sslec-
tion OF a Western nun. Iowa. Minne-
sofa, and Wisconsin are practically Demo-
day. Nebraska and Kansas arc politically
all broken up and the people OF those two
States have repudiated the Republican policy.
1t Is p"ssible. and. indeed. very probable. that
the entire Nor Inv. st will repudiate the Re-
publican policy. and candidate like Gov
Boies OF Iowa would he very likely to unite all
opposition to tho Republican party in these
STATES and make the Northwest permanently
Democratic. When you ask whether Vest
ern man can 10 trusted on great business
questions. and whether New England and the
Middle states might not take alarm at n West
ern candidate. answer that l can see no rea-
son for such fears. In tho first place. no
State in the Union enjoys higher credit than
the state Of Iowa The State is not In debt
and hns not been for years The people OF
that State and OF the entire West for that
ma tor. have borrowed money freely from the
East and are pafing their deuts like honora.
t!e men. Lending mon In all parties recog-
nize the sacrcdness Of business obligations
and public sentiment to-day In those Western
States lusiness tor III cen years has kept me
In contact with Eastern and Western business
men. ami am prepared to say that the quiet,
thluking. reading business men OF the East
trust an honest Western man just as soon as
they trust an honest Eastern man. Iowa Dem
orrA,s are presenting their Governor as u can.
"i,o a,e! ely u i ali que.t"ns He &c lived IN
Western kentucky uptii he was ~ years old. |
md mnsn In E Va s not man e ne Ia
lion. Ne nIe earnestly for him because he ;
would he safe. wte her he came from Cnlifur- !
Pa r r" s'ns S{ Win hm
would say anything else"
I his Does bo g. says IT,, Our IDOL was
1S;sf ;sTs'tn1 the F Kew
'iur.pr "ut ., Grover Giesss nd in a iixSt f"r
Then he came to Waterloo. 10. aud now. be-
,es ;ar,us in the state
But" you say to the boomer. Boies was
lasn'r worn OIL yet, and no still has the smell
II tue mach ne IN him
IL sn5 ] p.rv TSnc t bit When min
;oiss ,dr,prsd it Ike hot euta,o and wheeled
,'th EN- en-. eyer siincs. and has carried all the
Then the h"om.r explains that the only rea-
owa the Republican party used to stand !or a
arir Tor revenue AMI or freedom in drinking.
"koie's Dep, csacy has Teen challenged.
ut never 10y Deuocrat' Haputlicans NAV.
nd d" fTom ,an tsnn1ing'y Inquire how
no converted pluruitc Of 3d. 40 ior Gar cid
/, 1880 % a y uraity OF 3 OOJ for Boios in 1851
eyer AK ~ } foolish questions and are not
Tner"s lust ono trouble with the Roles
ooner. He has to do an awful lot Of explain
0t a Democrat Start the booprr on New
ork state and be Is Lowell headed and solid.
9 agrees that the stuffed delegates are rem
2adHs and that they have n, standing ~
emocrats and no busIpos. In Chicago. The
Onmer then says Of Boes:
lie stump himself and lights Viz talk ia Is
rong and Glenn and ca nest and discussion
a te ':y him is carried lato the homes Of his
Al thi, anil much more the boomer says
hon he has you by tho hu,tonho!e, us he has
I'd or attend, having OYER man In Chicago. I
,pally he ;ets down to the v-rnor,s family
r." man Inooally. that he IL a widnwsr and .
a. his daughter Jessie is one Of tho host I
hter al ts he kSSiSS h Ss IL you r
= says; ''N' {
!" GOV; roics Is Of medium height. some.
dIy comnl.xion. Ills hair is white. Tut {
$ aHnc,rancs lcnotcs vigorous health IN an
and p,ysical q ma, round. smooth
. submits to newspaper interviews readily.
i ~ lists on II preliminary .un 'erstanding .
at he dig NO, sock the intervi"w. Hi man
Ter, letrsys the judicial iaculty gained
lit'r'a'. Gov Boies could give pnintorsto
never parrlcs a question. II he does not
mt to answers Il he Gays 80 in terms simple !
d direct. on Gp.s'i"ns # nn"lic po.llcy he
'lu ntly II IRA in his eye that denotes the ]
n age Of an sgg "cssiys fighter and the con t
n. iousness OF trustee for the public I
These are the things that you hear whsn
u meet the ubinni Gus Boies boomer: He
ami anme aa n e. wn STATE and ' S h
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