The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-11-07
Me CIeI|an
A Sketch of the Man
\ Who Always Keeps
in the MiddIl


Once a year or two or three ago,
George B. Mcclellan sat at luncheon
in the house restaurant at Washing
ton. says the New York World A
group Of western representatives were
at table near by. They we're eat
ing pie. Mcclellan made a thrilling
remark connecting the pie, The table
knives and the western represents.
tives
Everybody at McClellans table
laughed, for laughter comes easily in
the house restaurant
That afternoon one of the men at
McClellan's table repeated he Nc
Clellan remark 1t comes by easy
stages to the ears Of a young and am
bitious reporter. He made a para
graph about it, and the paragraph was
printed in the young mans paper It
was as innocuous as any other bit Of
congressional persiflege.
Next day the brilliant weightman,
fof the Washington Pest, seized on the
Mcclellan mot and built an editorial
article on ii fun of mock heroics. He
rushed to the defense of the glorious
west, and asked why pampered son
of the efete and decadent east should
dare to criticise these hardy folk and
sturdy people from the boundless
prairies, even II they choose to use
knives when they consumed their pie.
Everybody laughed again and consid-
cred Jhe incident closed--everybody
lbut Mcclellan.
= He sought the seclusion of his com
mittee room and wrote a sonorous
denial to the Post II hasten to de-
.,clare." he said "that ! never gave
y voice to sentiments SO entirely for
eign to my convictions or words to
that effect. Il allow no man to sur
pass me in admiration and respect for
the people Of the great and golden
west Knowing as 60 their stainless
integrity, their loyal Americaaism
their honest qualities of head and
heart, realizing their future and gloriy-
ing 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'
undoubtedly had Mcclellan in mind
Diplomatic, adroit, suave, no word o.
his will be repeated to ears not meant
to hear, no opinion will be placed
where IL viii come back to yex.
Mcclellan" said a New Yorl
< statesman at Washington. whose i'm
! petuosity Of thought and turbulence
A4of speech had often caused him
trouble-"why. Mcclellan could wall
a slack wire from the aluminium tiT
of the Washington monument to tho
N topisnot of tEe Goddess of Liberty or
the dome of the capitol with bushe
baskets on his feet and binders on his
eyes and never skip a step."
, Navlgatois have an axiom that il
is always safe 10 steer miiele course
Mcclellan learned that truth in his
early youth Connected with the
high grade Democrats on one side ant
with Croker on the other he has gone
calmly and placidly down the center
never straying far enough away from
either to get out Of touch II McClel
n Ian plays pool he watches for tho
safety shots. If he plays golf he sci
dom chances the strenuous brassey
in the speculative life, but with two
irons comes safely TO the green
Down the middle" says Mcclellan
down the middle, and watch botl
sides
Democrats in Tammany like him
Democrats out Of Tammany like him
Everybody likes him. He has Learned
the secret Of success in politics. b.
regular and say nothing.
1t isn't the man who gets out Will
the batileax who has ease and com
fort and rewards in politics. It is thl
man who stiles the instinct for car
\ mage and trots steadily down the patl
of peace
Mcclellan is a handsome man
strong aud straight and sturdy wit
face that inspires confidence and be
gets condolences. He has Chi
enough TO make him a fighter ii b
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