The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20
ADLAI AND PATTISON.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTERY
PARK HOTEL CONFERENCE
A MEETING OF PROMINENT POLITICIANS.
Seine Negotiations Eetween Men Who
viii be Active Figures in the Great
Political Campaign of 1896

Battery Park Hotel, Asheville, n. c..
March H.-(Special. WAS the meeting OF
Vice President Stevenson and Governor Pat
tison, of Pennsylvania in the Battery Park
hotel this week, entirely without design?
And was the presence of Hon. William F.
Harrty, chairman of the national demo-
cratic committee, an accident?
The genial Ed Mcklssick, who acts the
part of mine host 50 exquisiteiy says
that it was, but, he is Il man often Civ
en- to humor, it Is hard go tell what he
means.
Certain it is that two strange
pieces have been thrown out of
The dice box OF politics into
this city, and that the meeting of Steven
son and Pattison may mean something
more than appears upon the surface.
The meeting was remarkable enough for
The Constitution to be on the ground in or
der to witness the delicate attentions which
only national statesmen know how to be-
stow upon each other.
The Fashion to Rusticnae.
1t is becoming quite the fashion right
now Tor political conferences to be held i'll
unexpected places. SO that not only may
the Willy newspaper man be avoided but that
ENal politicians will not know who struck
them when the day comes. A few weeks
ago. for instance, Dick Croker. the Tam
many boss. took a notion that ne would like
TO see his stud in Belle Mead. After day
spent among his horses he was lost sight
of. only to turn up on somebody's ranch
down in Texas. He was followed thither
by Bourke Cochran and toher Tainmany
and anti-Tammany bosses, who. it seems
wanted to settle their differences on ue.l-
tral soil Important Cookers Texas
Ievee may prove to New York city that
OF stevenson may prove to the United
Seates.
1t was with a broad smile that McKissick
faaE l..
Gay night, and asked him to announce that
Vice President Stevenson and wife had ar
rived ito spend a few days of quiet" The
geniality of Mr.. Stevenson at
once drew around him friends
and ever since he has been
playing the prince of Wales act to the
public. He has been shown through the
Vanderbilt mansion at Btmore he has
patted little children the head and told
them that they We're destined TO be great
men and women.
fhc Dag :af tsin;st,a7, Euatitutc.
One of the most notable of his visits was
TO Bingham Military school, famous in
stitution Quilt upon a high bluff, around
the base Of Which circles the wOrd-renoWn-
ed French Broad river, and from whence
Inc eye may catch panoramic view of
mountain chains, radiatin@ from Mount
Pisgah in the south to MoInt Mitchell in
The north. 1t was such scene as was cal
culateC to make statesman forget his
cares, and to give a sort of fourth-of-July
feeling to the lockers on.
The story of Bingham school is remarka-
bic. Established i'll 1898 it is now in the
first session of its second century. 1t was
established in the year stated by Rev. Viii
liam Bingham, patriotic Irshman who
had been educated for the church in the
University of Glasgow. Upon his return to
Ireland he became involved in the move
ment for Irish independence, and was COM
PEELED to seek safety and freedom in an
other land. His GiSmI@SlJn from the prcSbg-
terry of Belfast. Of which he was a mem
. Der is dated April II, l1SS. soon after which
Newcastle Del, ne made his way 10 VIII
mingtCn, y. G., where he hoped to secure
employment teacher. He had failed
in this, and was about to give up in des-
pair, when. by a sign given in taking
drink OF water, he was recognized as a
Mason by some prominent citizens who
thereupon eXerted themselves in his behalf,
Wilmington academy. In 1893 he establish
ed the Bingham school. over this institu-
ton he presided until 1926. when he died.
and was succeeded by his son, William
J. Bingham, of whom it mas been said that
''it is hardly possible that any other man
can ever again he so pre-eminent in the
state as was Mr.. Bingham in his profess
SON. He refused three hundred applica-
tions for admission in n single year and
mulatinS money. he became in spite of
himself and his numerous charities, man
of comparative afuance. He died i'm 1866.
when his sons William and Robert,
took charge of the school, the subsequent
death Of Robert leaving it exclusively to