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

an audience of ladies and gentlemen. 1t
was packed by the public and not by cliques.
1t was an assembly that came to see the rep
resentatives of great party and not horde
of partisans that filed the seats to act as a
claque for this or that candidate. Here again is
another Natalie difference in the two con-
ventions. In the entering Of the delegates
there was yet another variation. The Re-
publican states came in solid columns, each
marching by itself so as to exhibits strength
and receive the inspection and applause OF
the spectators. 1t was something like the
grand entree of a circus, in which each of the
wonders and curiosities is introduced by it
self so as to command full attention. Not
so with the Democrats to-day. They trickled
in gently, but one or two of the delegations
being on dress parade. The seats
were filed so gradually, and
so-quietly that the spectator only saw the
final result and not the processes of its oc-
currence. And yet another point of dissimi-
larity is to be noted. The heads of the dele
cations as they filed the square and before
the chairman's desk showed brains, dignity
and gravity. The sea of white faces was
thatof men of earnest looks who watched
the proceedings with close interest and who
did not in the least seem pervaded by the
restlessness, the uneasiness, the peristaltic
wrigglings Of their predecessors in the same
seats.
A finer body Of men in appearance was
never gathered in convention since the days
in which assembled the Roman senate. 1t
was cosmopolitan in its superficial appear
ance. There were strong, robust men from
the west, the delicate, tall, 1.-THE figures of the
southerners, the well arranged toilet and
finished faces of the larger cities, and the
comfortable but not always fashionable
make up from the interior districts. In brief
there can scarcely be imagined greater con-
trast than that furnished by the two conven-
tions, and in all essential respects the advan-
tage of the contrast is in favor of the con-
vention now in session. No Democrat who
is present fails to be proud of the gathering,
its evidence of intelligence, its seriousness
and its devotion to the work before it. A
distinguished man in their presence was
noted by the crowd and the delegates, and
generally there was welcome. Thurman,
in gray suit, harmonizing with his long
gray beard, hair and features, and looking
like patriarchial youth or stalwart man
masquerading in the earlier grays of old age
was received warmly. Hendricks received
recognition from his Indiana friends and
other admirers. Kelly was greeted
with considerable warmth when he
appeared, but not to the
extent that notified the majority of the peo-
pie present of his arrival. Unlike the Re-
publican convention the present convention
is so favored with men Of brain and preemi-
nence that the entrance of the one fails to
arouse the enthusiasm which was shown by
the other convention when they entered a
man who had risen to the dignity of gov
enor OF member of congress.
Hon. W. Fl. Barnum, who called the con-
vention to order, is fairly rounded man of
half a centuary or so as to years. With
his closely trimmed gray beard and his
thin grey hair combed forward
above his eyes he presented the appearance
of fairly fourishing storekeeper in some
village of Vermont. He is round, placid,
with gold-rimmed eyeglasses covering keen
dark eyes, and black frock coat that fitted
him as lily as if made by blacksmith. He
introduced the Rev. D. C. Marquis, who very
handsomely and clearly explained the situa-
ton to Providence in clear well-cared-for
voice, and asked that heaven would
accord its most benignant smile
to the body in session. It was
a somewhat long, and to many, a
tedious session, the opening one, but it,
among the knowing ones, seems to be prelim-
mary maneuvers Of the coming battle. The
opposing forces were apparently marching
hither and thither, up hill and down again
without apparent purpose, and to the confu-
sion of those unused to war aud not under
standingwhat is meant by the pregnant phrase
''maneuvering for position" There were
marches and counter marches, much dust
and good deal of shouting and cheering,
with now and then clamor of discomfort,
all punctuated at intervals with the we'll
known slogan, the ''hi, vi, yi," of the Tam
many columns, as they marched and took up
their position in line of battle.
The anti Cleveland forces were out man
euvered; the Cievelanders gained the posi-
ton they sought for and then the columns
went into camp sleeping on their arms and
ready for the battle which will begin to-mor-