Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-05-27
BOOMSANDW WHISPERS
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man with 6 smooth face. nowadays seldom succeeds in gaining the summit of his political ambition A political sage who quoted the proverb yesterday handed out the following list of smooth faced politicians. Democrats and Repnb- licans:
 William H. Seward, Samuel j. Til den, William Il. Russell, Arthur Pue German, Hoke Smith, Wilson s. Bis sell, John c. Carlisle, William NJ. Eyarts, William Mckinley, Thomas B. Reed, Levi P. Morton.
 All are familiar with the career of Mir. Seward as governor of the state of New York, as United States senator for the state and as secretary of state in MT. Lincoln's cabinet. When the New York delegation went to Chicago in 1860 to present the name of Mir. Seward for presidel.s, every man in the delega- tion was positive that Mr Seward would be the candidate. From Mir Evarts, who presented Mir. Seward s name to the convention, down to Tom Hyer the pugilist, who was also delegate, nos one believed that Mr. Seward could be beaten. The ether day MT. Evarts recall ed many of the incidents Of the eonyen- tion and smiled when he said:
 T don't know whether I heodooed NIT. Seward or he hoodooed me Wo both had smooth faces, and perhaps that was the cause of our failure I am not prepared to dispute the superstition ,
 It has been well known for 20 years that Mir. Eyarts had i'll his heart an am bition to be president The highest rung i'll political fame attained by Mr Sew ard was as Mr Lincoln's secretary of state, and Mir. Eyarts was Hayes secre- tary of state.
 Coming along to Mr. TiIden, every body comedies now that he was elected president il 1876. But what with thc Chan,Iers, the vote of partisan Repub- lican in the supreme court Of the United States, and his smooth face MT. Tilden was kept out of the place The hoodoo against smooth faced politicians has been i'll operation only since NIr Lin- eoln's time, according to the sooth- savers. 1t is also true that up to few months before the Chicago convention which nominated Lincoln he was smooth faced, but just prior 10 the convention he began to grow those raven chin and cheek whiskers.
 Mr. Russell has been governor of Mas sachnsetts, and he has been put forward by the Democrats of that state as their candidate for president There is no de- sire to discourage Mr Russell's ambi- tion, but he should remember his smooth face, and that his boom may fall as flat as the boom of Secretary Carlisle, an- other smooth shaven man, who for ths last 20 years has believed that he should be the Democratic candidate for presi- dent, and who was shaping tariffs when MT Cleveland Was mayor of Buffalo and long before
 Senator German, i'll the estimation of many Democrats, could have captured the nomination for president at Chicago i'll 1899, but he had no whiskers, and Mr. Cleveland again captured the prize.
 Secretary Holze Smith has face as smooth as d baby's, and so has ex-Post- master General Bissell. The Georgia Democrats have whispered i'll the ear of Mr. Smith that he should be their can didate for president and then MT. Smith has turned his smooth face to them and said:
 How can I get over that awful su- perstition about the fate of presidential candidates with smooth shaven facesp'
 The Hon. Mir Bissells friends i'll Buffalo de not believe that he will ever T al only is he smooth faced man himself, but he has also listened to the advice of another smooth faced individual, the Hon. Franklin D. Locke, and between the two there is little or no hope for MT. Bissell
 The Hon. Mr. Mckinley of Ohio is a smooth faced man who believes that he is to be the next president of the United States. MT Mckinley started his boom in 1888, and it fell flat before the whis- kered boom of the Hon. Mir. Harrison. In 1892, at Minneapolis, the smooth face of Mir Mckinley was again i'll evi- dence, and, although he received l62 votes ill that convention, the wh1skers of General Harrison again won out Just so, it is believed, will be the case at St. Louis ill June. The superstition concerning the fateof smooth faced pres idential possibilities has held its own for over 30 years MT. Mckinley, like NIr. Tilden. may be nominated, but even this is not conceded by those Re publican politicians with whiskers and mustaches like Mir. Platt, MT. Quay and General Clarkson If MT. Mckinley should receive the nomination, accord ing to the superstition, he will not reach the presidential chair any more than Mr. Tilden did. While the reports from his home i'll Canton depict him as ripping with enthusiasm, in the quiet hours Of the night this hoodoo of smooth faced politicians haunts him, and the chills vibrate the hinges Ill hls spinal column.
 There isn't a politician, Democrat or