Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-05-20

CHICAGO. Nay 10, 1865

CHICAGO. Nay ID, 1868.
En- ngvocn.r The city 10 messursbly |
f,,l, Of delegates aud visitors. though IL is
r.m.r. cd on all sides that the crowd, in |
,nmher.. does not reach one half that Of
1890. and is much below the gathering
that came to witness and participate in the
nomination Of Mcclellan in '6l.
or enthusiasm there is only that born OF
bad blood, disappointment and despair.
A saddsr set Of men never met to put in
operation the machinery of "A Presidential
campaign.
The great display Of the G. A. r., 30
long advertised aud confidently looked for
ward 10 ~ ssusthing shat would rslighs
the fast expiring Goals On the radical altar
came Oh this .mornisg. About 500
able bedisd qusstesmasesrs and ether Or
nansptais. with sse eolsrsd trsop. lbrsasd the
grand column Of American Janizariss. and,
led BY Jno. A. Logan did few struts and
retired. Nofssiing, scarcely Of curiosity.
was excited until in passing the Sherman
House they began . song deridng Senator
| Grimes, and won from the balcony storm
Of Misses.
Much unhappiness has been caused, in
that portion Of The delegates stopping at the
Sherman, by = Minnesota delegate being
unable to distinguish between the colored
boot black and delegate from Alabama,
and asking the sable Statesmen to dust
him down.
The Tremont.is more headquarters (in .
certain sense than any other hotel, and
there the scenes and incidents have been
numerous and rich
The frisads Of Col Fox, in order to de-
feat Wade for the Vice Presidency, have
issued pamphlet setting forth numerous
reasons why Ben should not be chosen fol
for the second place On the ticket IL a.
lsess that hs 10 too old, being new s. thai
he will b 50 before be 10 inauguvated, and
70 before the expiration Of his term
that be comes Of Q family whose member
have invariably sunk into mental imbscili
" % age advanced uDen then; bis brother
: Hon. Edwsrd Wade, having thus bssoms
and died an idiot, two years since, ct thu
, Ace Of o.. though once one Of the most bril-
: liant men Il Ohio. IL inainuatso that Ben
+ fast becoming - bad, aud that therefor,
Il 10 dangerous - nominate him, -, indeed
his friends have remarked during the les
ten years, frequent sigss Of idiscy.
Il may b ooid that the whole country
has remarked signs Of that kind in . major
ity Of the Statesmen" who have been co
laborers with the Ohie sWearist.
Upon the issue Of this pamphlet, fren
: the. rooms Of the Indiana delegation in tn
fremont, . wild scene snssed. An Obi
man met . H0osisr aud denounced sucl
effort TO defeat Wade, Is worse than treason
: ard the man who would do il a scoundrsl
: whsrevpon Indiana man called him "a d.
y liar and dog" Each swallowed the choic
spi, tai with that weakness which become
!: the followers Of Washburne and DonnsllJ
Scarce was this unquist qusllsd, when
= Connecticut and Illinois man got at logger
heads about the right Of Senators to vol
! - their conscisncss, and not their part,
u directed, on impeachment. This motto
= terminated in . shower Of oaths aud . sho'
= Of mamlsys; and % the little crowd Of httl
d men went On the whole of today. squifmin
Z like great maggots in the CARCASS Of the coui
s try they have we'll nigh ruined.
a The niger delegates are by far the be-
Is behaved, and l think are little behind i
+ the drinks. II wsuld do some Of the exit
10 pious and tsstetally abstinent "loyalsta
good to see the capacity for raw whisky an
c. ''grssn.ssal' developed by their chose
So representatives here. They sfe evidentl
80 al cultivated men too, and linguists, spsal
20 Ing two languages, English and Profan'
'6 with great fusney. The show animals
- attendance, such - Wade, Ben Butler. Co
l6 fax. and Fsrney, who keep secluded frol
10 the common herd. But tomorrow all wi
81 exhibit under one CANVASS for one price {
admission, and the popular eye can feat
II. upon the greatness a. that 10 here.
10 OILxR.