New-York tribune., 1896-07-09
GOSSIP oFTHE CONVENTION.
SAMUEL :. RANDAILs PROPHECY CON
cERNING CLEVELAND.
srEvnxsoxs GOLD VIEWS OF FOUR YEARS AGO
-rIIE REDorBrAnIE MARsToN-BLA'h-
BrnN APPEALS TO HIS CON
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Chicago. July s-'Trour years ago says "ii'a" am
H. Skaggs Grover Cleveland was 'ne 'u'' y. s
Southern peopls To-day there is hardly deesa'e
who mentions the name OF Cleveland except III 'e
rision Only two years ago the pei"o0'a a
yention in Alabama indorsed the prfse". nN"''
is,ration and pointed with pride 10 .,e
m atrio,ic course OF President Clevelaho' III" 49,
convention adopted q most emphatic goidous pa
,o-r, an, I, was with difficulty that resolutions
were carried indorsing General Morgan. Inc co"-
vention of a few weeks ago refused 10 "uo.'s s'..u
n,esent Administration. and adopted 'ee-s''
platform. ,, Randall
II recall to-day the words OF samuei d '.,..",.
and his prediction with reference ',aa, 20 ~" had
s;opped over in Washington with parry s,, 81 TO the
deha capitalists who had i Mas Indirectly through
the reports of Judge Kenny OF , sinn was
made @ in washington the purpose Of s a
with friends In that city ,ne oonH,. 70 reach Wash
s9iSn In ahn time m to read Presidents 9.s
msss1ss, Of si rSs Mr. psd pRanda
Ssd been stanch and valuable friend o. o tne moi
saa 70 US at nn, time TIN sa@ sna' Which shs the
message had given and that within ela iess he more
the nsms oh Of ,s the os
iicsn. Within less than ten years '"'S '''S '''
pass"
,,,. rsv,va, Of Adlai Stevenson as a Presdehtai
candidate reminds most people that IN MS 'e'e' "
cepting the nomination for vice rres'oe"' 0',
vsar. aso there appeared some strong sentiments III
go, - sound money that will not it the platform
chi. Convention intends 20 adopt. Those VINO heep
c,o.a track Of political happenings will reme"pe'
that Mr. Stevenson's letter did not appear u''.'' q
few days before the election ne losfv un late in
October while he making s,umnpne n.ecrsslc 1Vlc
through the south somebody at me ths document
araoq nna osk fas, train to the South with i the
messenger overlook Colonel and gave the
Letter lyw. to the newspapers the same night
Mareton of Louisiana. who kept the 'ohNen''o.
IN roars Of laughter yesterday by the enormous
.n.,,,.. y, lake water which he absorbed while
,r,,no IN enliehten his audience as to his views
rasnac.,ne Nill and Daniel Is well known III
Louisiana For twenty-five years he mas pee" '''e
tov of his admirers and the despair OF MS oplo '.
nents Ever since his first appearance l" p"u''
u,s he has been defying something or somepooy'
Awav back in 1872 he began to denounce eorrup''o"
ana invoke the deiuge He has bolted conventions
An louisiana he has 'arraigned' public men, ne
has scarifled politics. he has held up 'he oo'.s .so
of his enmity 10 contempt ana opiodu!' d" '''.
Marston was delegated to state coh'en''o" a.
ration Rouge. the capital Of louisiana the oh'y
Democrat In all that thoughtless mop WIN $50
Sor tho unknown and the pure. Marston oo''eo
that convention Just when everybody suppo1hre g h,
TIA, everything Tai Se wsec Work that had
csompisns;d, and TO ess5 sn5w "RGm m into the
sLoanns Sa ar He threw about his papitatng form
blue Cloak lined with red nannea, a,sn and 1ndignant
pd rsebeions though they the ss5a
ransa from joining aS the the wdoe body of the
serted raeked ona NTH arponnd pnnd the
all regret sang The The s'samsrs sonsSv ses etc. "'
oeHa bss always been great He has always
been lonesome He has always been .ne ,Sar N9rs,on
~ Convention
viii be its Joy and pride When ne sess @ p viii III
his Legs iae qeyerence and emotion The people have
never seen ANYTHING quite 'deana.sS nke s"'
rh.y toll a funny story of a mossback deiega'e
from Idaho. who declared yesterday that th's 'oh
yention and every Democratic cohVen',o' c,.ou ~ ~
held hereafter should denounce not only "'0'''
cleveland but Queen Victoria .,a
n,..,a,der became interested and interpreted
on ,nou,ry as to why Queen Victoria should DC III
sIassS sa''. rsrv Old woman he said and % very
rssoeetabe woman ara has raised adge erys is'is ne
q. children What nss she zone cepVenton? S0
eosses the Representative Of the money po"sl
exclaimed the ndsna1fs N ,s,nss asesas aSous ,'f
S...,or blackburn is said 70 be appealing !or
votes upon his record as Confeaerate S'''','
visited the California Delegation 'o-ns' ". ,,n We
,hsm a speech Of tropical exuberance. IN "h'cn nc "e
,,,aad N the fact that Mr.. Foote. the chairman
-, that delegation and he served together IN .ne
Southern Army and slept under the same o'a"n''
for many night He sid that ne nau 'o'...e ""'-e
10 apologize for in his war record, ana ne was SUI
AR Foote had not. They believed that they were
right then, and they believe so now he conciuueu
his remarks by asking the support OF the Caiiorha
delegation because he had been Conlederate an, anu
because s.d The SD %;s ss s5uh 81 e
decided and ma6e yoe pesMxt Mr Fooe the
% tha
To Of Mississippi iamarS fno~m ts aS
m man .vsEy soldier al Who
with rope ana snS sSGEesd %ed in me cafona
for several years before the war; put . wnen @ ms
secded ne went 0use vent f0b back eHar to hs
Pacific Slope and resumed his life there.
The stronses. objection TO Mr. Bland among the
Southern delegates Is that he did not serve in the
Confederate army He was young man IN those
days however and ought to be excused r because se
ne buried In the mines OF te OF what
vas going on across the mountains
One OF the prominent delegates is Orlando W.
Powers OF Utah who has been pictured. interviewed
and handshaken with great volubility and abandon
sinca his arrival a few days ago. Judge Powers
who IL now opposing with all his strength the
money policy of Grover Cleveland. was appointed
by that Cleveland as Federal judge foi
the Territory Of Utah about ten years ago. He left
his Michigan home and went out TO the land OF the
Iaser-day Saints take possession OF the Job but
low-ilved and ignorant Senate did not gather the
fun value Of the Judges services. and refused &c
ciinch the nomination Powers was there however
and they could not drive him away. even had they
been 80 disposed. which they not. He opened
q law ofice. and soon became the leading member
OF the bar OF the Territory. But his heart ir
politics. and. although he had hardly become accl
mated TO the Utah irrigation bitches and gravel,
valleys, he became affected with the thirst for re-
form. and took the leadership OF newly organized