St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-23
THE PRE- SIS GANG.
The Way the E2eporters and Editors
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Clint Schultz used to carry cold, austere
face around with him that resembled very
much in makeup the facade of John McCul-
lough's head, but since he has left the dull rou-
tine of markets he has allowed a morose
looking mustache to go into executive ses-
sion on his upper lip. and that is why the
delegates appauded as he came down the
aisle in the convention yesterday.
George Loomis of the Duluth Tribune
shook his proud mustache out in the morn
ing air and strobe through the crowd Of dele
gates to the speakers stand, where he turned
and faced the vast audience. Hold OH, hold
on. George said a friend, "dont you sing
here. This is open air concert, and if you
make 4 crack at a tenor solo before this gang,
you're liable to get slugged." George
listened and quietly sat down on the
hat of the friend who had given him the ad-
vice.
L. B. Little was there with his northwest
eye looking south. He passed the time feed
ing on the downcast end OF his mustache and
catching the words that fell from the lips of
the speakers. When Ignatius Donnely arose
Little was so well acquainted with him that
he Immediately wrote the following head for
the Sages speech: "a Howl Against Bosses
and Watered Railroad Stock"
Dixon, of the Associated Press, sat In the
rear of the stage, and used the roof of his hat
threw the wad OF insults into the teeth of the
McGill gang, Dixon got so excited that he
put the hot end of his cigar into his mouth.
For about two minutes it looked as though
there was man on that part of the stage en-
joying fit
Damon, of the Tribune, had the highest
forehead of any man in the gang. Starting
near the visual organs it extended back to
his rear collar button, and 1t was a clean,
white forehead, every inch Of it-a forehead
that not even coun Gil committee on lone
some roads would need be ashamed of.
H. I. Cleveland bumped himself over the
table till his shoulders looked as though they
had been cut out with circular saw. A
cloud OF azure tobacco smoke rolled up from
between his lips, and the breeze that came
through the western entrance to the hall
waited through his beard.
Charley Harris, of the Minneapolis Journal,
forgot to remove his hat until after the tenn
porary chairman had been elected. He re-
marked that it was smart looking crowd,
and he would like to talk to them few min
utes on psychology, trigonometry and the Bat
tie Of Atlanta before they left.
Neihausen, of the Volks-Zeitung, turned
his left ear attentively to the crowd and
translated what English was poured into it
into German. His hair was parted in the
IN ddle, and he was the only man in the press
gang who didn't smell like cigarette.
down one corner of the stage, and was looked
upon as Il knight of the round table. When
the chairman of the convention decided a
question he had way Of turning to Ryder
and asking if that was right.
Hal Black showed up with his left breast
ballasted with Il sweet faced pansy. He was
so handsome that as he turned to the audi
ence the clock in the other end of the hall
put its hands over its face to hide the blush
of envy that suffused it.
Elmer .dams. of the Fergus Falls Journal,
watched the proceedings with breatheSS in
terest. He was the only member of the pro-
fession on the stage whose eyes and hair
were of the same color. They were both a
beautiful terra Gotta.
Bartram, of the Dispatch, turned his hairy
face full upon the convention, and hung his
long black hat on his bump of absolute reck-
lessness Bart manufactured copy so fast
that he wrote Knute Nelson's name Mute
Knelson.
Mile Bunnell, of the Duluth Herald, had
the same sweet sixteen appearance about
him that he always carries on tap. Mile
seems to be degeneratng into dude. Yes
terday he carried silk umbrella and chewed
gum.
Jones, of the GLOBE, started to write at
I1:45 a. m and didn't miss word till 6:45
%, m When the convention adjourned he
remarked that he was sorry, as he thought
he had struck perpetual motion.
Teddy Tingle, CT the GLOBE, looked like a
refugee from q theological seminary. He
carefully nursed his mustache as he gazed
through his hump-backed eyeglasses over
the sea of anxious faces.
Ex-Stenographer North, of North Dakota,
sat at the north end of the Dispatch table
and captured the cod North wind while
Knute Nelson was speaking.
c. P Carpenter, of the Dakota County
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the Tribune and the people. He reported
Donneliy's speech in full.