4
Bra
WIS
PROMINENT MEN OF BOTH PARTIES WHO BIT THB DUST
OF DISAPPOINTMENT, AND JOKE . WHO ARE -SWILL HOPIN&
VV sJ - I OF FZSSZZZA N,. -
At rW fcvi - .vr ;',j.-f-v:1 1
I JT L U
?; r :Kii L5- ft!
; i i ! j fv sh, ' , 1,71
PRESIDJ3NTIAU lishtnlnp rls
never wore struck are stored In
attics of quite a few men of
preaent who loom large in the public
from time to time.'
A complete list of the ambitious who
once had such rods up and all ready for
business would assume rather formidable
proportions. It would Include the names
of such well-known figures as Senator
Shelby M. Cullom, for several Republican
National Convention the "favorite son"
of Illinois; Adlal R Stevenson, of the
same state, once Vice-President of the
United States, and eight years later' an
unsuccessful candidate for the same po
sition; former Secretary of State Richard
OIney, who ran up his lightning attractor
while he held that portfolio, and who
polled 39 votes at the last , Democratic
National Convention; the present Secre
tary of State, who beean tempting the
lightning while he was President Roose
velt's Secretary of War; Senator Henry
M. Teller, of Colorado, who longed for
a nomination from two parties; John
G. Carlisle and Ieslle M. Shaw, both
former heads of the National Treasury:
the venerable William B. Allison, of Iowa;
Horace Boies, the only Democratic Gov
ernor of that state since the Republican
party was otanUed. and various other
former State Executives, among them
David Bennett Hill.
Governors AYlio Have Tempted
the Lightning.
DAVID BENNBTT HlIiT. became Gov
ernor of New York when Mr. Cleve
land was Inaugurated President for the
first time. He had. not been very long In
the executive chair of the Umpire State
before he ran up his own Presidential
lightning rod. Officially, It was not taken
down -until in Aucust of last Presidential
year, when Its owner, to put a quietus on
the campaign tale that Farker. if elected,
would name Hill as his Secretary of State,
announced his purpose to retire from poll
tics until January 1 following.
Well-posted Democratic politicians have
said that Mr. Hill, as late as 1902. still
had hopes of beiwt nominated by his
party, and In the Democratic Guberna
torial conventions and campaign of that
yrar. which he directed; laid his lines ac
cordingly. But between that date and
some time before the assembling of the
1904 convention In St. Louis, Mr. Hill be
came convinced that he would never be
called on to head a f residvnual ticket,
and so gave his support to Parker, whom
he had placed on the bench of the state's
highest court.
Former United States Senator Edward
Murphy. Jr., of New York, one of Hill's
closest friends for many years, said short
ly altar the sx-Govsrnor mads announce
rl M M- V I f3 kl M II Ef HH fci
X ;;ih ; vj
i " I puny 26. It was around Pattison that I
i m - i as
ment of his Impending political retire
ment: "Mr. Hill is a greatly changed man.
Some people have told me that Mr. Hill at
61 could not change the mentality of a
lifetime. I disagree with them entirely.
Mr. Hill has changed from the moment
that he became convinced that he could
never be nominated for President by hi
party."
Hill's hopes of being his party's stand
ard-bearer were strongest, perhaps, when
the party was getting ready to select such
a one in S92. It had been charged against
him time and again by his party enemies
that at that time, by his "snap" state
convention, he tried to force his candi
dacy on the party. The New York dele
gation went to Chicago pledged to him;
Tammany was there shouting for him un
der the personal direction of Richard
CYoker; Governor Flower, of New York,
Mr. Hill's successor as head of the state,
was among the cohort of supporters,
Until Just a few days before the balloting
began the Hill movement gave the Cleve
land boomers much concern. Then the
drift to Cleveland set in, and Hill. In
stead of receiving the 320 votes accredited
to him by his boomers, mustered only 114
on the only ballot taken. At that time he
received the second largest number of
votes. Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa.
coming third with 103. Cleveland got j
617 1-3 votes. The great cry of the mil
boomers at this convention was that
Cleveland could not carry his own state.
How falsely they prophesied the ballots
cast In November showed.
