New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-05
CONVENTION PICTURES.
PERSONAL DETAILS AND INCIDENTS
,o1.r,r vyy FROM VARIOUS STATES 0F TiD
IrNtox-A ROAR OF APPLAUSE FOR BTAINE.
INV rptrcpAru TO TIE TRiBUt b..

convention was cloudy and warm. Tne axetDS OF Jus
p.e vous day AID evening had ured o'I'gd'S' 'S ~
| tators The fact OF now cOnbnatOhsD '"F p'' ~
died additional interest, aud an hour De'oro'h'
ton met ut II O'Clock the procession DeR'n 'ine"'
! ing its way to he great plank palace. hotn'"S % a
IN he seen there except the portrait OF Garien in W
with a laurel wreath around 1t, which was no" feFoAo"
| In front o. the stand. ro.
| Eblu Washburne who was the platform on iuoS
day. is living in a handsome house IN inc Guy p''
has leen dissatisfied with politics ever SINCE tne "o'
| ton OF $50, when he was registered a. IoI ""'
vet TO some extent was operated candidate h'nsei
Senator Harrison is also said to nave s'no 'p.
retirement in Chicago. The Gresham men alcHo "a'
candidacy was only made to keep Gresham Daoh "'l'
Baine's friends consider the separate movement '
| rlson To BIZ Ineffective and hardly friendly
At AN early hour the convention was visited oy sH'
M, only from Chicago but all the Western ce'' ~
far away az San Francisco aud Portland Oregon"
| HOW THE CHAIRMAN LOOKS.
T, ,yos known that ex-senator JOhn b. henuersoh
would become the permanent chairman. he Is II
| w., ard Loo, rer.on with a hungry cOuntenance. no
rraars oasses and bears the appearance OF man y,
| study and ambition not unlike an American o'py 80.
| Schurz with whom he Is extremely Hicnuy' -,
! that Mr,schurz recommended him to the rev" ioih on
| Massachusetts, delegations Henderson iost MS 'o"'
the Senate soon after his marriage TO MISS foo'e, "
veront the niece OF Senator Foote In whose place BIT
| Edmunds was elected TO the Senate MIS- Henuef''n ~
| an ACCOMPLISHED Washington beauty ana she n1' 80
| n book on cooking and other compositions ho"
lost bis seat by the eeue engineered by GraU
Carl sehurz ia the State OF Missouri MI Schui% o"
| n seat in the for brief time, ana ever ' AZ
stae has been In the hands OF the rebel DEMOCRACY ~
| Henderson is first Edmunds and next TOT Ar'nui.
| ruv poREMosT SCHOLARS IN THE CONVENTION
Amongst the notable faces in the convention arc ~
| ., Andrew d. White and George william Cui"s'
| who came in together. Mr. GURUS
ratber tall with skin sallow, ana mar anu si'o
whskers decidedly gray. His hair ia parted ID 'no ".u
| die and falls in wayy carls upon lis Squa'' 81,
| head He is a man of somewhat WHY tno"Sn 80
frame straight and tidy look at, with race po'h a
be and nervous His dress Is black with gray trou'c
Nc, white ia smaller than Mr.. Curtis and shorter haruy
weighing 40 pounds file has lean arms anu lals'
| hands a head running back 10 high oio"n'
| and his dark hair streaked win gray no
,ands straight has countenance expressive OF oota
| eexlbly and purpose, and under the scissoreu "e"
| and mustache are seen the jaws of a sound amman
,r,cture He has not strong features other"lse' no
oiles when he speaks and there is touch OF the ga"N
| i'm his contour Like Mr. Curtis, he wears an e'07s
| and show IS a reading man and public thlhAer
| COLLECTOR ROBERTSON AND EDITOR MEDIlI-
v-uI,a,r II Robertson. OF New-Yors comes in early
man Of clear eyes, and pugnaeous If composed race,
| with white hair and the tuft OF white go''eo az
| hi. chin. aud elsewhere smoothly shaved. 40
is fable to all men, speaks TO Mr. Gurus corddiJ' "nA
| brings his tired square body down into his chair'
Elihu Washbune appeared on the platform Joseph
No1ill a man having little the appearance of the 'ypi
cal Mormon elder, with white locks 1anihS irou no
straight rigid, almost bald head and with req iacc,
warm blue eyes and some folds OF fat lie "ouiu n"'
| pass for seventy
| TYPICAL OHIO MEN.
