The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-19

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! been for years the leader OF the Quay
forces in philadelphia and now that
! Quay is dead he is In n fair way to be-
| como the most potential factor In the
politics or his State. He Is forty-elght
years old and a native OF philadelphia;
took to politics as soon rs he was able
to vote and for years before he held
| public office was Il force In his party
| Mr.. Durham might have been captain
of industry had he so wllled 1t, for tho
| management of men IS his delight. Than
| he no man knows better how TO break
recruits into soldiers, and train raw com
4 pnnies into one cvcn-footed regiment.
| Needless to say he is not a political
! theorst, but one who reads the future
| from the past and believes In facts be-
| cause he deals in them. "YouScan't grow
politicians in a night, Is one Of his ifav-
| orite sayings. Politics is a, business, and
| If YOU are going to dominate politics you
| have got to give up everything else and
| clcave to that only Observance Of this
rule has made him one of the most bril-
liant and successful political leaders of
the day.
Ohio's t-lnrge are Senators
Foraker and Dick, Governor; Herrlck and
George b. Cox, who has long filled the
role of Governor and Senator maker for
his party In that State. Senator Foraker
rs in times past, will BIO chairman of tho
delegation, but 1t is doubtfulif he Will be
called OH to play as dramatic part as
he did III the convention held sixteen
years ago III Chicago, when, save for his
steadfast loyalty to a ohm Sherman, he
and not Harrison would have been made
1.-THE candidate for President. The veteran
Dexter NJ. Ferry. who was III at the
birth OF the Republican party, heads the
Michigan delegation, and among Indiana s
Observation-Disclosures are Senators Fairbanks
and Beveridge and Governor lourbin. Inc
delegate s-at-largo from Illinois arc Sem
ators Cullom and HopA.ns, Governor
Yates and Speaker Cannon, who will be
permanent chairman OF the convention.
Senator Cullom. who heads the delega-
\ tion, belongs to a generation that Is
|lnow passing from the stage, and Is q
walking treasure llss q political re-
I minlscence. E5
one OF the stories OF, other days In
A which he delights tells how when he first
| vls..ed washington, as a newly elected
member Of Congress, he went one day
| to the White House, with which he was
| entirely unfamiliar, hoping to find there
some one that lie knew. After vainly
looking into several rooms, he opened
n door, and to his dlsmay found himself
in the presence Of President Lincoln and
his Cabinet. He was young and green.
and was overwhelmed with confusion; but
the President instantly arose from his
seat at the head OF the Cabinet table,
called the young man by name. shook
his hand and drew him into the room.
Seward" he said. turning to the Secre-
tary of State, edo you remember my
friend So-and-So. who was In the House
from Illinois last season? Well, no was
beaten last fail FOR re-election. and this
is the boy who did IT." Lincoln's hearty
way established cordial relations at
once, and the bashfnl young Congress-
man spent q most delightful half hour.
Senator Culom has grown wiser with
age, and has one word Of advice for
young men: he warns them to keep out
OF politics. FIe had small fortune when
he Went into politics. Now at seventy
fve he has nothing but his salary.
Allison and Dolliver.
Senators Allison and Dolliver and Gov
ernor Cummins are delegates-at-arge
from Iowa Allison. like Cullonl, be-
longs to a past generation. lie has been
more than forty years in the House and
Senate, but only once before has he
attended q national convention as a del
agate. That was In 1850, when young
man Of thlrty-onc, he helped to bring
about. tho nomination of Lincoln. He
has, however, been potential In shaping
the action OF moro than one convention,
and for twenty years has been regarded
rs presidential possibility himself IN
deed, it is the belief of many Of his
friends that If his campaign for the
presidential nomination had been as skill
fully planned and managed by his sup
porters as his campaigns for the Senate
have been by himself, he long ago would
have won tho White House goal. a
serious handicap to his ambition In that
direction has been the earnest desire OF
the people of Iowa that lie should remain
IN tho Senate, where, owing to his long
service and his Craftsmanship OF the Com
mttce on Appropriations. his power over
legislation is probably greater than that
OF any one man In Congress. Senator
Allison hates the word NO and John
| j, ingalls,, OF Kansas, got much credit
for wit once by saying that he was so
| pussy-lke that YOU could never tell
| whether he was coming or going, and
/ that he could 80 from Washington to
| San Francisco on the keys OF q piano
! without touching a note. But this was
| only 1ngalls's way Of declaring that the
| Iowa Senator Is, above all else, dip
| lomat and peacemaker Should there be
| need to pour oil on troubled waters ut
Chicago he will be the man to do It,
There are few men OF mark among tho
delegates from Kansas and Nebraska,
but Governor La Toilette and Senator
Spooner leaders respectively, OF tho con-
testing delegations from Wisconsin. arc
sure to be CONSPICUOUS figures in tho pro-
ceedings of the convention, La Toilette