It was at this convention that the name ,
of Horace Boies, who got only one vote
less than Hill, first came before a Demo
cratic National Convention for considera
tion.
Two years before he had been elected
Governor In the rock-ribbed Republican
state of Iowa the only Democrat who
has held this pest since the Republican
party was ori&nized. Naturally, this
remarkable victory gave Boles national
prominence. Democratic papers and po
liticians began to mention him as probable
Presidential timber, and it was not long
after that before the Governor ran up
his own Presidential rod. William J.
Bryan, then Congressman from Nebraska,
both before and at the convention, was
an ardent supporter of the Iowan, whose
strength surprised many of the political
wiseacres.
Boies did not give up hope of being
his party's candidate until after Bryan
was nominated for the first time. At
that dramatic convention Boles at one
time stood second in the balloting. He
was In his 69th year when he was an
avowed candidate for the last time; and
he took -down his rod shortly after, not
because he had been weaned of his am
bition to be President, but because he
realized that his age was against him.
The Presidential aspirations of the late
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND,
Robert E.- Pattison, twice Democratic
Governor of another Republican strong
hold Pennsylvania also reached their
climax at his party's convention of 1896.
On the first ballot Pattison, the favorite
son of the Keystone delegation, stood
next to Bland and Bryan. On the fifth
and deciding ballot Pattison still had his
95 votes, while Boies' 86 had shrunk to
a puny 26. It was around Pattison that
the stanch "gold" delegates rallied.
When Pattison was elected governor
of Pennslyvania in 1S82, by a plurality
of 0.000, he became the first Democrat
to hold that office in 30 years. At the
time he was only 32, an age which kept
him from running up a Presidential rod
just then, with the assistance of his
friends. But after his second guberna
torial victory, which came in 191, Pat
tison's Presidential lightning attractor
was put up and only lowered when his
death occurred four years ago.
David R. Francis, of St. Louis, who
started his career toward millionairedom
l clerk in . a commission house, of
which he afterwards became part owner.
Is another Democratic ex-governor who
has owned a Presidential rod, but in his
case, as In that of Judge George Gray, of
Delaware, it was presented to and erected
for him by his friends. His career as
mayor of St. Louis and governor of Mis
souri has made the name of David R.
Francls fairly well known throughout the
country when Its owner was called to
President Cleveland's cabinet as successor
to Hoke Smith in the Department of
Interior. His next nationally important
job was that of bossing the building of
the record-breaking Lousisana Purchase
Exposition, and it was while he was up to
his ears in the details of this stupendous
task in 1903 that a big Eastern paper an
nounced his candidacy for the Presidency
the following year. Before -Mr. Francis
put a damper on the enthusiasm of po
litical friends by declaring that he felt
he had pledged his time and energy to
the exposition, his availability had been
pretty widely discussed by politicians of
both great parties.
Joseph Benton Foraker, senior Senator
from Ohio, has numbered a Presidential
lightning rod among his possessions since
the middle of the 80 s, when he was serv
ing his second term as Republican ex
ecutive of the Buckeye state. -His Ohio
enemies have never grown weary of
charging that he secretly nourished high
hopes that the convention of 1SS8 would
swing to him from John Sherman, as the
convention held eight years before, has
sensationally stampeded from Sherman,
Grant and Blaine to Garfield. However
that may be. Governor Foraker. after the
fifth ballot had been taken and the con
vention had adjourned, with Sherman
still in the lead, announced that Sherman
was "no longer a Presidential possibility
so far as this convention is concerned.
From that day to this Foraker has been
credited with being a Presidential i
pirant.
;Fol!owdng his re-election m 1900 as
governor of Iowa, Leslie M. Shaw
frankly let his friends know that he
would be & Presidential candidate four
years hence. But early In 1902 he be
came Secretary of the Treasury
President Roosevelt's Cabinet, and
Mr. Rosevelt was an open candidate
for the office. Mr. Shaw gracefully re
tired for the time being.
He was In the field again, however
in November of 1904. immediately fol
lowing President Roosevelt's state
ment that he would not be a Preslden
tlal candidate again; and In the field
he remained until a few months ago.
