New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
THE RUMP AT FANEUIL HALL
conilnned lrom FIrst Paae.


S1rIent questions of politics from authentic public
documents. 1t was a rather remarkable speech.
Probably no convention that had business to trans
act was ever before so long detained from its work
by the delivery Of 3 speech. II was entirely sound
on Democratic principles eminently dignlhed' per-
fectly straightforward and ineligible in its charac-
terizatlon of the bad man Butler and great deal
longer than the moral law.
Nothing could have attested more satisfactorily
the responsibility of the convention than Its be-
havior duringthe greater part of the delivery OF the
Grafton. The fellows who got mp at o'clock IN the
morning at Worcester, and stole Mechanics Hall
and dehowered the Massachusetts, ID emocracy
never would have sat through quarter of it with
out interrupting it with motions that the further
reading be dispensed with. But these delegates
sat in the suffocating atmosphere of Faneuil Hall
and nopped their bald heads and for the first hour
or so put on the appearance of profound interest
Their decent and patient behavior was very credit
able to them. Along toward the latter part OF the
exercise, however, many of the aged delegates
went to sleep, and others kept themselves awake
by conversation. But the General kept on undis-
turbed until somebody, probably Butler man
who had gained suueptitiOus entrance, made an
audible and impatient remark, at which the Cen
eral stopped short, and said he bad prepared this
speech with a great deal of care and knew it was
way, and if there was anybody there who did not
want TO hear it, he could 60 out This burst OF
candor was well received. and the old gentleman
took fresh start. He did finally STOP though it
looked at one time as though the November election
would OveTtake him IN his peroZatlOn.
LITTLE SPICE IN THE PROCEEDINGS.
Then came the real business. delegate moved
for ballot for Governor; and Mr. Leverett Salton-
stall moved that Judge Abbott, whom he eulOglzed
rs man with National reputation, be nominated
by acclamatiOn
At this point there were several delegates on the
floor attempting to be heard, and there cOnsid-
cradle confusion.
lot of Butler men got in and were scattered
among the spectators at the rear of the hall, and
one of them, a young lawyer named Cook. Butler
Republican it is SAID, who was an active member of
the Worcester Convention last week, came up the
middle aisle vociferating Mr.. President" shaking
his fist at the convention which was trying to howl
him down, and demanding hearing. What he
said or wanted to say, 10 one could make out. 1t
was drowned in the uprOar. The chairman, VINO
presided like a rear.admiral hammered for order
and called upon the police to put out the
intruder, aud IN very few moments the ponce
men came in and bounced him out with all his
eloquence and indignation in him. This little cir
cumstance was the only thing that redeemed the
respectable dulness of the occasion.
Judge Abbott was nominated by acclanau0n, ana
the rest of the ticket was nominated in the same
way on the report of the committee which mad been
appointed for that purpose. .
The resolutions, which were adopted without as
sent will appear in the dispatches to the general
There is of course no hope of electing the ticket
That was admitted to be impossible. The great
thing now is to bring the ticket in second IN the
race and of that there does not at present seem to
be any probability.