St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-08
From a staff Correspondent.

CHICAGO, July THE weather happens to
be deliciously cool to-day, and consequently
the torrents of human beings that pour
| through the channels of the streets are noN
as seething hot as they would be were Chica-
go to furnish the visitors with few hours of
| its characteristic summer heat The expo
! sltion building, in case of a warm day, will
! be cauldron, in which the Democracy will
stew with fercer heat than that of a butchers
kettle. What kind of a stew would all these
Democrats make! We will probably see be-
! fore the convention shall be finished.
| There may be few more coming, but if
so it will be question of difficulty, as
| to what will be done with
them. All of the streets near
the principal hotels are 1ammed, as if there
were an endless circus in procession. Within
many of the caravansares locomoton is next
to impossible The headquarters of every
delegation is center, to and from which
| flow two opposite currents, most of whom are
mere curiosity seekers. The street ears are
full to the brim, the hacks, gurneys, han
SONS and all the other vehicles packed
get into an eating house, and more of a labor
to get a seat afterwards. The barber shops
have an interminable string of ''neXts, and
one who wishes to get into the dining rooms
of the hotels is carried along as with an in
undation or an avalanche.
The Democracy has come out in force. All
its relatives have come along, and the rest of the
world is here as spectator 1t is a well be-
haved gathering too. But little resort is had
to vinous or alcoholic stimulation. The most
of the delegates feel sufficiently enspirited by
the prospects of the situation, and the others
| find in the great city, its magnificent drives
and handsome streets, enough to keep them
from suffering dependency.
| 1t is very uneven crowd in style and ap-
pearances. There are dudes from Massa-
chusetts, hat-footed natives from Missouri,
lank, bilious specimens from Indiana, per-
meated with a flavor of quinine, long-haired
swarthy southerners, Butternuts from Kan
sas and blue jeans from Kentucky. They
may differ in appearances but they are one
in sentiment-the determination to unite on
anybody who can beat Blaine.
The only exception to this is the Butler
element. This is made up of enthusiastics
who believe in Butler as the wool-crowned
African believes in his fetch. They won't
listen to any argument. 1t is all a matter of
faith, and they are firm in the conviction
and IFS assertion that all that is needed to
defeat Blaine, overthrow the Republican
party, revoutionize the country and bring
1t l., b D,,tla r.,
the cholera coming? Elect Butler and that
will prevent it. Is there rot among the
sheep, depression in commerce, rottenness
in public affairs, dishonesty in business, and
inundation of grasshoppers feared? Elect
Butler and all will be prevented. No one
ever saw so huge a superstructure reared on
so slender foundation. 1t resembles a
pyramid standing on its head.
The sight about the doors Of the rooms of
the Fort Fisher hero, Butler, is a curious
one, the public win not be apt to think that
between the people and this lover of the
masses there would be anything in the ma
ture Of an obstruction. One loves to fancy
the doors wide open, and the popnlace filing
the room and meeting the cock
eyed god o. reform as one
brother meets another But not
So in fact, two stern policemen guard the
entrance, and it is more difficult for one to
reach the great commoner than for a sus-
pected dynamiter to get an audience with the
Russian ear. There is much profanity
among the gents who have come here from a
distance to lay their offerings on the ButIerian
| shrine They start up the stairs with the ex-
pressed purpose to see i'Old Ben," as they
affection ately term him, and in an hour or
SO they come back abiding to him as that
''cock-eyed old aristocrat, - with probably an
unhandsome allusion to a possible canine
ancestry.
The portraits Of all the candidates are on
| exhibition everywhere. 60 far as looks are
concerned, in Autographs, Bayard has the
best Of IT and If the question were to be de-
| cided by the appearance Of the portraits,
| Bayard would go in by a very handsome ia
iority. Cleveland looks like large Drained
man but a trife stupid, which is the fault
probably Of the artist. Buffers picture is
side view, and barring the fact that the slit
for his eye runs up and down in place Of
| crosswise, as is the case with the average
man, he has the appearance Of a bald-headed
| angel. and IL one who is
admirably calculated to deceive the
very elect. Macdonald is round headed,
digniie1, placid, and has no expression
! which seems TO indicate his views On the
presidency or any other matter. Thurman
is full bearded, and has all the appearance Of
a well preserved gentleman Of some other
generation. Hoadly has benignant aspect
| as if his election would lead him to invoke
blessing on his supporters, or to do some
thing characterized by the very highest quail
| tiles of benevolence. In fine, as rule, the
| portraits of the candidates are prepossessing,
| and are calculated to induce the spectator to
vote for the last one he happens to look at.
The exposition building has been admira-
bIy arranged to care for the crowd, and none
at an for considerable portion OF the press.
| About one-third Of the scribes viii have TO sit
where they can see only about half the audi
ence. where they will be literally at the feet
! Of the speakers who mount the rostrum to
crate, and viii have an opportunity to inspect
! the speaker az man standing at the foot Of
a pole gazes at It's top. But what they can't
see when in the convention Is nothing to