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

| Inc ueleSdtloH WAS tneu pOiieu On ulsC
choice for president and every man voted
for Cleveland. It was also unanimously
voted that In case Cleveland was nominated
they would vote for McDon aid for vice presi-
dent.
This completed the business of the dele
CATION and the painfully harmonious gather
ing adjourned.
AN EPISODE.
! During the afternoon a messenger APP
| peared at the Minnesota headquarters with a
package Of sealed envelopes addressed to
each delegate and alternate, the whole en-
circled by rubber band and directed to the
chairman of the delegation. Mr.. Kelly was
not in at the time and Mr.. Cook, of Ovation
ma, took the precious package in charge
and held it until Mr.. Kelly came, when the
| distribution of tickets to the convention was
| supposed to be about to commence.
Mr.. Kelly took the package and ran it over
to see that no guilty envelope had escaped,
while the eXpectant delegates stood in wait
ing. Finding them 0. X on the surface, he
concluded to open one to see whether the
contents were according to agreement with
disgust, he found they contained cards an
nouncing that somebody ON Adams street
had first-class restaurant and lnnch coun-
| ter. Mr.. Kelly turned the package over
| to the GLOBE without saying anything,
and went out to consult man on business.
1t not being in my heart of hearts Cor words
to that effecDto deprive any delegate Oh his
in al al 1a riphtS T Dr0oap6pd tn pOD Scipnti-
ously distribute them to the persons owning
the name superscribed, and for minute l
carried gladness to many throbbing heart
1t is so pleasant to do good act that [ con-
fess to rather enjoying the happiness 1 was
able to disseminate especially so when, as
in several cases, the recipient of the envelopes
hastily thrust his envelope in his pocket
unopened and proceeded to hunt up his
friends to whom he had promised tickets to
make their souls glad simultaneously, as it
were. W. NJ. Campbell was more fortunate
than most of them, as in the absence of his
alternate, j. n. Sparks, and his friend Hi
Parks of Red Wing I entrusted their en-
velopes to his keeping. 1t was only on a sol
emn promise to see that theywere delivered
| properly that I surrendered them, for al
ways play fair with delegates.
| l am afraid if that Adams street restaur-
anteur was to come around near the Mime
sofa headquarters he would be mobbed. To tell
the truth, [ had urgent demands on my time
| that prevented my staying great while after
the distribution myself There was a kind of
blueness in the atmosphere that made one
feel as Though an open air was more inyigor-
ating to the system.
THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION.
| A little later Mr.. Kelly received the actu-
al convention tickets and then there was in
| dignation, sure enough, over the scant sup
| ply The original programme mad heGn to
give each delegate six tickets, but on yester-
day, prior to Mr. Kelly's arrival, the commit
tee had met and cut the number down to
five each, and allowed the alternates no ex-
ira tickets at all. W. Jay Whipple of the Wi
mona Herald, said he had promised thirty
tickets positively and twenty contingent,
| but l relieved him by the assurance that that
would only make twenty-five
positive lies and that wasn't very
many for a newspaper man. He agreed
with me and felt better; but as the rest of
the delegation were not newspaper men
| advised them to take to the woods l guess
they accepted the advice, for when I visited
| headquarters after supper / found the dele
gates all minus and the room full of anxious
| inquirers after tickets. / was sorry the
| Adams street restaurant mans
tickets were exhausted, as it
would have been comfort to have extended
solaee in some manner. If some soap man
would invent bogus ticket it might help the
crowd out, as it did DR.. Day at the other CON
vention That is one trouble about not hay
ing colored delegates; l have not heard of a
single ticket being offered for sale. As
there are two hundred and fifty people
! here from Minnesota it is u puzzle to know how
seventy tickets will go around, unless the mira
| lie OF the loaves and fishes should be repeated,
and am not sure that this convention is sufi-
GENTLY familiar with miracles to get one up
saw Doran and Sam Eaton in the headquarters at
the same time to-day, and it just occurs to me
l might concentrate them and produce miracle
by friction. I'll sleep on that idea and possibly
try it in the morning. If there
is an opening in the room l can escape
through pretty quick after the experiment is
fairly in operation.
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE
It was the original intention Of the nation
al committee to select Col. Was, of Wiscon-
sin, for temporary chairman, but as the
nominations are sure to go to the north the
south made a point for recognition some
where and at the committee meeting to-day
Gov Hubbard, of Texas, was agreed
upon. This was done with the understand
ing that vigorous efforts would be made to
secure Col. Villas the position of president
from the committee on permanent Organiza-
ton. The committee recognized Minnesota
! by selecting Ansel Oppenheim, of st. Paul,
as chief recording clerk.
AN INsPIRITIvG SCENE.
The crowd in the city is simply immense.
Clubs arrived to-day from all directions, and
the attendance is fully double that Of June
upon the Republican convention. All Of the
hotels are full, but no matter where the Wis
| itor sleeps, he concentrates himself at the
Palmer. The scene in and about that
hotel was worth long jour
ney to see. The sidewalks on
both the State and Monroe streets fronts
not only in front of tie building, but extend
ing block in every direction, were mass
of seeming humanity. Many ladies were in
the crowd, attracted by the brilliancy Of the
scene. Various political clubs, headed by
| brass bands, were parading, men were
/ cheering, chatting, joking and discussing,
and the multitude of electric lights made the
surroundings as light as day and
far more brilliant. Inside the hotel
the jam was terrific. A dozen policemen
were stationed along the stairways to keep
] the crowd from going up stairs upon one