New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-20

other he will never be Senator again from Tnois'
| Lncoln's prophecy came wholly true. Douglas
beat him for the Senate but he never attained the
PRESIDENCY There was an analogy In Roosevelt's
case according TO Republican leader who
prophesed that If he wrote an acceptance Roose-
welt would never become President: If declining he
would not again be Governor OF New-York
COOL WEATHER CONTINUEs-It holds as
cool April still; blankets night are the rule
one man appeared in Kentucky homespun He did
we'll during the noon hours. but as the shades of
afternoon descended he chilled. wavered and then
changed his clothes People wore asking him Idle
and invdious questions, however. ard It looked as
though he retreated under fire
CLUBS UNIFORM.-The Blaine Club of Gin
cinnati, one hundred strong. is one Of the most
handsomely uniformed organizations at the Con-
vention. The members wear white silk hats black
cutaway coats. gray vests and gray gloves. and
when they made their first appearance on Monday
forenoon each wore large red flower his button
hole The club is about twenty-five years old
DISGUSTED GERMANS-The California head
quarters at the Colonnade have a delightful smell
The delegates brought nearly half carload Of fruit
East with them, and every visitor is treated
with fine specimens of oranges, lemons peaches
cherries and apricots while California cigars and
California wines likewise "on tap" Eve came
pretty near giving away half of our fruit in Chi
cage. said Mr.. Roberts. of the delegation In
a
singing society on special train We were feeling
good toward every one and in a fit of generosity
we arranged to present the society twenty-five
boxes Of peaches and ten cases of wine when one
Of the Germans, Democrat, leaned out of a car
window and said: Il say, hello! We shust took q
straw vote and dere is more Pryan men as Nc
Kinley men in dis bunch This made me so con-
founded hot that 1 said to him: AN right Dutcbie.
we had some cases of wine ready to send i'm TO Won
but there's wasting good Republican wine
We'll ak Z on dahl
where Democrats as scarce as white blackbirds'
You should have seen the expression on that Dutch
mans face"
MRS. WOODRUFFS ACCIDENT-The BROOKLYN
friends of Mrs. T. l. Woodruff will no doubt be
glad to be assured that the accident to her eve
while in her automobile Sunday was trifng. \
small cinder or piece of glass entered the eye tenn
porary depriving her of the use OF it. This gave
rise to the that the sight was destroyed
The cinder dislodged hour after it made it's
presence felt.
JOHN RAINEs BUYS A HAT.-senator John
Raines has astonished his friends. The Canaan
daIgua man hitherto has always a black
SLOUGH hat. He has blossomed in a broad
brimmed white straw hat, and his friends have to
look at him twice before they recognize him.
SENATOR THURSTON'S WIFE-Senator Thur
ston and his wife at the Stratford Mrs.
Thurston, it viii be remembered the inspra-
ton of the poem beginning Rose dear Rose" writ
ten by the Senator prior to their courship She is
a tall. dark haired young woman. The Nebraska
delegates all say the Senator negects them to
extent that there is a Mrs. Thurston.
RELIC OF FREMONT'S TIME.-One of the
transparencies in the parade on Monday night
a relic of the Fremont campaign. The Inscriptions
Fremont and Dayton" Free Soil for Free
Men" mo Extension of Slavery and THE Repub-
lcan Ticket"
TEXAN AT INDEPENDENCE HALL.-A
great throng visited independence Hall on Monday.
Nearly thousand visitors signed the register.
while usually there less than a dozen day.
Remote corners of the United States are repre-
scented by some Of the names A tall young Texan
from Eagle Pass with uncovered head, walked into
the where the Declaration signed
gazed around spellbound, and then the tears
rolled down his Drowned cheeks. II can't
help it, said he; damn If 1 can. When
I stand here and look around and see where them
old feers set this country of up In business it
breaks all up. 1 wish there a yeller dog !
somethn' around could kick. SOS to kinder git
rid of the choky feeln I've GOT The Texan looked
long and lovingly the old Liberty Bell, and then
CHANGING at the stairway leading TO the tower, |
eagerly asked the guide: Say, mister is UP at the