Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-03-23
A scRApEo ACQUAINTANCE;

The Iud.aDian. the sweet Old Gentleman
and n Great Surprise.
On the New York Ceutral's Chicago
limited train, q short distance from
Buffalo, three weeks before the election,
healthy looking man, the cut Of whose
jib postered him an Indisnisn, dropped
into seat opposite sweet old gsntle-
man whose face was o oomposits photo
graph of Coils Pacific Hunsingtm and
Brent Good.
"Fine weather" wss his spitsal Oh
servation rs he shifted his Qudd
The sweet old gentleman, Just turn
ing go, replied courteously
Very fine indeed, mnch cooler than
last week and no dust"
Things are gettin pretty bot though,
in politics and will be hotter and hot
ter" said the stranger meditatively
and encouragingly,
Yes, the campaign is an unusually
warm one" was the reply.
"I can generally size mans politics
up by loolsin at him, but you've sorter
got me. Look like Republican
"No, I'm not Republican.
Palmer and Buckner manr"
"No."
"Goshi Never would have taken You
for Bryanite. What do you think of
the prospects? hear this fellow Gage,
this banker in Chicago, is raisin HI
with the silver question think he's
maxim fool os himself. Don't your
whats he doing now?"
well, you know, and everybody else
knows, that Gage is for silver in his
heart, but he's got somethin up his
sleeve against the party. You know he's
| redhot Democrat-the redhottest in
the west-nnd he's tryin to hurt Bryan
and Sewall all he car"
Indeed"
"Sure as sit here. He even denies
over his own signature that he helped
| Coin Harvey write that book Of his,
The Financial School. He says the ar
guments in that book are not his and
throws the whole burden ON Harvey.
He says the arguments are fallacious!
What do you think of thatr don't like
Gage. He's big, rich and all that, but
he amt square in his politics. He DOM
know where he's at. l believe he's an
Altgeld man through and through"
What makes You believe that"
"He said one night that Altgeld had
given Illinois the cleanest and most
economical administration ever known
in the history of the state"
"Does that make him an Altgeld
MANI
Powerful nigh il. And, another
thing, Gage headed "a lot of prominent
business men to go to Springfield and
call ON Altgeld to congratulate him.
Gage did the tall,in. lie said to Alt.
geld: Governor, if you would only shut
your mouth, we would stand by you.
You are all right until you begin talk.
in, when your words are as firebrands.
If you would only keep quiet, we woult
be satisfied and would support you fol
reelection Yes, Stree; that's wha
Gage said to him. What do you thinl
Of that"
"Pretty plain talk, should say, to {
governor-to any governor. But Alt
geld hasn't shut up"
than be governor. Know this fellow
Gage?"
very we'll"
What do you think of him?"
Like him about as well as any mar
know in Chicago"
| "What might be your name?"
Gage is my name-Lyman j. Gage.
"Gagel Gagel Well, I'll>be burned
lf''-
Buffalo," called out the brakeman
as the train stopped.
| II get off here Mr.. Gage. Hope
haven't hurt your feelin's," stammeret
the Indianian excitedly as he bolted TO
the door. But he did not get off. H,
sneaked into another car and remained
there till the train pulled into Chicago
New York Press.