HWPIF W CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9) 1H92 . - - . i- 1 - I- ...... - - L . ABOUT CANDIDATES. VOU CANNOT TELL WHAT NOMI NATINQ CONVENTIONS WILL DO llurk llor.e. lluv Often Won llw I'rtil tloiillitl I'rlmi Mm f (Irput Wmllli routed This it Nominating Yritr. mid Hero Am IVrtlnrnt I'hcL. (Hpcclnl Currc.iH)iidcncc. Nkw Yoiik, Jan. 7. It muy bo ns well said of prestilctititit conventions iw it Iiiih boon nnid of juries that no one can (in dict accurutoly wlmt thoy will do. With tlio exception of tlio great soldier who luivo boon nominated and whoso sulci tion was Indicated unerringly before the conventions which nominated them met. and with the exception also of two cases whore the renomination of a presi dent has been inevitable, It may bo buid that over since tlio national caucus sys tem was adopted, some sixty years ago, the action of the conventions of nil tlio parties has boon in tlio uaturo of a sur prise It is the uuexpectod which ap pears to bo most likely to happen with national conventions. Nobody, for in stance expected that James K. Folic would bo nominated in 1811. Ho was almost unknown. Martin Van Huron was regarded as tlio certain candidate, and ho did havo in fact a majority in tho convention, but curiously enough, a rulo which he had himsolf devised to secure his nomination in 18J10, which provided that a two-thirds voto must bo secured before any caudidato should Iw declared nominated, prevented his re ceiving tho honor in 181 i. In 1818 it was thought for n timo that General Scott or possibly Uauiol Web Btor would bo chosen by tho party thoy represented, but a single remark by Zachary Taylor, uttered in tho heat of battlo in Mexico, as woll as certain machinations of the politicians, brought him of a sudden to the front and ho cai turod tho prize, leaving such groat men of his party as Scott and Clay and Dan iel Wobstor behind in tho raco for the honor. Perhaps tho most striking caso of sur priso occurred in 185'J. Tho convention of tho Democratic party seemed then un able to agree upon anybody. The strength of all tho leading men in the Democratic party was testod. Tho lit tlo giant of tho west, Stephen A. Doug las, then barely forty years of ago, was unablo to secure the voto of tho conven tion, although ho was immensely popu lar with his party, and in despair tho managers turned to tho little delegation from tho state of Now Hampshire and said to thorn, ''Nanio your man and wo will tako him," and thus it happened that n person so obseuro that most of his party had never heard of him, Frank lin Fierce, tocamo president of tho United Stntcs. in 1870 tho result of tho Republican convention was a surpnsotothocouutry. filaino had run a uoblo race; Morton, Conkling and Bristow wero splendid competitors, and yet tho man who took the prizo was so inconspicuous at the beginning of tho balloting that hisnamo attracted but littlo attention. Tlio nomi nation of General Uarfiold in 1880 and that of Donjamin Harrison in 1888 wero signal illustrations of tho tondoncy oi conventions to do those things which arc surprising. Thurlow Weod used to say that in the race for tho presidency tho dark homo has tho best chance, and ho always felt that William II. Seward would liavo re ceived the nomination for president in 18GU had ho boon as obseuro as Abraham Lincoln was. National conventions have always been afraid of men of great wealth. Washington was tho richest president, as ho was tho first. Tho two Adamses and Madison had u vory smnll property Jefferson was dependent upon his salary, left tho White flotiso in debt and was obliged to borrow money and sell hoiiio of his books to support himself in his old ago. Martin Van Uuren was worth about tfOO.OUU when elected, and he ac cumulated property after ho loft tho presidency William Henry Harrison was so ikkh' that ho was dopeudeut upon his trilling earnings as clerk of a little court in Ohio for his support while tho presidential canvass was progressing, Henry Clay, might luivo earned n largo fortune by practico at the bar, but he was an improvident man. Ho had con tinually to borrow money on notes, and ho was in some pecuniary embarrass ment, it is said, whon he bocanio tho candidate in 1811. General Fiorco had a small property IJuuhrimn an income of some $1,000 and General Scott was absolutely dependent upon his salary as a general in tho United States army whon he was nominated. Lincoln was vory poor. In tho win ter of 1800, homo three months before he was nominated, ho was in Now York city, and ho thoro mot a friend whom he had known in Illinois. Said Lincoln to this friend, "Woll liow are you getting on m worldly goods since you loft Illinois?" Oh. I supposo I'm worth $100,000. was Ins friend's