St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-10
Habits and characteristics Of
Gov. William E. Rus
sell.
One of the Most Picturesque
Personalities Of Our
Country.
Booted and Spurred He Rides
From House to State
House.
Solons Salute and Pay Def
erence to This Young
Man.

Shortly after 10 o'clock every pleas
ant morning of the week, excepting
Sunday, say Boston letter to the New
York Advertiser, the sharp clatter of a
horses hoofs may be heard on the old
west Boston bridge. A solitary horse
man, with clearly shaven. strongly
lined. yet extremely youthtul-looking
face and closely cut hair, with which
the breeZes that blow down the Charles
find little material to frollc, is seen Bos-
tOn-bOund.
He is booted and spurred and wears a
tall hat and snugly fitting Prince AL
bert coat. He is the chief magistrate of
the Old Bay state. the ''boy governor
of Massachusetts,. and this is the way
he makes the journey from his cosy
Brattle street home, close to the classic
shades of Harvard university, to the big
house with the giided dome and the sus-
pended Goldfish on the top of Beacon
hill.
When William Eustis Russell was an
undergrad" at Harvard he was gener-
ally dubbed ''a picturesque chap" Ger
talnly. as mayor of his native city, Cam
bridge, for three successive terms, and
as governor of the state of MaSSachu-
sets for two terms. and all before he
has passed his thirty-seventh year, the
Hon. William Eustis Russell-riding
daily to the state house and entering
the executive department with spurs on
his heels, and with state officials of
every degree eager to pay him defer
ence-can be called a picturesque man
and a remarkable character in the his
tory of this state.
The governor is generally prompt in
arriving at the state house. Half-past
10 O'clock usually finds him deeply en-
gagged in wrestle with mass of corre-
spondence. He sees no one, excepting
few particular friends, until he has
read his letters and dictated answers to
his private secretary. This usually Oc-
cupies about two hours of every morn
ing. After this it it quite easy for any
one to approach the governor. for he is
democratic in his treatment of all call
ers. There is welcoming ring in his
voice to all who salute him. The
stranger is at once made to feel perfectly
at ease. He has always been fond of
meeting people; because of his gentle
manly bearing, charming manner and
liked men in his class at college; these
qualities have simply become stronger
with the years and make him very
popular man.
Hon. William Eustls Russell is good
man to watch among the public men of
the republic. One need not be particu-
,larly friendly to him to make such an
assertion; his record of comparatively
few years is sufficient warrant for the
statement, and his political enemies
readily bestOw, words of praise uponhim
and freely acknowledge his capacity for
great development. He bids fair to be-
come ohe of the most picturesque per,
sonalities of the country by and by, and
may we'll be heard from in coming ala-
tional Democratic conventions.
Gov. Russell is a, great lover OF ath-,
letic sports of all kinds. While at col,
lege he was bow oar of the varsity
crew, a clever man with the gloves, and.
prominent in football and other leading