, 1880-06-06
ON THE OUTSIDE.

taSen II 'ae uol1e' W <"o .....'s .J
e1cnpnneo " 4o 80 ". sess-
1sseh aa ou1''ae auo.Ease 80 res.es.
ings 0! LEI e'enane r'ou' N ~ nN...sa. 40
Ing up to sne ao'oa n'ucn. ~ NO
Michigan a'enue' ~ uie n4eau.s " tae ":s
hvavat assemblage Of people, male and fe-
.s..s n oa+ch oov tntnj1;paooa of TIM
t'a'e' au.o. n;so~,t -. ,.,s,,,, +ho h,,t,a~
dapss Of the Flealoent-tnahers 1nsloe '1e pullo-
tus. It ras not mob, this collection Of inter
netad tna,,fduals. hut gathering OF citizens
~ +,a yfres of citfzens. the latter III
strong force WHO waited panenty LOT any
nesa from the inside of tho building
phtch they did not possess the means OF enter
Ing. The business before the Convention WIS
nos so1 nature 10 sa11a1s taeat curiosity. 1neao
we're no contested questions for the house to
pass upon: there was no vote to designate the
Strength Of the respective candidates, but still,
- d.o, . ~ ,,+a-a,t ,,.hi,h ~. ,,,+a;d.ra h.1d
IN tho nrocee.,;nrs TINT +he stnnIest intjrnaticn
~ -. as 80. .,.s ., ca.s...atto-,
" &ae aatule oi Ioe "ofA TnAcn tne eon' el.4on
eas ns T6a Of <as asens " Sa @ sd
cs,d;dstos cxn,,,nod in ira .,o,nnosi+jon and fts
,sntfa, - +ho r,,r.. ~ +.,a 1srt+,,,s ,,11,,t,s
.uep1ou y. Iao nsss VI 1e sa.!uue nun .,.na
ton Of the popular feeling towards the various
candidates as tho more uproarious demonstr1e
ton. sa within u the u building. hus 'A''NS
A competent estimate Of the number Of the
crowd gathered in the vicinity of the Exposition
Building at Q o'clock in tho evening places it ut
mt 1ess thsn N ont A. +h;s time 1hera wer, mt
uos i.es 1nAn 'eooo' -, LUIS uiae .1ele "eie NV
LEES than IN equal inside the Convention
building; so that it can be set down that. while
placed in nomination, not less than z, ,0oo people
were within carshot Of tho remarks Of the
orators Of the occlsion
The scene on 0l1cnlRan avenue duE1ng tne
4fD8Nn1f
End calcium light shed their iustre
npon tho vast assembiAge VINO Goncen-
uAt6d around the Soutdern nAlI OF the E1posl-
bon building me aspnatum pavement IN
1sout OF the structure was crowded with per-
SONS On the qui vlve for the iaintest innmauon
q what was going on inside the building. whose
enilan1!y 1ilumnea entrances tantal,zed the
multitude who would nave Decn gu the more
tantalized had they known Of the large vacant
space III the northern end OF the convention hall
The CROWD ABOUT THE sourH END OF THE
WIS of tbe character decidedly respectable. 1t
vas rs much rcprescnratiye as anv Of ike size
ever gathered in Chicago. There was anxiety
ssesssd al eos1teaspees. 4 4 oeofE t5eSs ,'
Sicinity 50 Of he Eposition building, and no less
than 3c90 Of these were gathered about the
. 1s o the esr1 cae
men accomnapicd by ladies Could ind
no sdmittancc, though their tickets were
told TnBESE reporter that over
Mo duplicate tickets had been presented to HIM
Its ccrta,n mat there was much real reason to
complain .,r those who were disappofntcd last
evening and who held genuine tickets The
people On the outside seemed to participate in
the enthusiasm on the inside. When it was
learned that Nr, JOY, OF Michigan, had no1ni-
mated Mr. Blaine, there we're thoee who thought
TINT be was exactly the man to have done it,
When then, Mr. Frye was heard to be talking,
and It seemed that his remarks were to the
point there were nurmurs Of satisfaction.
Il wish to God they'd nominate Tonight
said one pray- bearded man. stand have this
agony over. i came nil the way from Cali
fornia to see Blaine nominated. and don't
"You Wont he d;sonnoIt,ted.'' remarked q
man in the cnowd GENERAL discussion then
ensued. in which fu1r RI fiv,. tnok nart h1t nonc
d Tim. thourh two favored Grant claimcu to
see any SHOW for h;s ,a1,nafinn ~ ''' ~