Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-25

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CONVENTION SCENES.
Notable Men and Women i'm the Gal.
ieries Of the Great Hall.
Chicago correspondent of the New York Sun,
In his account OF the scenes In the convention Sat-
urday, says:
Let the reader imagine himself the Sun reporter
seated on a kitchen chair behind pine board
counter, scanning the convention with an eye
trained by experience with crowds and familiar
with the faces OF the idols OF the public Certainly
TO republican 1t was a glad and an inspiring
scene. Modestly tucked away upon the platform
In corner OF the back gallery sat that chunk OF
human marble, Fred. Grant, blest with the most
sensitive, Intelligent, and responsive OF women
whom Chicago used to honor as her belle, Miss
Honore, once again wearing the proud insignia Of
her marriage in the shape OF diamond girdled
portrait OF Gen. Grant, pinned to a sailor suit by
Worth. There was TOO much French blood In her
to permit her doing what the other women
did who kept tally OF the voting that followed.
She had no time for anything out drinking In the
spirit OF the convention. Beautiful In face Statu-
esque In body, and responsive as the tympanum OF
Telephone, she inspired with Intellectual alacrty
all who looked upon her. II was 1T that her huS-
band should bend TO the mechanical work OF pen
cilling The dull ballots OF the automatOns, moved
oy hye or SIX political king makers The couple
faced that Adonis OF fegenerated Africa, Bruce OF
Mississippi. stout, round-faced, genial, and hand
some, he sat the peer of any white man around
him. Behind the officers OF the convention insig-
nincant-lOoking Senator Cullom, who looked like
Abraham Lincoln seen through the wrong end OF
telescope. sat as insenSate as bump on log.
knowing the secrets or what went on, but showing
no more interest In them than the painted eagle
on the wall above him.
Beside his wife under the back gallery, sat B. F.
Johes, distinguished only 0y the craftsmanship OF
the national committee. He faced figure In the
opposite gallery upon which many eyes were riv-
eted. IL Was that OF the blonde beauty, Rachael
sherman, rightly proud OF her lineage, rightly
battered whenever IL showed IL domination OF the
convention. on one SIDE OF her was Walker Blaine
Ehpfl6 i-fp ar
MS tailor. On The other side OF her sat EmmonS
Blaine, noted Tor kicking over the family traces but
showing in his face what his brother Walker does
not show trace or the family genius. The beauti-
Jul blonde girl bent over her tally-sheet with
golden pencil poised, and every sense alert 10
eaten Photographic re-echO OF the proceedings.
She still wore her dress OF changeable drab and
saver silk. Her blonde, wavy hair still framed
modesty and high spirit. The trio interested
politicians keenly, FOR here sat in harmony the
scionS OF majestic forces occupied with vigorous
contention. The young Biaines hoped for the
downfall of the aspirations OF the Sherman
| family. The diadem OF that family bent her
prayers upon the humiliation Of the Biaines. Yet
They sat together harmoniously, rendered AMIGA
bic by their youth.
To acceDtuate the changed conditions OF the day
the band, long SILENT reappeared. 1t played
"Dixie," Marching Through Georgia" and "The
SUar-Spangled Banner" tunes reflective OF the
those tunes as only one band In the West can play
them, that OF manufacturing company Of Eigin,
Ill.
the common herd In the main gallery, still dis
tingulshed by those weeds with which she will he
ever clothed In the immortal memory OF a great
public IL is said that she has permitted her grief
TO drive from her mind every recollection that does
not link her existence with that Of her valiant
husband. Therefore The public looked upon her as
upon a shadow OF the past, knowing that though
she fayors the Candidacy Of the OF Michigan il
Is only because OF his love for her husband. In
bold contrast beside her sat the wife OF the pyro-
technic Foraker, selfish and opinionated as every
good vile should be where her husband is con.
cerned. In any otner aSSembage tnan that OF a
mass OF politicians the fervor Of a little modest,
! lovely woman such as she would sway the common
Sentiment where she wished 1t.
Warner Miller was in the chair-standinp nm
beside II, TO speak accurately-and showing his
physical superiority TO the men around him.
Thousands vi men who had never seen him before
were surprised by his yOuthfdlness. He captured
the convention during the morning. He pounded
and beat with his gavel like gold beaten manipu-
laJlng his sheets OF skin and leaf, and the public
ever proud OF ideal Insecurity, cheered and ad,
mired him. Poor, egotistlc Fitzsimmons, the SER
geant-at-arms, posing behind little stick capped
with Ribbons sat beside him. and, upon a cali TOR
the maintenance or order, arose and attempted to
| overawe the convention by waving his baton to-
ward each OF the cardinal points or the COMPASS
The people knew that his only distinction was
that OF having been knocked down by a smaller
man. They laughed at him. Fred. Douglass had
taken away his shaggy head for safe keeping after
the turbulence OF the night before The wreck
and remnant OF the glory OF Col. Ingersol robbed
OF all the prestige gained in lifetime, was also
Mr.. Miller introduced the Rev. Bishop Fallows.
OF Chicago. tItZslfnmOnS waved his fly chaser 10
silence the band. The good bishop startled the
congregation by his appearance, which was that
| OF the purest type OF the Methodist pioneer OF
twenty-five years ago. He was rough-skinned,
coarSe-bearded, sallow and spare His hair looked
| as If 1t had u homemade cut, but he was indie
pendent. He had the courage to pray for the
President OF the United states He prayed also for
Sheridan, hoping that he would gain another Win
| CHESTER He adopted Quavering, prayer-meeting
the story OF that typical backwOOds preacher who
once prayed "that the indecent might be made
decent, that the inhuman might be made human
and That the industrious might be made 'duS-
| JrlouS"
| WILD EXCITEMENT IN THE HOTELS.
1t would be difficult to imagine scenes OF wilder
| and hotter political turmoil than those which
| were enacted among the throngs in the Grand
| Pacific, the Palmer and the Leland a few seconds
| after the noon adjournment Of the convention
! There was not a soul, from the bootblacks up
THAT did not believe that an effort was to be made
| TO spring the Maine statesman on the convention
| than prairie fire. 1t swept Ike a blizzard
| through the Alger, Allison and Harrison head
| quarters and AL the big leaders hurried to the
| consulting rooms. The Blaine men shrieked for
| the Plumed Knight outside the doors and brought
D. ndS into the great corridors and babe them
! biare out exultaht tunes There was Joy, doubt,
| anger, despair and Indignation In every throng-
Young Harrison, the son OF the Hooster candidate
| made startling exhibition OF nearly ali these
feelings although there very little Joy in his
| c0untenance until he heard that something was
| TO be done by "the held" az all but the Blaine
| boom are described to counterfeit the BlatniacS
| Then he began to be hopeful The report got
abroad that It was anything 70 secure the Ores
hamites In order TO smash what was spoken OF as
4 1.-THE Blaine iOD.1