St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-04-12

Dental candidate. but he is not a can
didate who smiles. He seems to sit
and brood. He reminds you of Cassius,
though he has not the lean and hungry
look of Shakespeare's thinker. He is,
however, plotter, end he is one Of
the strongest of our political man
ayers. His name is Matthew Stanley
Quay. He is the man who carries
Pennsylvania in his pocket, and who
has been chosen by that state as it's
candidate for the presidency. Quay is
natural fighter. He would rather
fight than eat. When he was in the
army, you remember, he was sick, and
he insisted on going to the battlefield.
The surgeons and his superiors told
him he was fool for making the at
tempt, and he replied: 81 would rather
die fool than live a coward" Quay
is now In his prime. He is tall, we'll
rounded and healthy-looking. He keeps
himself in trim by taking fishing ex-
cursions. His chief exercise at Wash
ington is in political work He goes
but little in society. You never see
him about the hotels, and there is moth
ing Of the ail-fellow-well-met about
his character. Still, am told he is a
man Of more than ordinary culture. He
is we'll educated, has literary tastes,
and his house at Beaver, Pa, is packed
with books.
On the other side Of the senate cham
Der there Is a Democratic candidate
who is much like Quay in character.
This is David B. Hill. Look at him
as he sits there, with one hand in his
pockets, leaning back in his chair, with
his glasses on his eyes. Note how his
jaws are fastened together! They are
as tight as a sprung rat trap. See the
determination in his countenance. How
he grips the arms of his chair with his
hands. He is evidently planning out
some political scheme, and you can al
most see the ligth darting out of his
eyes from under his heavy brows as he
sits there, like a sphinx, and thinks,
and thinks and thinks. AS you look at
him now he seems to be almost statu-
esque. You would hardly imagine he
had life. Stir him up, however, and
you will see. He is a natural fighter.
He goes about with chip on his
at the drop Of hat.
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What queer-looking man Hill is.
His head is as bald as the top of
new drum head; and quite as white. A
heavy black mustache covers his
mouth, and at the lower edge Of his
forehead there are heavy dark eye
broWs. Now he looks up at the gallery.
How sharp his eyes arel They seem
to look right through you, and it is
said that Hill can tell a man at a
glance. How aggressive they are, and
how full Of determination! The soul
back of those eyes has faith in itself
and depends on itself. Hill confides in
no one. He has many acquaintance,
tut few friends. His soul is wrapped
up In his ambitions. He plots his own
campaigns and uses other men to car
ry them out. He is one of the hardest
Of workers and still he has neither
wife nor family to work for He has
never married, and he keeps bache-
lor's hall here in a big house on La
fayette square, out Of the window of
which he can look at the White house
and have the goal of his ambitions
before him while he plots how he may
reach 1t. Senator Hill keeps himself in
prime condition. He is simple In his
tastes, eating little and drinking less
He is said to be good boxer, and he
knows the use Of the pulley weights,
punching bags and dumb bells quite
as we'll as does Secretary Olney. He is
careful worker, and he knows how to
economize his labor. There comes a
page with his mail. The letters are
laid down on the desk before him.
Note how he opens them! He sticks
his finger under the flap Of each en-
velope and tears it apart He takes
out the letter within and unfolds it
deliberately, reading it while he still
keeps the envelope in his hand. Then
refolding the letter he puts the en-
velope and the letter together, and
with one tear rends them in two and
throws the pieces into the scrap basket
There Is not one waste motion, and if
we are to Judge by his actions a
large part Of his mail goes unanswered,
for Of the ten letters brought to him in
this mail, eight have been thus read
and consigned to the waste basket.