Then Mr. Shaw, who has always been
credited with sight sufficiently keen
to see a stone wait dead ahead of him
self, once more retired. Today he Is
simply a passive candidate.
As an active candidate he was re
freshingly frank regarding his ambi
tion." Last year, when he resigned the
Treasury portfolio in order to head a
New York trust company, he told the
HG RODS
mxr
I-
H
newspaper men that as candidate he
would be as easy to locate In the me
tropolis as in the National Capital.
"Neither Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Gar
field. Blaine. Roosevelt nor Bryan was
nominated because of the state he rep
resented." said Mr.- Shaw, when asked
what effect his going to the city of
"the money power" would have on his
candidacy, "and some of them have se
cured the prize notwithstanding- loca
tion." Next November 'Mr. Shaw will be 60
years old, not too old. according to nu
merous precedents, to be an active can
didate for President four or eight years
hence. Whether he has put away his
lightning rod for good, remains to be
seen, though some of his Iowa friends
are of the opinion that he will never
again be an avowed candidate for the
great honor.
As Presidential candidates go, Mr.
Shaw's career In politics has been ex
ceedingly brief. He did not make a
campaign speech or take an active In
terest In politics until the third Cleve
land campaign, when he was moved to
answer the next day a Democratic ar
gument he had listened to the day be
fore. His advocacy of sound money in
the first Mc.Klnley campaign brought
him wide prominence in his state, and
resulted in his nomination for Gover
nor in 1
Senatorial Possessors of Iiight-ning-Rods.
"HROUGH most of the '80s, and even
35V4- votes in the Republican conven
tion of that year, another Iowa man,
the now venerable Senator William B.
Allison, was a . receptive Presidential
candidate. Only when age put him out
of the running did he cease to have his
name mentioned both before and at his
party's conventions, .
Allison's candidacy reached its apogee
at the Chicago convention of 1888, when
he stood fifth in the balloting up t
the eighth and deciding ballot. His
friends say that the keenest disap
pointment of his life has been the re
fusal of his party to make him standard-bearer,
which he thought he had
excellent chances of becoming in 1888.
But unlike David B. Hill, the distin
guished Iowan has not changed notice
ably to his Intimates because of this
disappointment, and he has been heard
to refer jokingly to the years when he
prayed fervently that the Presidential
lightning would strike him.
Senator Allison's vigorous young col
league from Wisconsin, Robert M. La
Follette, of course, has a good-sized
Presidential rod up; Presidential ambi
tions have been known to be his since
hie second election as Governor of Wis
consin, in 1903. Senator Shelby M.
Cullom was for years Illinois' "favor
ite son." Senator Henry M. Teller, of
Colorado, after he walked out of the
1896 Republican convention, when that
body declared - in favor of the gold
standard, expected to secure the Silver
Republican Presidential nomination,
and it was a bitter disappointment to
him when Bryan got the coveted honor.
Though he was still a Republican of
the silver variety when the Democratic
National Convention of 1896 met in
July,. Mr. Teller, on the first ballot
taken by It, received eight votes, a cu
rious sort of political distinction, due
to his advocacy- of the cause of silver,
which, as every American knows, was
enthusiStically championed by the
Democratic convention.
Years before the silver question be
came paramount. Mr. Teller, when he
was President Arthur's Secretary of
Interior, ran up a Presidential rod for
the first time. Until he walked out of
the Republican convention In 1896 he
did not cease to hope that some day
that party would call him as leader.
Among members of the upper branch of
Congress who now have or nave had
presidential rods up. Senator John TV.
Daniel, of Virginia, is rather a recent
comer. Thomas F. Kyan, of New York
and Virginia, has been charged with In
stigating the Daniel talk with the ulterior
motive of succeeding to Mr. Daniel's seat
In the Senate. However that may be,
the Senator doubtless would not duck
should he spy the lightning descending
his way.
