The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-15
Personal Appearance and Character
fstics of the Brainy Young Sem
ator from the Bay State.
AN ELOQUENT OHIO WAR HORSE
CHAT WITH EX-GOv. FORAKER,
WHO WILL NOMINATE M'KINLEY.
No Doubt About His Loyalty to the
Canton Mnn-Lowry, Davis, Saw
yer and Botkin Pictured.
nec,a, 70 the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
ST. LOUIS. June 14.-The vice presidency
still continues to be unsettled matter.
The Mckinley men are earnestly discussing
Hobart of New Jersey, and, as one of the
national committeeman expressed 1T to me
this afternoon. lit looks though the great
man out in Canton had dropped lis lett
eyelid in that direction" The New York
situation is a curious one. Now and then
you hear a word in favor Of Cornelius N.
Bliss, ChaunceX Depew's name is men
toned, and there is some uncertainty as to
just where Levi p. Morton stands. All kinds
of stories are going around, and no one
seems to know just what the relations or
Chauncey NJ Depew and Tom Platt are
One of the most curious phases of the
situation is whisper which heard TO-
night-that the telegram which Depew re-
ceived from Governor Morton yesterday.
dated Rhinebeck, may not be genuine. 1t Is
said that the telegram, strangely enough,
was written on a "sent" blank instead of a
received" blank, and tits wondered whether
it went through the office or whether some
of Morton's enemies or friends OF the op-
posing candidates have not manufactured
the telegram and sent it to Mr.. Depew
through a messenger boy. Chauncey NJ
| s
position that he would be a party to a
fraud of this kind. There are all sorts or
men here. however, and some Of those who
wish to see Morton out of the way might
do 1t. Another part of the story Is that
this matter was brought to the notice Of
Tom Platt, whereupon he telegraphed to
Levi P. Morton asking him whether he had
sent any such telegram. and that the ex-
Vice President replied that he had sent no
message and had no conversation with Mr..
Depew since he saw him at Rhinebeck.
/ called at Mr.. Depews rooms this after
noon and asked to be shown the telegram.
His secretary looked through the papers
but could not find il, and 1 told that
Mr.. Depew probably had it in his pocket. I
called later on and was told that Mr.. De-
pew had gone out for drive, but that the
telegram had been lost. In order to further
trace the story l called on Mr.. Platt. /
found him very busy, talking with Henry
Cabot Lodge and other important men
among the convention leaders. He gave me
Just a moment, and 1 asked him whether
the story was true. At first he seemed to
think 1 was trying to get some kind of a
statement out OF him. and told me that the
corkscrew business would not work there.
| I replied that had no desire to have him
say anything he did not wish to say. but
| that I had heard that story, and that I
wanted to know whether there was any
| thing in it or not Mr.. Plat replied: Il
| have no time to discuss matters Of that
kind. 1t is the silliest of convention gos-
| sip." AS to this Mr.. Platt may be
| right, but it is very interesting gossip, and
I give it for what It is worth
Col hof oIC in Mr 1of g
| room. He wears two Massachusetts, badges.
an imitation gold nugget, in his button
hole, to show his position on the money
question. He tells me that If the conven-
ton wishes to make anything than an out
and-out gold platform the question viii
have to be settled on the floor of the con-
vention itself. In other words, he will fight
anything else. 1 asked him as TO whether
Reed would, under any circumstances, ac-
cept the vice presidency. He replied that
| he had had a talk with him just before he
| left Washington and that under no cir
| cumstances and under no conditions would
| Reed take the second place on the ticket.
| Mr.. Lodge will present Reeds name TO the
| convention, and he will make one of the
most ringing speeches of that assembly. He
/ is one of the brainiest young men of the
time. He is still under fifty. and he does
not look to be more than forty. He is
| straight broad-shoudered and well made
| He keeps his muscles in good shape by
| horseback riding. He first attracted the
notice of the country at the convention OF
! 1884, at Chicago-the convention tha,
brought out Theodore p Roosevelt and a
number of other young men, At this time
he was the leader Of the mugwumps, and a
worshiper at the shrine OF George F. Ed
munds. Since then Lodge has become a
straight-out Republican. He was a strong
| friend of Blaine. and used to spend weeks
| with him at Bar Harbor. Ii Is now abou,
| three years since he took his seat In the
/ United States Senate one of the sue
cessors of Charles Sumner, and. though
| one of the new Senators. he is by all odds
one of the greatest and strongest. He Is q
man of marked literary ability, and has
written the lives of number of American
statesmen. including Alexander Hamilton
and Daniel Webster. He speaks as well as
he writes. and his speech Is both classic
and eloquent. Mr.. Lodge comes OF one OF
! the oldest families In Massachusetts,. ]