Kansas City daily journal., 1896-07-05
FAMOUS DEMOCRATS.
LEADING FIGURES or THE COMING
CONVENTION.
william G. whitney nnd Ills Rich
other-in-Lnw-Othcr Gossip of
a linkcr's Dozen of Famous
Men of the Union.

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q Dnkcr's Dozen of Famous
Men of the Union.
copyrighted. 1895. by Frank @. Carpenter.
| Chicago. July t.-Tho biggest Democrat
OF tho country will he IN Chicago this week
Who are they? What are they? How d'
they look. act and talk? A score OF then
pass before my minds eye az | write
There comes William C. whitney, VIII,
countermandcd his passage to England anJ
stayed at home In order tina; he might in
| duce this convention to declare for a gold
standard. That well dressed. rosy checked
| man. with tho black mustache. the straight
nose ana the sold eyeglasses is he. Every
ono knows him. lie was one of the biz
| men OF the convention of lsi which nom
mated Cleveland the first time. lie was
could have hal the presidency once or
| twice by the raising of hts hand. He could
get II now by working for 1t. hu, he doesn't
free silver platform. Nir, whiitney Is a a
! man of convictions. He does not believe
in free trade, and he has always been for
Cleveland when he came ont for free trade.
| and he told him that his free trade mes
sac would i,Y lose him the presidency IN ~, ~,
New York World when Cleveland deliv-
| orel that messase. and called that night
at Secretary Whiinsy's house TO get his
opinion. He hemmed and hawed and
walked MP and down the room. and at last
begged me not to Interview him. as he
could not say anything on the subject
which would help the administration. Sec
rotary whitney was at this time the most
popular man in Washington. His hrillant
Mirc was then living. and she and Mr.
whitney were the leading social figures
q the Cleveland adnlinisration. 4, was
land when sic came to Washington as a
bride She was OF great aid to her husband
and when she did, | am told. she left him
Of ex-senator Henry u. Payne of Cleve-
land. aud |, is said that IT Whitney ever
wants 10 be president he can command
Payne. of the standard oil Company. OIL
Yer Fayn" is almost as rich ms John Rookie
iollcr. and he may be worth Si0N',Op
like to he associated with the Standard oil
Company. He had begun to make money
m o'Sn Snye ne soan Was sns ae n" Of s 9rtsn om
jay Gould for some legal work. or late
years he has been making money in husi-
moss. and | venture. to say that he has him
self accumulated more than he ever re.
ceiyel from his wife. He got his political
training under samuel J. Tilden. and he is
ayers ana organizers in the United S'atcs.
tlc will be power In this lighting convcn-
tion. anl is striking figure even in the
piping times Of political peace.
Cal Hricc md His Ambitions.
With whitney SEQ another distln.
euished character, The man looks for all
the world as though he had just stepped
out of the page. of the London Puncn Of
hair hangs down. over his big forehead ike
STsh gon s sa III H, aSnrp Is co 6a as eyas s
look out from under heavy hrows. He is
dressed in business clothes, and he stoons
ia not that of humility. hut rather that of
the fighter who has chip on his shoulder
is Fta1y Ga nac GT H. ieFn III. Has Hs IN nag Scw
York. but he has mighty power In the
state OF Ohio. DURING n" years ,is Of r, ms
of the. state. and has sent them !
documents. accompanied by letters stamped |
with good imitation Of his autoGraphic |
siEna,nre Hr'Gs is for rrln hard ri,, money ,MA AT
a his pile Of gold laid up. and he wants his |
money to have the hest spending power;
;still, he seems to care little for money. and
70 accomplish his ends he makes IT flow
like water. His life at Washington has
nnnHg los, nh ten "s ssS nis sS'Sry Sr mt
more than si2,OE, and his wife is. perhaps, |
one of the most layish entertainers Of the
from whence Brice came year or two ago,
hat when he was married he had 10 pawn
ding trip. lie was you know, the son Of a
Pres byteTIan narson, and was so poor thnt |
whom he went from his horne to college he
expenses OF II stage, Now he is worth no
ono knows how many millions, and his |
nerve Is such that It Is said M ~ can MAXI ne
ono OF his friends, without batting an
eye" cal Brice is q man OF much ability
than "A wrecker OF them, and though he
ruchered tn. vanderhilts, they say, as to
many good properties lie told me not long
ago that Campbell. of Ohio, would make II
good presidential candidate. and said he
self because he had TOO much business on
hand, and he. had noticed that when the
business brains usually flew out Of his ears.
nooiswnItrr, Of Ohio.
Another Ohio millionaire who Will strut
across the Chicago stage is John W. Book
walter. Of Springncld Bookwalter has
.nv"ntins. lie makes farm implements
and h. is, / am told worth his millions
He came from Indiana whSre bo nc ,r%sk Wa
out for himself. and now having made
bis fortune, he amuses, his leisure by play
other properties he has IA eo,00o tract OF
land IN Nebraska. of this iG,"D acres are
under cultivation, and in good years Rook-
walter produces as much as i6nT1 bushels
pf wheat at a single season. He farms his
land through, lessees, each OF whom has
Duld town in the center of this big farm
and to manage It on the French plan,
walter is something Of a presidential candi-
late and he Is one OF those men concerning |
whom Il is not safs, TO prophesy. He Is
IN his SOS and is still in the very prime Of
.fe | don't think he has ever held any
public Office, but he has had more experi-
ance than the average politician. He is q
he most cultured and Travelled men of the
party. He has been all over
europe has taken n trip around the world
and knows the United States like book.
He is conservative on the money question
md his strength in Ohio is such that he
would make nm available candidate.
Two Confederate Generals,
There will be big contingent here from
The South. Some of the most striking fig
ires on the political stage are southern
Democrats. Let me show you one OF them.
Imagine a man OF six feet dressed in black
Let him have face bearing
al the classical lines of Edwin Booth and
ct his long hair be as black as was that
II John Wilkes Booth when he Jumped out
" the presidents box in Fori's theater
It Washington. Let the mans face he
'orid, but let every line b.. full of culture.
'ut him on crutches and let him move