New-York tribune., 1880-06-23

| gentleman who sincerely trust is not in the pay
| of the New-Yorll Finance Department, has been
| known to stand in the doorway and remark TO tno
| bystandcIs, "Now hasn't lie fnc-lOOkng head! "
bnt he is genuine sensation.
| The most curious episode of the day is when
Wade Hampton getsuDon his crutches stumps down
the aisle into the purgaory of the contestants ont
side the rail- and across to the middle aisle to snake
hands sOlcmnlv with JOHN Kelly. The crowd cheetH'
and General Hampton, having fulfilled tins import
ant public duty aboriOusly stumps all the way back
| to his seat.
| About this time Randall club enter tho haif
wearing their brilliant badges and carrying the
| black aud gold banner of tho Samuel j. Randall
Association of Philadelphia. This Is carried up on
| the stage drawing out ripple of applause Not
| long after Hendricks banner, decorated like the
| other with portrait Of the candidate, is carried
upon the stage also and stationed near tho Randall
standard. Then the American Club of Philadelphia
plants its banner in the middle aisle. lts central
emblem is highly cOlorcd. nightly porenton5
OWL and the members Of the club who stand around
look rs if it would be utterly useless to attempt to
| tell all they knew.
ERIGADIrRs, BUT NOT LEADERS.
| Continuing the search for the fOrc-0rdained
leaders of the body one does not find them. There
are rebel brgadicrs in plenty but for certain pnr-
poses rebel brigadicrs arc unavailable. Nearly
every Southern Senator is said to be here. The tall
| slim man. with a long, white chin beard, looking
| like q plain Methodist minister is the historic
| Joe" Brown. of Georgia. once Governor, now Sen
| atOr by means of the resignation of General ). d.
| Gordon. General Gordon is here also-a dark,
Souihrrn-looking man, with sabre-cut across his
cheek So also is Ben" Hill, who shows his
square head and pale face, and straight hair comlea
as smooth as a schOolmastcr's. In the Georgia dele
| cation Hill and Brown have been bitter enemies
and have sought to bowie knife each others rcpnta-
ton in true Southern style; but now they SIT SIDE
! by side in the Senate seem 10 have forgiven and
forgotten.
Senator Jones, of Florida, is seated on the stage.
face a little Of the Indian type. though without
| the dark Indian hair. Senator RausOln, of North
| Carolina, happens to walk in front Of him just at
this moment General Ransom is an excellent rep
| rcscntativc of the Southern gentleman in politics.
There il Just time to notice the slight Stoup in his
| shoulders. the iron graz that has fallen OF his
| beard and on such hair as is on decidedly bald
| head. "Gentlrman George II. Pendlcon can
hardly be called a Southern Senator, though he is n
Senator and the Senate is Southern. lie Is III the
centre of n gIUup Of friends on tue PLATFORM and
| only gives a glimpse now and then of n dark and
vet sunny face surrounded with clustering dark hair
and an iron-gray beard. Snll do not seem to
succeed in our charitable mission Of finding con
soNr NOTABLE FIGURES.
| But there are suIne interesting figures here. Tx
| Governor Il. ". Bishop. with long white beard
| like an apostle is one Of them. lie hand-shuok
himself into the Governors chair. and now he is at
1t again in n wild hope OF the NIcc-Prcsidcncy Sec
retary Frederick o. Prince is one of the landmarks
of Democracy. tie has been Secretary of the Ma
tional Committee for nearly a generation. and has
been attending Democratic Conventions from time
| tftnYt ln
Younger members of the party that he was Oh inti-
mate terms with Thomas Jefferson. Nnw be- -
Mayor of Boston, aud furnishes iuformltlon on all
subjects, from police salaries TO baked beans,
recipes for the latter being actually demanded now
! an.l then from heathcn lands like I'Nas.
The short looking man with gray beard.
who is passing " at tins moment, Is Abraln J.
Hewitt. A friend stops him and says:
You know Of course Mr.. Hewitt that they have
designs on yon here Z!
20. WELL" Mr. Hewitt replies this matter Of dark
horscs is like Arrinas Wards corps of brigldler
generals They were all dark horses"
An antc-bellum Southern statesman lately re-nr-
rectcd IL Robert McIaue, Of Maryland, whose face
! is somewhat Of the antique and revolutionary type.
Many OF these SOuthcrncrs are interesting. over IN
| the Virginia delegation stands a tall spare man,
drcs ,ci in black. with most dignilicd badness.
That ls Professor johnson, son Of Albert Sidney
| Johnson aud one of the most accomplished gentle
men in the South. Randall Thicker is another of
the scholarly looking Virginians.
IL the New-York delegation extremes meet in
Smith Weed with his face masked in Il black beard
and with his dark uniathonablc eyes. and Gilbert
| G. Walker with light, handsome ami vacant face.
just behind is John Il. Fellows, slightly suggesting
Mr. Punch if one could suppose that Mr.. Punch has
curling hair.
BUSINESS BEGINS.
When Senator Barnum appears on the platform TO
call the Convention 10 order, there is slight ripple
| of applause He raises malct that would do for
a baby trpIammcr, aud lets it fall. Some people
start under the impression that somebody has been
hurt The mallet was made, it is said, of the wood
of Revolutionary muskct, and had positive quail
tiles
Senator Barnum announced the Hon. George T..
Hoadlcy as the temporary chairman, and appointed
William L. Scott, of Pcnnsyl ylvana, and j. ID. Me
Emery, of Louisiana. To conduct him to the chair.
The committee went the place Of the OHIO dcl"ga.
tion to capture Judge loadlcy. The Ohio delegation
surrendered him with something like enthusiasm.
Mr. McEncry led the way toward the stage. Judge
IIoadlcy followed, and Mr.. Scott brought M the
rear Just then the band in the gallery siIuck up Il
triumpIal march, aud the struggles of these three
statcsmcn not to keep step with the music and with
each other were little amusing They resulted
I'm an auuraTancc of intense uncOnccrn, which was
ovcrwrnuclt, 10 say the least. However, they
reached the chair safely, Judge loadlcy bowing, III
his ouick and nervous way. 70 this side and that as
the delegations on both sides Of the aisle rose and
chccrcd him. He presented himself upon the stage
with the same nervous and unbalanced manner, and
in moment had plunged head first into the great
| fraud of 1876
JUDGE HOADLEY's ADDRESS.
Judge IIoadlcys opening words addressed to the
| n,bu nf Inc pQ
thanking them for the confidence they had shown
in him by selecting him to preside during the pre-
| Iminary proceedings of the Convention. were
hardly audible in the body of tho hail. and before