The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23


way out. At the entrance the admir-
ing crowd would have forcibly taken |
him off his feet and borne him to his |
carriage had not the swarm of police |
in the vicinity quickly closed in and
rescued him. The populace were wont
to mob "our Chauncey" at these pc
riods OF incoming and outgoing but
on this occasion as he passed through
the throng he was allowed to flee, ac-
companied by a few cheers, for wasn't
there Teddy Just behind?
Now let here be a prediction: Teddy
will not be dead yet il he doesn't
catch typhoid fever from the Philadel-
pha water. or meet with some similar
disaster. He was prophesed as hav-
ing killed himself upon becoming a
member of the cabinet family, but he
lived to go up san Juan Hill. He was
guaranteed dead that time after as
sisting in the round robin" protest in
Cuba, but he became governor of New
York state. He was supposed to have
effectually achieved suicide when he
demanded Payne's resignation, but he
will be vice president of the United
States and even that grave won't hold
him. Keep your eye on Teddy.
erything fond country has pictured.
1t pays to be good and to have noble
thoughts, II for nothing than to bear
a face like that. No picture of brush
or pen can do justice to such nobility
of countenance. Some one in the final
stage of paresis has been the medium
OF circulating a rumor to the effect
that he is growing old. If to be old Is
hn h nf
the June sky then we may all stretch
forth our hands gladly to age. I had
a, good long look from those eyes the
other day as I came face to face with
their owner at the front Of the audi
torium and am prepared to stand by
this statement.
If to be old is to have a skin of deli
cate texture and clear smoothness,
with no lines of care or irritability
| then age is not so bitter but smile
| can make it sweet. If to be old is to
have a splendid erectness of figure,
ringing sonorous voice which pene-
| trated the deepest, noisiest corner of
great building, to have a fineness OF
| courtesy unlike almost anything in the
| world, to have time to be gracious and
| pleasant and gentle in this modern
day hurry, then perhaps DR.. Depew
| is old and we are all ridiculously
young and crude. To be sure the
SHOWS that melt not are gathering on
his head, but look at that face. Age
II thou be this we welcome thee!
| Congressman Connell came in for a
| great deal of attention at the national
| convention. His rooms were the head
quarters for not only Lackawanna and
Luzerne counties, but for prominent
guests from all over the country. He
| gave the leaders no little worry at the
beginning with his boom for Charles
Emory Smith, and many of the mos
sagacious now say that If the post
master general had stood firmly to the
project he might have been nominated
Quay kept in close touch with Mr.
Connell and frequently sent for hin
for conferences. His leaning towart
his friend Dolliver endeared him to thu
western people and his friends in th'
lower house, as well as the senate
We're legion. He was the target 70
the camera fiend whenever he appeare,
outside his hotel, and was recognized
as a power in the deliberations of tn
state committee. At the preliminar.
caucus he was called to the chair b.
Mr.. Quay, and on Friday, at the meet
ing of the national committee, he rep
resented Pennsylvania's Representative
in the organization and was Quay
proxy in the voting. Senators and gov
ernors were among those who were t
be found at his rooms, and one of tn
latest visitors who called to pay re
spects was Mayor Ashbridge. MI
Connell had an able assistant at hi
headquarters in the person of Assist
ant Postmaster John Williams, O
Wilkes-Ba
An amusing incident took place o
the last day of the convention. AS tn
congressman from this district was en-
tering the grounds a street fakir threN
into the carriage a handful of small
, green objects, which on inspectio
proved to be the most exact imitatio
OF cucumber pickle. OF course, the
, were labeled Heinz" and were pre-
vided with a ring for suspension upo
q watch chain. Mr.. Connell laughe
heartily as he said: I'VE made theI
! at our button works UP in Scranton
He gave us an order for a million {
them for this convention
The Lackawanna delegation Shove
up prominently in various importaI
lines connected with the convention
! Mr.. Dale made a most pleasing in
I preston on more than the state repr,
sentatives, and Mr.. Warren's abilitit
| received due recognition in the cal
{ cuses and committee deliberations. +
. was mentioned as the best-lookir
man in the Pennsylvania delegatio
Mrs. Warren and Miss Warren accon
panied the major, and were also II
recipients of much pleasing reco'
: milton from distinguished guests at t.
II Stratford.
= Rev. DR.. George Edward Reed, sta
{ librarian, and president of DickinsC
{ college, who was an alternate, came
{ for much attention as one of the han
Il soonest men among the national del
gates.
= Well, to sum up, nobody in the wi
II world should miss a Republican n
> tional convention, if he can possib
: get there. 1t is a sight that you wa
u to see once in your life, and you'll
glad and proud forever after that y,
: are q Republican. If you happen
e be a Democrat, you will probably wa
y to change your politics, just as tho
e billionaire Colorado delegates did sin
Mckinley times set In. But 1t was
a. v------------------