The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-19
WHO IS COL. BOB MONROE?
IT SEEMS THAT SOME FOLKS DON'T
KNOW AND SOME FOLKS no.

Rumor- that He Has Decided Not 10 Down
! Tpmnnny Thi- Yrnr-Some Other Year
| GratiHcn;ion In wIikesbnrrr nt His Ei--
| vaticn-Compiex ion OF the Convention.
| Col. Robert Grier Monroe OF Gov. Flowers
! staff has attracted little attention lately be-
| cause OF his refusal to sanction the appoint
! mont OF DR.. William X. Pryor. son OF Judge
| Pryor. to be pension surgeon under Com
missioner Iochron at Washington. Col. Mon
roe objected to DIR. Pryor on the ground that
the Doctor was Ta,hmany man. The Doctor
| was recommended for the place by Congress-
man Daniel T.. Sickles and when the colleagues
| OF Mr. Sickles in the New York delegation want
to have fun with him they say:
Who's Monroc?'
The war horse OF the Sixth Army corps
doesn't like to be badgered by his colleagues
! on this question. He says he doesn't know
! Col Monroe from Fiji islander Secretary
Lamont who was a lieutenant OF Samuel ].
Tilden and Daniel Manning. and A. L. Argar
and other distinguished Democrats have also
asked who Col. Monroe is. Senator Hill. Sena-
tor Murphy. Richard Croker Hugh McI.augh-
lin. Lieut.. Gov. Sheehan and others equally
well known have never seen Col Men
roe, roe; Col. Monroe on TIE SontyTn Isr AYERS
Is thoroughly well known to Charles s. Fair
child and L. tlery Anderson. and. moreover.
land once: This was about a month before
Mr. Cleveland went to Washington this last
a set speech, told the President Just what the
anti-snapprrs wanted. But the President
doesn't know much more than this about Col
Tho Colonel apparently is not disturbed bv
the one ridedncss of his acIuaint"nce. He
that he has secured sixty appoin tments from
the Cleyeiand Administration in New York
state. The minority Of these places. he says.
aypratse : 100 "A Nobody is going to lps-
ton the tolonrl's veracity in this matter. The
Colonel furthrrmore says that it is not pro.
posed BY the anti-snnpners to start the fight
against Tammany this fall. His friends tell
MIN that this rolay i, wrong and that II he is
pie say, the rhanres of MIR. Grace to, become
Monroe diners with his advisers
MS Who rs mr1y hnc seem lett the
a Pennsylvania to give tho Democrats Of the
state this information. as follows:
,Gasi rsad Vim iaash:s5 yoqT story q cot ssssr;
nave pen asked b, Sr%reIary iamont waa ]. Mon:
e5n. ana >esr-,a,v Lnmont in PARTICULAR a lutte
hSa rat yG p". n xs% oS figure in
ne raised N ,n'-cl,yy n. mother m.rrledasa
esS n.r- dead YSnna M6nos h. any
E s in NJ: p% % the n
The democratic parry and no one e!er heard Of h,ln IN
mo,her 10 reside IN isw Y"rk sniered Taen, laws
yers '"ince. and. with the help of rich uncle |
Ly marriage. Mr. Parrish of New York, went INTO |
IA h,nnahe circles His prominence among certain
class o; democrats in New York is matter nf surprise
of TIE party here while his cheek IN asking
,uch Collector surveyor Of the Uf
New YORK is sre".d with laughter and deri.i@n How
did he get on GOV. Flowers stan While here |
he known Monkey Monroe" Was born in |
Philadelphia. l believe. Respectfully yours
wuKrsr,RRr Pa. Sept, 10
Col. Monroe was appointed to Gov. Flowers |
staff on the rccomm endatiOn OF the members
OF tn. Reform Club. For the Information of
the Pannsy lvanian it may be added that the
Cooncs who have served on the stalls OF the |
Governors of New York State are in numbers
like Br!eadier Generals after the war. The
e Buttons" OF the Fort Orange Club. Albany,
dress everybody as Colonel"
With the Democratic State Convention ut
Saratoga two weeks away. there is more or
less interest among Democrats. Republicans
and anti -snappers as to he strength the anti
snappers will show on that occasion. There
are l2S Assembly districts In the State. and
each district Is entitled to three delegates.
Minister. Col Monroe. have taken every
means to secure the selection OF delegates to
the regular Democratic organization OF tho
State. There has been much expense and a
little Federal patronage has been brought to
bear.
1t is now believed that out of the 1884 dele
gates to lie sent to Saratoga the anti-snappers
Clinton, 3: Warren. 3; Orange. 3: Yates 3;
Steuhen. q: Wayne. 3: Queens. 9: EsseX 3.
and Franklin 3. one or two enthusa site anti
snappers believe that they will have between
80 and 90 delegates by the time other prima-
ries have been held.