The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-11

interesting Talks with Three Well.
Known Politicians.

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| ST. LOUIS, June 10.-As stated in an
| other dispatch, SO far it is all Mckinley.
Little Joseph Manley glowers over his
| brown mus.ache and growls out that Tom
| Reed will not take the vice presidential
| nomination. Tall Senator Gear, of Iowa,
| tells me the same in regard to Allison.
| Cullom and Quay are not even mentioned
| and, in the absence of Tom Platt and the
| New York contingent, the Morton presi-
Dental boom seems dead.
The only subjects discussed are the plat
| form and the vice presidency. There are
| two vice presidential candidates on the
| ground-Hobart of New Jersey. and De
| Young of California. i met Mr.. De Young
| this morning. He is stocky. well-rounded
| young man of forty-eight, whose every at
| ON seems charged with bulldog pugnacity.
| He is fighter from Fightersville. and has
| made reputation in California as being
| one of the coolest and clearest-headed pol
| iticans of the Pacific coast. He is the
| founder and owner of the San Francisco
llChronicle. one of the most influential and
best-paying newspaper properties Of the
| West. De Young was just seventeen when
| he and his brother Charley borrowed $50
| to start with. In few months they were
! making thousand dollars month, and
| that when California. in 1878. attempted to
vote on a new constitution some of the
capitalists who were to be affected by 1t
| offered Mike De Young 100000 to oppose
| the movement De Young refused and 1t
was his paper. it is said that carried the
| Constitution through. met Mr.. De Young
| at the Southern Hotel in the rooms of
| Hanna, and asked:
what is there in this talk about you as
| Vice President?"
He replied: 1T comes from the idea that
| something should be given to the silver
States and to the West. AS for me, 1 am
not candidate in any seeking sense, and
have done nothing TO make myself so.
first heard of the movement in my favor at
Denver. The papers there had lot in
them about my being the vice presidential
candidate. 1 am here to nominate McKin-
ley and get what can for silver. My del
egation will not leave the party, however,
If do not get what we want. We are
Republicans. and we will support the tick
ct. The talk about me Is indicative of the
desire to ease up the platform and to show
that the party is willing to consider the
silver element. AS for myself, as 1 said,
am not candidate
DE YOUNG NOT A CANDIDATE.
"But suppose the party wants your"
I'm that case" replied Mr.. De Young,
Il shall accept. 1t is great honor, and
my business interests are in such a condi-
ton that could fill the position
You were a candidate for the nomna-
ton at Minneapolis in 1892. were you not?"
mo, 1 was not a candidate then" re-
piled De Young. but could have had the
place. 1t was offered to me and 1 refused
it. / went to that convention to nominate
Blaine. and when we failed and Harrison
was nominated 1 was mad all over 1 left
the hall in disgust soon as the result
of the ballot was known, and took my
wife with me for long drive. We rode
from Minneapolis to ST. Paul, and on our
return, instead of going to dinner at the
West House, 1 went to the cafe Of the
New York Life building. In this way
kept away from the crowd and when I
went to the convention hall in the after
noon 1 had seen none of the leading poll
ticians. 1 had just taken my seat in the
delegation when Senator wolcott, of Col
orado, came to me and asked me to give
him some points about my life
"'What for?' said /.
q" For my Speech said he. We have de-
cided to nominate you as Vice President,
and 1 am TO present you to the conyen-
tion?'
What's that@ asked in surprise
" It's just what said,' replied Wolcott.
We have reached the conclusion that YOU
are the best man for the second place OF,
the ticket. and We are going to nominate
you
1T seems TO me- said I. you have left
out one element in your calculations. and
that is my consent. don't want the NOM
ination, and / won't take II, and you can
tell them so
was so angry at the defeat of Mr. Blaine
that felt that j could have nothing to do
with the ticket, and / answered off hand
that 1 would not take it. Had 1 had
twelve hours or twenty-four hours TO con-
slider the matter 1 might have taken it.
Coming as it did had the backbone to
refuse it, and L thank God / did, for 1
should have been sorely beaten / remem-
Der that Wolcott told ne in case 1 refused
Whitelaw Reid would be nominated, and
that / replied: You may nominate Reid or
anyone else you please. but not me. The
and do not intend to be that man.
The Mckinley men here at St. Louis
however, seem 10 think that the Vice Pres
ident should come from the East, and they
would like Mr.. Reed If he will accept.
They say it Is true, perhaps, that Reed has
refused. but that he would take the place
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