| Show I TIlE THE DEMOCRATIC NATioNAL CONVENTION AT ST lOUIS It u i lit Ix not lIot n II r mutter matter of ot r tight that 1 llio tho managers mangera of ot the tho great International exhibition at St Rt lou Iw Iwin in lit have specified July 6 8 as nn the tho best belt lay day for lor forthe the tho Intending visitor to 10 in lu the tho Mound City have that thaI dal and will gov gO cm CI n themselves accordingly Tho op to 10 H nee aeo O 11 II i worlds fait fair und mid n u convention nt oil tim tho name Mme time tune I mid and for lor the wurt expenditure does IOeN not occur frequently For 01 that reason I ankle n Nt from rom the general Interest In the tho w I proceedings the Democratic national convention of 1901 IO will attract an un unusually usually largo large attendance ti The rho appellation nl has here been he accepted so no long both bolh by lender and by rank and tile tie In tho t 4 t party pirty that the tho full ull title which Is la used nowadays only by hypercritical cam earn h alga orators awl and platform builders almost produces u shock Yet the fact luct e remains that even to this thIH day the tho cur cor correct reel lIlon In Is l At Us Its Inception Indeed It was Ivan known know an ns the Republican party U Jl t WAS w es no n denominated by Jefferson In lu lua Ina Ina a letter to ut Washington It Jl wax watt tho short hort lived 1 to 10 Iho the better known party 1111 The Tho term Democrat was wad Inspired by en eu enthusiasm V for tor the Trench french revolution Al At Alf oral It Il was waa looked upon with great greul con COll contempt COllI contempt I tempt by hy the tho new Republicans Tho rho f Democrats formed formal clubs duhs nil 1111 over the tho country and called each other zeds ens to the tho horror of oC tho the other po IJO political i parties who saw Now nothing but hut revolution In the tho terns term In the tho Third t t I 1703 1793 the Republicans and r Democrats united foil over liver time the proper unite of oC the putty party I Lean Leen Tho rho marking the bling of the two great nominating conn con conventions n ore itro vastly dissimilar rho The r Republican for or president waR wan entirely lo tho the realm of ot I illation At Ht HI Louis an almo t exact I antithesis will prevail Uncertainty I will bo be tho the rule and speculation will have havo no ire bounds The rho surprises nod and possibilities of ol u n presidential convene conven convention tion uro ato ton too free fresh tin In III the tho memories of n t aspiring statesmen to 10 permit po 1111 It of ot apathy on the tho part of u t I delegate r I erl Ra lc No man mall who Imo hus twice been the tho re 10 recipient of tho t gift a nation nallon can cnn bestow who la I tho the only living ex IX ex president of ot the tho United U alto l Ht i Una need i I ex expect expect ax poet to bo be forgotten at tit a n I national con convention of ol his own party Graver Clove Clovo land and president was born at sex IC county count N J March 18 1837 He WRIt wan I the tho lion eon of ot a n Presbyterian Ire minister The Tho family removed remover r to Clinton N A Y 1 when wren tho the future statesman was a n I boy hoy and ho holiS WAS vYSa liS educated In tho the schools of nt that town In n 1853 his hili lather father died and ho hn was obliged to go IrO to work Ills Hie first position wan that of oC teacher leacher In the tho thoI thes s I State Institution For I or tho the Soon Hone afterward ho ha started for fIJI Cleveland 1 0 O where he ho expected to study law Pass PassIng Ing InK through ho into ho Will wan Induced to 10 stay atay thero thorn and obtained a n witha with a n leading law firm Admitted to practice I tice In 1859 1880 he M Vina waa assistant district attorney for Erlo Eric county In 1813 1863 He lie Hei i was IUS deflated defeated as ne Democratic candidate for or district attorney I In n 1866 1865 out hut was Heeled l a sheriff In 1870 In III 1881 1581 ho was Willi WilliI r I chosen mayor lie Ile was ane elected