Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-18
OLD VAR HORSES ABSENT.
; i'Ok a, ThurSlOn aud 0lbGr Pom.
intnt Pls1rtS
c@ED A CURIOUS CHARACTER.


..raolai Dispatch 20 the NEws from our own
C0ucspoudouLl
81. LOUIS. Mo-, June ls.-The con-
vontion yesterday opened with
hutrah. Senator Thurston began II.
lie MAZE the IRE, stirring speech OF
tue convention. Fairbanks's grafton
was full Oi sound sense, but he has not
the ringing voice Of Thurston. Thurs.
ton was heard In every part OF tho hall
aud he IL now one OF the Idols OF the
Republicans here. They cheer him
when he begins 10 speak, and they
app'Ruded every uttcrance. Thutston
h n natural enthusiast. He IL all skin,
bones, brains and feeling. He IL rs
thin ~ n rail, rs tall as n stssple and
IA slrsight ~ a pole. His face IN long
ana thin; bis eyes blue and express
Five, and his long, thin, black hair IL
brushed well up from n high forehead.
Ills nose is long, thin and sensitive.
anu when he speaks his nostrils culver
aud every atom Of his six feet 10
brought into nervous action. He yes.
tuted much ~ no talked, and waited At
the close Of each great period Tor APP
plausc. some Of bis remarks will attrAos
special notice Of many OF his phrases
were well turned. His statement thst
the Party wanted protective tatlif
which would Omen American fac.
| tories TO the free coinage Of American
muscle was cheutsd again ana again.
| ThutttOu CONES from Nebraska; he
| WAS born ir Vermont. His ancestors
were pure blooisd Puritans; his fsthsr-
aud his grandfather fought In the
revolutionary war. Thurston's father
wAs Union soldier and died In tue
service. When ThuTstOn wasA baby
| no moved 10 Wisconsin aud tried to
make fortune ~ farming. He Jailed
sud thB future Nebraska senator had
to hoe his own row. He did farm
| work anu GAINED some money as
| tcamstof. The most OF his support,
| however, lac got ifom fishing. His
fatutT lived nj Beaver Dam, WiscoH-
IN, anu young ruurstoB used 10 make
holes ia the Ice aud catch nsh Tor the
market. lilo had u .numbor OF other
fellows fishing tor Am Ia the same
way, and Que winter, as ne told me, no
made M much as thousand dollars.
lie also male money IN trapping aud
| hunting musk,fals, anu out OF his fish
anu musktati money to got his educa-
Ton. He studied law Ia Wisconsin
aud began his practice at OmahH,
Nebraska. THIS was twonty-sevsn
year. ago. At nrst clients were scarce.
IhuTstyu's bod was his office floor, and
10 une time bis funds were 20 reduced
that he lived for n week on box
OF soda crackers. He soon did
better, however, and eventually be-
came one VI the leading lawyers Of the
state. OF late he hiss been IN railroad
law, anu nj this time he was elected 10
tho United States Senate he was tho
general solicitor OF the Union Pacific
railway with q sAiary OF ten thousand
dollars year. Thurston fret appeared
Ia national politics as a delegate 10 tho
convention VI 1854, at which Elaine
was nominated. Al the convention Of
'sS he was elected temporary chairman
auu then made good speech. Now
he IL getting more hOnoTs here than
any QUO else except Foraker, and no IL
one OF the strong young men OF the
party. lilo IL very ambitious ana 1
doubt not he hopes TO be President
some day. A large part Of his strength
comes from his connection with the
Young Msn's Republican league OF the
United States, OF which he was, for
some years, president. Thutsion 10 not
yet NJ y, and thus We SEQ one on he Is-
mAtkAb.e features Ot tnis convention.
1t convention Of young men. The
old war horses OF the party arc absent.
The petty presidential candidates were
80 many that this took away some OF
the leading figures. But the great
statesmen who were not candidates
among Ihe Republicans are not here.
rAnuiatnur HOar OF hzssach usetts,
tho leading man OF New England la
the past, has remained at home. John
Sherman, though not a candidate, has
not come 10 the convention, ana Haw-
10y VI Connecticut, CullOm OF Iii
nUis, Harrison OF Indiana, and q
score Of others are absent. Up
: I'll today Ia the convention
young men and unknown men have
taken tnelr places, This convention
! ton ia the Republican party ana from
now On Ine young men will run the
= marhint.
Henry Cabot Lodge Ihas not ys,
, reached middle age. Hermann Ill.
* 3hlsaat IN Ouly f0Tty.thTee anu Mark
. llama 10 on the edge OF his prime.
FotaKeT 10 u young man. Fairbanks In
young anu with therxceptiOn OF Teller,
: the mon VINO are running the silver
bolt are without grey hair.
An Interesting thing about the plat
form II that the gold plank was gotten
up by the West aud not by the East.
Z IL was Wnttsu almost altogether by
0 Hermann II. KOhlsaRt OF Chicago.
u aud though Henry CaeOt Lodge, Tom
Z Plat and the eastern men are satisfied
(oontnuea on Pags F,ps.l