St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-24
A TRlFLE ANGRY.
Sergeant-at-Arms Bright Speaks His
Mind on the Chicago Democratic
Convention Ticket Ques-
Especial Telegram to the Globe.

CHICAGO, June 23.-Sergeant-at-arm Bright
Of the Democratic National convention, returned
to Chicago this morning, after spending Sunday
in Racine. When his eve fell upon newspaper
paragraph, describing the little falling out be-
tween the Chicago finance committee and the
subcommittee on the question of tickets, and
coupling his name with statement that an effort
is being made to pack the convention for Nc
Donald he grew very angry.
ssWhen the Committee came to Washington to
secure the convention said he to the GLOBE
correspondent, ''they promised freedom to the
national committee from villiication such as it
was subjected to in st. Louis. 1t is not carrying
out the promise to commence thus soon attack
ing the committee, and charging it with offenses
it never dreamed Of
at is not true, then, that an effort is being
made to pack the convention for Mcdonald
''Such charge does not merit a reply. 1t is
false, however. 1t was an understood thing
when I accepted the position of sergeant
that neither nor any man nnder me should say
q word in or out of the convention to influence
the nomination. 1t is rule which laid down,
and it has not been and will not be violated. If
by saying three words I could insure the nomi-
nation to Mr. Mcdonald 1 would not do it as
sergeant alarms 1t would be as dishonorable
for me to my position as sergeant-at-arms of
the convention, as it would have been for me as
an officer of the senate to lobby the floor of
that body
''The finance committees complaint is that
they have asked for. $50 additional tickets and
that they have been refused. They also COM
plain that Mr.. Goudy has been given $50 to dis
tribute as he sees ft.''
1.-The finance committees application was
ori0 mall for clats md thav
75O more. that would make 1.5OO for one small
body alone. If there is any packing of the con-
vention it appears to me there is more opportun-
| ity for handful of men with 1,500 tickets than
there is for the national committee. The bulk
of the tickets 80 to the delegates and alternates
We have not settled yet exactly how many per-
sons can be admitted to the hall, but the num-
ber has been estimated, and placing it at Il out
| side figure there are not tickets enough to give
the finance committee 80 more. The tickets
| which Mr.. Goudy has no more at his per-
| sonal disposal than they at yours. He
| is merely the agent of the sub
committee, who decide who the tickets are to be
! given to. Mr.. Goudy performs merely the
physical duty of giving them out. In regard to
! the refusal to number seats, which the finance
committee objects to, 1 say it is impossible to
number all the seats and run the convention with
| order and decency. No convention where the
seats have been numbered has been a sue
| cess. At the last convention not more
| than one-third of the people who held
numbered tickets secured their seats After
the proceedings have commenced and all the
people in row, save one, have gotten their
seats, in comes the belated holder and throws
the persons in his vicinity into confusion by
crowding past dozen people to his chair, which
happens to be in the middle Of the row. To
discriminate is not Democratic and the committee
is opposed to the numbering of seats, because
the system is not practicable.
W. c. Guody wrote letter this afternoon to
| the chairman of the finance committee, explain
ing his position in the matter of the 750 tickets
| To reporter Mr.. Goudy said that the finance
| committee had with the 750 already given them
sufficient to raise 1900, and have 130 left over
This was calculating the scale of ten tickets to
| $500. The tickets which he held no au-
thority over and they were to be given out at the
| direction of the subcommittee. Mr.. Goudy said
| he did not want to be member of the national
| committee another term. 1t had cost him in
valuable time and $1,000 in money,