gov governor error In III 1882 1883 having the remarkable plurality of o At tho Democratic national convention of ol 1881 1851 he was wan nominated for far 01 president on tho ballot Cleveland waa waiving tug ing electoral votes against UZ for or JAmeli Cl I In 11 1188 ho h win Will re nominated II put hut Willi defeated tell by II Hen Ben Benjamin jamin He lie e resumed the Irue rac i I GEORGE EORGE a E MC tic CLELLAN tIO tiCe of ot law Jaw In III Now York 11 and four years later lallur though ctt h opposed by hy the tho lIM e K from this hili own l ho received tho rIte nomination no for lor president lord 1111 n was ns elected tI In ht consequence of ot the tho differ difference once ence of ol opinion on the tho money question Mr ItH 1 11 s administration v Lis not Indorsed by y the tho national convent convention Ion of 1886 1896 nut r ho did t not support tho the ticket his bin ho has lived at Princeton N J JWilliam William Is IN so prominent nent In the Iho politics 1011 of ot his h in party Ie tY t nirl has luu been boon en u a celebrity role ballY for tor f rho r so 10 lm long tR hat lant It lt will willbo willbe s v I l I Iho bo ho necessary only to 10 recall tho the chief events even Is of ot lila active career ciu Ho wan horn burn In Salem ill III In 1860 1800 Ho Ito wait ed crl educated nt iii the tho Illinois college collego and grad graduated from 1011 tho Iho Union College of at l w wat at tit Chicago In 1883 lie Ho practiced law haw lawIn In III until 1887 1881 when ho removed to tu Lincoln Net Neb From Fron 1801 ISH to 1895 he lie was w ae In III congress lie Ile at ut attention as rte a n public speaker spede r at It once and rondo mado several effective speech eft eR on tree free trade In 1893 1863 and again In ht 1801 ISO he made to secure clIre an rus election to 10 the tare th United senate He Ho was Willi editor of tho the Omaha from ruin 1801 1831 lU to list 1806 and mado many speeches on free silver In tiro Mississippi volley valley An Sir 11 eloquent speech against situ tho gold go hi standard l In tho the Democratic 1 convention of ot 1896 1890 I IJ brought Ought him tho nomination for or president and soot soon afterward ho hI received the iopu list nomination also alMa lIe Ile II much of ot the country In person pOrion travel travelIng lug Ing more inure than miles mile anti and making numerous speeches Ipe He lie was WK defended defeated d by hy William lI the electoral el sole ul being to tn Except for tor a 1 short a u presidential pro candidate and of ol having secured an nn Instructed delegation from his hIe own state stale Alton Apure Parkers antecedents lira are ro n a 1 nt Ot subject for Cor Ills dle dl He Its won born In the village of ot Cortlan N Y May Nay 14 H 1862 Ills IlIa early life wu Willi spent on n a farm arm and the j w wm l r m f 1 6 1 L ARTHUR PUt r rI I line In Ili IMS an when lIln ho fro h served as ns colonel of or s In III tho tiro war v ur r he 1 l 1 tho Iho ho m four years to 10 tho the of free troa sliver trusts slid and lI In III 1900 HOO ho lie sots for this tune time the support of ut the In addition to 10 that tint of ot the and 1111 Populists lie Jle was lIS Main by II tho the electoral vote vole to 10 Noon Hoon afterward hu III the tho Commoner a weekly periodical which ho III bas ehrle edited In con consequence e of ot his hla prominence OK nn district school wan his bis means moans of ot I Later Jailer he be attended the tho acad academy I emy any In Cortland paying tin hll oX by hy work dono out IIII of oC hours bourn Aft Art After er o teaching In hi various schools for tor four tour years he saved nv 1 money enough ellough to go to the Albany I Law w front from rom which ho was graduated ed In hr 1572 1872 After Aller fiVe yours service M ao a cl rk and In III the ofa ton toll loW lav first firm ho was elected surrogate of III I 1 UI Ul Ulster stet ster county count and tilled the for 01 two rive terms In III IBM 1884 he was to tho thu Democratic national