Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-10-08

ference Of Schurz is wonderful. He caa
smile without moving . muscle Of his face.
His hands are very small, aristocratic anu
always in repose. {" Show me his hands" :"
said Talleyrand once to Wellington, in
speaking Of foreign riuister, and I
will tell you his character" Schurz thinks
more than he talks; wears flower in his
button-hole; is tainted much with Ger
man mysticism and more with Renan and
his French skepticism is thoroughly
moral; goes to opera often, to church
scarcely at all: makes mistress of ambi-
ton; freezes when he would, and is genial
when he pleases has magnificent nerve
and the political daring of Palmerston.
1t was we'll, therefore, that he led the
Brown men in the crisis of Thursday night,
and the open battle of Friday morning.
On Friday morning, therefore, the Com
mittce OIL Resolutions, of whom Schurz
was member, reported two platforms,
both of which you have already published.
They were discussed with great bitterness
pro aud con-, and the tide began to rise
steadily in favor Of prescription and Nc
Clurg. Ofa sudden Mcneil, Grosvenor,
aud Fletcher grouped themselves about
Schurz. He threw his inevitable cigar
away, mounted the stand, and stood for
brief moment holding in his outstretched
hand the destines Of the convention. His
speech was very brief but wonderfully rev.
olutionary. 1T is not enough" he said,
" that you give us platform that is emf
nently conservative; it is not enough that
you declare yourselves in favor Of forgive
ness and enfranchisement, but swear to
you in my name and in the name of the
people l represent that you must put
man upon that platform whose whole life
has been in consonance and harmony with
it,"
lie was done, but what was said was as
the uttcrancc of fate itself, and fell upon
the crowded hall as the blast of funeral
trumpet Jewett's heavy under jaw-na.
ture's mark to prove him an animal
dropped perceptibly; Shepherds hard
face blanched chalky white; a futtering
was seen everywhere. and the voting COM
,ncnccd on the two platforms, which re-
suited in the defeat of the conservative
one. A great yell followed and Mcneil
sprang upon chair and shouted until his
voice drowned the roar of the multitude:
" In the name of B. Gratz Brown, and in
the name of all who arc for white men and
the enfranchisemcnt of white men, I call
upon you to adjourn to the Senate cham
Der, where platform will be adopted and
nominations made. Come, all of you who
believe the war is over; come, all of you
who believe in forgiveness; come, all of
you who arc willing to enfranchisc your
white brethren. and restore perfect politi-
cal equality before the law"
For half an hour the hall was as the eb-
bing and flowing of a stormy tide. Good
byes were heard, taunts, insults, joers,
shouts Of: "Go, you bolters," 80, you
rebels" get out you JEFF. Davis seces-
sionists," leave, you Gratz Brown Dutch"
The Rev. j. NJ. Wilkinson, negro, of St.
Joseph, was as another Peter the Hermit.
He preached crusade to his racc-a cru.
SADIE against every one who was opposed to
McClurg. "Let no colored man." he
shouted, "lcave this Hall. Let no free
negro go with those who would put them
in slavery again" A huge German, from
St. Louis, as he passed the lunatic Wilker.
son, laid iconoclastic hands upon his sacred
person aud said curtly aud stcrnly "Set
down dar--I fights for you once, do him
no more. Sit down dar or chokes you"
The reverend gentleman sat down and the
tide flowed ou evenly past him: The Sen
ate chamber soon ran over, and almost i'm
mediately the second convention was in
operation. 4
BY and by there was another stir to-
ward the hall Of the Representatives.
rush-a jam-the waving Of hats-wild
notes and cheers of wclcome-and Lieut..
Governor E. o. Stanard, leading about one
hundred men-came in among the frater-
nizing host in the Senate Chamber, and
joined hands in the new war upon proscrip.
ton. With this second tide came Hilliker,
and Marsh, and Weissman, and Thomas,
and Welland. "We staid as long as We
could" said Marsh, measuring his words
slowly, "but we could not stand McClurg,
and disfranchisemen both" GAS for
me-" said Hillikcr, 81 was always for Stan.
ard, and am for him yet, else this would
be no place for me-" Weissman, with q
cool shrug of his shoulders and the aban.
don of his nature, said sententiously: 1" l
see Gen Schurz is here, also. The coup
d. etat is one day latter than l expected.
The king is dead-long live the king"
And so it went The second conven-
ton was almost as large as tho first, and
had more of intellect, energy and influence.
Rodnan was in it, and speaking Of Rod
man recalls. this incident: The train from
St. Louis, Friday night arrived in Jeffer;;
son City at eleven o'clock. Those aboard
wanted to know the result, aud one Of them
shouted loudly to the sleep delegates upon
the platform: "Who's got Rodman "
"Gratz Brown" was the answer. "Then
ono hundred to seventy five that Gratz
Brown is the next Governor. If l were
McClurg I'd 20 to preaching. That's all
wanted to know. Goodnight, gentle
men," ... ..
After the secession had been accom-
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