He is recognized by both parties in
the Senate as one of the most astute
southern statemen In harness today. He
has been one of Virginia's Senators since
1S87: three years before he was sent to
Congress for the first time as a Repre
sentative. With the features and locks
of an old-time tragedian, a cigar always
held In his mouth, and a slight limp, due
to the loss of a leg at the Battle of the
Wilderness, bis is a familiar figure about
Washington. At home, when he is cam
pahming. he adds to his plcturesqueness
by moving about with the assistance of
crutches, a strong reminder to his con
stituents that he was one of the stalwart
defenders of the Confederacy. He will be
66 next September, but his appearance
MAY 24, I90S.
iRo e LJw.Ai A.. IPSE: iwbn
J a :. t .. -.-sir.
5 : 1 t'
suggests a mucn younger age to the ordi
nary onlooker.
Though his life has been a busy one.
what with looking after his legal and
political Interests, the Senator has found
time to write two standard law text
books. "Daniel on Attachments" and
"Daniel on Negotiable Instruments." The
latter work resulted from a query put to
him by a client as to whether sight
drafts carried three days of grace. The
Senator had to go to a bank and find out.
Some years later the Senator told this
Incident to a law class before which
he' was lecturing. -When he had fin
ished, one of the students, ' who had
observed that the Senator was absent-minded,
said: -
"Senator, do sight drafts carry three
days of grace?"
The Senator looked the embarrass
ment he felt as he replied: "Upon my
soul, young man, I believe I have for
gotten." When John G. Carlisle went to the
' Senate from Kentucky in 1890 he took
with him his presidential rod, which he
had acquired when he became Speaker
of the lower branch of the National
Legislature. His colleague, while he
wore a toga, was "Joe" Blackburn.
One day the two of them got to talking
about the former's desire to become
President.
"John," said his senior warningly.
"you live 300 yards too far south of
the Ohio River ever to be President
of the United States."
This was sage advice for that day
and generation (as it possibly is for
this, also), and If Carlisle had taken
It he probably would have saved him
self many nights made sleepless by
his ambition. But as a Senator ho
loomed larger as a Democratic possi
bility than he had while Speaker, and
immediately preceding the convention
of 1892 his name was on the Hps of
Democracy as one of Its best possibili
ties. Still, on the only ballot of the
convention he got only 14 votes, while
at the 1884 convention, held while he
was Speaker, his votes numbered 27.
In March of 1893 Carlisle became
President Cleveland's Secretary of the
Treasury. He remained at the head
of this department till his chiefs re
tirement four years later; and all the
time he nourished his Presidential am
bitions. Not until Just before he
moved to New York and established
himself there as a lawyer did he part
company with the dream that had kept
him company for nearly a. decade and
a half. ' . .
Presidential Possibilities
Other Days.
of
CARLISLE'S successor in the Speak
er's chair, the late Thomas B. Reed,
put up his Presidential rod a short
time after he had made himself fa
mous as a parliamentarian and presid
ing: officer, and the knowledge that It
never was struck embittered the clos
ing years of his life.
.As most- followers of. National con
vention history, will remember, . Reed
was one of the leading Republican can
didates in 18&6. He. In fact, was second In
the convention balloting, receiving 844
votes to AlcKinley's 6614.. but before
the . only ballot of the convention
was taken it . was evident to all that
Reed would not secure the coveted
prize, which some of his old friends who
survive believe - he could have carried,
away: at the Minneapolis convention four
years before had he then risen to the op
portunity presented to -him in a - most
unexpected manner.
When the Harrison cohorts and the
Blaine partisans were ail but at each
others' throats on the floor of -the con
vention. Reed, whose struggles with the
Democrats In 'Congress had given him
world-wide fame, slipped on to the, plat
form, at the back to view the conven
tion. The hundreds of excited delegates
and thousands of equally - excited spec
tators caught sight xt him. The Blaine
men lost all thought of . the Harrison
men. the latter left off shaking their
fists, in the faces of the former, and
evory mother's eon of them began an
ovation to the big Maine man that dJd
not die away until many minutes had
passed an ovation that would brook no
checking by chairman or band.
Reed was so overcome by the spon
taneity of the reception that he hardly
could control himself when he was ail
but pushed forward toy the chairman to
give the convention the address It de
manded. And perhaps it was . because
his highly sensitive soul had been so
deeply touched, say these old friends,
that he signally failed to seize hold of
the psychological moment and, by catch
ing the fancy of the crowd with his
speech, secure for himself the plum over
which the Harrison and Blaine men were
wrangling. Garfield secured his nomi
nation by his manner of nominating John
Sherman. That speech clearly rlvlted
the attention caught the fancy of the
delegates; and when they got tired of
voting for Sherman and Grant and
Blaine, they turned with, a whoop to the
man who had impressed them by his
?1
ft
speech and bestowed upon him the high
est honor in their power to give.