convention nominated Cleveland ll Tho Tun next lext year I he was Willi offered the tho of oC first fret assist assistant I ani ant postmaster general but declined The same Mine year yeM ho he was sari tirade mudo chairman of ol the tho tate state Democratic executive com cont That year oleo MIlO he ap up appointed pointed by hy Governor David 1 11 Hill 1111 to succeed Buc Judge Westbrook of ot the Third s Y J NY I A I iiAN ls M COCKREIL Ci ELL lL Judicial district as Justice of ot the su so promo premo court Ho ale held this position twelve years ears In to 1807 ho woe wag wn elected Judge of oC the tho New York court of ol appeals aPi seals for or fourteen your oar Hearst lIat another presidential I was born In tint Hall In 1861 1801 Ills lather father tune VIS a n noted ly otter who accumulated u II large lolluM by hy mining and afterward became United States 9 i senator ton t California Tho family In distinguished dl for tor u a most liberal patronage of ol boned benefi beneficent cent unit educational measures measured mea ulO Mrs Phebe Hearst mother of oC the tho subject of ol this having given glen several mil millions lions Irons of ol dollars to tho the University of California and other allied enterprises William was wan educated at ut Harvard After leaving college Mr Ir became a 1 member of ot the staff daft tur of ol the tho San Batt Francisco Examiner Ho lie bey be became beI came canes the owner of tho the Examiner I and andIn andIn I In 1896 acquired tho the Now Noll York Jour Journal Journal Journal nal lie Is also ul o the proprietor of papers of large circulation In Boston Homon Chicago and lus 1011 Angeles Mr 1111 Hearst represents Vents tho 1110 Eleventh Now York district In the lower at Washington Olney the Iho Hay flay States Staten fa favorite a son Jon has always been hern popular with the tho ultra conservatives of ot his I pertY He lie Is a u native of ot Oxford Mites Mass born Sept Kept IE 18 1835 1836 Ho Is a n graduate of frown university lly and tho the Harvard Law luw school He practiced law In Jigs ton until he was lUS appointed attorney general of ol the United by Cleve Cleveland le land IlInd In 1893 Two years lunar Idler he bo boy dime came secretary of ol state Hance his hie re 10 1 z m 1 rt r r ROV LE NO e J WI oo r 1 t BROOKS a ei JI E JENN AN y Mt M sy f J Jf fie t rs wn I ro rs re f 1 r s s vat aS fi t I Ir Io r a i r ri i It GE o bt 1 y i d 1 ii k o 1 o rj i r GRAY t tI s j n n H SH I y I I e I 1 he has been actively engaged engage In the practice of ot law Judge George Gray OrllY was born horn In Now Castle 1 lIe Del May Ma 1 4 1810 lIe Jle was edu oda educated nt oil Princeton tho the Harvard IIo Cart l school Ho practiced nt nl Now New Can Cas Castle Cantie tie tle for six sll years and 1111 then removed to 10 Wilmington In 1879 1819 he ho was Ia attorney general of oC Delaware Ho ile t vue Ut United e l States Stales senator from 1885 to 10 ISM 1899 In III Judge Olay II III 1111 tell with I the tho c National gold c standard 1 Democrats 1 j I Ho Ito was waH a n mentor member of ol the tho pence peace com coin commission I mission nt tit Purls Paris of ot 1898 and In the tho same saIne year member of ot the tho Joint tit high h commission u at III rt Quebec In 1900 1300 lie lne was WIS w as chosen to he bo u II member of ot tho the International permanent I court of ot c t arbitration under The Tho Hague convention lie He was chairman of ot President cost coat Ho Ito has hall been given the compliment of an un Instructed dele delegation gallon gation Arthur Poe Pue Gorman German line has been prominent prominent nent at al many conventions lie He was horn born In III It Howard county comfy Md on tho tiro thirteenth nth day diW Ia of ol March yours years ago He attended tho the public schools and anti first wont went Into Inlo the tho United senile senAle as liS a II page Ho lIe was palO page for lor fourteen years Then rhea ho he became collector of ot Internal revenue for lor the J Fifth