New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-20
GOrEENDE-ELTCT HfSTING> ~ TOUN

M las HEEN HERE q WEEK. KEc"I;G AWAY
FROM POLITICIANS AND orruTsEEKEHs
Goycrnor-elcct -. ~. Hastings. q Pcnnsy lyan.a.
has been in the ci'y week and no one outside Of
his immediate family knew o. r. tell the plain
truth about II. General Hastings ~ keeping on, 81
reach 81 The oice-cckcrs until De- get. well rested
During his sixiy-day campaign be- made 100 speeches
and travelled 5.oOj miles. When hc stopped on Fec
tion bay he all used up. Then 1t took him
three or four days - coant up his 22.~O majority
ami b. that time hungry-lOoking Republicans from
al paris OF the Keystone Stdt, began to get on
the trains a. Be,lcf0ntc the Governor nJrne and
soon a. they got inside his house began 10 remind
the GOycrnor-el"c, OF how he wouldn't have pulled
through but for them. invariably winding up their
remarks with a request for Office General Hast
inss stood IL anti wees ago yesterday. when. IN
sheer desperation. he came with his wife to New
York. They have been spending the time delight
fully at the Holland Iiouse. bat they expect to
leave town to-day for BoHton. In she mean time
senator quay and hundred other politicians in
Philadelphia have been wing TO ''locate" the Gen
cra and induce him 10 accep, number Of specially
prepared States fixed mp by them. The General
is making hls own "satos." AZ tho end of another
week he viii return 10 his constituents
Among the more prominent offices within his rift
Wiui,n J. Uarrltv ,IrvrianI pc n,orrot Tb,s
berth is worth SZO"0 a year. lie VIII also appoint
an A'iorn,y General an AdjIiani General and an
good salaries and cmoluments
Pm all talked out >" said General Hastings II
never tired In my life election night
and ] haven't got over II yet. ! understand that
mine Was the banner majority Republicans were
prctty thick IN the Keys state this fail. our
Democratic friends who uninadc prosperity
Will hay" no difficulty in understanding hereafter
that Pennsy vania is In favor Of Republican pro-
lection. II may take ne some time to get back
the full measure Of prosperity enjoyed IN 1892
but IL has got to before very long, and when
get IL again the people viii rot vote 1T away.
! look revival Of buSnesS not later than
next SPRING but I'm afraid a good many who
are willing and able to work VIII be idle all win
ter
Lewis T.. Better. private secretary 10 Mayor
Stuart. of Philadelphia. was with General Hast
ngs at the Holland House last night General
ma iority He stands six feet three inches tall and
weighs about 30 pounds. He was born in Clinton
County. Penn, forty three years ago. When only
eleven Years old he from home and tried
TO enlist In the non Army. In which he had two
brothers lie was large enough but thor
oughly boyish in speech and appearance that he
was sent home He made Il second and third at
icmpt with like results Of his brothers
Killed in ba tie and another was nearly starved 10
death at Andcrsonvillo. General llastingn's father
and mother we're poor people and he depended
largely his efforts for an education. He
began teaching school before he twenty years
old orc OF his pupils afterward becoming his wifc.
Governor Reaver appointed him Ad1utant'ienera
I'm 1854 and ne acquitted himself with such ability
i'm connection with the relief work following the
Johns,own Hood that his fame spread throughout
his State. He has n good law practice In Centre
County. Centre is of the few Democratic
counties Of Pennsy lvana. hut General Hastings
carried 1t by nearly "A thousand plurality.