St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-23

mon, which was received in ominOuS silence
by the delegations from the two mstropoli-
tan counties When he said: ''We are not
Democrats in disguise and do not borrow
the livery of heaven to serve the devil in. I"
it was doubtful whether he referred to the
delegation which preceded them or not.
He certainly plagiariZed WINDOWS Chicago
speech. in referring to the Democratic can
dldate, and wound up with dramatic ap-
peal to the convention to down the Column
bia society and its $780, 900 and receive the
organized aid of every church and fireside
in the state. The black-cOated procession
filed off the stage in SOmbre silence. There
was marked difference in the reception OF
these two delegations The labor delega-
ton promised votes and support and was
welcomed with fulsOme enthusiasm; the
temperance men threatened the loss of lib
eral votes and were simply coldly tolerated.
The real temper of the convention could not
have been better exempliied than by these
two incidents. They ended the morning
session.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
was the regulation period behind time and
the delay told of contesting delegations and
warning over resolutions. During the recess
Gibbs. stock shot up amazingly and the con-
ceSsion was generally made that Nelson 5
warm. but untimely. athletic exercise with
that Insult, had injured the prospects of the
occupant of his band wagon. Fletcher's
suavity and Lovely'S chiId-like blandness
were construed into evidences Of conf
dence and the friends of the Fifth district
candidate were visibiy depressed. The
delegates assembled with apparent calm
ness and impatiently awaited the report,
without which nothing could be done. The
Hobbies improved the opportunity and cries
for Davis were alternated with hoWlS for
LangdOn and hoarse calls for Donnelly. A
deep twilight shrouded the hail. making it
difficult to distinguish faces across the
room, while the cOunIenanceS of Ramsey and
Hennepin county leaders, in the front row,
loOmed up dimly through the chlarOScuro OF
floating miStS of tobacco smoke. The wait
was long and tedious one, unbeguiled by
speech or song, though the lights were
finally turned Oh at the earnest
solicitation of the bevy of news
paper men. 1t was nearly 4
o'clock when the convention took up its
business and listened to the mellow voice
of NJ. II. Dunnell as he read the list of
delegates. The little ruff1e in st. Louis
county was so small as to scarcely produce
anu lu6 1lob NCul
through sailing. The. announcement that
the temporary organization was to be made
permanent had anything but pleasing eff
feet, as Wedge was palpable failure as a
presiding officer. His voice was poor, his
manner vacillating and his decisions weak.
That he was the creature of clamor was
evident. and he lacked sadly the force and
vigor of the chairman of an unruly conven-
ton.
When the announcement was made that
the committee on resolutions was ready to
report, hubbub enSued and
THE CHAIR WAS CAPTURED.
G. A. and John S. Pillsbury sat in the
front row and dictated proceedings there
after, the chairman proving Obedient to
their desires. First, the committee on res
olutions was pushed to the wall, on motion
of one of the Pillsburys, until after the
nominations, and next. a secret ballot was
decided upon, on motion Of the other
Pillsbury. The galleries howled out their
disapprobation of this plan, which indicated
the fear of delegates to express their honest