New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-13
CHAT ABOUT PROMINENT MEN.

Ohio politicians much In evidence about town
these days The odd thing about their presence here
Is that each one while declaring Tor Mckinley.
adds supplemental clause tAat he Is not here In
the interest ot Ohio's favorite Among those
who have been here in the last week ex-C;ov
ernor Charles Foster. Governor Asa s Bushnell,
Mayor McKisson OF Cleveland. and others The
latest addition the group OF Buckeye statesmen
Is Colonel A. T.. Conger. OF Akron. We are all
solidy. unanimously and heartily FOR Mckinley"
says he. There is detection from the Repu5-
lean ranks ana no knNlnS oy FORAKER as has been
limited. IL Is the death knell 4 a mans political
hopes rot 10 support Mckinley" When asked how
Governor Morton's candidacy was taken out West.
Colonel Con-er replied that he understood thai the
Their s9ppor, ~ M5r,on and that Il he was really
In the race ne would De competitor that the 9th
Mcklnlcys chances.
The entrance Of Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont
into Tammany Hail has caused a lot OK talk among
the braves. The Eourieenth-st statesmen always
eye a newcomer closely. and especially II he is
man OF reputation or wealth. The question asked
is concerning Mr.. Be.m0nts ambitions. II Is not
clear TO some OF the braves whether O. II. p Bel
mont wants he a sachem or whether Perry Bel
mont wants to be Governor. II will be remembered
that las, fall Perry Belmont and David 4. Hi
Belmont was out for political honors 7; may be
tina; his brother has gone into Tammany Hall TO
rage OF o. II p Belmont to Mrs. Ava Z. Vanderbilt
did not cause complete estransement beiween the
monts political progress now that he has donned the
feathers.
The report has found circulation among the poll
ticians at the Fifth Avenue Hotel that ex-Presl-
dent Harrison might be a delegate 10 the S. Louis
Convention next June. There 10 denying that
General Harrison could be elected a delegate If he
wanted to be- but there is no likelihood OF his GO
ing tho convention. even II he should be elected
delegate against his Will Il would be embarrass.
Ing for him TO be there. His vote would be watched
with eagerness ana his preference among candi-
dates would he shown And there are few persons
before the public who have greater Of the
prophecies than Genera! Harrison.
Robert P Porter. Editor of The Cleveland
World" who superintendent OF the Eleventh
Census was at the Waldorf yesterday Mr. Porter
Is naturally for Mckinley Excepting Mckinley
Mr.. Porter is perhaps the greatest student OF the
tariff in Ohio. He Is heartily opposed TO the pres
ent tariff law. and says that so long as II remains
the statute books the country cannot have any
real prosperity. He favors remodelng the tariff
that there was no doubt to-day that Mckinley stood
away ahead in the Presidential race.
The public IS not SOW In lacking some distinctive
tite to the OF a public man. Therefore. II
did not odd yesterday to hear man in a
hotel uptown In the Of political CONVERSE
ton refer several times to "Pl,chfork" Til,man.
We have had silver Dollar" Bland Tai Syca-
more OF the Wabash" Voorhees, Sunset Cox
"Sockless Simpson and on. but perhaps
"Fitchiork' Tl.man IS about the best yet. And in
speaking OF Tilman those who know him say that
there Is good deal about him that Is theatrical
and hypocrit!ca.. Tillman organized the farmers.
the laborers and the county store men against tho
Old Bourbon element, which the aristocracy
OF South Carolina. He fought the railroads. the
corporations and every thing that had money. A
story il tod about the way Tlllman kept 10 his
appearance OF lighting the moneyed element Of the
State after he made Governor y railroad at
torney called upon him in re.atiOn TO certain bill.
Tlllman heard the and said heartily, "Oh,
that's all right I'll stand by you in that" Sud-
deny he glanced at the door. and then his whole
demearor changed. lie grew furious, and shouted:
NO sir: not while am Governor. Your Ubiquitous
road can go somewhere else with your plans for
d swindling operation Go back and te that TO
your masters" Too stupehed to understand and
naturally thinking that Timan had gone crazy, the
lawyer went out. As he did a S;eat NSnt broke ia
on him. Two had entered. and We're peer
ing through the glass doors waiting to get N Ill,
man evidently saw them. and he at once nska"
torney taxed T.lman With the fact the N ore,Ng
said apologetlcaly: Wei. you see IL wouuh ., ~
for them to see me parting in friendly way Ip''
a wel.-dressed. sleek attorney for great eo'P
ton
Senator Dubois. OF Idaho OF the western
free-siiver Senators, has been In the cry '
few days and Is staying at the fiilh A'
Mr. Dubois does not believe IN ooi'''h '
ties II Il can be helped. some ti'"e 49,
Senator Stewart was in the city, II was '
IN this column that the silver men Vi "'o '
were preparing for bolt, ana IN case ."e! oou'u
Wv, - ,acogn,ton from the old parties they would
~. stact President upon a free-silver platform.
TS,s fact Is practically admitted py Nj DUBOIS
r. ~ course OF a conversation ne said that con-
csrted attempt would be made to have both the old