Among other great Presidential possi
bilities of other but recent days, Blaine
was the only one whose name was bal-.
loted on at five National conventions in
succession. In 1876 he ran only 33 vqtes
behind Hayes on the deciding ballot.
Until the last ballot of the 1880 conven
tion, when the stampede set in for Garfield,-
Blaine was second only to Grant.
The convention of 1884 nominated him
and he went down to defeat. -When
that of 1888 met he withdrew his name
In favor of Harrison, but four years
later, when Harrison was seeking re
nomlnatlon. it was around Blaine's
name that the President's opponents
rallied. I
n point of years, John Sherman had
his Presidential rod up as long as
Blaine had his, but Sherman's name
was seriously presented to only three
conventions those of 1880. 1884 and
1888. He felt reasonably sure, before
the convention of 1888 met. that at last
he had the' long-desired nomination In
his Trasp. Indeed, on the first ballot
his strength was 229, while Harrison's
was only 80. Until the sixth ballot
Sherman led; on the seventh he fell 47
behind Harrison, who won out on the
following ballot.' Thereafter, Sherman
was a passive candidate. This he re
mained almost to the day that he en
Reviving Individuality
Continued
ness of Arts and Crafts in the "West
But the time Is ripe for the advent of
workers of the true William Morris type. ,
The ' Eugene association has made
much progress, largely through the- In
defatigable efforts of Its president, Allan
Eaton. Mr. Eaton is a man of great
versatility. He owns one of the most
beautiful art stores in the country,: is
interested in politics, being the author
of the University appropriation bill, and
yet finds time personally to oversee the
practical details of Eugene handicrafts.
First a word about this art store. It
has been called by eminent men the
"most beautiful art room in the West."
Mr. Eaton designed and executed the
Interior, being finished entirely in Lane
County woods. All the lights are in
closed in copper lanterns and shades
made and designed by Mr. Eaton. The
"store" Is like a beautiful room, har
monious, individualized.
The commercial element has been suc
cessfully subordinated. By displaying
examples of the best art in America Mr.
Eaton has sought to stimulate the local
Arts and Crafts workers. It has been
hitherto impossible to get such inspira
tion outside of , New Tork or Chicago.
Mr. Eaton has a rare collection of pot
teries, Rookwood, Van Briggle, Gruebyj
Newcome,- Teco, Poillon and the Pew
able "
He . has also the Jarnie lanterns and
candlesticks . of . Chicago, which are
thought to be the finest in America.
The -store contains samples of the best
book bindings of England and America,
also displays of hand-tooled leather,
metal work, and Craftsman jewelry. One
of ' the chief things of interest to
art lovers is the work of Ikka Magai,
who received the highest award at
the Lewis and ..Clark .Fair for Japanese
water . colors. He Is an artist of Na
tional repute in his own country, and
discriminating people have pronounced
his work In the highest degree, talented.
After the close of the Fair Mr. Eaton
invited Magal to his store, where he
spent several weeks, making wonderful
landscapes, flowers, cromos and color
effects. Some of these may be seen at
Miss McKnlght's shop In Portland.
-
In speaking of the art store I cannot
fail to mention a novel idea of Mr.
Baton's known as the children's room.
Here Is a corner devoted especially to the
Interest of children; note the tiny tables
and chairs and book racks. To this cor
ner children at all times have free and
delightful access.
The art store has, indeed, been an in
spiration to Arts and Crafts workers, as
is shown by the number of practical re
sults . gained. Chief among these is Mr.
Eaton's book bindery, where good work
ie being turned out. Here Miss Ruth
Parkhurst, of Boston, served as an ap
prentice, mastering the craft In its prac
tical aspects.- Miss Parkhurst Intends to
enter artistic book binding as a profes
sion In which there is a large Western
field almost untouched. Her work will
undoubtedly be successful.
