The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-07-08

OF lfISnmen, VINO take tips diid Ate'A
as well have them in silver as gold.
The cabmen and walters run the Bos-
ton Democracy, and have just illus
trated their power by electlng Cy
Quincy MAYOR of Boston, descendant
of that old Federalist who wanted the
body of James Lawrence kicked out
Of the State House because he had OPP
posed the British The worst of the
silver agitation is that the Allegheny
Mountain line constitutes it a section
| SOMETHING ABOUT NEWLANDS.
was asking a Californian who New
lands was, who came here with
prospect of absorbing this convention,
and has seen it already foaming around
his form. Who knows but that the
mine owner in the sequel of this ex-
element will find his own head thrown
at his feet? AS Egalite, in the French
Revolution, stood up in the cart and
passed the royal palace he turned and
gave it long look, scene of his riot
and his intrigues against the govern
ment. Then he went under the stamp
mill. My acquaintance said that New
lands came from Virginia and was a
clerk in a department at Washington,
and went out to California to pursue
a merchantile calling, when he fell
in love with Sharon's daughter and
married her. Left with three children,
he was the manager of Sharon's prop
erty for them. The other daughter
married a British man of title and is
Lady Hasketh Thus the derided
British nobility meets on the spot the
Cecil Rhodes of Nevada, Sharon's quartz
mills made a vast fortune, accounting
to the miner for his share of the bull
lion ground out The miners always
swore that Sharon took threefourths
or more of the product. Newlands is
represented by everybody as an agree
able man. with taste and refinement,
and as the fiduciary guardian of
Sharon's posterity there is more apollo
CIV for him here than for the followers
of Bland, who will never have any
money in their lives, and have no cor
rect relation with financial reform.
Newlands is the nobleman among the
mine owners. The Barney Barnatos
who have squandered fortunes and
bought United States Scholarships
need not be named.
| have my doubts whether there is
anything in the rumors that Bland
and John X. Mclean are to go on the
same ticket. Mclean has a personal
strength here almost irrelevant from
silver He had genuine hostility to
E&Cleveland which Cleveland did nothing
to abate. AS nearly the whole conven-
tion is anti-Cleveland, it is well dis
posed to Mclean. He, meantime, has
a good standing with the Democratic
Senators. The silver mining interest
is quite cordial with him. Apparently
holding Ohio quite firmly, he has
proportionate influence upon several
States around it. He has nothing Of
the sweIled head on the subject of be-
ing nominated, and is very well con-
tented with his present agreeable
status among his party friends. lie
lives far enough East for the present
convention. and really lives in the Dis
trict of Columbia, whose delegates
are for him here. His following viii
be useful to any Presidential candidate
as it is believed that Mr.. Mclean adj
mires the second place on the ticket
Candidates.. who seem reasonable to
the rest of TIE world are indeed scarce
here. The terms of the convention
rule out nearly everybody Of property
and arithmetic, nor is it probable that
new candidates can be found between
now and the middle OF the week.
Stevenson's name hobs up very sesene-
" and goes back again with dull
thud. There seems to be a cleanli-
ness about him, his daughters are so
many and so beautiful and so easily
find good husbands, that he does not
stand well with this convention. Clean
men here must keep their rooms and
not show themselves to the beloved
people, who admire neither cleanliness
nor goodness.