St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-28
INSTRUMENTATION TALK.

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1t is fortunate for Indianapolis that
the Republican convention was not held
there. The crowd would have been I'M
manageable. Chicago is the best hotel
town in the world; and yet, with all its
hotel accommodations, the city was
taxed beyond its capacity. Nobody
knows what business so many people
had there, but they were there, and had
to be taken care of.
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To stranger visiting the convention
hall, it would have been difficult to tell
whether the delegates Or the people in
the galleries were running the cOnven-
ton. The galleries voted on every propo-
SitiOn on which viva voce vote was
taken, and they were never backward in
making suggestions to the chair respec-
ting parliamentary decisions.
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Chairman ESTEE was not big
enough man to hold the convention
down. He is a plain, methodical man,
who wished to conduct the business of
the convention on business principles.
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where the whoop-up-Eliz
of proceedings is popular. OF the
various vice presidents who at different
times attempted to relieve EsTEE of his
laborious duties, WARNER MILLER was
the only one who possessed the force
and dignity to keep the mob in subjec-
ton.
MCKINLEY, of Ohio, and WISE, of
Virginia, made the best impression ON
the convention of any two men in it.
MCKINLEY's DANIEL WEBSTER face
was great help to him, while WIsE's
courteous department and gentlemanly
bearing were SO much in contrast with
MAHONE'S bushwhacking methods that
he became quite a favOrite. MALONE
has sheep-killfng look ON his face, and
is poor talker at best. WISE has a
full round face, an open countenance
and glib tongue.
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The two neil who lost caste most
rapidly were FORAKER and INGERsoIL.
At the opening of the convention For
AKER was the popular favorite. His
entrance into the hall was always the
occasion of an outburst of applause, and
his name was on everybody's tongue.
But after he stood on the platform and
openly attempted to betray JOHN SHEER
MAN by posing himself as presidential
candidate, the audience looked upon
him with disgust. He couldn't have
got a nomination for dOg-pelter after
that.
The mistakes of MOSES were nothing
in comparison with the mistake BOB
INGERsOLL made when he at tempted to
forestall the other candidates by spring
ing GRESHAM at an inOpportune hour.
Any ten-year-old boy would have had
more discretion than INGERsoLL dis
played on this occasion. How the
bald and big-headed old pagan
must have felt Inundated when he
was forced to shut off his oratorical
gas and retire from the platform amid
the Jeers and Kisses of the hooting
thousands! 1t was the first time BOB
ever got it in the neck, but he got it
hard enough this time to last him the
balance of his life. PATSY CARDIFF is
the only person who can sympathize
with him properly.
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The only time that the galleries were
silent was when HARRISON was nomi-
mated. If an iceberg from Alaska had
been dropped in on the convention it
would not have had a more chilling
effect than the announcement of HARRl-
SONS nomination did. The silence and
sullenness of the great audience dis
couraged the bosses. 1t was the final
evidence of the great mistake they had
made in forcing the nomination of a
corporation candidate on the party, but
it was evidence enough to convince
them of the magnitude of the mistake.
These are times when artificial enthusi-
asm does not count. 1t must spring
from the heart to be OF avail.
The Minnesota delegation didn't cut
much of figure at Chicago. They were
a clever set of fellows who can make
good showing at ward primary, but
when it came to measuring UP with the
big guns from other states the BOYS
themselves were conscious of their own
inSignificance, and consequently kept in
the background. They knew they
suffered in comparison with other state
delegations, and it is to their credit that
they didn't attempt to push themselves
forward. An eminent New York politi-
clan walked into the Minnesota head
quarters one day and took a quiet sur
vey of the delegation. When he came
out he was asked his opinion of the
Minnesotians. 'There are more good
clothes with less in them in there than
any place l have struck in Chicago, -
was the reply. The boys were well
dressed.
The bloody shirt racket failed to touch
a responsive chord in the popular heart.
When FORAKER was making his presi-
dental pose his friends brought in an
immense floral arch with FoRAKER's
celebrated dispatch to CLEVELAND in
scribed on it: mo rebel flags surren-
dered while am governor Immedi-
ately there came from the gallery cries
of Rats ''Chestnuts,n "Give us some
thing new" After that the speakers
were exceedingly cautious about un