The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-28

What the PEOPLE "es Home" Say About
Him-His Eely Struggles ana Later
Triumphs - lone Anecdotes Illus
trating the Pesonal Character OF the
Man
n en- the Leu York Horld.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, JuIe 25.-Gen.
Stevenson, democratic candidate for the
vice presidency of tn Unite. States, gets
his first name, Adlai,t from ne Bible. II
you will turn to I. CEron. xvii, 20, you
will find something abut hlai. The word
means 1.-THE Just"
1t is an unusual nane, ad the Stevenson
and Ewing families have ad a monopoly
Of it for several genera;ioB
Not many people In bennington know
this interesting fact thatAdlai means 'The
Just" but there are feWpeople in all Hi.
nois who are not well ware to-day that
Adlai Ewing Stevenson a just man and
that the name with whta he was baptized
fits him well. His frieis believe, aud his
reputation warrants tlir belief, that be-
fore this campaign be over the people OF
the country at large vii speak of the DEM
ocratic vice presideial candidate as
Stevenson the Just"
Mr.. Stevenson Is 81 vars old; he is tall
and without any superlous flesh. He has
long legs, broad shoulds, good chest and
fairly well shaped feet His face is that OF
frank and candid MAJ his hair is soanty
the top Of his head is coered only by sort
of fuzz on the sides abge his ears, and al
the back there is a thinhatching Of almos,
white looks.
His nh hI,,a
honest eyes they Look Taight at you when
you ask question, antthe directuess with
which he fixes them Upon those who are
listening to him emphases his utterances.
Mr.. SteveIson's political record begins
with the era Of Stephe A. Douglas.
II is true that he tRed politics when a
member of the debatin class at Centre Col.
lege, but that was onIin an amateur way.
His real practical ex pdenoe with affairs Of
state began in 1858, Then those giants of
that generation, Douas and Lincoln, were
conducting their mnorable canvass in
every part and CORR of Illinois for the
United States senatornip, for which the re-
publican and demooltic conventions had
nominated them.
he took the stumpor Douglas, for Nc
Clellan, for Seymourfor Greeley, for Til
den, for Hancock, f0Cleveland, and again
10 1858 for Clevelaudand now he will take
it for Cleveland and tevenson.
1t was On June 30, 1884, when Adlai
Ewing Stevenson firt saw Cleveland, the
man with whom lis destinies are now SO
Intimately etwined. 1t was in the capitol
on the bill al Albany when the committee
Of notification waited upon Mr.. Cleveland
to notify hlnof his nomination, The result
OF that meetlg was hmilar to the result
following theneetinG between Douglas and
Stevenson in Bloomington In 1858.
Douglas nd become interested in the
young lRwye and Cleveland, twenty-six
years later, blame as thoroughly interested
in the Illinoissader. The outcome Of it all
was that Mr. Cleveland, on July 7, 1885.
appointed Mr. Stevenson First Assistant
Postmaster Geeral.
NoMUCH ON STYLE.
Mr. Stevensi is not much of man for
dress; be clotht himself well, but does not
go in for style. He wore at Chicago, aud is
still wearing, straw hat of the crop of
several years a..
1t is dingyiusty affair and Just the
same sort of &c that Evarts would wear
II by chance hat venerable scholastic
statesman wereo abandon his eighteenth
century high hand take to a western head
covering of stra.
Mr. Stevensoaas a good voice, and there
is fervor in Migratory born Of his south
ern ancestry. q times he makes long
pauses between Is phrases and sentences to
bring out with fanatic emphasis the force
fui points OF hisrgument. He gesticulates
freely and genslly with considerable
grace.
Chief among r. Steyenson's traits are
his love or home ad family and his fidelity
to friends. He a sincere, whole-souled,
honest man, agaiit whose personal char
acter not even b bitterest political fees
have ever broughany charges.
HIS CHARACTE WITHOUT STAIN.
His record in buness, social and political
lines Is free fronany suspicion of wrong
doing. He began te without any advan-
tages OF wealth an6osition, and by his own
individual efforts hs come to the 'front.'
de has happy thily, owns fine home
on Chestnut street the edge OF Franklin
park, has some ethereal estate elsewhere,
Is president Of locacoal mining company
and is worth about $40 900.
The vice presidentll candidate has no
small vices. He isn't eactlya total abstainer
Tor he comes from Ketucky. An inquisitive
man who asked him Ger so many questions
to-day finally wound p a series of inqut-
ries with this query:
Now. Mr.. Stevenso, do you drinkp
well. can best anwer that" replied
MIR. Stevenson laughinly. "by saying that
l come from Kentucky"
Then. like other Keltuckians, you like
some whisky once In awhile"
MIR. Stevenson bowedhis head in reply,
and said that once MOB he would make
answer that Kentucky had been bis birth
place.
1t must not be inferrd, however, that
MIR. Stevenson crooks biz elbow very often.
AS a matter Of fact he has drink when he
wants it, but that isn't vTy often, and he
seldom takes more than q couple of glasses
he doesn't care for poker, once in a while
he takes hand in a game of whist, and
once in while be plays game of billiards..
But ne isn't anything of billiard player
and is quite sure he never scored more than
three or four points in any one play.
PILLAR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Presbyterian church of Blooming ton
looks upon Mr.. Stevenson as one of its
strongest pillars. He comes of Scotch
Irish stock and generations OF his family
reach back to the days of the Covenanters.
Some OF the members of the family in this
country have been ministers of the Presby-
|tertan church,
1t ls interesting to note In this connection
|that all four of the republican and demo-
cratic nominees are Presbyterians. Unlike
ssharrIson, though, Mr.. Stevenson has never
|been deacon or an elder in a church.
Nv hen he was about IA years old be
lnade his profession OF faith in the Presby-
terian creed here In Illinois, both because IL
eEas his personal choice and because it Yves
fhe creed of his father.
Mr.. Stevenson goes to church quite regu-
!!arly and supports it with voice and pocket
Pook, but he has never led a prayer meet
ing, and has never been accused OF trying
II make capital out of his religious con-