The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-04

knives when they consumed their pie
Everybody laughed again and consid-
cred the incident closed-everyb body but
Mcclellan.
He sought the seclusion of his COM
mittee room and wrote d sonorous
denial to the Post. 81 hasten to de-
clare" he said, that 1 never gave
voice to sentiments so entirely foreign
effect Il allow no man to surpass me
in admiration and respect for the peo-
pie of the great and golden west.
Knowing as 1 do their stainless integ-
rlty, their !oVal Americanism, their
honest qualities of head and heart re-
! alizing their future and glorying in
their past, repudiate this libel on
them and me-" and thus and so for
what the printers call a stick or two.
Now, that's Mcclellan. The man who
put together the word "cagey" I'M
doubtedly had Mcclellan in mind
Diplomatic, adroit. suave, no word of
to hear, no opinion will be placed where
1t Will come back to vex.
Mcclellan" said a New York states
man at Washington, whose impetuosity
had often caused him trouble-"why
Mcclellan could walk slack wire from
the aluminium tip of the Washington
monument to the topknot of the Cod
desS of Liberty on the dome of the capi-
tol with bushel baskets on his feet and
binders on his eyes and never skip a
STEP
Navigators have an axiom that it is
always safe to steer a middle course
Mcclellan learned that truth in his
early youth. Connected with the high
grade Democrats on one side and with
Croker on the other. he has gone calm
ly and placidly down the center, never
straying far enough away from either
to get out of touch. If Mcclellan PLAYS
pool he watches for the safety shots.
II he plays golf he seldom chances the
strenuous brassey in the speculative lie.
but with two irons comes safely to the
green.
Down the middle says Mcclellan
down the middle, and watch both
sides.''
Democrats in Tammany like him
Democrats out of Tammany like him.
Everybody likes him. He has learned
the secret of success in politics: Be reg
ular and say nothing
1t isn't the man who gets out with
the battleax who has ease and comfor:
and rewards in politics. 1t is the man
Who stiles the instinct for carnage and
trots steadily down the path of peace
Mcclellan is a handsome man, strong
and straight and sturdy. with face
that inspires confidence and begets con-
fidences. He has chin enough to make
him fighter, if he chose to fight, and
the mouth can compress into stern and
forbidding lines. His nose is good and
straight and his eyes are well apart
and bright. His forehead is broad and
high, and his hair thick and glossy.
His shoulders are wide and square, his
chest round, and he stands firm on
sturdy legs. No better groomed man
ever sat in congress or walked on
Broadway. His coat always fits. His
| tie is always right. His hats are correct
and so are his shoes and his trousers
and all of his apparel. All in all, Nc
| Cleilan is a fine looking young Aneri-
lean citizen.
He is IS years old, the son of General
| George B. Mcclellan. Little Mac" of
| the Army of the Potomac, who ran for
president against Lincoln in 1854. He
was born in Saxony while his parents
were on visit to Europe He gradua-
| ted from Princeton in 1886, worked as
a reporter in New York until 1889 and
| then took his first gift from politics,
when became treasurer of the Brooklyn
| bridge. He held there until 1888 They
made him president of the board of al
| dermen for two years and in 1855 elect
| ed him to congress, where he is yet
In his New York jobs Mcclellan did
what he was told. He had initiativ no
doubt, and has yet. for he had brains,
| but he also has wisdom beyond his
years He was Democrat and belonged
to Tammany. Therefore. he obeyed or
| ders, kept regular and went along
Tammany requires obedience and ex-
poets it, but Tammany grades requests.
It never asked Mcclellan to do any