Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-06-11
The Chicago Convention.
CHICAGO, June 5, 1880.

your readers can speculate in regard TO the
probabilities and possibilities, as successfully
as those here upon the ground. No man
here, inside or out of the convention, can
tell tonight who will he the nominee. The
combinations which will determine the re-
suit have We, to he completed and it is quite
probable tha, they will not he completed till
within few moments of the final ballot.
OF course YOU and the country are asking.
What means this extraordinary delay !:
Why has it taken four days for the
convention TO do the ordinary work of one
day? That can be better understood
by one who can take an inside view. The
delay is due first to the size of the convcn-
lion second, TO the size of the building in
which il is held : and. third, TO the extraor-
binary circumstances surrounding the occa-
SION A convention of nearly $50 men is Il
very large one, for dcliberative body. Its
committees as you know, being composed
10y States and Territories. consists OF nearly
fifty members each. Each committee is
thus about twice as large as most of the State
Scnatcs each contains a large number Of
oo,iro no,;,;.ior. and sm,r, anil nusbinc
Mos, ,a,,..r =, low, n cay ON evorv,bipc ond
70 shoro :, or influence ovc,v nroccclina
On the action of some of them, rs that on
credentials. may dcpcnd the result of the con
vcn,ion of c,urse every move in one dl-
rection ar another finds active opposition, and
the dcEa,es and discussions in the committees,
of which the outsi,lc world gels little report,
easily canal ,bnsc Of CONGRESS in lcpc,h and
oarrcs,,res
Tho ,,o,l of IN. cor,,;,too on cr,dcp,i,Is
,rh;c,, il, orr y.r,no,, S,,,e conventions is
oomuor,,. c,mp,.,cJ in q, bour cr two here
occupied two DAYS and two NIGHTS. and it
tool. ,hc convention , fuIl div and moro 70
Jisnose Of its rcnort which is of necessity
,ho fire, or.,;,,;norv IN ,Ic actual hus;ness of
tho convention
Tho s;,o, ,,.o ,,,i,i;r,5 Of ,,o ord;-
,,,,;,,., ., ,,,,, oo,,,.ar,;o, hos h.on nm
;.,,,,,,., t.+.,,,,,,o, g., tic ,rorl Tho doIo
gates and altcrnates occupy an area in the
centre of one end of the portion of the Ex-
positian building allotted TO the convention
twice as larrc as that Of our CITY Hall in
Rurlincton. before Them is Tho pla,form.
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saOs;o,,. In. ,b.,, number and rerb,ns nv soy
oral .bo,s.,J n,oro I, is cb,roed here Inv
rosnorsilJ,. p,rsons ,ho. nj least > 600 more
,d,nissi,n ,;cl ate how, hoor issuod tb,r ore
accounted cha ,,ll;sho1 olIo,,,o,,
,h., mann, Of ,bor, have hecp soil IA ,be
scores of ticket s,lcrs who hanr around ibe
hotels and The convention building Offering
tickets to the rublic for from So 10 Sl5
apiece. and that ercat numbers have been
distributed ,o shouters for = particular candi-
do,e
No., Ella, half ., ,,,;, o,or,,,,,,s o,,,;o,,o,,
,,,,,,,, ,,o ,., IS ,,,, ,,.>o,o,,;,,,, Tho
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mos, ,,;s;cul,, .ra onl, ,hon sor,o ono of
mor, Than or5;p,rv lun,,s is sneakinc But
nj, ,aL. tho mos, extraordinary ip,cres, in
,,,, ,,r,,,,o.,;,,,,, II,r,rods Of mo, .,,o,c
tho s,ec,,.ors vote ovc and no nj The ion of
,h.;r vo;c.s -, ,ha ,,es,;ors mt IN mir,
r... Tho INN, rd, r.ho o,,Iard with all
,ho;r ,,,i,rr, ,,,.,r;,o S,oabors ar mo,io,c mr.
,o,.s ,,,,, ,,,o,s, ,,,o,, soo,, roy.r to Lro,v
hon, 70 s.,,, ,,.,o, ,,,e,. ,o,ri, s,or,irr and
,,.,, o,,,,,.,,,;.,,, i,,olf , e,or,;,,,Ir Of ro
small s;z. and ercrcv bas Tins far first and
las, sa, hours withou, word or demons,ra-
,;o, u, ,,,. mart of tic orn members (wbo
,,oJ an, ,hro,,h ,h.;r or, choor;,r for ,be
finn, beinn) WAITING for the tumult of the
outside multitude TO subside Add to all
these bindranccs the facts that railroad |
racks. oyer which hundreds of trains arrive |
md denart daily run close beside the walls
IF the buillinr. and that the rattle of the
,ars. th, ringing of The bells and the hiss of
.scapinr steam. seems TO sound louder within
he building than out of doors. drowning
;peakcrs and inicrruptinc all proceedings.
md Won can pcrhans form some SLIGHT idea
VI the hindranccs which impede the business
If the convention. Had il met IN n hall ac-
'omodating simply its members, and mod