The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-20
A Complete Fizzie.
THE FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
special dispatches OF the Boston Daily Advertiscrl

Especial dispatches OF the Boston Daily Advertiser.
| FIRST DAY.
| CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sent IL. 1896.
The johnson Soldiers Convention comes so
near being q fizzle, that the managers are
very much disguised company of individuals.
The arrivals to-day were not near so numerous
as the executive committee hoped for. The
whole number of delegates now present is not
over six hundred, two-thirds of them being
from Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky
Among the arrivals to-day are Senator Doolit-
tie, General Gordon Granger, General Steed-
man, General Kirby Smith, General Rosseau,
diers. 81 ria .
The Massachusetts, delegation is as follows:
ii. G. o. Weymouth OF Lowell s. Tyler Read
and ID. s. Bunker, of Boston; Captains Rich
ard A. Elliott of Lowell, b. j. Mccormack of
boston, Jno. A. Stear Of Fall River, III. W.
Wright Of Great Darlington, and private
ton consists of Generals w. G. Roberts and "A 7
s. Daggett, Coils. Robert Rich and A. w. Brad
bury, Surgeon B. II. Buxton, Captains s. s.
Bridgeman and j. w. Furbish No other del
egates have yet arrived from New England
New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut and
Rhode Island being entirely unrepresented-
More arrivals are promised for tomorrow The
city received the convention in the coolest
manner possible. An ordinary county conven-
tion would create three times a. much excite
ment. The whole thing is as fiat as can be-
There were no flags, no crowds, no professions,
no formal welcome - uws .F tfr
The proceedings to-day were wholly devoid
of enthusiasm. The tent will not hold over
two Thousand persons, but was by no means
crowded. General Wools speech on taking
the chair was bitterly denMnciatory of the Re-
publicans. The principal cheering of the day
was for Rousseau, Custar and the President
All possibility of debate was cut off by rushing
through, before quarter of the delegates saw
what it was, an order that all propositions re-
lating to the address or platform shall be re-
farred to the committee without even being
read. @ lnt ia ~. :
SECOND DAY. 40 utr.l.,
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. Is.
The convention of johnson defenders has
adjourned sine die, and the disgusted delegates
are nearly all already on their way home. Ev-
erybody admits that the thing proved fizzle.
Access to the list of delegates was refused, and
the exact number present cannot be given
No one puts the figure over $50, and this seems
high estimate. Western New York and
pennsylvania and the States of Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan and Kentucky furnished about
three-iourths of the number. The proceedings
have been wholly without enthusiasm and the
convention was managed by Lewis Campbell,
Governor Bramlette and one or two other gen.
temen distinguished as politicians, but hardly
as soldiers. While some of the delegates-were
heartily opposed to the congressional line of
policy, it is notorious that many of them were
here to signify their gratitude for. offices to
which they have recently been appointed, and
to render themselves eligible for offices to
which they desire to be appointed. The city
was not the least moved by the convention,
and gave it no welcome either of cheers, flags
or crowds, and furnished scarcely five hundred
persons to attend its proceedings. t
The morning session of to-day was about
three-quarters of an hour long, and the after
noon session about two hours. Little cheering
was done, and the only hearty applause was
given when the band played Dixie" and sRal-
ly round the Flag"-the latter air being part
ly sung by delegates. Some excitement was
caused by the reading of long letter to the
convention from the murderer, Forrest, and
other Memphis rebels. About half the dele
gates loudly applauded it, and only one had
manliness to protest against any officiating
tor his benefit. The president WAS finally au-
thorized to answer it, and the pleasant cores
pondence is to be incorporated in the proceed
The resolutions adopted simply indorse the
Philadelphia johnson platform, and pledge
the delegates To take up arms against resist
ance to the general government, whether it
comes from the North or the South. The ad-
dress is about half as long as the Philadelptia
address, and is devoted in large part to eulogy.
of late Confederate soldiers. 1t was adopted
by rising and giving three cheers while the
band played "Rally round the flag" -"'i Aasa {
Qmte breeze was got up on the question of
dPpOnttihS tAcCutiN0. COuillllbUtt OI uV6 IOr
duty at Washington, Manager CampbeIl car
ried his point and secured the adoption of the
committee whose names were on his slate. si5l
An effort was made by the Indiana delegates
to get condemnation of secret societies among
ex-soldiers, and vigorous onslaught was made
upon the order of "Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie" I've or three, Illinois and New York sol
diers defended this organization, and after a
great deal of excitement the Indiana delegate
withdrew his resolution. .aao4 ga5 IL l4iIa8e.
Senator Heath of Nebraska undertook to
get a declaration against negro suffrage, but
the proposition made q row at once, and was
withdrawn. i aa Ni-1 nltfu1 lae laa
Gen. Crittenden briefly addressed the con-
yention, and at half-past five, after singing the
doxology, it adjourned sine die. Na
! The. following additional particulars are de-
rived from the associated press report: .a9sia
Sept. 18.-It is rainy day. There have been
rather more delegates and fewer spectators in
| attendance on the convention than there were
| yesterday. Gen. Gordon Granger was made
permanent PRESIDENT, with q long LIST of. vice