The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1893-01-19
ADLAI STEVENSON.

Amos ]. Cummings in the New
York Sun: Adlai Ewing Stevenson
will take the gavel as Vice Presiden,
If the United States ct 2 O'Clock on
March 4. Probably no Democratic
Vice-President ever entered upon
office who more thoroughly represents
Democratic principles and who has
more endeared himself to his party.
His record as Democrat is unexcelled.
He believes in the principles Of Jef1er-
son and the methods of Jackson. He
has proved his devotion 10 the former
by his speeches in the South and West,
and his fealty to the latter by his
action while Assistant Postmaster
General. During the four years OF
MS incumbencv he removed over 49,
900 Republican fourth class post
masters and put sterling Democrats
IN their places.
When he brings the Senate to order
on March he will face Senators who
refused to confirm his appointment
by Presiden, Cleveland to the bench
of the Supreme Court Of the District
of Columbia. 1t may awaken peculiar
emotions in the hearts of these Sena-
tors to think that if,hey had confirmed
Mr.. Stevenson's appointment he never
! would have been elected ViCe-Pres
dent of the United States. However
much Mr.. Stevenson may have felt
aggrieved at his rejection a, the time
he can now view 1t with pnllosophic
complacency.
Mr.. Stevenson will make an xcel-
lent presiding officer. He is calm
judicial, anC dignifed. His friends
say that it will be impossible for him
I to give offence to any Senator. The
rights of all will be scrupulously OBJ
served. While a strict party man in
every sense OF the word he is incap-
able of being personally unkind to
| anyone. A personal friend of Mr..
| Cleveland, and a valuable officer in
| former administration, he will un-
doubtedly be consulted in all mat
ters of importance. The Democratic
! Senators will be in touch with him,
and he will be in touch with the ad-
ministration. More than this he will
relieve the office of Vice Presiden:
from the innocuous desuetude to which
| by common consent it seems to have
| been heretofore CONSIGNED.
But this is not all. Vice-President
Morton has been a prominent figure
socially in Washington for the last
four years. 1t will be difficult to fill
his place in the social world. No
Vice-President has ever given more
charming entertainments, and none
has ever surpassed him and his accom-
pllshed wife in graceful hospitality
While not possessing the wealth oi
Mr. Morton, Vice-President Steven
son possesses all his charm of manner
and agreeableness. Mrs. Stevenson
is of the highest type of American
womanhood. She entertained his friends
while her husband was Assistant Post
master General in a modest but very
charming manner. Her three daush-
tiers were then at school, but two o1
them have already made their debut
in society, and will be of great assis-
tance to their mother in the four years
to come. There is one son in the
family, young man who partakes Of
the nature and spirit of his father.
He cast his first vote at the last cleo
. ton, and took an active interest in
the campaign. He organized Young
Mems Democratic Club in Blooming
| ton, consisting of first voters, and
numbering $50 members.
Those who knew the Stevenson
family tour years ago anticipate their
return to Washington with great pleas
ure. Social as we'll as political life
will be stimulated by their presence.
For those who know say that Adlal
himself, with all his charm of manner,
is not as charming as his family.