Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-06-10
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SCENES An CHICAGO.

Tho Republican Convention assembled at
Chicago on Wednesday last. Tho proceedings
ore too long for our columns. We give scenes
and incidents of The convention, interesting and
readable, as fully as our space permits:
now THE GRANT MEN RUN.
CnlcAuo, May 3l.--Sinco the arrival Of
Senator Conkling and tho other New York
leaders tho management of tho Grant cans
pain has been by common consent
handed over to New York exclusively Tho
Now Workers are considered the boss mana
gers, and they show that they deserve tho
appcllation. Everything is conducted by
them on grand scale. They have immense
suites of rooms on the second floor Of the
Grand Pacific for which they pay Gvo hun
dred dollars day. They have an abundance
of refreshments, which are dispensed with
liberal hand. Their scntrics arc stationed
ut oil tho strategic points, and their comman-
ders aro constantly engaged in dispatching
orders and receiving reports. They have in
twcnty-lour hours 90 systcmatized things
that they have not only got down to Il Gno
point tho status Of the National committee,
but they profess to have diagnosed tho entire
convention, and to havc arranged the Grant,
tho anti-0rant and tho doubtful members
undor different heads,
| TIE SETTLING MASS.
CHICAGO, Juno 1.-The confusion of to-day
has exceeded that of all tho others. Thou
sands of people arrived on the cnrly trains
and it is probable that from fifty to sixty
thousand strangers will sleep in Chicago
| to-night. It requires but little gong,about
to obserro tha. nearly all this outside crowd,
which chokcs up all the space in tho hotels.
| is against Grant and it keeps up u perpetual
excitement on that subject. The anti Grant
people, from Illinois in particular, have been
| pouring in to-day and arc tho most persistent
| lot imaginable. Still there is better temper
| displayed than for three or four days prcyi
| ously and not so many desperate threats
| The stock tnlk is that Grant cannot DO elected
| and the Grant people rctort that Blaine could
| not be elected An anti"Grant glce club
entertained several thousand people in tho
halls Of tho leading hotels carly in the day
and they raised an opposition, and much Of
the timu to niSht Bachanalian songs have
como from hundreds Of throats in unison
drinks. During tho afternoon Gen. Mckib-
| bcn's banner Of Grant on horseback was
hung over ono of tho balconies in the Palmer
| House halls and was cheercd with vigor.
! Empty champagne baskets and bottles on"
cumber the passages in all directions.
| and tho crowd is beginning to show signs Of
fatigue. On tho streets thcro is music and
| the parade Of clubs everywhere; but all these
arc in the interest Of candidates against Grant,
| the larger part Of it consisting of Sherman
| display. At tho various headquarters there
are no conspicuous signs Of activity, tho
fight has now como to be n hand-inehand
affair, and it is fully realized on oil sides.
HOW THE NEGRO DOES.
Somo Of tho colorcd delegates from the
backwoods who arrived to-day would neither
talk Grant, Blaine or Sherman until they
had spent several hours in riding up and
down in tho hotel elevators. Aitor that they
pat on Grant, Blaine or Sherman badges, ac-
cordng to their predictions, aud promcnadcd
| around as magnificent MS peacocks Some Of tho
colorod citizens of Chicago, discovering what
| big men the coorcd delegates are, dressed
| themselves up in storo clothes, circulated
among tho Blaiuc aud Sherman managers.
proclaimed that they were delegates, aud
announced their willingness to be seen.
Tho crowds at the Palmer lIonsc, Chicago,
cvinco much curiosity in watching Georgia
colored gentleman by the namo Of Quarlcs,
who is now practicing Law in Now York, and
who is thcro in tho interest Of tho Sherman
boom. Mr.. Quarlcs is in tow Of cx-Shcrlf
| Daggctt Of Brooklyn, who is Now York
| delegate, and intends to yo.o for Sherman.
Quarlcs is very black. lie wears blue
cont, an open shirt with big brilliant stuck
in it, light pants and kid gloves. sensation
was crcatcd when he walked into tho big
dining room of tho Palmer House the other
night arm-in-arm with Mr.. Daggctt and took
Scat sea directly opposite to Mrs. Don Cameron
and Mrs. Levi Morton. The guests dropped
their knives and forks and started, and the
colorcd walters gathered in groups and
watched and chattercd, and many stalwart
Republicans, to whom such q spectacle was
rather new, did not express much admiration.
a SECOND CHARLESTON.
No ono old enough to remember tho scenes
at the Charleston Convention in 1860 need bc
| reminded Of its resemblance to tho present
desperate struggle at Chicago. There is the
! same swarming excitement days before the
convention, the same wild struggle over the
| temporary organization and contested seats,
| tho Same furious threats Of bolt and NUT
| tered thrcatenings Of violence, the party
organization in the hands of one great party
| leader, the Federal administration backing
ono Of its members, Ohio represented by
delegates predicting defeat if their candidate
is dropped New York hopclcssly rent in
twain, and above all the perfect rcndincss on
both sides to split the party sooner than
| yield. The nomination Of the loading candi.
date, Grant, matching tho success Of Doug
| lass in 1850, is all that is needed to complete
tho parallel as far as the party is concerned;
and the country may be trusted to work out
tho rest for itself.-'SminMGeid Republican.
TIE PLATFORM.
Mr.. Picrrepont, Of New York, offered tho
following platforms:
| After reviewing the administration of tho
| Republican party tho resolutions ask for the