reply 'Well that ought to lw enough to kcop you handsomely tho rest of your life," said' Lincoln. "I haven't done so woll I have $!),000 in money and my house in Springfield, which is worth about $0,000.' Then ho added with a merry twinkle m Ins oyo: "Some of my friends say thoy are going to nominate mo for vice president with Seward for president. Woll, if thoy tlo and I'm elected, I ought to save $10,000, and that with what I've got will be enough for ino, I reckon." Lincoln was then fifty ono years of ago, autl ho hoomed to look forward with content to tho possession of about $20,000 as enough for him in his old ago. His aggregate salary in the fouryears that ho sorved was $100,000, and ho was ablo to savo aUiut $-10,000 of that and counted on saving as much moro during his second term, so that he , thought he would bo worth about $100,. 000 whon ho loft tho presidency, a sum which Im regarded as a very great for tune. Grant had nothing but his salary when he was nominated 'and only eight years before his nomination ho had lieen living on $1,000 a yoar, and two years before that had been Hddllngcord wood In tho streets of St. 'Louis. Mr. Hayes was comparatively well off when ho was nominated, his fortune being estimated at aknit $100,000, and he was tho l wealthiest man, with two exceptions, nominated by elthor party in moro than sixty years, and probably tho wealthiest president elected since General Wash ington, General Garllold was a poor man when iiomiu'ited. Ho owned a houso in Wash ington, but it was mortgaged, and he had somo slight in vestments. Alter his death his property was so woll handled that it wassaid to yield lus widow some riimi- . i ' ';,"' i .' I thing like $50,000. General Grover Cleveland wero each worth about $50,000 whon thoy entered tho White House. Each of them had made fort li mit o real estate investments, which in the course of a fow years increased their wealth. Arthur's fortune at tho time of his death was estimated to be f 150,000, duo almost entirely to appreel ! atiou of real estate which ho owned iu Now York city. Cleveland Is estimated ' now to bo worth about $200,000, while his wife's fortune is considerably more ' than that sum. President Harrison had I n vory small property when ho was nnm iuated, and those who knew his circuiu 1 stances at that time declared that all In i possessions would not amount to $10,000 Only twico, perhaps threo times. in tho past sixty years havo men who wero rich in the modern meaning of that word been nominated for the presi dency Mr. Tildeu at tho time of his nomination was called a millionaire, but the greater part of his wealth did not come to him until a year after tho presi dential olection of 1870. Through cer tain investments iu railway stocks, and especially by tho enormous appreciation in tho value of tho stock of the clovated railway iu Now York, Mr, Tildeu vastly increased his estate, and when he died his executors estimated his wealth at about $5,000,000. Anothor wealthy man nominated for tho presidency was Hora tio Seymour Ho had large possessions in lauds and stocks, but ho was so char ..,,,.. , , . . ,i table In the use of his property, sow Wo, in tho administration of it, that Ins wealth was not considered a detriment. Moreover, tho leading candidate for the nomination against him, George II. Pendloton, was also a wealthy man. He was not so rich us Governor Seymour, but ho was ono of tho fow prominent Democrats whoso wealth made him con spicuous as well as his abilities. Iu 1818 tho candidate of tho Democratic party, Lewis Cass, was a man of wealth. He was. however, so conspicuous as a states man and leador iu his party that but littlo attention was paid to the fact that ho had accumulated great possessions, mninly by tho rise in vuluo of property In Detroit, which ho had years before bought for a very small sum, Many of those who wore candidates or were prominently mentioned in con nection with tho presidency and two or threo who served as president died in poverty Stephen A. Douglas after his brilliant career was practically penni less whon ho died, although had ho lived a fow years somo land which ho owned in tho then suburbs of Chicago would havo brought him a fair sum. James Monroo died in almost absoluto poverty in Now York city. John Tyler was a poor nmu after ho left tho presidency. Daniel Webster did not havo much prop erty, oxcept his estate at Marshficld, and Henry Clay's place, called Ashland, was about till ho left to his heirs. Jefferson's struggles with poverty furnish tho sad dest episode in his career, and John C. Breckinridgo struggled hard in his prac tico at tho bar to support his family. A change in tho disposition of conven tions respecting tho ago of candidates