The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-17

the other man appeared at tho court
house with another which he wanted To
file. Pettigrew, by the days operations
leid thu basis of 4 fortune which, when
he entered the Senate, exceeded q QUAR-
ter Of q million. Practically the whole Whole
Of this sum wes lost during Ills twelve
years In Washington, but since he left
the Senate in 1901 he has, by lucky speccu-
lations, got together second fortune
larger than the first.
Southern Delegates
George T. Beck, son of the long time
Senator from Kentucky, Is ono Of TIC
delegat es-at large sent by wyoming, and
among those from Colorado are extGiov-8
errors rhornas and Adams. The dele
gates at-large from Montana are Sena-i
tors Clark and Gibson. oseph Il. Toole
and Ma or2 NJ Martin Maginnis. Ex- Sena-
tors Cannon and Rawlins are delegates
from y tall, and Nevada Is represented IN
part by Sena tor N eWlands and Idaho by
Senator Dubois willie California, among
others, sends IA ichael L. Tarpey, who has
been attending national conventions for a
score OF years. The chairman Of tho
OREGON delegation Is George Il. Cham.
berlaiti,s The So,itliern-bred5s Governor Of
that State whom Pacific. coast people
would y like to see nominated for vice.
President. + f5sS
There are many well known names
and familiar nj I. faces among the delogates
from the Southern States Delaware!
sends ex-senator Kcnney and tho young
Fcrs8 lizard Salisbury; MARYLAND, sena-
tor German and x-Governor Smith
Virginia, Senators Daniel and Martini
and West Virginia OK Senators Davis and
IS Camden. Eenators Blackburn and Nc
5Creary. and Governor Teclsllam arc8delo-
8gates-nt large ~ from KentucRy Senator
fCRrnlaclS from Tennessee: Senator Tillmnns
and Governor Hayward, from South Caro-
lima; Congressman Maddox, from or
fgia;Ss ;overnor Jennings. J. from s2 lofidn;s
Edward r. Z Russell and 81 Congressman
Richardson, from Alabama. and John s..
Williams, who will probably be tempo
5rnryf chairman OF the converitio from.
mississippi. Senator b Hey, who Is Slated t
for permanent chairman, captains lAt the
Texas delegate Perhaps none Of this.
group will exert greater Influence on tho
affairs Of tho convention than German,
Davis and 4dcCreary sT
Will History Repeat Itself?
Senator G orman has been in politics
almost all his life. for, as a growing lad,
The was al age in the body Of which lc
Is now a member and later served as
Its postmns ter. His career as n mem
Der Of 4 lie y Senate began In 1881, and
having been out for four years througl,sa
Temporary overthrow In his State. he
II &nowsin the second year@cf his fourth
term Ho rs IAN atlroit mana ger Of men,,
and from the flrstyilas been one Of the
real i; II mot slnoWy, leade of the Senate.
He has also played 70 = eadiig part in
every National II campo Ign Of his party
during the last twenty years. and 8toS his
efforts n In 1854. more than those Of any
other man, was due the first lection Of
4 CLEVELAND. I That he has not beenjt for a.
dozen years an avowed candidate for the
prcsid ency$ has been due ito his habitual9
caution, and to the fear that his career
would be- finished II he made open
and unsuccessful bid for the $ncmina ton
lie coveted the honor in 4 S92, a nd only
an eleventh N orr conference with Viii
liam G. .fIVhitney, who was in charge Of
HCleveland's interests in the convention
OF that year, prompted him to forbid his
friends from pressing his name. The
conference ended thus: II IA 81.
'JVhitney,'' said German, tell me as
man and IA friend how certain YOU feel
that %outwi win. In your effort to lnomi-s
nate CT eyeland ~ ~ "A IL
CAS- certain was the reply, q" a $ u am
that the sun will rise In the morning.
Il The following day German announced
that his name must not be presented
much to the disgust OF his friends, who
nhad expended several hundr & o lars for
German badges. ~ hen I'll "a ss over the.
Maryland Senat tor tllrne ca q lpcde
Whitney mana ge II cal 1pai Ign.
He IS still as cautious as OF ofFSsyore, and