Evening star., 1896-07-04

order that he might induce this convention
to declare for gold standard That we'll
dressed. rosy-cheeked man, with the black
m stache, the straight nose and the gold
eyeglasses is he. Every one knows him.
He was one of the big men of the conven-
tion of 1884 which nominated Cleveland the
first time. He was Cleveland's Secretary
of the Navy and he could have had the
presidency once or twice by the raising of
his hard He could get it now by working
for 1t. but he don't want 1t, and he would
not accept it ON a free silver platform.
Mr.. Whitney is a man of convictions He
does not believe in free trade, and he has
always been for sound money. He was dis
gusted with Cleveland when he came out
for free trade. and he told him that his
free trade message would lose him the
presidency in 1888, it did. 1 was a cor
respondent for the New York World when
Cleveland delivered that message, and 1
called that night at Secretary Whitney's
house to get his opinion. He henrned and
hawed and walked up and down the room
and at last begged me not to interview him.
as he could not say anything on :he SUBJ
Ject which would help the administration
Secretary Whitney was at this time the
most popular man in Washington. His
brilliant wife was then living and she and
Mr. Whitney were the leading social fig
ureS of the Cleveland administration Ii
was Mrs. Whitney who coached Mrs Cleve-
land when she came to Washington as
bride She was of great aid to her husband
and when she died. am told. she left him
S'.opb.oo. Mrs. Whitney was the daughter
of ex-senator Henry B. Payne of C!eve-
land. and 1t is said that if Whitney ever
wants to be President he can command
the support of his brother-n-law, Oliver Fl.
Payne, or the Standard Oil Company
Oliver Payne is almost rich as John
Rockefeller. and he may he worth 800 600, 900
hitney. | understand however. does not
l-a rn t.,s, TOTO
Company He had begun to make money
before he was married. and he is reDorted
TO nave gotten Il single fee of $500 from
Jay Gould for some legal work OF late
years he has been making money in busi-
ness. and l venture to say that he has him
self accumulated more than he ever re-
Celved from his wife. He got his political
training under Samuel j. Tilden and he is
today one of the shrewdest political man
ayers and organizers of the United States
he Will be power in this fighting conven-
tion. and Is striking figure even in the
piping times Of political peace.
Cal. Brice and His Ambitions.
With Whitney 1 see another distinguished
character. The man looks for all the world
as though he had just stepped out of the
pages OF the London Punch of days gone
by and was a walking cartoon made by
Mr. Leach. His curly. bushy. red hair
hangs down over his big forehead like q
brush heap. His nose Is almost as big as
your hst and his sharp, cold blue ewes
look our from under heavy brows He is
dressed In business clothes. and he stoops
little as he walks His stoop however.
Is not that Of humility. but rather that of
the hghter who has chip on his shoulder
and Is ready for spring. That man ia
Senator Cal Brice. He still lives in New
York, but he has mighty power in the
state of OHIO. During the years of his
senatorship he has had a select list of ev-
cry prominent democratic editor LAWYER
and politician of the state and has sent
them week after week seeds and govern
ment documents. accompanied by letters
stamped with a good imitation of his auto-
graphic signature. Brice is for hard mon
ey. AT any rate. he is not for free sill
Ver. He has big pile of gold laid up and
ne wants his money to have the best spend
ing power Still, he seems to care little for
money, and to accomplish his ends he
makes 1t flow like water. His life at WASH
lngton has annually cost him ten times
ms salary He gave one single dinner
upon which he spent more than $4,000
and his wife Is, perhaps. one of the most
lavish entertainers of the United States
Stiil. l was told in Lima, from whence
Brice came. year or two ago. that when
he was married he had to pawn his watch
to pay the expenses of his wedding trio.
He was. you know. the son Of a Presbyter-
went from his home to college he walked
part of the distance to save the
expenses OF q stage. Now he is worth
no one knows how many millions. and
can make or lose fortune, to use
the expression of one Of his friends, with
out ba tting an eye" Cal. Brice Is a man of
much ability. He Is moro Of a developer of
properties than a wrecker Of them, and
though he euchered the Vanderbilts, they
say, as to the Nickle Plate railroad, he has
built up many good properties. He told me
not long ago that Campbell of Ohio would
make a good presidential candidate, and
said he (Brice) did not want the presi-
dency himself. because he had too much
business on hand, and he had noticed that
when the White House bee got into a man 8
hair his business brains usually flew out
OF his ears
BO0kwn1ter Of Ohio.
Another Ohio millionaire who will strut
across the Chicago stage is John w. Book
walter of Springfield. Bookwalter has
amassed q big pile in manufacturing and
lnventing. He makes farm Implements
and he ia, I an told. worth his millions
He came from Indiana, where he was
brought up OIL Q farm. At twsnty-thres
he struck out for himself, and now having
made his fortune. he amuses his leisure
by playing at farming on a large scale
Among other properties he has q sixty
thousand-acre tract Of land In Nebraska. OF
this forty thousand acres are under culti-