has been noticed. Formerly tho ten dency was to select men who wero well on in i years. Jackson and Buchanan itiiii tv imam ijmiry Litiirinuu woro inn men when thoy wero elected to tho pros idency. Tho average ago up to 1850 of candidates and presidents when elected was about sixty-two years. With tho war era. however, the tendency to chooso youugor men began to bo vory mnrked. Stephen A. Douglas was only forty Bovon when he was nominated. Fre mont was nominated when only forty three, but ho was the first candidate of a new party John C. Breckinridge was barely forty years of ago when ho was nominated in 18U0, and ho hndscarccly passed the constitutional limit when he was nominated and elected vieo presi dent in 1850. Gray hairs havo not been tho rulo with candidates whether de feated or elected since 1800 McClolhin. who was tho youngest caudidato ever nominated to the presidency and who was of most youthful appearance, was associated with anothor young man, Georgo H. Pendleton, who was only forty-two years of ago whilo McClollan was thirty-nine. Grant was only forty six whon ho was first elected, Garfield was forty-eight and Clovelaud forty seven. In tho earlier days it would havo been esteemed a rash thing to think of choos ing a president who had not passctl IMty I years, although Henry Clay was only forty-six when lie was first a caudidato, autl Aloxauder Hamilton might havo been a candidate had ho permitted it soon after he passed his thirty-fifth year, for although Hamilton was of foreign birth yet the constitution pro vided that persons who wore of foreign lurtli at the tune of the adoption of the constitution might bo eligible for the presidency, and it has always been thought that this clauso was put in for the possible benefit of Hamilton. Blaino was only forty-four when he made his exciting race for the presidential nomi nation tho llrst time autl but forty-eight when ho autl Grant tested stienglh for many days Ixjforo tho Chicago conven tion of 1880 It will lie seen, then, from these fow Illustrations that the tendency of con veiitious is to make an unexpected nomi nation mid also that men of gieat wealth, or even nl fair fortunes, are not iki'ly to Is- put in nomination, ami, moreover that in this day of activity conventions are liitM to look for men tth' havo scarcely entered their prime, r .1 Edwards OLD NAVAL HEROES. ADMIRAL WORDEN, THE MAN WHO COMMANDED THE MONITOR. Wiilli'r Wotlmnn Ti'lU linn Thli llmtn Mini I I'iioIiiu III IH'clluInK Ynirn. AilmlriiU Ni'trrlitRti mill Jmihlim Tim A miy mill Nuvjr Jllnli. IHptvlnl INirri'MHiiiilcticc.) Wahiiinoton, Jan. 7,ln tho spacious parlors of tho now Army and Navy club house, which has just been nimned in the aristocratic section of tho city, a lmv' friend of mine called attention to down oM follows who wero playing whist near by, and asked If 1 know who they wero, I did not know, and he proceeded to enlighten mo. "Old ad mirals on tlio rotlred list," said lies "old heroes, too, a good many of them. Do yoii see tho old man who appears to be rather stiff In his joints tho ono with tho long white whiskers and a black ened forehead? That is Admiral Wnr den, tho hero of the Monitor. "Just at this timo, when all tho young men of the navy are eager for war with Chili, because of tho opportunities thoy will get for winning distinction and pro motion, tho old admiral is an unusually ' interesting ligure. There is a link be I tween tho past anil tho present. Thero is the man who commanded tho world s llrst ironclad turreted vessel in its ilrst engagement. That weak, shaky old gen- 1 tleuian was commander of Ericsson's Monitor whon she steamed into Hampton Hoads and attacked tho terrible Morrl J mae, which had been destroying every- thing before her. You remember tho , story how tho Monitor excited tho de rision of tho enemy, how thoy dubbed her the Yankee cheesebox, how tho lit tle craft bore tho awful cannonading of her adversary without apparent Injury, , how tlio bravo men on tho Confederate j ram suddenly awoke to a realization of 1 the fact that at last thoy had a foe worthy their prowess, and how tho Merrimnc was finally compelled to inn iiii iu milium, il'ii uuiiiii- ,0SM ,.011r(.nicr. also, how tho com- ... k?....l'.t1l.. ...... .!..!.. mauiler of tho Monitor was injured by the concussion of a shot which struck the turret witli terrific forco near where he was peering through tho sight hole, the flying particles of iron blinding hi eyes ami blackening his forehead; how he was found by Lieutenant Wlso after tho engagement ljing on his back, tem porarily blind, and how his llrst ques tion was, 'Havo 1 saved tho Minnesota?' 'Yes, ami whipped tho Merrimac,' was tho reply. 