Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-03

not tnen OF age, 10 pass part VI tne
night Of the Cleveland blaine election
mt the Republican National Committee
headquarters at 226 Fifth avenue. Tbe
committee occupied one Of those fash.
ionable old.tine brownstone dwellings
on the west side, between Madison
square and Twenty seventh street, just
n block around the corner from Del
monico's Of that day, the scene Of fa.
nous convivial gatherings of many men
Of national note.
1t rained that night like sin and
Satan" to borrow a phrase from M1.
Lord, 1t began after the close Of the
polls and fell in a torrent up to mid
night. Rubber. .cloaked district tele.
graph boys dripping with water fitted
in and out of the building with mes
ssges supplementary to the private wire
in use. There were no telephones then.
Some of the delivered messages we're
wired from Paterson. n. j.. by william
Walter Phelps. afterward United States
Minister to Austria, and then in the
heat Of battle for reelection to Congress
from the old Fifth New Jersey district.
His messages we're thrilled with conf
Blaine. with Indiana and Connecticut
It was one of the three pivotal States
that year. Mr.. Blaine lost all three.
In the group Of men Of national dis
'lhcuon s"."eteu o.. ."e VI I,' t
known to the present generation, were
william NJ. Evarts, United States SEN
ntOr and former Secretary Of State. the
nck nowledyed leader Of the American
bar; Alonzo u. Cornell, Ex-Governor
Of New York. son Of the founder Of
Cornell University Senator Stephen Il.
Elkins, Of West Virginia John Roach,
the shinvorL ot chester pa md Cen.
eral Steward T., Woodford then
Tinted states attornev for So,tb.rn
Sew Yort jot.r Am.r,can M,nister o.
Nndr,d when rho iinited States declare
war an Sna;n '''' ''e' 'e" %
On an un,.r flor hrstl,r. ,r md
out Of Secretary Fcsssnden's room With
its wire bnsiIv humminv with me.ssves.
wos Tho roln,s, form and HoriJ ca,,n,
tenance ~ Thomas Donsidson ora tor.
raconteur' Woit Whitman ,n.morisiist
ana cbnrte member nf IN. Clever Cinb
of Phiiadeiphia. who had stunned In.
diana md ohi" Tor R,aine II. rss The
father Of IN. present Insurance. Com.
80 p~-, A.
.or"a u"nn noachi sented tan shugiy IN tns
with ex.Governor Cornell nv bis side.
scanned nf hiiIlpfinS hfa ola
tilted on his nose md his bat pushed
bock on h;s hend while chnckie. af sst.
isfactIon spread wrenths over his rotnnd
face. Little did he Vision the ordeal
that fate reserved for him in The an.
proochinp Cleveland ndmin;,t rntion.
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'ro.:
Years after John Roach had passed
beyond the pale OF life's worries one
OF TINS quartet OF steel ships launched
on the Delaware at Chester sent an
echo from far- on seas that entwined
;"ar HI' N.nm - rns, .ne 'Imo h y. ine aHnss am
Ann shots ;,. az ciasr n Ge'tS ~ asnSo ns..so
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t.tt ~. an.nov v ,,,tho,,t pune ~ ~atss asss. anu
''.e 'A' e.'my "''nou' q ~" anoa'.
One OF the never. to: be forgotten
sights OF downtown New YORK on that
stirring election night nearly forty years
S aso was & ens mILi.'tuae L Q. spectStols
hnnSJ tnassso arvIno .L p .ng newspaper ouilesln
ooalas s, IN 'ne rsfk row aisGict un9er
~. 81 ens n;ne,ssl sanVpy ey oL umDes. :Iru Inc
sttII in SaGneeo ra;nad iT~aa W'"s. nlant; Gut II
s"a gu. .t;ii tni"eu' -. EeStrac steet Hgnuns
w.; "y esHi AZ tls annancy, Miy, ous tnS pune.
IN ooaIuS were otiihant under the glare
ta ~ arr nsnts ot .ne pTlmitlye type. Ihe
.e,ssRnone was ent'le!y unknown as a
NJ R"e a. u"u'en sins,NSi nence the cIowos.
Re nve prinGipal morning newspaper
9mses Wn were an grouped oetween the
nroaaWay ENG OF fark row and the up.
PEI ena o, Nassau street.. the Herald
A. az one H. ena ana tne ne sun at the other;
Inc iieraid ana Morid ouiletins could
DO piaihiy reaa from the sidewalk OF
me oid Astor House: In mont Of the
Astor HouSe part OF the crowds even
$1,000 In tue mioole OF the street.
There were no car tracks on Broad.
way then. The street was paved with
smooth cobblestones. It was not until
FIVE or six years later that the CLIQUE
of street railway capital exploiters of
Philadelphia invaded Manhattan with
a cable franchise for Broadway and
Seventh avenue, to the CONSERVATION of
the public, and attended by an explo-
sion of bribery charges and the failing
of doodle aldermen
There will alwavs he q h.,,.s ~,
Rlaina Was connteJ ont =, NJ vL
IN 1854 prt ~. ahtaS dt..,,.S.