The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17
Some Of the Giant Figures
Around Which the Tide
Will Roar.
The BOSS Of TAMM |''I Y
Is a Man Of Small Mouth But
Heavy dGorinan. the
Cautious Marylander.
4 .5v Rufus Rockwell Wilson,
Author Of Washington, the capI.al

Author Of washington, the caytai
city" Etc. Il
There are many veterans OF past cam
paigns and n few newcomers among the
New England delegates to the Demo
cratic National # Conventions John Il
Mitchell, Of Concord. heads the New
i Hampshire delegation, and. Patrick a.
Collins, of Boston, the one from Ntassa-
chusetts. Collins, who was permanent
chairman OF the convention which gave
Cleveland his second nomination, has had
Z an eventful career. When the Marquis
4 Of Ripon visited the Massachusetts, State
capital in the spring OF ISL he sat dowr,
alongside of beardlcss youngster In the
corner Of one Of the leather sofas. The
august Canadian Gorernor-General. en-
tered into conversation with the bright
faced yotngster, who smiled quizzically
as he replied TO the condescending over
lures. His lordsllip somehow got the no.
ton that lie was talking tosa page and
made his impression known in some way,
But I am Senator" the young man
said, with a smile.
''What!" said the marquis, with a
surprise that half dozen exclamation
points would not express.
2. 1T AM a Senator elected by a Boston
district" Collins repeated. Is
Were you born here in the city, too?"
said the marquis.
NO
Where, them GE
'In tho island next to yours, with a
sharp look and a laugh in his eye. The
marquis laughed heartily. too. and he
remembered Patrick a. Colllns's name
and face, and when the two men mot IN
England a few summers later, Collins
had warm welcome from the man who
took him for a page in the State Senate.
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VI Three years before he met the mar
qnis Collins was foreman in a big ups
holstering shop. lIes was then twenty
seour years OF age, and had worked him
self up through the usual grades from
an apprentice. IIe landed In Boston when
only four years old. and lived for n while
4 In Ohio where he got some schooling,
and worked at farming and coal mining.
He was sixteen when VI he returned to
Boston and apprenticed himself to his
trade. Ever thrifty, he had \. S1,10o In
bank when twenty-four years old That
was the time his friends took to elect
him to the Legislature, and he at the
same time matricuated as law student
at Harvard. He served in the House two
years and then. in 1870, promoted ito the
* Senate. he youngest man Who has fl1th-
erto attained that dignity. With the ads
jol1rnment Of the q Senate in 1871 he
kept on making friends and business
from the start Since then he has been a
. member Of Congress Consul General in
NJ London and Mayor Of Boston. ,ig s
John J. Fitzgerald holds first place IN
\ the Rhode island delegation, and that
from Connecticut is marshaled by Homer
US. Cummings.sof Stamford. The politica
@rlse5ofs Cr,nnie gs. who is the law partner
y OF sam Fnssendcn, long the Republican
leader in8the Nutmeg State, has been a
nhcnGcnallS rapid one, IL o w;ss5 one oi
& those Republicans who Mr.. Dooley'' de-
/ clared outnumbercd former Democrats at
the Kansas City convention four years
ago. He was in fact reared a Republic
4 can. but came out for Bryan during the
( latter's first campaign. and quickly at
tracted attention as an eloquent and
forceful speaker. When the Connect
cut State convention was held in 1896
Cummings had been an announced Dem
ocrat for less than a month, yet he Sc
I cured the nomination for secretary of
State and at the election ran ahead OF
1 the ticket. lie has since been Mayor OF
Stamford, and now, though only thirty
four years old, is recognized as one OF
\ the Democratic leaders Of his State.
Hill in Role Of Warwick. nj
David B. Hill is delegate.at- large from
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