'Then 1 don't enro what be comes of me," said Wortlcn. You ro member how the fate of tho republic appeared to hang iu tho balance during this engagement: how the intrepid cap tain of tho Monitor was made a popular hero, and how tho Yankee cheesebox instituted a revolution in naval con struction anil naval warfare." "Yes," saitl l, "1 rouiembcr it nil. Who could forget this naval epic?" "Well," continued my friend, "I want to tell you a littlo story about this man who sits boforo us quietly playing whist, with his face still bearing tlio marks of that memorable conflict n story of n hero that is tender and pathetic. Wordon served gallantly throughout tho wnr. was made an admiral, and ilvo years ago was retired on tho highest pay of his grade, as if still on sea duty, by a special act of congress. Ho had been fifty-fivo years in tho sorvico, and was entitled to this distinction and reward if ever any man was. But what do you suppo.so this old hero Is doing now? What is his aim In life? 'Ah, Houton nnt, said ho to mo tho other day, 'go to Chili if you got a chanco, and distin guish your&olf in tho sorvico of your country if opportunity offers. As for i mo' and hero tho votoran's oyo kindled witll tll0U;llt of con,nct( nnd ho gave a sigh as If realizing that his fighting days wore over 'I am simply a rominisconco. 1 am living simply to live My only nim in lifo Is to cultlvato longovity. As long ns 1 live my pay ns a retired oflicor keeps my good wife from want, nnd wo aro able to do a littlo something for others. My health iB not good, but 1 hope to Ilvo as long as my wife does for her sako. When bIio goes I hopo to go with her. It is my desiro to outlive her but a tiny. Sho Is stronger than 1 nm, but that 1 may If possiblo remain as long as sho remains, you ought to see how I tako care of myself. My solo occupation, I say, is tho cultivation of longevity. I study hygiouo, dietetics, every law or rule of health. For two years 1 have not been to a dinner. 1 do not go out uights. My entire timo and energies aro devoted to taking care of myself not for mysolf, understand, but for tho $1,500 a year which tho govern ment allows mo during my lifetime. My good wifo needs this as long as sho lives, and that Is what 1 am living for. "This was tho old hero's story," con tinued tho lieutenant, "and a swoot, pretty story it is too Do you not think so?" "Yes: but who aro tho other old inon at tho whist tables?" "1 do not know them all. Tho two partners at tho first tablo aro Admirals Sell'ndgo and Jenkins. Sclfritlgo is older than Gladstone, having entered tho tervico iu lHlb. His first voyage as a middy was mado in tho old sloop-ol-war Natchez, which captured half a dozen pirate schooners iu the West In dies, He and his presout whist partner wero midshipmen chums together on the Natchc sixty-live years ago. That is going back a good ways m the history of tho navy, isn't it? While a young man Admiral Jenkins com manded Mart of a boat squadron which cruised lor pirates in tho shallow waters oil th" i .t-ti of Cuba. He was known as Fj'h'. m .leiiuiiis in hit) day and v.i in t it I if rate Congress at the capture oft ii Ayrean squadron in IS! I he j. .ii i umiI: some hard knocks tint in i - . ic.in war ami .omiuaudod a ship Fnrr.tgui in the rolmllinn Tilt'. ,i lata M.iveseen botween them I'l.' 'i yervice in tho navy,.' yeai -1 Ifiide ami 60 yours ro Jenl: ".M. y nilier retired rear udmirals in rrti'iuUr. of this club, and iu;tv i, found hero nlttust any day playing whist or talking ovr tho old times. Wonlon Is, perhaps, tlio most con njilciious figure of tho lato wnr ro untitling in Washington today. Over there In tho corner is Admiral Hughes, a bluff and hearty old fellow, full of reminiscences ami f tin, who llrst sailed in tho grand old Constitution, llfty-thrco years ago. He sailed all over tho world iu tho Constitution, which was at that time the pride of the navy, ami billet ulioard her was as eagerly sought by oillcers as Is assignment to the crack cruisers of tlio white squadron in these days, Admiral Hughes still retains an alfeetloit for tho Constitution, and every BUininer ho journeys to Portsmouth, N II., where tho old ship lies in the navy yard, that ho may again walk tho decks which he proudly trod a half century ago, "There are, all told, on tlio retired list of the navy," continued the nontenant, "about 500 men, Perhaps one-third of these live in Washington, ami a majority of them drop In hero nearly every dn) It seems to bo Impossible for many ef these old salts to tear themselves away from the capital, where there Ih gay so ciety and congenial club life. Of thirty poven rear admirals on tho rotlred list fully thirty Ilvo tu or near Washington It is interesting to note how long some of theso old sea dogs have boon