New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-16
CHAT ABOUT PROMINENT MEN.

A tall well-buit smooh-faced young man re-
clined in the corridor of the Imperial Hotel on an
easy couch Saturday afternoon and chatted with
number Of Ohio politicians. The young man would be
picked almost any place for his strong face and
rugged personality He seemed toknow everybody and
everybody called him Scott" The young man was
Scott X. Hayes. of Cleveland. the youngest son OF
the late Rutherford b. Hayes. ex-President OF
the United States. Mr. Hayes. who Is In the cleo
trio business in Cleveland. Is here looking AFTER MS
business affairs. He did not start In to make
way in the world for himself upon the fame OF his
fathers name He began as an electrician al Tue
shoos with an apron His affairs have pros
napppd and he now has "A large business In ONO.
lie was talking about politics. and some one saa.
lesilnsy; w y his answer Then he added
!nglv as he looked at Republican VINO Dear W. the
tag OF the Platt-Lauterbach communion, y"
ever heard OF an Ohio man VINO WASH III p o''e.cT'
and NTH that he turned around ana marcheo o'i
James r. Hoyt. who IS known as the Chauncey
n D.n,w Of the Western reserve. was at the Hoi-
land House Saturday Mr. Hoyt was strong can
dldate for the nomination for Governor on the ~"
nubcan ticket last year In ONO. he is Il Sinai
man but he Is wiry and alert He went INTO inc
v,resviIIe Convention with a solid delegation that
ran no into the two hundred mark NOT uh,li II was
moved 10 make the nomination OF Bushnell unah-
nous did Mr. Hoy s delegation leave him. As all
ohio men. he Is booming Mckinley and was IN
consultation yesterday with various po,Htlcrldi,'
about the city lie sag mar binsnS that unless
Morton nailed down his delegates some OF mem III
might be found on the Mckinney oreas'"o'N' 81"
81. Louis
"If william c. p breckenridge Is not returned 10
Congress from his old district. said DR. T. T. oweh'
Of Mavsville Ky. at the Imperial Hotel YESTERDAY
then I DO not care TO pose longer as prophet
preckinridge is making n strong fight in the state
70 REGAIN his lost popularity and he is doing IT, DO
vou know that he has not lost case, mean muir
der case, for that is the only knd that counts ~
Kentucky for two years? In every instance ne mas
succeeded in getting his man cleared. ana that ~
A strong plea In a mans favor in Kentucky To
show YOU what a strong fight Breckenridge is max
ing the way In which he had a client acquitted Is
pertinent His client had been struck In the eye by
a man. and after being struck. he had turned anu
blown out his assailant's brains II was 10 ciear
this man that Breckenridge was called IN lie rnaoe
a pathetic plea ending with story about a Swiss
mother. Her child born away down In tho
fastness OF a canyon where the sun never shone.
They unable to tell whether the child was
blind or able to Some one suggested that tho
mother take the child up to the top of a mountain
and decide as to its eyes. The mother started of
and trudged YEARLY to the summit When she got
MAS no CLEAN in them 1t said simply: Take me
higher, mother This showed the mother that the
child was blind and In desperation she clasped 1t
in her arms and leaped over a precpice. This tragic
recital was followed by the plea that having been
been blinded and was no to blame than the
mother who eapcd over the rugged side Of the noun
tain and killed. He succeeded In getting his
client acquitted"
This story about Brecknridges gaining popular
iy by having murderers acquitted Is equalled by
Charles Anderson the colored orator. who is work.
ing for Morton Anderson is familiar figure at
the Fifth Avs Hotel and he tells great tales
about his recen: excursion into Alabama looking for
Morton delegates The in Illustration took
place In Louisiana. William Pitt Kellogg. ex-Gov-
error and ex-senator OF that State. trying 10
dominate the convention and have his delegates
named The convention largely composed OF
colored mer. There a coiored lawyer and po
litcal leader in the district named Vance who
opposing Mr. Kellogg and his friends. 1t nip
and tuck until the convention met. While the coz
news reached the convention hall that Vance had
Just succeeded In having colored man acquitted
a charge of killing white man After that"
said Anderson. wild horses could not hold that
convention. Vance tucked II up In his waistcoat
pocket and walked off. There was no mistake after
ing the delegation to st. Louis"
Thomas G. Nickel. OF Chillicothe. Ohio. at
the Imperial Hotel Saturday Mr.. McKell is one
of the wealthiest men In the Scoto Valley. He has
large coal and mining interests in West Virginia.
Mr. McKe Is not working for Mckinley with any
great gusto. He said yesterday that he thought
business was improving In the West. and that this
TO elect President next time. He added that
Mckinley was great favorte all over the courS
try. but that he was not In politics himself anu
was booming no