The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-01-16
The Hopeless Vulgarlsm Of Manners and
Speech of the Average Modern Statesman.
RATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMAN
The Meeting To.Dny will Decide the
Location OF the GonsentiOn-Not
Likely to Come East OF the Allie.
ghnnics-rhc Subject of Candle
dates Being Discussed.
Especial Correspondence.)
" ll,,rAn,

rived here this evening and was intro
tioEal Democratic Committeeman ar
duced by Chairman Harrity, to his as
sociates on the committee ut the Arling-
ton. MIR. El!yson. like most of the mems
bers of the committee, WAS reticent as
TO his choice of cities for holding the
convention. 1t looks tonight ms II eth
er ST. Louis or Chicago will capture
the convention, probably the latter.
There is authority for the statement
that Mr.. Cleveland will not be a can
didnte for the Presidency this year, and
friends of his, ii is said. will make this
announcement to the committee. Mr.
Cleveland will have had enough of the
Presidency in his two terms. which will
expire on the 9TH of March, 1897.
The young; man who has read Of the
great Senator's Of history and studied
the eloquent wbrdS of wisdom and pa
triotism uttered by them would surely
have his idol shattered If he could
spend one of these days in the Scrnte
gallery. The Senators of to-day are
just as honest perhaps as those of other
years: they may be just as learned. and
they may he Just as eloquent but they
don't show 1t. Scarcely Il day passes
that covert suggestions are not mace by
some Senator at the expense of another.
The probity and veracity OF Il Senator
is not infrcQucntly questioned with a
Snecr What used to be great debates
of patriotic and intelligent statesmen
now often gives place to a running
cross-firc of billinSSgate and bowery
slang. Repartee is replaced by ribald-
ry, and wit Is merged in hopeless vul-
SariSmS of manner and speech. Sena-
tor Allen, of Nebraska, to-day delivered
himself of the lovely phrase of "namby-
pamby iiunkeyism'' as applied to the
action of the Senate of the United
States in granting Il pension Of S75 to
the widow OF late general in the
Federal Army.
There was time when young mem
Der with digniicd appreciation of
the greater experience OF his newly
found colleagues observed II self salts
fying silence in the discussion of great
policicS, but only to-day we find the
thirty-thrce Year old statesman from
ioneycuits township. \. c.. entertain
ing the empty chairs of the Senate with
Il profound dissertation upon finance
that FOR the first time in history drove
the venerable John Sherman int, the
.cloak-room To which such plgmy sill
Nerites rs Teller. Jones. Stewart, and
Wolcott had preceded him.
All this is not so hard on the living
Tor we can retire To our State I,egis-
lative halls, our city Council Cham
hers, and TO the College Debating So
cieties and find relief. but what agony
II must b., be to The shades of Webster,
Gay, Hill. stevens. Zach Chandler
Matt. Carpenter. Blaine. Conkling. or
Vance II they are doomed to listen
now 10 the sounds from the Senate
Snlnbcf.
The National Co.nmittecmcn.
The National Democrat tic Committee
men are mostly all here tonight and
the Arlington lobby is filed with lead
ing Democrats from all over the Cl,n-
try. The meeting tomorrow will decide
the location OF the convention. but there
Is nothing To show now the final deci-
SION. The New York delegation is ap-
parenlly much in earnest but the Con-
W. l,s.,s
AicSfianies. foH the fate OF Seymour and
Ilair, nominated in New York i'm lSGS
sun furnishes cheerlcss rcminisccncc
for party men.
Ihe politica! fortunes of Horace Grecly
anu Winfield $. Hancock both nomi-
mated at Cincinnati does not inspire The
skepticai Democrat TO lnger OH the
banks of the Ohio this year, but 81
Louis. with 1ildcn in 1876 and Clcve-
lnnd, IN lSSS, is equally as forhidding.
but ChithSo is also on hand and points
with pride To her record of Cleveland in
1881. ana again in 1892. but it must be
admitted that there are some members
of the committee who do not care To
have Chicago repeat her former :eats
If ii must necessarily mean MIR Clnyp-
land again: they. would rather take
chances on some other candidate and i'm
another city.
The subject of the next Democrats
candidate. of course. meets with mere
men generally are shy ABOUT talking on
the subject. rs they are too polite TO
20 on record so far in advance of the
Convention. II transpircs that MIR. VIII
liam c. Whitney is not accepted as be-
ing unalterably opposed to the nomina-
tion. although even his friends do not
urge him as n candidate
Secretary Of state olney has q host
of friends already. for he Is generally
conceded TO be Il sound Democrat and
an extremely brainy man.
Senator Hill, of course. is men toned
by the New York men. and the Illinois
contingent divide UP we'll between Vice
President Stevenson and William r.
Morrison.
Governor Matthews. of Indin.ia. and
Secretary Carlisle have some followers.
too, who unhestatingly pronounce them
as the most available men for the tick
ct. but everybody don't think so.
Personals n:id General Notes.
The House Is still on the pension an
preparation bill. and as there are vet
n score OF alleged heroes to talk of tho
sacred rights of the soldiers, 1t is likely
that another day bill be consumed.
General Walker, of Virginia, made
his first bow in the arena to-day, when
In few words, he refuted the idea that