The morning times., 1896-06-28
Col. Perry Carson has returned from st

said Col. Carson. AN come on an Sc,
| down. lie continued, as he led the way
towards seat in an open hallway. 81
Imagine l am the prOudest man that lef,
81. Louis, but l VIII tell you about that
later.
II left st. Louis last Sunday morning
The train reached here Tuesday, but die
not get orr. 1 went right on To Baltimore
and was given "A reception by the Harmony
Club of Baltimore that night. made q
speech TO about 1000 people. Wednes
| day morning l went over TO New YorE
and the same evening was given an ova
ton by the Sumner Club, i delivered a
! speech there, too. -4.. ...-
| WILL WORK FOR THE TICKET.
| Amt l tired? Lawd, no. Such little
| exercise as tnat can tire me out. think
| the convention was good thing, a good
| tliinS, sun; but it diun't compare with
FORMER conventions l had attended. Ii
| lacked the number OF people that the
others had"
What do you think Of the Dominat ion?'
1T was All right. You know l WIS Tor
| Allison from the first and was frr linn
all through the Convention. GIeeson was
| for Reed, You know. But Mck:DIry - a
good man, and l am going 10 do all can
| 10 bring about his election. IA sre
am an American and Il RepnDlical. Per
sonal feelings viii not interfere NTH my
working for the good OF the party.
'Do l think Mckinley will lie
| elected? Lawd, yes. Why, the silver
men amt gOin' to cut no
more figure than a chunk Of coal in a
tub OF diamunds.'
AT this point Col. Carson lifted lis right
leg and crossed il over his left knee. In
doing So he showed a stylish pair OF speck-
led socks, just like the Prince Of Wales
is reputed TO wear. IL was noticed, too,
that a new diamond replaced the one that
was lost soine time go from his scarfrin.
Did you see that story that was re.
produced in The Times from a st. LOUIS
paper and stated that you were compelled
tocall nimpuient waiter do wn for charging
you dollar for, a bottle of beer"
ION, yes" laughed Col. Carson, land the
piece said l WIS the richest colored man in
the East and wore a new sui tof clothescv.ry
day. The first part of the story was true
PERRY AND THE WAITER
Il was sitting in a Toom at the Southern
Hotel, the finest hotel in st. Louis, you
know. 1t must have been 2 80 O'Clock in
the morning My friend and myself got
thirsty and l rang for a boy. ] tol' him to
bring us some beer an when he came with
bottle gave him a dollar. He weDtdo wn
stairs and didn't show up
'Wc set there for about an hour and |
rang for him. This time another 10y came
up. asked for the first waiter an he sent
him back. When he come up | says Look
here, son. 1 amt no free silver man. You
owe the som change on that bottle of beer
~ thought You give it 10 me- the boy
says.
- I'm no Vanderbilt, or Astor, or Par
ker,' says /. an so you must give me my
change When he gave il back to me !
gave him Il quarter.
"As l said before, / was never SO proud
Of my treatment in my life continued the
colonel. The newspapers treated me
fine and had lots to say about me. Every
body wanted to see me. One evening I
walked down Sixth street and at every
corner there was great crowd If people.
and they came out and shook hands with
me and asked If / was not Col. Perry
Carson.
IN bet I passed fully 500 people that
n ght that had come out to see Ihe. They
knew I was from the District of Columbia.
and strangers would come DIP t. me and
ask all manner of questions. They asked
me if l had ever seen Guiteau. and if /
was at his execution. They asked me if
/ did not stand by Blaine to the last ditch.
an they wanted to know if was rut the
Carson that got up the company of 100
men To go and fight for Guha in 1873.
] tell you again. sub, it was the happiest
moment OF my life. 1t was very graf
flying.
WAS A GOOD AID.
why the barkeeper at the southern
wanted me to stay beside the bar all the
time He said it would be the greatest
advertisement they ever had"
g, SUNDAY morning in st. Louis wenttn
Baptist church and talked for them. and in
heevening talked at st. Paul's Chapel. 1
made an address on the rights OF our race
and said that we needed a plank IN the po-
litical Elatform Just as well as we needed
free silver or sound money planks.
didn't get time to bring the matter 10 the
attention of the convention. though"
How about the fight over place on the
national committee. colonel?'
'Well. I'll tell you. When Mr.. Gleeson
and me got together we talked the thing
over. Gleeson says:
carson. want to be chairman OF the
delegation from the District
IAN right says I.
.. 4 want to he chairman OF the COM
mittee on rules says he.
every WELL says 1.
"'And I want to be chairman OF the
committee on resolutions says he.
"'You can says. But says.
Gleason. I want to be a member OF the
national committee
".Why. no. you have the head OF the
credentials committee says Gleeson.
GLEESON BACKED OUT
"'Yes, but / want more says l. Then
he named over several people who we
should favor for the place. He wanted
us to have Senator Pinchback as the one
to represent us on the committee. or
course l objected to him and told him
that we wanted District man, anyhow
Then mentioned DR.. Purvis and several
other pronnepsInen in the District We
couldn't agree, though.
well short time after that Glpeson
said to Charlie douglass that if Carson
would agree upon him. Doug lass, he
would Just about that time / came up.
struck Charley on the shoulder this way"
Here Col. Carson)illustrated his remarks
by tapping the reporter on the shoulder
Now, 1 want you to put it in that
slapped him OH the shoulder" he continued,
"striking Douglass ON the shoulder l sa id:
Charley, III agree on you as the
member Of the national committee If Glee-
son will
Then Gleesop said lie wanted to wait
until the next morning, and when l saw
him again he had changed his mind.
II want to say again, that feel mighty
proud of the way we did things at st.
Louis, and the way l was treated. and
there amt one Of Col. Perry's plumas
ruffled, is there?''
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