Tob, shornan,s most sensible representative who sits
among the Ohio men, william b. smith, man OF short
cut gray nair military Manners red face ana Souie'ns
of the look of Bazaine. He Is without MS spec'oo'
sometimes and then looks like general IN MS tent ITO
IS noted his Jersey cattle ana oo "ines' a"u "'
| among tie hills OF Cincinnati
Judge West. of Ohio, who is to put Blame I'd nOhh"
ton ia led IN by boy tall, thin blind man Of gen.
| tie indeed happy, expression OF race anu gnu
| spectaces. He understands all TUG oon'''
| OF men In this seeing world as wen az
| Iohn Milton did and evidently has no such domestic
pouts as Milton. happier face is not to De seen Ia
Chicago and it almost impossible to feel as he looks
at you that he is not enjoying lnemark OF your
| GROUPS OF NOTABLE MEN.
Mr. Warren of Buffalo, Mr.. Arthurs manager, Is
bald crayaeeced loug-lipped man, OF belming' pale
and red Color with deep eyebrows Roman nose ana
gray beard short. He has rather strong decueu
countenance The temporary chairman stood behind ths
preacher who opened the convention his hahd Oh mo
back of the chair and his head bent down. Excepting
only his skin he seems be white man with small easa
resoute, composed countenance voice distinctly
heard well modulated tones, and way or fohs MS
hands across his He has strong nose, black eyes,
and goes at business like old schoolmaster. Ruth
Gerber the giant emphaticaly the biggest man IN
the convention in just before the session and
made the round of the reporters desks smiling and
blowing He Is master OF height ana
flesh, but unlike most giants seems to be perfectly
healthy. Indian looking. hair black and siaisht he
would appear 10 be over seven feet hlgn' ana proa"H
weigh 600 pounds.
George IL. Spencer is the platform. At the chair
mans right is Edward Mcpherson, the pariiamenta"
rian blueeyed with sandy, reddish hair and SIDE
beard and college professor look.
nh rbn sito hy Mr
Roosevelt look red, full lips, white teeth. very fully
exposed when he talks rather glttering eyes
behind his glasses, and ready, instaR
tlneous, boy-like expression Bruce, the Register
Treasury, up to speak to Chairman Lynch
giving the audience chance TO see the two colored men
together Bruce and better fed and seems to be
equally home, and courtly but not a. intellectual
selfwilled Lynch Both are as much at home ~
If they at the Court of SOuouque.
The FIRST RIPPLE OF EXCITEMENT.
Henry L. Pierce rises speak against resolution tina,
ANYBODY nominated by convention shall be supported
by every delegaea large, white long bearded man Win
glasses and swmgngmovements in the MI HAWKES.
OF Tennessee this resolution has an enormous
brown beard like bunch of timothy hay, and bullet
head ana great animation Of manner. He is supported
NV Mr. Knight, of California, thick-set, carefully
dressed man. with square head and an animated yea
substantial hand that trembles and head thas
is at work while he proceeds with upfted hhger 10 say
that we want know such men as come here TO de-
hberate with us and then oppose the noIni-
peeU He finishes amidst great excitement.
MFR Curtis is in the aisle looking az
him knowing that Mr. Knights remarks refer TO him
the conductor of periodicals." The chairman refuses
TO recognize anybody for time but being aware OF what
IA going on finally Mr. Curtis, who takes chair
and gins with fine sentence and great force but soon
becomes too and deliberate and his sentences mono
ouous IN their completeness The speech Is listened
by some all through aud appauded at the end
General Powell Clay ton comes in while the contest
nj, aver the Hawkins resolution, his Snite hat in