Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-08
Editorial Correspondence of the Globe.

Editorial Correspondence of the Globe.
CHICAGO Sunday June 6.-The storm circuit
has so sadly interrupted the telegraphic reports
of She past few days that fear the readers of
the GLOBE have not been as fully advised of
the great events in Chicago as they should have
been. At the risk of having some speculations
fOrestalled by to-morrow's work propose to
try the slower though sure- medium of the
mails for Sunday screed.
This has been emphatically a week of
excitement. If any one had told me
when left St. Paul last Sunday night that
to-day would have found me in Chicago,
| should haYe thought him crazy. But mere l
am and with no absolute certainty that two or
| three days more will not be required to name
| the man for the Democrats to defeat. 1t really
makes but little difference now who they nomi-
nate. The Republican party is falling to pieces
by its own internal dissension and anyone who
has been in Chicago for the past week cannot fail
to see that it is irretrievably torn asunder. as
the Democracy were by the Charles
ton convention in 1860. Not that there will
be dissenting convention, but whatever they
do there will be dissenters by the thousaLd,
and believe this past week marks the begin
ming of the end of the domin ant and domi-
neering organization. The apple of discord
has been thrown into their ranks, and there can
be but one result.
In the history of American politics there has
never been SO excitinea national convention as
the one now in progress in Chicago. This ia
partially due to the fact that there has never
been convention so largely attended from all
parts of the country. Chicago is the center
of western empire, and the outpour.
iprv nf hos ako01u ukaI1
1 thought saw excitement at the Democratic
national convention In Chicago in 1864, which
nominated Mcclellan, but that was mild in
comparison with this. The excitement, t. o.
at that time, was of different character. The
war was in progress, and the whole country
was at fever heat. Mems blood was up, and
the bitterness was between the two great par
ties, and not within the ranks of the Democ-
racy. The great contest at that time was about
the platform and not the candidate.
Here the contest is altogether for the can
didate as means of obtaining the spoils No
principle is considered at stake, and each fac
tiOn would prefer to see the Democracy in
power rather than see one of the other gangs.
If the Democracy win, all factions of the
Republican party are on q common level. If
one faction of the Republican party wins, the
knife will be placed at the throat of the other
factions. Hence it is fight to the death with |
a great deal more anxiety for success in Chi
cago than at the polls in November.
Texas delegate unwittingly told the truth |
in the convention yesterday. Massachusetts |
is great on theoretical politics. 1t is the hot |
bed from which spring the impracticable |
politicians of the Geo. VIM. Curtis school. |
Consequently it was not surprising, when the |
platform was read, to see Massachusetts put in |
her oar. Mr.. Baker, of that State, offered reso-
luton which. in substance, asked Congress to |
pass law giving Office holders a lease of their
positions during good behavior. This was |
shocking to the convention, but only one |
Flannigan of Texas) had the courage to make |
an open confession. Here is his speech from |
the official record:
Texas, sir has had quite enough of the civil |
service. daughter and cries of "Amen. ~
For the last four years, for the fourteen hum
dred officers to be appointed by the President
of the United States, one hundred and forty
represent the Republican party. We are not
here for the purpose of providing officers for
the Democracy. Loud cheers and laughter.)
There is one plank in their platform that have
long the spoils." daughter and applause
We have been ground under foot by the pres
ent sdministra alton. We expected this conven-
tion would nominate stalwart-one who, after
we have won the race, as we will, will give to
those who are entitled to position, office.
and long-continued laughter l mean the
members of the Republican party are entitled
to Office, and if we are victorious we will have
them. We came here for that purpose. cloud
laughter.) move to lay the amendment on
the table. (Applause and cries of ''Good. y
As the chair ruled that the adoption of the
motion to lay on the table would carry the
whole platform with it, it was withdrawn.
Cessna, of Pennsylvsnis, thought to help it out
by recommitting the platform to the commit
tee OH resolutions with instructions to report
it back without the amendment. Here another
snsg was found, for Baker of Massachusetts
declared that he had prepared to have vote on
it, and as often it might be referred to the
committee on platform to strike out, he would
renew it when the platform was again offered.
Baker was personally appealed to not to put
The convention in the box of having to take a
direct vote, but for a time he was inexorable.
Finally he consented to compromise, striking
put all about law making life tenure for
aud leaving it merely that honest
and competent men should be appointed. In
this harmless way it passed, and the gentleman
from Texas, who wanted to know what we
come here for" can go in for his shales.
TtcO Scenes.
The convention has witnessed Two remarka-
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