Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-06-21
WHEW
A SVeltering Day in
Chicago.
The WraDgle Over the Virginia
Delegates Settled.
Wise Gets Away With Malone by a
Large Majority.
A Rule Calculated to Interfere With
the CAlifornians' Plan to STAN.
pede the Convention.
CREED RAYMOND STANDING FIRM,
A Mysterious Caucus of Blaine Men
Foraker Fires a Shot at the
Party OF " Innocuous
Desuetude."
SPECIAL pIsPArCHEs TO THE RscoEp-uNlos.l

Copyright 1885, by the California Associated Press.
CHICAGO June 2Oth.-This morning the lake
front breezeS again failed to report for duty
and the sweating and sweitering started in
harder than ever. AS the day progressed the
| mercury climbed up in the bulb. The lobbies of
| the hotels became towards night horror. There
was such a jam you could only "inch along"
The floors were heaps of rubbish-cigar stumps
| tobacco fluids, and spit. The air was loaded
with tobacco smoke and foul oders and the at
| mosphere was like that of the black hole of
Calcutta. Old and well-seasoned politicians
who have attended Conventions for ever away
| back in the early days, declared they never saw
anything like it. AS for the heat, it was dread
ful, and the weather Bureau announces warmer
weather for tonight and tomorrow In the
street 1t was no better. You are liable at any
time to get into blockade that would keep YOU
standing and simmering in the sun for ten or fif-
teen minutes, and the noise made by bands
drum corps and the yelling thousands was, and
Is as write this some hing appalling.
1t is hoped that tomorrow there will be
thinning out of the crowd, the dimension of
which nave been enormous beyond any pre-
eedent, and one may be able to get through the
street without lighting his wav and filling his
shoes with prespration. 1t is but Justice TO say
that this vast army of visitors are being taken
care OF by Chicago better than any other
city in the country could do it. There are far
above 10000 visitors here, but no man need 90
without bed TO sleep in or a meal to eat l
have heard
NO COMPLAINT OF EXToRTIoN,
Or extravagant charges The only complaint
made against the city is that her cool lake
breeZes have not materialized But Chicsgo
people say that it was miscue and won't hap
pen again. What the sweating and swearing
masses sre complaining of is that it happened
at this time.
To-day there was a noticeable disappearance
OF Blaine badges from the breasts IF visitors.
Though they aie still worn by thousands, they
dld Lot so often accompany the delegates
badges. However, they appeared mostly upon
the iapels OF the coats OF club men. The
thoughtful ones consider that Thurston's speech
OF yesterday settled Blaines candidacy. After
sleeping over the subject they are still more
strongly al that opinion. Delegates who had
been procla1ming tor Blaine and wearing Blaine
badges, quietly removed the same this mo ming
but Kept Blaine in their hearts all the same
When the results of the three or four days'
work were summed up today it was cleal that
there had been
VERY LITTLE CHANGE
In the general political situation and that mat
tiers remain about as uncertain and indefinite
as ever, Notwithstanding the hundreds of rII-
mors OF combinations and compromises.
Inc Understanding men were the Sherman
ties They show real confidence of success
that IS manifested by the friends of no other
candidates here.
RED-HOT DAY IN CHICAGO.
As the great Convention gathered in the solid
heat of high noon, here was II great deal of
stripping off of coats, and even waistcoats, fan
ming with palm-leaf fans, mopping with hand
kerchiefs and low but heartfelt "cussing"
among the male part. What the women thOrght
they kept largely to themselves, but they prob
ably thought not less earnestly and deeply. The
session was not so lively as that OF yesterday
Ihere was again shown that lnexperience in pre-
sidlng that makes mess of things and bun
Cling hesltaucy that makes one say Oh, for
Carlisle. or Mckinley, or Butterworth or some
body with Congressional experience to make
this thing snap and gor
EsTEE BRINGS RELIEF.
There was relief when Mr. Thurston retired
and permanent Chairman NJ. NJ. tstee of Cali
fornia was enthusiastically greeted, in the hope
of better things. Mr. EsJee is large, fine, i'm
pressive-looking man. and captured the Con-
ventlons warmest wishes at once by making
short speech. In fact, he almost made no speech
at all, except to allude to the rattle of sthe
sklrmlsh-line in Oregon, which brought d wn
the house. Mr. Estee started Off on his so orous
job with the best wishes of everybody and he
appeared to be determined to deserve them or
| bust" He busted" to a slight degree little
further on, but on the whole he was fairly good
though he was sometimes like an elephant
drawing the hand-sled of Columbia, or trying to
| shoot solid shot at flea.
There were some interesting incidents during
the afternoon, though the session was upon the
whole a dull one. When the Chairman of The
Commit on Perman. mt Organization read the
| name OF + F.annigan of exas as one OF the Vice
Presidents, the Convention burst out in a roar
of laughter and cheering, which continued for
some time. All instantly recall ed the Conven-
ton of eight years ago, when Flanagan stood
up and asked,
WHAT ARE WE HERE FOR?
When somebody made an allusion to public
official, thousands joined in the roars and The
merrimeut was intense Flannigan with his
long hair, seemed TO enjoy 1t as much as any
| body else, and his Lone Star State companions
were convulsed with laughter.
After an hour spent in wrangling over what
turned out to be nothing, the Convention took
recess till o'c,ock, the throng poured out