The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-06-25
M. A. Y.
Writes of the ST. Louis Convention
and the People Who Were There.

Writes of the ST. Louis Convention
and the People Who Were There.
When this reaches the readers of
The REPUBLICAN the st. Louis
Convention, upon which the eyes of
the world haye been focused the
preceding week, will haye become
thing of the past. 1t will also
have entered into history as the
most notable one ever held. The
dramatic incident of the retirement
Of the silver delegates from the hall
is without a parallel. The insertion
of the word "gold standard" in the
platform is without a precedent.
1t marks a distinct era in nation
al events and nothing has occurred
since the fateful COS to equal it in
its far reaching and unlocked for
influences. What the end will be,
no man can foresee, possibly the
disrupting of the two great political
parties and the formation of a new
one out of the ruins of the old on
new geographical lines.
To those who saw that mighty sea
of 5000 upturned faces June 16,
II and 18th, forgetfulness will not
soon come. 1t was a picture to
linger long and to grow with the
lingering. With its thousands of
palm leaf fans and pampas plumeo
nodding and waving it reminded
one Of mighty field of ripened
grain, ready for the reaper.
Senator Foraker was the centre
of attraction and seemed to arouse
more spontaneous enthusiasm than
any Of the other great lights of the
Republican party. He is the COM
ing man. Without Foraker's infu-
ence Mckinley could never have
gotten the nomination. lie is far
more popular in his own State than
Mckinley and was the real choice
of the Ohio delegation, but Hanna
said "No", and what Hanna said
had to ego" Foraker is very
fine looking man with a clear cut,
cultivated face, covered with a bland
smile and crowned with a halo of
silvery hair. lie, with that Jolly,
capital good fellow, w. S. Capeller
and BENEVOLENT looking General
Grosvcnor, formed Ohio's "Three
Graces." Capeller was formerly
chairman Of the Republican state
committee, of Ohio. Was also com
missioner of railways under For
aker's administration Grosyenor's
strong point is figures. If McKin,
ley is elected he will probably be APP
pointed chief of the bureau of sta
tistics or census commissioner.
Gov. Bushnell, Of Ohio, is rosy,
rotund, good tempered looking man.
lie does not look as though he
could ever find 1t in his heart to
sign anybody's death warrant. Ohio
was very much in evidence. In
fact it was really an Ohio conyen-
ton with a few people from outside
states allowed to come in on prom
Use of good behavior.
Teller & Co. did not behave well
and they were sent home without a
sup of party pap. ''Honors were
easy between Platt and Depew.
Each one received ringing rounds
of applause whenever they "bobbed
up serenely.' Platt is tall and
rather spare with cunning secre-
tive look and big head brim full
of brains. Depew has a plump fig
ure, fine face and well groomed
air. He has a pair Of steel gray
eyes that flash with the clear keen
radiance OF Damascus blades and
drive home his arrowy sentences
with the stab of stilletos while q
charming smile plays over his fea-
lures and helps to pluck out the
sting of words which might wound.
He is president of the greatest rail
road in the United States and very
rich man. Quay is the political
sphinx. His strong Romanesque
face expresses much, but gives away
nothing.
| Was introduced to Frank G..
Carpenter, the brilliant journalist
and lecturer on China and Japan.
lie claims to be the ugliest newspa-
per man in America. | don't feel
inclined to dispute his professions
though | think many handsomer
men might be willing to swap faces
with him for the sake of his facile
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