The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-11-21
and men OF affairs and the important DO


ltical endeavor, of intrigue, ambition and
ideals, u the tales they could narrate of
disappointed hopes, of baffled plans of sue
cessful cOups, and of strategic strokes
would make avolume far more interesting
in its political and personal history than
| any that has yet been written.
In one of these rooms, at the first Pea
| body dinner, in 1867, the movement for
| the nomination of Grant received its first
impetus. 1t was in another room that the
candidacy of James G. Blaine received it's
doathblow III the famous ALTERATION OF
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion"
In this hotel have met the men who
mako and unmake presidents and govern
ors and who decide political questions of
the hiEhos. Importance For years It has
heon the rendezvous of politicians from all
| parts of the country, north. SOUTH east
| ana west and the most significant feature
of this phase Of the Fifth Avenues attrac-
tiveness is the fact that it is eagerly sought
by tho men of all parties-namcs of prom
| inonCc too numerous to montion--Dcmo-
I Gratis and PopUlists rs well as Republicans
and Prohibitionists helping to make up
| the throng.
This year Is no exception TO the record
which previous years have made POliti-
clans flock there ms eagerly now rs in the
days gonob by. Enjoying its hospitality dur
ing the campaign were the various men,
| bers of the executive committee of the Re-
! publican national committee who are con-
nCcted with the New York headquarters
General W. VI. Osborne, the committees sec
rotary; Senator Quay, Joseph II. Marley,
| General Powell Clayton, and n. b. Scott.
In its corridors and rooms these gentlemen
meet daily with scores of prominent poll
ticians and the work which was begun at
the headquarters, 1 Madison avenue, in
the morning is completed at the Fifth
Avenue during the hours of the night.
! Other prominent and effective party
workers may also be found there. Located
in commodious quarters in the hotel arc
the state committee, with c. w. Hackott
in charge and Congressman Odcll direct
ing tho executive committee; the county
committee, of which Cornelius Van Colt
is the chairman; the Commercial Travel
ers' league, which has made this its up
town headquarters, and tho organization
which prepared for the parade of over
100000 business men on Oct. 81. All
these committees, with tho prominent mon
identified with them, mako the Fifth Ave
nue. tho busiest political hive in the city,
with the exception of the Republican ma
tional headquarters in tho Metropolitan
building across the way.
| The National Democrats selected the
Fifth Avenue as their temporary head
quarters soon after the Indianapolis con-
vention, and General Palmer and General
| Buckncr were guests of the hotel when
| they came on to New York to attend the
notification ceremonies at the Madison
| Square Garden. During their stay in this
city they received scores of prominent
sound money Democrats at the hotel, and
| daily sessions of the committee were held
in one of the rooms
| 1t was in this hotel that Chairman
JONES' leader of tho Bryan forces, sum
moned tho members Of the national com
mittcc for organization. Mr.. Bryan and
MIR. Sewall were there, together with a
| large number of prominent Democrats
from all over tho country
For years Thomas c. Plntt, the we'll
known leader of tho Republican forces in
| New York state, has had his permanent
city home at this hotel. No figure is so
well known in the hotel corridor as his,
and no guest is so persistently and eagerly
sought as he. His rooms are the scene of
constant conferences, and in them he re
cciyes the incarnation which enables him
to discern the trend Of sentiment through
occord, ,,,;+h ,5i.; ~
porhans .ha ,,,ost go, o,nnt,.
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o., sin,,Ia r"o,| II, tn na,,,tr,. !, Nv" o'1a
toIian IF en- ,,,,,,, ,,1,itinaI i,',,,,.,, an
cinl ma rtnr,,, c,ot E,,irn,+ Pnr,,
,ic,ns and ointment no,,,no.ats ho,o ,,,n.
trcrn L,,t thn stor,, f ,'hnt ,Ia,. '',id ,,T
what thor ala viii NOT bo dir,,I I, Inv hS,
| them. and if cannot bc disclosed Inv the
| dumb and silent walls Ycar after voar
| election returns have been receive, il, Ihis
| historic room. hearing their messa,,e or
| triumph and defeat.
Year after vcpr fpmors mon bovo gath
cred there in social intercourse Int IN
| epumcratc the banuuets and 7rc,tinos thot
| have been held there would Inc tn corni,e
n list of the most i,nnortont g,thnrinrs
| held in the pptyoroIis within tLr last f,,,r
| decades Bopollets If MI sorts-Iiter,,v
clerical. social commercial and noIi+irnl-
have been held in this pnrInr Inthis ronr
! the we'll known citiyrns co7,,nn.iu., +ho
pcphody Educational fund Lnyr mot IN
annual session for ,narv vcars for their
busircss ,nrotings and baunucts Tho
Inst u.p.lin,. y,ls held u rp-;, ,Iavsago. or
rEre,, who attended the FIRST nicotine, o-,l,-
a., Scra.,r william, N Ts,..,., rr,1,.i-c
His rrirf,,ol cn,,,nanio,,s-- I,nhn,r q
Winthrop. Admiral Farraout and others