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meaning, md to determine whether thc
work Of the past sixteon years shall bo nm
tlono by tho South M tho dominant party In
powor for tho nc1t four yeara.


between two national asscmblages, both pur-
| porting to bo representative bodies, tllnn
| tlero hns beon between the Cincinnati and
| st. Louis Conventions. Tho difference be-
tween tho two might 10 comprchensivoly
slated to 10 tho difference between tho Re-
publican nnl Democratic rartioB,-the one
representing tlio intelligent, inlustrial, and
commercial rcoplo Of The country, and tho
other conglomerate Ind incongruons mass
| Of people embracing pretty much all tho NIL
venturous mud nonladio claRsos. Tho CONTEXT
| At Cincinnati was III bitter as Mt st. Louis,
and tho preliminary struggle in both cases
was long and determined. hut the methods
| adopted wero worry different Tho canyass
| Of candidates Mt Cincinnati, though 1ercely
partisan, WINS gcntlcmnnly, honest, md de-
cent. In st. Louis it was carried on in bar-
roonlB, after the mannor OF tho lowest ward
politics Of n large city. In Cincinnati there
| is roason to believe TINT not tloltnr was
used corruptly in the interest Of any cnu-
| ditlato. Il st. Louis tho "barl Of money"
! sent IN tho interest Of Mr.. TILpEv
| has boon placed wllcro 1t WIS thought 1t
would do most good, mud it would not DO
easy To count tho number Of delegates whose
vote represented tho payment of personal
expenses. III Cincinnati tho struggle WITS
| intellectual, It st. Louis physicnl.> Will,
Senator Joua MoEn.ssEr, the cc1cbrntctl
gambler and prizc-llghtor, heading collort
Of Nav York roughs OIL Mr.. T1LpEas side,
and Tanmnny Sachein JOHN KELLY, who
has succeeded TWEED ns Doss," heading
another gnng Of roughs opposed to N1r. TIL
DEN, tho outside arguments have bcon Of tho
knock-down" character, mud strong nrm
Inns counted for more than a powerful brain.
Tho main pressure brought to bear upon tic
Convention has becn by betting and offering
to bet, md by bribery and promises of
bribery Tliero Inns been little of cool cal
! culation Of chances which marked the prog
rcss of tho Cincinnati Convention, but m
unsystcmatio mud pcll.mell scramble in par-
tisan blindness. At Cincinnati thcro was
,nethod in tile following Of the leading candi-
dato and method among hiH opponents, but
| at st. Louis there was no method nMong
| either tho TILDcN faction or the anti-T1LDEN
faction tho result was left 10 chance, on
which the gamblers md roughs always base
thoir hopes.
The contrast may bo followed out in the
actual proceedings OF tho st. Louis Conyen-
ton, through thu comparative tanloness and
| weakness of tho men chosen to tho first
places mud Of the speeches that wero made,
MI well rs in tho nncouth reception givon
them. There was very palpablo lack of
ability; it WIS 80 marked, indeed, that it
may well DO doubted whether tho Demo-
cratic pArty, aside from every ques-
lion of honesty and policy, has the material
competent to tako charge Of the executive,
Legislative, and judicial machinery OF great
Government like ouss. Tho selection Of 31r.
WATrERsoN rs Temporary Chairman was re-
garded with surprise, not only Oh account of
tho constitutional bnshfulness which he haa
inherited from tho journnlistio profession,
hut because of his utter mud confessed iguo-
rance Of all parliamentary rules and practieo.
but, a. there was nobody of influence in tho
Convention who soamod to bo any better
posted, WArrEnsoN managed it pretty much
as he pleased. but tile selection of Per
nla1,ent Chairman in tho porson of AIcCnEn-
HAND, Of Illinois, WIS n moro pronounced
evidence Of the poverty Of talent in tho Con-
yention. He began by stumbling, and stum-
bled all the way along. Ho tried to make
committed speech pass 1or spontaneous
ma exten'loroheous u1tefaaco' put forgot
liz "oFeA' theh no pullee out Liz nianu"
script from Lis pocket and could scarcely
feau i'is own "fltlhg' aa tue result proved,
it was really not worth roatling. But tho
convention ala not want TO giyo 1t up 10.
IAey still nsp'red to somo OF tho oratorical
I'LL ~
honors ihat dlssingalshed tho Cincinnati
CohToht'oi'' anu LIAM VOORHEES, Waa trottod
out to offset bon 1soEAaoht. Inc "Inla
Sycamore Ok tho ""-oash atrovo hard. 1lo
wreStled with tho most complicated son-
tences; ho ernprica Win hslres OF speech
TINT wou'l haye startled lcss aud"cious
man; no 'ndrlgcd III a fabulous Alnount OF
martial comparisons for II non-conlbatant !;
aud ho was finally carried OF 'a swooning