New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-25

WHO ogorod resolution to the effect that que tePeot
for tbe civil service doctrines OF the Reruoica" P'!
and tho civil scrrce orders OF Presidents hayes anu
Arthur rendered ineligible as delegates TO chicago any
norsop holding a Federal position TO which he WAS "p
noiutcd by the President Of the United states Inc GNU
tion which this resolution bcgot my pen Is po"cIoS' "
portray the motions consequent upon no newspaper
snace could reproduce dark delegate AT once Spr'hg
70 his feet and demanded that men who had dohe 40
much for the party had the oceholder shond not DC
Al branded And it was at once moved and seconded
that Ineligible should be stricken ont and the dca OF IN
expediency substituted But the opportunity OF speak
ing good to he lost and scarce oiacR ucIcSo
suffered il pass unmproved Even inc whites thoSn'
IL worth while 20 say something. and one elderly gentle
man in tho white heat of excitement threw on MS S3a
noson Inc was speedily called down point OF order
by black brother who asked how dare he address INC
And so The fight went on. In the midst Of it the intro,
Queer of resolution rose and Indignantly ucnlnuIru
what farce meant whose puppet had ne peea laue
since said he. OF those w-most earnest IN o
posing The resolution had been associated with nm IN
framing it-nay. that oicc-hOdcr llad even drawh u
up Back and forth then flew the shuttle OF angry We
bate. yellow delegate on irohl bench bOt w anu
n9iyelv stated that they might talk about that resolution
as much they llcascd-that III w0nuh pass. lou
lows that want get TO 20 Chicago he said won get To-
90 10 Chicago You's stingy. yon don't put enough
up; YOU don't roun and see the boys General Lea-
Gan his speech by telling the familiar story OF tne TWO
darkcys who when ont hunting found ltar dcn i o9
outside on guard When the old bear returned scnhoi
Sambo caught her by the tail while she wn1 aGP n
da - shouted (Tfec from within If de tail break You
Now concluded the Gcnera-tlGs the gst of at
lcast-" YOU fellows next November W" ma ont nis a.
darkies de hole If you don't look out When IL comes 10
the smews of var election expenses and AL tGai %eIs
are you hen-if you count lis ont now INC Wio1 %o
This part of the speech may be donotcd' io !, n c
sound Of a threat and TIL eats nine times III zen are UNI
sides that they didn't care awcll won't what they
said they wouldn't care though II seemed 10 me- ouu hdc
nower was plainly wind--if the tail did break IN No
venher
| THE CRAFTY WHITE MAN.
And now the craftncss of the white man-of the Fed
eral officer | mean-came in. After letting the oack
cohorts opposed them champ and charge in Serfled
columns OF restless and Tesiscss oioquencc unti urea
down and tanned, they quietly rcclcd Their fish IN an"
| landed him by carrying. motion winch referred the
resolution to committee OF nine uf my metaphors
seem slightly mixed in the foregoing sentence please 10
cro,bor that have sat in this convention two days.
and there is much in cXamplc.) And before anybody OPP
posins got his breath also moved ana carried inc
appoinmcnt Of committee OF nine by the char 10 ho-
nate delegates at large to Chicago This was rcSaiuca
IA clear victory for Office holders; and those who
led the opposition we-nigh discouraged; Cheney
chairman of tie Republican Executive Committee, ana
one of the foremost in the fight confessed himself So
And sure enough the majority report of the committee
sustained the satc-aud on it General Lcdwhs name
| was written as delegate to 20 to Chicago
But the trick OLA minority report broke the whole
| thing 10 pieces. Aud amid turmoil which even ram
many has cquallcd all that had been dsnc was re-.
