A Caller

It is seldom that rival candidates pay social calls on one another, but Gen. Dawes, having delivered a speech at Lincoln, could not resist the temptation to call on the Governor of Nebraska. Correspondent Boyden Sparkes furnished this graphic account of the meeting:

"Gov. Bryan carefully placed a chair for his expected visitor and left wide open the door of the executive office, a large hideous chamber, papered green and with a metallic ceiling embossed with a design of palm leaves, cornucopias and parallelograms. The Governor's mahogany conference table is so placed that he sits in a swivel chair in a sort of a stall formed by his rolltop desk, a small table and the large one. He placed the chair, in which he intended Gen. Dawes to sit, at the open end of this space. Then the General entered.

" 'Well, how are you, Governor?" he exclaimed heartily as he advanced with outstretched hand.

" 'General, I'm glad to see you,' replied the Governor, warmly, and they clasped hands, strode into the executive office and took their seats as the Governor had planned.

"Gen. Dawes crossed his legs, lighted his underslung pipe and balanced his stiff straw hat on his knees. Gov. Bryan, after a moment of politeness said, 'Excuse me, General,' and covered his bald and shining dome with his black slouch hat.

"His constant fear is of a cold in the head. With his hat on he becomes assured and self possessed quite as Gen. Dawes grows less tense, less nervous when his fingers are warmed by the bowl of his celebrated pipe.

"A small diamond stud glittered two inches above the top button of Gov. Bryan's shirt, but no vest hampered the comfortable bulge of his waistline. The General's habitual double breasted gray coat was buttoned, but his blue silk cravat was flying free."

The conversation endured for about ten minutes and both parties to it declared afterwards that they had merely exchanged reminiscences about Lincoln. At the end, Governor Bryan called in the photographers, a large light was set up, shutters clicked as the two candidates sat side by side. Then they shook hands and parted.