In the service. Hoi fridge, as I told you, started ns n middy on Now Year's day, 1818. Ad miral Taylor and Admiral Leo entered the service iu 185, Admiral Smith in I8'tl and Admiral Green iu 1827. "Another peculiar thing," concluded tho lieutenant, "is that tills old hero of the Monitor who sits before us has lived long enough to see the naval construe Hon of tho world swing back to tho very typo whoso utility ho so nobly demon United iu Hampton Koads. The Moid tor of his day was an experiment, but its success was so great that for a timo the world was crazy after vessels built after that model. Subsequently naval con structors havo tried everything olso that ingenuity could devise, wasting untold millions of public money iu their experi ments. Today the best battlo ships of tho world are built In greater or less modification of tho Yaukeo cheese box. Tho low freeboard, tho ramliko bow and the heavily armored tur ret aro features of nearly all tho great battle ships of modern construc tion. In our own new navy tho Mian toiiomoh, the Mouaduock, tho Amplil trlto and tho other double turreted monitors are the vory highest class of coast defense battlo ships of which wo can boast, and no nation can boast bet ter. And hero sits the man with tho powder burned face who ushered iu tho prototype thirty years ago and who has lived to seo naval construction revolu tionized twico over go from tho extreme of woodon men-of-war to vast floating fortresses of iron and stcol, and thou swing back again to tho immortal idea of Ericsson." Wai.tkk Whitman. LIVING A RETIRED LIFE. HniiielliliiK Alintlt linn. A. II. Cornell, Onru (lovtirimr of Now York. IHpceliil Correspondence.) Nkw Youk, Jan. 7. No living man who has figured prominently in tho poli ties of tho state of Now 'York is soon or heard of less theso days than ox-Governor A. B. Cornell. Old friends that used to know 'lim intimately and bo conver sant with his opinions and interests are forced to confess that thoy havo no knowledgo of either now. Thoy had heard that ho had gone to pieces finan cially and that ho was doing nothing, thoy had heard, too, that his health was poor and that ho was unfitted to meet tho exertions of uctivo business. Whether or not ho lived in Now York thoy would not toll. But tho truth is Mr. Cornell is not an invalid, nor is ho without occupation. Now that ho has withdrawn from pub lic lifo autl has no idea of over entering it again under any circumstances, he cultivates tho seclusion of privato lifo. Ho has so often been tho victim of mis representation by reporters that ho does not caro to seo them, much less talk with thorn. Ho resolutely refuses to ad dress political meetings or to tako any conspicuous part iu tho public demon strations of the party that honored him so conspicuously. Still ho tukes an in terest in politics. During tho recent campaign In Now York ho might bo seen occasionally at tho Republican head quarters iu tho Fifth Avenue hotel. Tho glimpses of tho man that wero ob tained on theso occasions indicated clearly that ho is iu tho best of health and that ho has aged hut littlo since hu was governor of the Emplro Stato. His hair has, however, blanched a littlo since then: ho is perhaps a littlo stouter, but ho keej is his face as smoothly shaven as ever; ho has the same quiet nnd sell reliant manner; he speaks witli tho same deliberation: ho has the same inscrutable features that give no indication of hi thoughts or feelings. Mr. Cornel! has not been a resident of New York city for somo timo, nor has ho hail an olllco here bearing his name His homo is in Youkers with ono of his sons, who is a lawyer on Broadway It is in this oilice, too, that ho transacts most of his business and receives those that have occasion to meet him in town His hoiim in j short from 11 until 2. It is not easy to find him for anothor rea son tho various interests that occupy his attention fiequently call him away from town, ami his absences aro more or less prolonged according to ciicum stances. As to the nature of theso interests ami where they .ire located Mr. Cornell him self iv fun s absolutely to seak. But it is understood that thoy comprise real estnto. raiiroads autl manufacturing. Although he is not believed to bo as wealthy as lie was once or jwssess tho pouci in i.iaiitial circles that ho wielded a few je.ti- ago. ho is not by any means a poor ui.ni. Fu.vNKMN Smith, The famous salt lake of AaliaPaakai. near Honolulu, occupies the crater of an imuionM) tula cone, whoso ejecta covers several stpi.tio miles, ami are especially remo'lmble for containing numerous nggn gatinus of crystalline grams of nnru oliviu". N. B, Set Atlv, "CoVier Premiums" pntfc 2. 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