The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1880-06-26
Our Broadblriln Letters.

OUR BfOaelDl1ln IeLLeTS.
How the Chicago Nomination was Re-
ceiyed- Convention Of Reformed Min
isters-The Boy Preachers Converts
The Bears Routed on Wall Street
Murder, Suicide, Icebergs, etc.
NEW YORK, June l9, 1880.
EDITOR CHIEF:
| When the dark horse came IN on
Tuesdays race at Chicago, time l.36,
l wish you could have seen the faces
Of the people as they crowded around
the different bulletin boards that an
! nounced the name of the victor.
"Who the = is he, any way4" said
Il tall, raw boned patriot on the out
side of the crowd. Why, don't you
know who Garryfield is "a" said lit
tie fat, podgy fellow, elbowing his
way up towards the board. "Don't
you know who Garryfield isl Why,
he is the mimber of Congress from
1llinoy." eyes, remember him now,' y
said raw bones, and he went on study
ing tho figures. | went to school
wild him in Iorland," said a gentle
man with hod on his shoulder. He
is a cousen of me mothers, I know
him well.''
| After the nomination was COM
pleted, men gathered in knots upon
the corners, and eagerly discussed the
situation; and, notwithstanding tho
national prominence of the nominee,
ic was astonishing to see, in every
crowd, the number of people who had
never heard the name of James A.
Garfield. It was almost as bad as the
inquiry nearly 40 years ago." "Who
is James K. Polk.". The diversity of
opinion was as remarkable as it was
amusing. "Fust- class man, sir" said
a sovereign in a white choker, a
straight forward, honest and true
farmer, sir, mechanic, a preacher Of
the Gospil, a soldier and a statesman !;
guess he'll do." A man at his elbow
evidently did not coincide with his
views, for, speaking aloud, so every
one in the crowd could hear, ~
reckon the Repubs must have been
pretty hard up for candidate when
they took up that ere Garfield. Why,
he don't know nothin'. Who ever
heard of him afore. / never did.
Well burrah any way. Sam. Tiiden
will have a walk over the course.
That 'ere nomination is jest as good
as 100, 900 majority for the Domo-
crats." We've cleaned out the third
termers," said jubilant Blaine man,
"And we've knocked Jim Blaine
higher an a kite" roared an ardent
admirer of Grant. eff we couldn't
win ourselves, We named the winning
horse," said Sherman man; while
a supporter of Washburne declared
that "he was never so happy in his
life, and that the nomination was tie
best that could possibly be made >
AS matter Of course, where every
body got just what he wanted there
was no chance for dispute, much
less fight; SO the 100 guns, which
announced the end of the battle, fell
like Hermon's dew, on Republicans
and Democrats alike, the former be.
ing assured that he was the strongest
man that could possibly have been
named; and the latter were equally
confident that there was not man
on the Republican slate who conld
be SO easily beaten.
! But the Chicago convention has moi
been the only one in session. II
Brooklyn convention of Reformed
ministers has been trying to squelcl
| the Masons, and to taboo to-baccy
pipes and Odd Fellows. A desperate
assault was made upon the Mason!
by an enthusiastic brother from thu
West. He was one of those small
headed individuals, who wears 4;
hat, height 6 #. 2, and l64 inches
about the hips. In the convention
however, were number of minister
who had taken all the Blue Eod ge
J Royal Arch and Templar degrees
and they had the advantage of know
ing what they were talking about
which the brethren from the Wes
had not. One of them had an ol.
catch-penny expose in his pocket
/ with which, he wanted to enlightel
J the brethren, whereupon a stalwar
preacher from New England objecte'
, to turning the convention into a Ma
sonic Lodge, an objection which sen
the belligerent brother from Mime
sofa to grass on cries of time.
. Failing in the Masonic assault, the
! commenced an indiscriminate car
nonade on pipes. tobacco, cigarette
! and cuds. For delicate men, it wonl
!, have been a delicate matter; bu
: there was no delicacy about the re