The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-28
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zen who had heard the story just related,
that Stevenson once had boom for the
presidenoy9 I'll tell you how it was. One
day there was a man came up from the
Kickapoo. 1t was about the time when
Davis was looking up for the presidency and
Adlai met him and said to him: Tom, what
is the news on the Kickapoo? and Tom re-
piled: Well, Mr.. Stevenson, the folk down
on the Kiokapoo say they would just about
as soon see you President as any body they
know, il David Davis was out of the way
stevenson went over to the office of Mr..
Davis and told him what the Kickapoo man
had said. The ponderous attorney remarked
to Mr.. Stevenson: Stevenson, there Is
plenty Of time for you yet. You will have
a presidential boom some OF these days l
want you to understand David Davis told
me this story and not Stevenson
A Bloomington man who has made
study of Mr.. Stevensons peculiarities said:
when Stevenson is not telling funny
story he always has a key ring full Of keys
on his thumb. He has a way of thrown
one key at a time over his thumb with his
first finger. When he is in this attitude
you can always bet be is thinking no some
new story or plotting a joke on somebody.
When he was First Assistant Postmaster
General he always went through that
motion before no fred some republican out
of the postoffice.
Stevenson Is one the best after-di
takers in the west. He Is full Of what is
known as the Kentucky suavity. He for
gets some OF his Kentucky polish when be
gets on the stump. As he warns up TO his
subject. he takes off his cuffs, then his
necktie, then his shirt collar; and if the
weather is very warm, he pulls off his coat
and he thrashes around like a young hurri-
cane.
"His voice on occasions of this sort be-
comes husky and he gets red in the face and
looks as il he was going TO have an attack
of apoplexy.
GOOD PLEADER AND STORY TELLER.
HE has had remarkable success at the
bar in criminal GASES. Ia any case where
he appears for a woman he ia effective One
of the most brilliant speeches he ever made
was in q case OF this sort.
I'm his Office, at street corner or at the
club, he is one Of the best story-tellers |
ever heard, but when he gets on the stump
his fund of humor seems TO run out.
IKE Is a member of the Presbyterian
church, doesn't drink much, never swesrs.
Zone of the most prominent.traits in his
character 10 the devotion to his family.
There is not that man living who ever heard
OF his neglecting the slightest wants of his
household. A prominent Republican OF
Bloomington, whose social relations with
Mr.. stevenson are CLOSE, said:
~ have been told since the nomination
of Mr.. Stevenson that the nomination was
dictated by Grover Cleveland. do not be-
lieVe that
AN OFFENSIVE PARTISAN"
"'I do not know whether you ever heard
the story or not, but heard IL from an I'M
Questionable source that the first time
Grover Cleveland used the words, Offensive
partisan" they were applied to Adlai Stew
enson. Stevenson was the same sort of a
man in the Cleveland administration as
Clsrkson was in the Harrison administra-
tion.'
1.-THE secret of Stevenson's nomination for
the vice presidency, In my opinion, comes
from his being a relative Of Mckenzie of
Kentucky. and Mckenzie is the man who
arranged for Stevenson's nomination, and
in it he was promised the support and back
ing of Henry Watterson.
"Some people think TAnmany had some
thing to do with the nomination OF Steven
son. There is no question that Tammany's
vote for him did much to bring over some of
the states which felt as IL Tammany should
be regarded in the transaction. But the
nomination comes from Kentucky, and no
Kentucky democrat in Illinois will ever go
TO Mr.. Stevenson In Washington, should he
be elected, and come away dry.
Much of Stevenson's popularity is due to
his gallantry to women. Bic wins them and
they become his advocates. II the women
Of this country had the right Of suffrage,
Stevenson would be elected Vice President
by an overwhelming majority"
CAN'T FISH WORTH A GENT.
Tom Bum says that there will be no fish
stories about Stevenson. HE can't 6sh
worth O cent" said Mr.. Bum, "but he can
eat them with more relish than any man l
ever saw. He Ia one Of the best livers l ever
knew. He is an epicure.
"Itis a great ticket we have got. Cleve-
land can catch fish anywhere except on dry
land and Stevenson can eat 'em."
TIE only female Freemason in the world
lives In Oakland, Cal, says San Francisco pa
per Her name is Mira. Saiome Anderson, and
her portrait adorns the temple of Live Oak
Lodge No 81, where II is placed in a position OF
honor among the pictures OF the past masters.
The story of now,she became one of the crafts
men is interesting She was born IN Alsace-
Lorraine in 1918. and, becoming RHoTphan at an
early age, she went to Paris TO reside with her
uncle who was a jealous and prominent Mason.
The lodge meetings were held In his house, and,
with tho curiosity of ler sex, she concealed her
self in the room during couple of the sessions
and thus learned some of the
mysteries of the order. she was, how
ever, caught while thus hiding. and the
secrets that she had discovered were then made
a sacred trust, for Sue was received into the
Fraternity She leeat ed nlC5sS lasd N 1884 and
in ;ss5 her IT, 96fBd " b5 the me i liz,
devoted herself almost entirely to charity. her
attention being, however, foremostlY directed
TO Masonic enterprises. She was elected a
member OK the board Of trustees of the Masonic
temple, q circumstance unparalleled in the his;
tory of Freemasonry. she is also d charter
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