l district 1 of ot Maryland i r a served s three yearn In III 1863 18 ho Ire was made a n director of oC the tho Chesapeake nod and Ohio Canal mill mad Iran baa been hern Its president dent since 1872 1372 lie He was United States Stales senator from rein 1819 and Js III H now lOW serving froth om list V to 10 a 11 1903 1803 to 1903 1 09 term from ram John Ww who tae h his hili al shoran on capacity an aH n minority the tine last hUl congress Is III J II a leader d during r nl wherever tr h II Its my pray be man I found native nathe of ot ph III Teni Tennis 11 Ie le a 30 UK horn bom Jul July He Ito U Is I a 11 noted scholar studied at tit the haVI ot of the South Virginia and ond lie I Is at a trw II lIe Ile to ISiS end and went ent Into the lIt City I in a business jrr Mr rl cotton 18 It I waa 1111 gale guto to tho the a dl dele of 1592 He lie has hOll boen heen national 1 a member co con n of ol from the tho Filth Fifth Mi district since 1803 1893 David Dennett Hill 1111 was a 1 candidate for lor the lire promInent orl lion llon In lu tho nomina 1892 1802 and ho he will he ho convention n of an tit lit SL HI Louts 8 Mr IN a native ot of m man l Stole State born at al Havana V Ih this 2 29 1843 He lie hOI has nn been Ul a II lawyer r fo tor forty tOllY years member of ot the Iho once chairman of ot slate mate twice alderman and mayor Or of ot J lieutenant governor rind and governor oi his Ids and United Steles States r of senator six years fo lor for tor Nelson Nelsen Appleton Miles Mlles lieutenant n general Ie Ill I retired retIre of ot the United army 1101 has hall be ben been n mentioned In connee conneT I f lion with Ith the presidential pro nomination lie He lu In years of III age General Miles entered the tho many army as ae a volunteer In 1861 At Al the lire age of ot he h was In command of ot nn army After ACter the tho civil war he ire entered enl the corps corns reg ular service and won non I on much reputation as ns un an Indian lighter Ugh tel lie was In con coin ma ml of at the many In III the lh war lar with I Spain HJ lIln and find In hI 1900 was waR inane mude lieutenant general Three years yearn later Inter he was lal r reo re f tired lured s I Edward C Wall of ol Wisconsin I hat has been heen Indorsed for tor first nr t place piano 1 Irl by the th Ih II of lit Ills ids stale tate to He Ile was for lor I IOel over Oel ten len years chairman of ot the State slat committee and nerved several year yean at es t WI lou ln member of or the tine national com I Ho lie In is a 1 native of ot aukee and 1111 In la yours years of ut age Francis Marlon Marlor Cockreil and Joseph JOeph x Wingate Folk are two 1110 noted lot ell MI I 1 Hans The rue former hiss has been heen fatted c States Staler senator from hla his native state Mat for i nearly thirty years He lie w wan III ir born boll in iiI Johnson county Oct 1 1 31 He e re calved Ida his hi education In III Missouri inN In Institutions t N and began the practice e elaw rr M law ut lit During the i iwar chill war served M as R a adler dl r general In 11 lira tho Confederate army armyn Ho Io has hus I n been beon chairman of ut If many important I toot tant In III the tho senate senale Mr yr Ir Folk was lall hum burn at n t Brownsville Teen Tenn Oct Out 28 1869 18 Ho lie IN is a 11 graduate o or university Nashville IlIe admitted to 10 the tho bar In ht 1100 18 0 Ha lie II removed to St SI Louis and 1011 later laler hale r was wai mado do circuit attorney He has haR s achieved 1 ed od much Hutch distinction from runt the lire tad ful ul n prosecution of oC bribery 1 cases and nn d thin year In hr the lire primaries won well tha gubernatorial nomination Tire The young mayor of New York George McClellan In Is also alao a aman i I man mal who may mil have havo honors honora thrust on him hint Tho rho fact that thaI he ho was lall born In Dresden Germany will wilt not MI make Im Impossible m possible pop his hits acceptance of the lire preat t j J I honor horror which the |
