New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-26
THE BOILERS PROUD OF THEMSELVES.

THE BOILERS PROUD OF THEMSELVES.
THEIR NUMBER LARGER THAN EXPECTED AND THE
| PERSONNEL VERY REsPECTABLE-THE BUTLER
MEN HARDLY PUT IN AN APPEARANCE.
IBr TELEGRAPH rRBUNE.l
| Boston, Sept. 25.-The two most marked fea-
lures of the convention which met in Faneuil Hall
to-day the manifest pride which the delegates
and all the on-looking Democrats took in their own
exceeding fsspectabity, and the evident apprehen-
sion that something might happen to defeat the ar
| rangements for harmonious session. All last
| evening the delegates and the Boston Democrats
were remarking to each other, frequently and with
increasing earnestness, that it was uncommOnly
respectable looking body of men. They arose
this morning with this impression deepened
and strengthened; and the regular ex-
clamatiOn after the delegates began to as
semble was that it was a very good looking
convention. They took great comfort also in the
fact that it promised to be a much larger conven-
tiOn than had been anticipated. The leading inn
pulse of the gathering, in fact, was to point with
| pride at itself; and no one could begrudge the
delegates the feeling of unusual satisfaction which
| beamed in their cOuntenances and radated from
their discourse. 1t had never happened 10 them
before and was very likely not to again. and they
| made the most of it,
| The whole convention fairly glowed with delight
at finding itself so heightened. Yet with all this,
there apparent well-defned apprehension Of
| danger Delegates looked askant at each other,
and many of them pushed through the ranks of
policemen and forced themselves into the hall in
state of clammy perspiratiOn. and with heads over
their shoulders if fearing that Butler or some of
his emissaries would gobble them up before they
| had an opportunity to transact the business they
| came for but the State Committee had carefully
provided against perils of that sort, and only the
unadulterated ant-Butler men had been provided
| with tickets. few of the Butler crowd did man
| age however to get into the hall, and the number
of these increased by some sort of swapping of
tickets late in the day. until before the close of the
proceedings some two hundred or more had worked
in and occupied the rear of the hall. The cOnven-
ton, however was distinctly ti-Buter; more that
than really Democratic. With all the forms of reg
ulanty. 1t had more the character of convention
of boilers, whose chief anxiety to yndicate its
| regularity and denounce the Worcester crowd as
| irregular and undemocratic.
1t was not intended at first to open the galleries
through fear of eruption Of Butterflies and at IL
o'clock the sole occupant of the gallery was a
melancholy man with white hat, who sat under
the wing of the eagle, and looked as if he was
hired mourner. But the delegates soon filed the
body of the hall, and the galleries were opened to
the overflow. This state Of things increased the
|
desire for harmonious session, wanted full con-
ventiOn. The entrance of Mr.. Avery chairman Of
the State Committee followed by General Whitney
who it was understood was to preside, elected
applause from the unthinking populace who at that
| time had no idea what the venerable General Whit
ney had in store for them in his breaspOcket in the
| form of speech on taking the chair. Had they
foreseen the speech they would certainly have mod
Grated their enthusiasm.
FEW HURRIED PRELIMINARIEs.
| Mr. Avery's short but really good speech call
| ing the convention to order received with ap-
plause. But it was worthy of remark that he lost
no time between the close of it and the recognition
| of the man who it had been arranged was to mako
the first motion in the proceedings preliminary to
the organization. This was young Mr.. Russell,
whose father was supposed to be the cut-and-dried
| candidate for Governor. Mr. Russell seemed fully
conscious of the honor impending over his family.
! Speaking as impTessively as man can who talks m
| high key through his nose, he moved the appoint
ment of Committee on Credentials. Mr.. Avery pun
| the motion IN a very rapid manner, with CON
trary mnded-'tis vote all III one word, and read
| off the committee agreed upon with the air and
manner of a man who is mOmentarily expecting to
be interrupted and hurries on TO escape the dis
| turbance.
Then followed the regular motions for other Com
mittees ON Permanent Organization, Resolutions
etc.. all of them plainly arranged for, and cut
and dried that the chairman in two instances
| recognized and called out the delegate who had
been assigned TO make the motion before that per-
son had addressed him or even got upon his feet:
All these preminaries were transacted III hurried
and half-frightened way, as though the rump had
| lust come in from Worcester on dead run, with
Butler and his Black Horse Cavalry hard after
| them and liable at any moment to break in upon
and carry them all off bodily.
Conspicuous in these proceedings, bobbing around
the stage with distressing activity and calling off
the delegates who had been assigned to make the
several motions, was Mr.. Godfrey Morse secretary
| of the State Committee and brother Of Congress
man Leopold Morse. Between him and Mr.. Avery
the machinery was very cleyerly managed. and
the work went off without any break or inter-
ruptiOn.
These matters having been dsposedof and the con-
yention having been fairly started without any dis
turbance OF the appearance of any Butler men, the
convention took long breath Of relief and began
70 assume the air of not being afraid Of anybody.
Ex-Mayor Prince was seen in the hall, and on
somebody's motion, was invited TO the platform,
which he took amid vociferous applause and with
firm appearance of uneOncern which is so becoming
in candidate. He looked like man who had not
been told that he was likely to be nominated for
Mayor and who, If he had been told, would nave
expressed surprise. In the interval following the
appointment of the committees, he was called out
for a speech, which he was proceeding slowly to
make when he was pulled down by the eoat-tau
for the report of the Committee on Credentials.
This report was made by young Mr.. RUSSELL who
announced with much feeling and strong emphasis
that 3O4 towns and cities were represented
by 1894 delegates. l doubt DanieA
Webster could have done 1t better. The number SO
far exceeded the expectations OF the delegates tnaS
they cheered vOclferously.
wHITNEY's CoMPENDIoUs GRAFTON.
Then came the report of the Committee on Organi.
cation, and General James S. Whitney came to the
chair as permanent president. The General said II
was an important OCCASION and being 80 be had pre-
carad with espeoial care tho remarks he bad &c