Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1868-07-08
The Democratic Contention.

The DeUP0CIufic Contention.
The State of Ohio nominated PCndlc-
tom Connecticut nominated English;
Illinois nominated Pendleton Maine
nominated Hancock, and Il minority OF
the same state nominated Pendlcton
New jersey nominated Parker; New
York nominated Church; Pennsylvania
nominated Parker; Tennessee nomi-
mated Andrew Johnson Vermont nomi
mated English.
When the name of Horatio Seymour
was reported fol President of the Con-
vcntion the delegates and the vast body
of spectators rose and greeted il with vo-
ciferous and protractcd applause. When
the President pro tenn announced Gov.
Bigler of Pennsylvania, and Gov. Ham
mond, of South Carolina, a. the COM
mittee TO conduct him to the chair, there
was intense enthusiasm. The Pendle-
tonians joined in the plaudits as they re-
gardcd Seymour's acceptance of the Pre-
sdency as proof that he was not going
to allow his name to comein competition
with that of their favorite for the nomi
nation to the Presidency of the United
States.
We copy from Tuesdays SIN the fol-
lowing "sccnee and incidentsn Of Mon
day:
SCENES NEAR TAMNfANY.
Every drinking establishment near the
temple of ST. Tammany was densely
crowded, and none more SO than the
Chanler House, where the Chase men
had their headquarters. The floor of the
most popular apartment of this hosiery
was covered with q neat mosaic of cigar
stumps and antiquatcd tobacco guilds,
which had fallen short of the spittoons,
and mostencd with Il melange of saliva
hcel-taps and Democratic perspiration,
that ran in miniature Niagaras from the
stalWart bodies of the assembled patri-
OTIS. Many perspiring hands brought
kdfchieis to perspiring broWs, and cs-
sayed TO wipe away the rapidly eXuding
whiskey and water straight. AS for
the drinks taken, the number is past
computation, as our reporter could not
remember his school-boy calculations in
octillions, nonillions, and decillions.
The why figure Of Capt. Rynders was
visible in the assemblage at the Chanler,
!
cents from his long-tried and internally
polished throat. II have given my
ticket to stranger said the gentle
Captain, " and stay outside myself, but
there the New Workers are all crOWding
inside, | hope they will get kicked out
or roasted if they haven't the dccency to
make way for men who have come
thousands OF miles,
AppVO ACHING THE DOOR
Under the flag that stretches from The
four sides of the evergreen arch of
triumph in front OF Tammany, the
crowd became more dense, as if it smelt
the battle affair off, and desired to be there.
But here the policemen with their blue
coats and hickory clubs formed a solteo
animated cheudur dc frise that was as
impossible to an ordinary mortal as the
Camden and Amboy Railway.
"A good many persons sought the en-
trance of Dan Bryant's theatre and were
proceeding in full confidence until stop
ped by the information that the Conven-
ton was not inside. There is a rumol
that at the matinee performance on
Saturday the theatre was filled early, 6
large part of the audience consisting OF
verdant Democrats from the rural dis
tricts who supposed they were paying tC
ting in. Some of them discovered theil
mistake on entering, and others when
the curtain rose and exhibited the hewes
of the cork opera in their professional
characters. One patriot from Vermont
where theatres, circuSeS and other de-
moralizing shows are forbidden by law
innocently supposed he was in the CON
vcntion andthat the darlley in the centre
with the bones and dancing clogs wa;
) the Hon. August Belmont calling the
assemblage to order.
WAITING TO BEGIN.
The public took places where Yer i
could find them, and before the Conven-
ton came to order the seats began tC
slop over and leave a good many mer
standing. Two or three climbed the lad
der that leads into the upper attic ant
perched where they could survey the
: greater part of the assembled multitude
others wedged into the windows anC
endeavered to keep cool, and Others
sought the aisles and stood where they
, could have their toes trodden by men o
all weights, from one hundred to three
= Fair women We're in a minority, though
l less so than on Saturday, and there vii
g probably be more of them there to-day
5 Palm leaf fans were abundant, ant
= waved so numerously in the hands o
e delegates, Journalists, and spectator
s that one might have thought the Ma
t tional Democratic Convention was pre-
: pared to initiate the Syrian custom ant
Z. strew the path of Mr.. Pendleton, o
y. any other man, with leaves of the tre
, that is everywhere the symbol of peace
Y Ithas been currently reported for seve
: raj days past that the Pendleton mel
4 are working with their coats off.
f. all thn mon with fhpir coats oil on
e Saturday belonged to the Pendletol
e faction, the gentlemen from Ohio ha'
G a clear two-thirds among the spectator
u and q fir chow with the i0llrnalistS. L