St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-09


/ again. Give no." said the chairman and
five no'' repeated the clerk, and Alabama
went down on the record fifteen for Tam
many andfve against
| Arkansas fourteen no. Unanimous
vote) next rang out, and this time the other
fellows cheered.
California sixteen aye,' was the signal
for the Tammany war cry.
'Illinois twenty-five aye and twenty-five
no. was greeted with cries of Sob, oh, - il
being apparent that Illinois didn't know but
vice presidential lightning might strike in
these parts if othing else and it was best to
sit onthe fence.
Indiana 80 aye'' was given whooper
up, and some people wondered whether the
Mcdonald crowd were not ieopardizing the
second place by trying to kill Cleveland OF
and get the first place.
Minnesota sensibly responded GA no"
and was given cheer for her solldity.
NEW YORK.
When New York was reached, ''Pass New
York; was shouted from the audience seats
and galleries by the Tammanyites, and
passed" it was for the present.
When the roll call had been completed
'sNew York!'' rang out the little fellow on
the platform who emits a volcano of sound
when he opens his mouth. Dan. Manning,
of Albany, was on his feet in the aisle to re-
spond. He said:
Gas chairman of the delegation from New
York and under instructions of the conven-
ton at Saratoga to vote as unit, New York
votes 72 no. The result was arrived at by a
vote of 4S yes to "a no.'
"New York votes" began the clerk;
and turning to the chair added: elbow shall
l announce it!''
81 demand that the delegation be polled,'
yelled Grady from the top of a chair.
ST want to know how my vote is record
ed" shrieked Cochran, advancing up the
aisle IN an excited manner. ''The announce
ment of the chairman shows that there are
only 48 ayes in the delegation. I vote no!''
The chair declared that the question was
not parliame ntary one, but was the very
thing they were voting on, and hence the
convention must decide it. Half a dozen
delegates shouted s'Mr. Chairman !" and APP
parently to end it the clerk announced in a
clear and measured tone: ''New York votes
70 no.''
And the fight was over and Tammany was
underneath. In few minutes the total
record was announced: yeas, 332; nays, 1853
and round of cheers went up while the @hi
yi-yi" fellows were no longer to be heard in
the lead with their war cry but had urgent
business ''to go out and see man.
The rest of the proceedings interested them
no more. 1t was p. m. and the debate had
lasted between two and three hours. The
audience began to leave en- nsasse, and good
many delegates followed suite, there being
nothing to do but call the states for members
of the respective committees.
In the rsidst Of the call of states for this
purpose someone moved that phes the con-
vention adjourn it be until II a. m
tomorrow. The chair put the question very
explicitly explaining ''this is not a motion
to adjourn but that ache,a we adjourn No
sooner had the motion passed than the band
struck up lively air and the delegates be-
gan filing out; the chair shouted ''the con-
vention has not adjourned?" and messen-
ger ran oyer to pull the coat-tail of the band.
which stopped so suddenly when Informed OF
its mistake that it seemed like an attempt to
execute the song, "saw my leg off short.'
A few minutes later motion to adjourn
was made and the chair responded "a mo-
ton to adjourn is always in order and never
more so than now" This time the band
proposed to keep on the safe side and main
tanned silence.
TAMMANY CHARACTERISTICS.
Tammanyisa beligerent organization and
wears kind of tread-on my-coattail air.
| was reminded when viewing the scene to-
day and listening to that yell, of the conven-
ton in Chicago twenty years ago the present
summer. The citizens had built huge wig
wan for the convention and as it was built
for the occasion it was necessarily somewhat
crude. A large portion of the space outside
of the seats allotted to delegates,
officers of the convention and reporters was
in the shape of large pens without seats, they
being inclined planes with tight fence about
four feet high to keep the occupants separate
from the delegates. The Tammany crowd
were packed good deal like sardines in
these pens. Harris, delegate from Mary
land, of the Vallandigham school, and
doubtless somewhat stimulated by Vallandig-
hams presence, made violent speech, and
just as he was about to take his seat dele
gate shouted you're liarl'' Quicker than
/ can write it Harris struck from the shoulder
and his accuser rolled off his chair to the
floor. In an instant all was confusion.
Those were times when fighting meant blood
shed, or at least was liable TO, and If
another blow had been struck general
scrimmage would have ensued. do not
believe the man had scarcely reached the
floor before hundred Tammany legs were
swung over that fence with view of having
the rest of the body follow suit and join in
the fight "A single extra blow would have
precipitated matters, aud that row of Tam
many legs swung over the fence ready to
join IN the festivities of the occasion was a
curious sight. Tammany has been getting
one leg over the fence over since that occa-
sion. 1t swung its leg over the fence to-day,
but it was glad to get it back to avoid its be-
ing cut off.
HOW IT IS INTERPRETED.
The vote on the unit question in the CON
vention to-day is interpreted as being a
great victory for Cleveland. 1t was as much
to force show of strength as anything else
that Tammany made the fight, but the result
was not what they anticipated. The Cleve-
land men tonight are claiming they can poll
as many votes on the first ballot as they
polled for the unit rule. They concede that
some of that vote viii not be cast for Cleve-
land, but they claim they can secure enough
from the other side to even things up. 1t
would require Il votes more to nominate.
! and the Cleveland men Claim they Will conn