Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-12

"hut " DO 10 m uatNu uuu tieett'i
will no he Pffsldont2 VIII no rule the
country, or will Mark Hanna or VIII
come other big man from behind Tue
scenes tu'l tho sifiug2D
"Gov. NJ Kiuley will be the Pre'l.
dent," fuilisd Osborne. "YOu ncud
have no frar OF that. lie will manage
his own administration ana the people
viii know IL. | dou'i care how good
his cabinet is, he will be ruler"
ha chat this afternoon with q.
a. Hobart Of New jersey about him
ssifAnd mia vict- presidential possibili-
iies. Nr. Hobart sOoms to be peculiarly
acceptable 70 the McKirley meu Hs the
vice. ptraidruiisl candidate, though " Ia
more PROBABLE that Plat and tho New
YORK delegation NAV change this up
On their arrival. Mr.. Hobart IL
rotund, short, thick.nrcked, blut-eyed
man Of about 80. He stands five feet
Bcvou In bis stockings ana weighs Jlet
! about two hundred pounds. lie has
biz foTheaI with little nose, below
which there In heavy brown over
| hanging m1ustacho. He Ia n c0rpotn.
ton lawyer and has made a fortune IN
law and business. He II popular In
| New York aud not long ago when the
| Joint trnfllc association, embracing
| thirty.iw0 railways, wanted three men
| 10 act ~ arbitrntofi OF their difference,
they chose Hobart ~ one Of tbs mon.
Ho waa born al Long Branch, aud he
was educated nj RligUfe college, ana
his business lie WINS spent nj Paterson
| Nj. / wondered whether he was
enough ota patllamontnrian TO man.
ngo tho u. =. Senate aud asked him "
hr hal any experience Ne proeidlng
| officer. 10 sai1: "Yrs, ] Hm the
oHly man In the United states who
has pfrsiiet over both y house anu a
senate In tho country. | was speaker
u the house anu went from tueto 70
be president ~ the senate aud eau
tell you tn New Jersey legislature IL BY
10 mu4lr quiet body.
"WhcFu uues thla movement for
youfselt as Vice President come
iIom2" / HskoI.
"lt does not come from me-" replied
Mr.. HgUafl; III have had nothing 10
do with H. My irienia who maize the
New jersey platform decide T. utc.
scnt my Iamr ne % candidate Tor V ICH
President. was not C0noulioI. They
lu,tIuuicd for mo with ~ my li.tin
| "a manu- W hagAik y NNl"s NhHN NV
been Cuu8iIUtsd IA tue mtitur ana |
will not uu,il 70 c1mes. Iu-u / VIII be
fUrIv TO talk business"
"Dl you mean, Alf. Hobart, that
you navo not settled yet ma your mind
whuihur you want the vice presidency
OF V" ba,d /. with en- inoredul0ut
tmilp.
'Yve, mean that II IL great
honor, but lt mignl unsul,lc my busi.
ness anu / should have TO consider H..
am mere 10 got good liukot i,r the
party, and whoever n put on The
ticket IA N.cr pusituul, whether ht
mys 'tym New Y rs, Now Jursey,
Maine or Connecticut, Will DO Hatiniac'
tory g. me-"
here asked Sir. Hobart who would
probably ptssent his name 10 tne oon.
ventiin, and he told uie " Il was pre-
, tvntcd II " uli probably be Governor
Gflgga or M. Fvu. For man " Lt
has MT considered the matter hu SCENT
10 have "a wrll.tennrd idua ~ e
how his own Vice Presidential can,
pAlgn should DO carried out.
Leaving Vice Prudential Possible.
~ Hobart OF New jersey, I next met
Vice Presidential Pot,bllily Henry
Clay Evans OF Tountasso. Governor
EvAns does not pretend 10 soy he Il
not candidate. lie would ike the
position, auJ ho thinks there should
uc a southern man On tho ticket. lie
tells mo thpl there lisa lair chance Ol
tho Republican, CaTylrg kratuCky,
TsuLts'eu and N0un Car0iiua, anu,
by the Grace OF God nuu Steve Elkius,
Wost NlTrinln. lie sHys there are lot.
Of PfulectlonlatJ Ia the South aud lht
Republicans arc Tor q protection taTin
anu "a0uud money"
Henry Clay Evhna, falling 10 make
the Vice Presidency, may DO one oil
tho UfiipeTH o. tbs convention, Ho Il
spoken Of ns pHTmAuBHl chairman.
lie has a good, strong voice, rathel
march and metallic, hut full OF stirnur
power, aud he could DO heard Ia Ruy
part OF the hall. he Ia a rather nut
looking man, No straight M West
Point GAdei,a ana hih figure was moulded
when he was soldier durlug the late
war. Ito was In tue Northern army,
, Ard At the close OF tho war settled
Ia Chattanooga, where he hai
lived ever since. Ho Ia .
} large manufacturer and at o.
Is comparatively wealthy man. Dur.
Ing my chat with him nbgut tue Vice
Presidency, l asked him whether he
nGd huy sktlstOnu In his closets which
might be brought out 10 hur. the
tickst In case hs was the NOMINEES. He
replied! "lf % do not know II. have
been IN politics for more than twenty
yeafs ana tue Nraya Of my enemiul
have beeu slTnud On my private aud
public lie. They have not exposed
anything ne yet and | think Rm COM