In addition to the bindery, a decided
urns
tered President McKjnley's Cabinet as
Secretary of State.
His failure to secure Presidential
nomination has been called the saddest
In the history of either party In recent
times. Certain it Is that John Sherman
longed for a nomination above all po
litical honors of this earth, and his
failure to secure It clouded the whole
of his latter life.
Russell A. Alger, who died only a
year or two ago; Arthur Pue Gorman,
for years Senator from Maryland,
Walter Q Gresham, of Indiana, who
was one of the prominent Republican
candidates in 1888, andi later on Demo
cratic Secretary of State under Cleve
land; Thomas F. Bayard, first Ambassa
dor to England, who was a close
second to Hancock, the nominee, on the
first ballot of the Democratic conven
tion of 1880, and also second at the
convention four years later: Richard P.
("Silver Dollar") Bland, of Missouri,
who led Bryan by 16 votes on the first
ballot In 1896 these, also, were some
of the great possibilities of other but
recent days who prayed more or less
earnestly and long for the Presiden
tial lightning to strike them. And
practically all of them went to their
graves grievously disappointed that it
did not.
(Copyright, 1908. by the Associated Lit
erary Press.)
Among Handworkers
From Pag 2.
success has been made of leather work,
basketry, rug weaving, cablnetmaklng,
metal and wood work, and to a certain
extent the weaving of fabrics. There are
strong Indications that the seeds of an
Industrial colony are being sown. Some'
fine work has been done In water-colors
and . miniatures by Mrs. Eaton, who In
many respect is fully as clever a crafts
man as her husband.
In summing up Ithe Arts and Crafts
movement, what rank shall we give It?
Is it merely a reversion to a past state
of culture, by sentimentalists who are
ever ready to bemoan the past, or does it
possess some vital modern spark that
gives it a right to be called progress?
Those who have studied the movement
carefully and with sympathy, are of the
opinion that it represents a much-needed
reform in industrial condi'tions; that if
carefully and with sympathy are of the
I whole man, and lead him to the true
spirit of work and happiness.
Eugene, Or., May 20.
Food in Tamarind Seeds.
Nature Talk.
Tamarind seed are to be reckoned
among the fairly nutritious plant prod
ucts that have been reported to provide
food during periods of famine in India.
The pulp of the fruit is an esteemed
Ingredient of certain condiments. The
kernels of the seeds when freed from the
skin and roasted furnish a not unwhole
some flour suitable for mixing with cer
eals to make small cakes.
Iearnlng the Alphabet.
New York Sun.
One -of your correspondents the other day
Inquired for this alphabet. It was con
tained in a primer which I owned when I
was a very little cJiild and I knew ft by
heart before I was 4 yearn old, helped, of
course, by the illustrations. on for each
Wtr. T remember that although I had a
reasonably correct Idea of the meaning off
most of the wnrdft I had no notion as t
what a icamester or a vintner, or a usurer
might be; they were each about an inch
high and they looked very much alike. It
wa of coume difficult to distinguish pro
fessions within such very narrow limits.
H. S. I
A was an Archer N was a Nobleman
Who shot at a frog. jGallant and bold.
B was a Butcher, fo was an Oyatermsn
Who had a great dog. Who went about town,
s
C. wan a Captain ' IP was a Parson
All covered with lace.' And wore a black gown
p was a Prunkard
And had a red face.
E was an Esquire
With insolent brow.
F was a Farmer
And followed a plow.
O was a Gamester
And he had ill luck.
H was a Hunter
And hunted a buck.
.Q was a Queen
Of highest degree.
R was a Robber
And hung as you see.
S was a Sailor
Who jipent all he got.
T was a Tinker
And mended a pot.
U was a Usurer
IA miserly elf.
I was an Innkeeper ;V wan a Vintner
Who loved a bouse. JWho drank all himself
J was a Joiner wa" a Watchman
And built up a house. Who guarded a door.
K was a King
And he w as but a man.
X was expensive
And so became poor.
Ij was a Lady
And flirted a fan.
T was a Youth
Whodidn't love school.
M wa a Miser
And hoarded up gold.
7. was a Zany
And looked like a fool.