The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-29
A Chunky Old Doorkeeper Took
Him from the ''Convenshen."
ST. LUIS ALL WELLS And FIREWORKS.
How the Nominations Were Received
Throughout the Country.
'RAH FOR UNCLE SAM

ST.. LOUIS, June %, 1876
AS General McClernand took the chair he announced
Get gentlemen must be in order and that the Chair
would enforce all means at his disposal to main
tain IL This opening threat did not gravely
impress the Convention, which did not like TO
sec its presiding officer to loose his temper so
sarly. There shower OF resolutions OF various
character, all Of which to the Committee
on Resolutions When Mr.. John Kelly caught the
Speakers eye the Chair recognized Mr. Kelly gen.
tlcman from Maine, at which Kelly started in blank
surprise over the notion that any one should
not know him. This corrected, and Kelly
made his proposition, which that printed
paper with alist Of OF democracts opposed to
Tdcn in New York, be read for the information Of the
Convention Mr. Jacobs made the point that this was
out OF order. The Chair ruled and Kelly sat down.
kellys proposition was also received with Kisses
,hroughout the house. The prayer was delivered by
Catholic priest who had not q very clerical
appearance. When the loud-voced Secretary CON-
nenced his work a crumb his throat checked his
customary clear delivery, ar the Convention began
ear that thcless OF tho original Jacobs at the Seerc
tary's desk (Mr E. D. PERRIN would again be missed
but the difficulty fortunately PASSED away In glass Of
Kelly Is not successful in his attempts to mako
IMPRESSION Doubtless the is that Il takes him
long to see point and get It straight In his head
that the subject matter OF his speech gone before no
makes up his mind what to say He Is like Kemble,
Who in the midst OF pathetic story, laughed at a
lnny story told half hour before, having just
he point. Recognizing that he needed spokesman
he made to-day, after his first failure of Jack in
the box Of Cox and little Coxwas consequently his
Ieet or a chair every FIVE minutes thereafter He
mad resolution amendment, point Of order or
parliamentary inquiry, claptrap proposition
about retrenchment IN workingmen's wages
81 Endorsement OF the House against the
Senate, but Sammy was always put down either by
The common opinion or the Chair. When the point
Of order raised, that resolution relating the
platform could be debated, but be referred to
the Committee Resolutions without discussion,
he President raised laugh in the hall by announcing
s'fhe Court decides that the point Of order Is well
taken II had been understood generally that the
Committee Resolutions not ready TO report
snd might exhaust tho whole day, and IL became
question with members whether they should wait all
day unprontably, whether the time should be i'm
proved by proceeding to other business. In this
dition OF doubt tho motion was made to proceed 10
ballot tor the Presidency
DELEGATES PANIC STRICKEN.
The nrst breeze Of the day occurred when Mr..
McI.ane, OF Maryland alter asking If the Committee
Resolutions ready report and being answered
in the negative, moved that the Convention now pro.
coed to vote for candidate for the Presidency or
tile United States. Mr. Listlcohn, OF New York,
instantly hts feet, well a number Of other dele
gates all eager TO catch the Presidents eye and each
evidently panic stricken by the proposition For a
lev minutes confusion prevailed the Chair rappng TO
order, but rapping in vain. The Convention was
startled by the proposition which brought It face to
face with the main business for which had assembled
and tho CONSERVATION displayed By the anti ilden
lorces gave distinct contradiction to the boasts Ut
last night and this mornIng that binatlon
fatal TO Tldcn had been made between the States Of
Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, and that Tdens de-
eat assured Senator Herman, OF New York, en-
ieavored 10 alay the excitement by motion 10 ap-
point committee to wait on the Committee on Reso.
ulions and ask whether there any prospect
d report from them before long, but Mr.
dci.anc INSISTED his motion for n being put
ne Convention. Tho confusion was thereGpon re.
AIMED while Nr. Mci.ane made his speech backing up
sa vcsoiution.
SERENITY or riLDES
Tho Tden sat quietly awaiting the
slt, ready 10 vote n tho Convention should
decidedly no means ANXIOUS TO press the
aiiot In advance Of the adoption or the plat
osm and not AFRAID to face the music when Governor
Noodson, OF Missouri, offered his substitute Tor
tcIane's resolution providing that the Convention
sead not ballot for candidates until the platform had
adopted He stated that, from Information that mad
cached him, he feared would not DO possible for the
Committee Platform TO agree and while he hoped IL
nght not be SO he thought the rcsouton ought not
be adopted, and that until then could the qucs.
ion asked yesterday s.whc shall be our standard
aArerfv be properly answered. The TIlden men, by