The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1880-06-10

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up are left in terrible condition. The
proprietors take the precaution to remove
the carpets or cover them with canvass
Bun the immense crowds DO great deal
Of damage. The tesselated floors are
covered with cigar stubs, tabacco stains
and Uttered with paper and dirt. The
walls are blackened with smoke and
wherever g bed is CHANGED TO be left in
the room the clothing becomes as dark
as the garments Of q coal HEAVIER. The
New York delegation was supplied with
the largest and most luxurious parlor,
and The men composing the delegation
are as fine 4 crowd as any state can fur
nish, LET II pick Its best. Massachusetts,,
Ohio and Pennsylvania send men Of
whom the party may be proud. Illinois
had grand representation, particularly
before its eighteen Grant men were de-
priYed Of their seats in favor of the coal
ition delegates.
The hall in which the meetings were
held has q seating capacity Of 10000, but
through favoritism in the distribution OF
tickets, so as to pack the galleries with
howlers for Blaine, about u, 600 persons
were present at the sessions. 1t was an
imposing spectacle and brought TO mind
the amphitheatres Of Ancient Rome.
There in the arena We're the gladlators,
the mighty minds of the nation prepared
to grapple with one another in contest
far from friendly. There sat the watch
ful Conkling, his face lit mp with the
sunshine of intellectually, the leader of
men who rarely yield obedience to any
one. The bold aggressive Logan looked
as if he would not hesitate to use physic-
al force should he deem it more effective
than moral suasion. Garfield, a fine
looking man physically and the darling
Of the crowd. His appearance is lacking
in that refinement Of intelligence which
characterizes ConkIing. Conkling would
be picked ont Of crowd in an instant as
a remarkable man. In a crowded street
a man would pass Garfield q hundred
times without bestowing any particular
attention upon him. Don Cameron is a
tall, slender aristocratic looking young
man, deriving his prominence from his
wealth. Logan is blacker than Stock
bridge Indian, but he is the best natural
orator in America. No other man i'll the
convention could stir the galleries as Ilo
gan did. With a voice strong as a
trumpet tone, clear as a bell and musical
as a flute note, he is an orator whom the
masses love.
Conkling had his heart in the fight.
Something unusual for him, he was poll
tic and conciliatory to all except Maine
men. His imperious nature was brought
under subsection and he became affable
SO as to court success. Logan was ag-
gressive and sat on his seat as if he was
crouched ready for a spring. He is al
ways ready to embrace with a soldier 5
arm, and generally his opponents shrink
beneath his courtesy. But these two
Iitans were at a disadvantage. The
crowd and the vote of the convention
were against them. It seemed as if
Grant had lost his hold on the people.
The brief sentences to which he gave ut
terance and which are historic, excite no
enthusiasm and Conkling, upon whose
eloquent words the cultured of the land
have hung with pleasure, was Kissed be-
cause of the advocacy OF his friend. His
mind must have reverted to the electoral
commission when ballot after ballot show
ed the determination of the anti Grant
men to defy justice and attain their end.
Twelve thousand persons seated in an
oblong building is q ghastly sight. Those
at distance look like wax figures or
corpses IN an upright position. No
movement Of the body is apparent and
the figures appear to be lifeless. The
suppressed conversation sounded like the
buzz of myriads of swarming bees. When
She vast audience rose up to adjourn it
seemed the work Of some conjurer.