aside and the selection OF delegates committed 10 the
convention which proceeded 10 elect Them one ny one;
amid confusion worse c0nfOunded tlal any lh,. hd',
gone before As finally declared by the chair the is OF
delegates comprised federal oiiicc-hoders lhTce
scrinrludng General Led WITH OF Jacksonville
and collector OF Internal Revenue. Tine announce
ment of these names was followed by an excitement
swirl of disorder which made any VA. had PrcGeuco
seem stiff camncs. in comparison. Not a.meinDer was
his seattle nearest approach to sitting wa' TO ssh
in it-but all their voices were III the ar NY rarialIh
pouuicd his billet OF wood into spnterS, ana then al
n repr0achfuI look and said: Gentlemen. gentlemcn
! gentlemen. gentlemen of the convention! =, sew sGner r
! maid any
wined the perspilaOn from his brow with an ample cot
ton kerchcf picked mp he shherS OF ea Irci die
niied were potent 10 Quel Storm isSe' ceItdlnS
would not have had so rough tine OF d ,e ic thc
| Black Ladye on Br;nt Point last summer Whilc thc
Smpesf Vent on howng and the only lu in it came
with adjournment at Inc only iG h iit ho hem
done before The curtain fell on chaos and there were
prophecies that the abore OF the mountain Woulo ho
end for month.
EXTRAORDINARY RESULTS OF THE RECESS.
But 10. how vain all prophecies! EcasscmpIhS
in couple of hours all went quietly on this May evening
as though il May morning. There was no hca'cd
d,sc1ssion no angry debate; all former action was
opictv icnocd e clock had struck IL ere every
thing was settled and the lion lying down with the
| lamb-not quite outside OF him either Whence TINS
| tranquility you ask. asked the same question my
| self And they told me that some one went ROUND
during rrce,, ana fixed it,. Amid all the confusion pre-
ceding adjournment it seems to have been found ont
what and how much everybody wanted And everybody
cot if during adjournment except Ledwith. gile got
| left None other disburscd much rs he. and none
! other got 80 little. ii Is said. . .
As near as can understand the politics of the thng II
this An IndGPf Emo Iliol PsY e 0 T n epnbcam
party have shown no great winsncS1 10 co1esce not
IN, of the Office holders time sine it was resolved
that would nc nwc for any of them to go 10 CnCaIo
t that il was essential that they should control me
convention Late in the afternoon 1t was seen or sl.-
pecod by his confrercs that General LGdwh was ngiT
ton which resulted IN his defeat great deal OF arg
mcnt things of that nature must have been used III
movement. by the way that IT sad there l3c no rtSu
ton having been lately passed by that part! 10 Snpror
the Independent nominee as the only possible WAY OF
defeating the Democratic candidate Is supposed tha
| the independent nominee will he man named Pope.
formerly democrat and now coming 70 ne re kpT hn
star of the Vest" But Pope ragan what mattereth
TO me who have interest in the orange grove "ho
CONCLUSION OF TIE WHOLE NATTER
| Now in summing up do you want to know wlat
think of my black brother III politics. To tne. lon
may have gathered hints nave let fall that
he /, not orderly such Is my impression. That 1t Is
his habit to speak the point cannot affirm That 1t
is rather way dgress and drop into iIreevancesi
do not positively assert. Has 1t ever. Dech remarked
that he not nfrcqucntly sonorOus word In nscoh-
ccption of its meaning. and sometimes seems to choose
word for its alone rather than because OF any sense
which he wishes TO convey! Well am afraid no docs
But was rather surprised AZ the misuse OF some rather
common words. For instance, delegate who had lad
considerable experience III the Legislature Kept asking II
the chair would ascertain notion, and others III
sisted over and again that never would thcy coal
ate with the opposition rather liked the coinage OF
the member who modcstly protested that III his lsnoi
alton the fact and So But Is not my lhteh
ton to carp or ciitice. The negro, AS yet Is pretty
badly Handicapped convention well rs ont OF H.
Possibly NY patriarch was moi 30 good chairman as
| might have been selected without crossing the White
line. for it, and another Of lighter color might have
held the meeting well in hand. Certain II Is That III the
few minute, that white Onice-hOdor by the name OF
Eacan had the chair business moved much more rapidly
was amused by ruling of this chairman pro Yen" when
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