The sun., 1893-01-09
THE NEXT vICE-PRESIDENT.
VfERBsTIN0 PEN-IND-TyK SKETCH
BY 4 NEW FORK CONGRESSMAN

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hattie Axe-His Advent In the senate
wAsHuoror. Jan. IA prominent figure in
The last campaign attracted universal alton
ton. It stood In the foreground like the
mailed figure Of the Black Prince at Cressy. 1t
has not disappeared. and It will be brou ght
Into greater prominence hereafter. 1t is six
fest tall and weighs about 200 pounds. 1t
hes olsan-out Scotch face. sharp blue eyes.
gray hair. and . commanding presence. A
dropping iron-Rray moustache adds to it's
manhood Theintellect corresponds with tho
body.
This figure IL the figure OF Adlai Ewing
Stevenson Of Illinois. Vice. President elect No
man Questioned the wisdom OF his nomination
By the Dom ooratic party after he appeared
upon tho stump. He welded his battle axe as
no Democratic candidate for that of1lce had
welded weapon since tho Government was
formed The nomination was hardly made
before he was in the field. dealing blows
riaht and loft. and working with energy
unparalleled for victory. Wherever the fight
was the hardest. Stevenson was In tho front
rank. animattnG the Democracy and driving
back the enemy. dis voice was heard along
the Wabash. on Saginaw Bay. and on the
prsirlss Of Illinois. He swept over the South
like . Whirlwlnd. scattering tho combined
cohorts Of Republicans and Populists In North
Carolina. Tennessee. and Alabama These
were the States upon which tho Farmers ALI.
sncs depsnded In its efforts to disrupt tho
Democratic party In the South. It was hore
that bargains were made with the party that
had attempted to ietter tho South with the
Force bill stevenson's speeches scattered
them like ohsn. Quick at seizlng the salient
points at issue. he used them with magnificent
sesulta He cemented tho party. gave It o
basis for orRaulzatIon. and wrought out O
Anal victory.
Nor were his efforts confined to the large
elites. He appeared at barbecues and upon
the hustinas at places whore no Democratic
candidate for national office had ever before
been seen. He inspired an enthusiasm and
confidence heretofore unknown. Nor was he
spssmodic In his efforts. A magnificent physi-
cal constitution and thorough mental train
ing made him untirinG. Having the courage
Of his 6aap convictions. no reached tho hearts
OF hts hearers. and left them thoroughly con-
vinosd that their own best interests required
the SUCCESS Of the Democratic party.
On great occasions he was truly great His
speech In Madison Square Garden. when he
accepted tho nomination. sounded tho key
note OF the campaign.
n was the Same In the West as In tho East.
Abraham Lincoln mover aroused moro enthu-
siasm In Illinois than did Adlai E Stevenson.
The proof OF this was shown in Chicago on the
Thursday before election. The Iroquois and
Commercial Travellers clubs had organized a
demonstration. It was tho greatest political
meeting ever hold In that groat city. The
meeting was hold in tho Auditorium. tho larg-
est hall in the city. It seats 5000 persons.
The clubs had reserved seats in tho parquet
for their members. Stevenson had been ad-
vsrtissd - the principal speaker. Long before
the hour OF the meeting 10000 people sur
rounded the building. They were SO anxious
to hear Mr.. Stevenson that they rushed over
the police. broke down the doors. and took
possession Of the entire house. Within fifteen
minutes tho building was packed from pit to
dome It has three rows OF galleries. The
Aislss were crowded to sufrocstion. Tho Iro-
duois and its sister club marched down at tho
hour Of meeting. with brass band in tho van,
and got within half block OF tho entrance.
There the crowd was SO dense that they found
IL impossible to proceed. They appealed to
the police to make way for them. saying that
this was their meeting and that there wero
seats reserved for them inside. Tho reply
~: Nothing 10 reserved inside. The build
ing Il full and the streets are FULL and you
cent get in."
Thsrsupon the clubs gave three cheers for
Cleveland and Stevenson. broke ranks. and
went homo
Stevenson smoke an hour and was cheered
10 the echo. 1t was i've minutes before hs was
able to mako himself heard owing to the con.
tnusd demonstrations OF applause. His
speech WAS printed In all tho Chicago papers
on the next day.
The meeting solved all doubts regarding
Chiosgo She gave the Democratic ticket
$1,000 majority the largest ever given for any
candidate for ONCE on any ticket ever run in
that city.
Such 10 the man who is to be tho nert Vice.
President OF the United States. He stands in
strong contrast with others who have been
nominatsd for vios-Prssident BY the Democ-
raey In years gone BY. Allan G. Thurman was
- energetic fighter as ever appeared in the
Democratic ranks. He made half q dozen
magnificent speeches in the cam paign OF 1885,
but age and Ill health prevented further Of
forts. Hendricks made few telling speeches
In the campaigns Of 1875 and 1884. but did
mot enter generally into tho cam paign. William
b. English OF Indiana. the Democratic nom
inss for Vics-Presidsnt In 1880 on the ticket
with Gen. Hancock. out no figure whatever.
orsts Browns place In tho canvass with Gree
10y was accurately portrayed In the carica-
lures In Hdrpn's Weekly at tho time Frank
bl>tr. although man OF peculiar ability. |
tailed to second snsrgstioally seymour's nom |
ination In 1883 George II. Pendleton proved
to b. "Gontieman George" indeed when |
Mcclellan was nominated. Herschel v. John |
son swoks the echoes In the South whom Doug. |
las was nominated. but to very little purpose.
John q Breckenridge played the part of q
statesman and not that Of campaigner In
Buchsnsn's canvass Rufus King made no
spsschss whom Franklin Pierce was the Demo-
cratic candidate. William o. Butler did moth.
Ing whatever to aid Lewis Cass In securing the
Presidency after his nomination In lS4S Dali
las played the ssmo role In the Polk campaign.
Richard N. johnson. who killed Tecumseh,
made an active campaign for Van Buren in
1870. with results not commensurate with
those achieved BY Mr.. Stevenson. Better suo.
cess crowned his efforts four years before.
when he and Van Buren, were elected.
Compared with these candidates. Adlai Ste.
vsnson has an enviAbls record. Tho advent Of