Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-05
THE sr. LOUIS CONVENTION

they could be accommodated by the
few clerks, who were naturally slow
or were in no hurry to please. They
were ordered around by two boorish
policemen who acted as though the
whole world depended on their sense
less and useless intcrmcdling. Their
treatment was shameful, to say the
best of it, and they received curses
both deep and loud.
Mr.. Watterson, of the Louisville
Cou,'ier-Jomnal, the temporary
Chairman, is fine looking fellow,
makes an excellent presiding officer.
and reads a speech remarkably well.
He is far better presiding officer
than McClernand, of Illinois. who by
his ruling succeeded in greatly assist
ing the nomination of Mr.. Tilden.
The delegates as general rule were
a very passablc looking set of men.
and numbered some of the most dis
tinguished individuals belonging to
the party. In the Virginia delegation
there were ten Confederate officers of
more or less distinction, and we
were informed that they were all
Tildcn men. And men of like char
acter were present from almost every
Southern State although it must be
said that they were generally very
cautious about what they said. They
were content to let the Northern
States do the talking which they were
i'm no wise 10th to do. From the time
the permanent chairman took his
his place as long as we remained in
the hall the confusion was intense
and frequently was but little better
than mob and entirely beyond the
control of the chairman or anybody
else. At two or three different times
the aisles were ordered 90 be cleared
but nothing Of that kind was under
taken. They got along with the bus
mess passably well until after the
reading of the resolutions by Lieut.
Governor Dorsheimer, of New York.
He is quite an elocutionist and read
with all the show of stage actor
After he concluded and the cheers
subsidized, Ewing, of Ohio, presented
minority report which he read and
then followed with speech OF
the currency question. He was
cheered enthusiastically at the end O.
every sentence, until some fellow con
Guided he had talked long enough
time was called, and then followed ;
scene with but few parallels in histo
Iry. A dozen different delegates wer'
on their feet at once, their hands higl
in the air, gcsticulating wildly, ant
yelling "Mr. President! Mr.. Prcsi
dent !" at the top of their voices. ''G'
on! Go OIL " came back with tn
echo. He came forward again, an,
made another attempt to speak, bu
was cried down. The Speaker pound
ed tattoo Oh the desk, while "Ordcr
order I" was called for from a thou
sand Threats; but in spite of threat;
appeals and pounding with his gave
the din increased in volume until i
was almost impossible to hear word
Dan voorhees,, of Indiana, cam
forward and undertook to speak, bu
} did not succeed beyond the usual cal
7 of "timc " The amendment was rea
D and explained and a vote Oh call
States ordered. A delegate woul
a ask to have it explained further; ths
his State did not understand wha
they were voting for, or why the
.. voting. Then the Secretary woul'
call, "Alabamor," but "Alabamor wa
not inclined to vote until she was bet
ter informed. The resolution AM
minority substitute was read am
explained again. The noise was sue
, and confusion so great that it wa
r nearly night before the substitute wa
. voted down and the resolutions adopt
! ed. The result was taken as dccid
! ed evidence of Tilden's standing. an
r it became very evident that IN
A chances were greatly improved.
. Mr.. Kelley, of New York, made a
e attempt to speak OH the nomination
D but as it was well known that he wa
}. opposed to Tilden, his voice wa
drowned by the audience. in the gal
leries and on the floors. Cat call:
, Kisses, shut it of, pull down you
. vest, wipe off your chin, hurrah TO
Tilden, etc, We're INDUCED in TO sue
, an extent that bcdlam was discount
ed. 1t is supposed that NOR
turbulent meeting of any deliberat
= body was never held in thi
;, country. 1t was wholly beyond III
!, control of its officers, and while Iii
den was perhaps the choice of a ms
iority of the delegates, it is tn
!, opinion of many that the mob did
much to nominate him as the deli
gates and probably more. The resu
will not prove satisfactory to man.
not only in regard to the nominee bu
as to the platform also.
VI st. Louis was happy all the while
# she was gaily decorated, treated I'll
r visitors to parades of her police an
,. fire departments. In return 81
e received vast patronage fe
o her lager beer stores, hotels, e
e If the people from abroad were NJ
+ entirely happy, she will go to slee
'riagain and wait another hundrc
ls years for a bonanza, feeling that 81
q has done her whole duty to hcrsc
. and everybody else.
n The Democratic nominations at 5
a Louis were received here with Il
is greatest disgust and chagrin by
:, least one half Of the Democrat
i The nomination Of Tilden comm
:. last evening late, it was known b
but few until this morning, all
=, curses OIL the part Of the Democrat
y, were the rule. We did not hear
single one approve it. When Il
,s news came of forcing Hendricks g
4 to the tail Of the ticket, it did not be
# ter the situation.
No needless truant boy ever ha
the gripes worse after eating hal