Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22

ILLUSIONS ii the Ssii to the position OF bne
party upon TIE ,arift question, 10 the de-
termination CT the pcrty TO have faiF
election and az hUnest count, and to
other eslient points, we're warmly sp-
oltuied By the convention. Upon the
conclusion OF the reading CT the call,
Cdairmal Jones stepped 10 the front OF
the platform aad addressed the conven-
ton.
A PgRsPIRING CROWD.
Special to the Gazette.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, June 20 The weather
to-day was oppressively VAIN AMI had
noticeable effect On the convention, which
Wss perspiriDg 50 freely that It m anifested
mucn less enthusiasm than yesterday and
w.s part culsrly impatient, csliing time
On all speeches over three minutes.
Permanent Chetrmsn Estee received
orief ovation SIS Governor Foster OF OHIO
escorted him TO the chair. EStee is
| tail, heavy built mSn with oald hesd.
He hiss . good, fall voice and acts with
communicable promptEess on all ques-
tong. CONTRARY 30 custom he delivered
J practically NO address at all Of apoiitical
character en- tzking the ch2ir, taking
| briefly, thanking the convention in the
| name OF CsliforEia end the slope for the
honor conferred on him. The brevisy Ct
his address put him On excellent terms
| from the very start With
THE VAST, swELTEgING AUDIENCE,
| but there We're many expressions OF ais
appointment from the detcgste9 thst Mr..
E5tee did not make rousiug political
| speech. They expected 1t, especially the
| Blaine men, who were seeing an oppor-
| tunity to couutersct the osmSglng effect
| - ID
| dress, wherein he did everything pos
| siole to impress the convention that
1t would be political suicide TO nominate
Blaine The California delegates end sl!
| the out-snd-out Blsine meu are kicsing
seriously st Thurstor, and numerous
| interviews are published IL the local
press charging him with treachery in
enGeavoring TO Kill Of the Blkine boom in
beha!fot SheEmsn, Wh0m he compliment
ed highly in his speech. There ia no
uoubt thst E tee was solemnly pledged
not to refer 10 Blaine in his opening
speech, otherwise he would not have been
chosen. The secret CT his failure to make
any political address lies in the fact thst
the speech he had prepared was full OF
Blaine, and fading he could not fire it of
S. TIE convention, his associates from the
coast concluded he should cay praca-
csIIy nothing ct all. Tie Blaine Doom il
quietly growing. 1t has assumed quite 6
different phase thzu was anticipated bJ
the California delegates who calculated
they would
SET THE CITY ON FIRE
for Blaine. but the LEGAL stmos'
phere WAS so filed witt
Gresham tn.t the calculation
OF the Blaine boomers to stampede the
entire pubic hsd 10 be revised and i!
now being confined exclusively towsrC
stsmpeaing the delegates, Ire specis
booms hsve developed no notew0Tth.
change sirce yesterday. The friends @
the several candidates still adhere terra
ciously 10 t2eir respective fEvorttes
though there is apparent moderation o
the Blaine furoTe. l. is now prcbzbl
that on ihe first ballot ten Candidates vii
be voted fer, namely, Blaine, Depew
Sherman, Gresham, Aiger, Pnelps Of New
jersey, Harrison, Allison, Rusk eLd In
gals.
CALIFORNIA FOR BLAINE.
Creed Raymond, the Chairman OF II
California delegation, in al interview
this evening SAID: When l arrived i
Chic9go tirst l announced mat l Roult
put the name Of James G. Blaine in nom
nation If 10 enc etss would, and nptniD
has occurred to Change m
determination. TIE coast delegate
sre u1i. for Blaine, have D
second choice and will start and fms
with him, and marx my prediction, tn
coast will be with the wiunar the haist
[ can't sly now who will place MI
Blaine's r.me before The convention
, This will assert, though, cur people Wi
vote for nim from the fiat, and Californi
will see to 1t that our "Hsnry OF NAvarre
: is properly introduced TO those who sd
: hire and love him"
"Rlu you nominate Mr.. Blsine?"
! 81 don't desire to make myself con
Il spicuUus, but il the necessity comes
VII" =
! WEDNESDAYS GATHERING,
= CHICAGO, ILL, JuLe 20 Tie grez
e convection hall fills more rapidly thi
morning than yesterday. Tne i:com
: plefed detsils in the arrangement OF seat
~ cl mpeIled the sergeoCts -sL-alm5 10 kee
s the crowd cut yes erGsy till nesriy pOOI
To-day there is no,hlng wanting, and Il
eager, e1pectsnt, puzz.ed, but somsWht
T weary multitude, q Jws TITO The bu!ldin
with crest expectation yisiole on ever
j face. The WISE Mar0ne episode Of yes
: teIGsy's session has whetted the sppetii
: OF the galleries fer further passage {
}. arms, and everyoody watches the V rgini
e seats to see the incoming Of the eX0ecte
!, combstaris. There Is G slower galnsrIp
e OF the solols Of the psfty, newspaper NE
Il aud officers Of the convention On the pla
: form SID in the galleries 10 the rear Of II
. chairman's Qesk.
;. -FOUR GAYELS.
Is There are plenty of gsvels for the col
venti9n. No less than four are mo-
resting Ia plush cases on the chairman
> desk. Ons of these is plain oak CAV
T. already described. Another Is the hi
I toric gavel presented by Hoar {
= Michigan. The third is gold bande
IL instrument which a Chicsgo firm prs
T. serted to the temporary chairman and II
!, fourth is for the permanent chairms
IS which has been presented By the May(
= OF Chicago. This gavel is hantson
~ STAIR. 1t is beautiful piece CT worl
~ manship, twelve inches long and weigt
y thirty thSee ounces, twenty five of whic
~ are of silver and eight Of gold. II
&c hsndle is'nine inches long OF solid silv'
q. and twisted, at the Top Of which are tH
te escGcheohs of the United States in go
. and enamel. A5ave this is the Anerics
esgle bearing ia It's beEk the gsvel prope
" whIch ia silver hearing uDOn il the nam