Omaha daily bee., 1888-06-10
ST. LOUIS PILGRIMS.
How They Fared on the Road and in
ct Louis.

How they Fared on the Road and In
st. Louis.
William Shull was one of the last to pur-
chase his ticket for st. Louis on Sunday
evening, and was among the first 10 again
reach the pavements OF Omaha. He was
found by BEE man at the novelty works
where he had just subjected his eyes TO an
immense tanning mill which had removed
therefrom pint Of cinders. William wore
a small red ribbon marked N. L. ID. G. He
was full of the convention and seemed in
pretty fair condition. But his hat had a
spare-rib expression which suggested treat
ment from without rather than fodder from
within. Explaining the anomaly "Billy"
said:
"You see that hat, well s'help must get
the kid to press IL out. No sir, 1t amt
one seventy -fver. 1t cost S.. Well,
we were shouting for Cleveland
we we're dancing too, and my hat caught
the fever, especially after it got struck with
cane. There's the mark, sect Well, the
hat danced around aud then gave me the
slip and finally got into pile OF other plugs
of all colors and previous conditions OF ser
vitude. ] told fellow my name was Shull,
aud sure enough, had put my name in the
lining. But let me tell you when that hat
cane reached me, never thought I'd see
my hat again. Soc that window over there,
well, il went that far on fly. 1t was hit
for two bags. Where's Morrissey! Ha, ha,
ha. Talk about shouting. Morrissey right
now --(Thursday) is at the corner of Fourth
and OHIO streets cheering and throwing up
his hat. Jim Boydl Well, didn't see much
of Jim, don't know where he Is. DID we
have a good time on the train going to st.
Louisf Well, YOU better bet we Gid. Of
course we showed up next uay. L know
did anyway.
"Were you thirstyln
Thirsty with the Mississippi within reachf
No o., with Nyatpr
Joe Tehon? Here Mr.. Shull gave Cleve-
land whoop, a Bill Allen roar, and end
mans taught Joe sat IN the gallery in the
rear of the speaker. When Cleveland was
nominated he took a red hat, redder great
sight than his own bushes, and sent it flying
through the air. 1t spinned like top, and
I'll set up the cham cigars II the plug
didn't land right on the speakers stand.
Then it was given another whirl and another
and another and fifty others, but it finally
came back to Joe. But il then looked like
the hat his father never wore, because such
a hat was never seen before and never Will
be seen again outside glass case,
because Joe is going to put it up in q bevelled
plate glass repository and bequeath II to
other generations like the fire hats of the
late lamented Barney Shannon. Here's my
car"
Councilman Lowry-Yes, did haul up a
mysterious package from the state to the
gallery. 1t was parcel from delegate
from Maine. When ! took the paper off
found the parcel was empty.
Hugh Murphy returned in a cutaway he
had borrowed from Jim Creighton and pres
ented spectacle seen only in fairyland aud
seldom there, either. He had staked his
sack suit upon Frances being nominated
vice president and lost. AS consequence,
he was sour and would vouchsafe the in
formation that he was ladies' man first and
always.
Jim Creghton--I didn't bring my gray
single-stepper to st. Louis, but If l had, Mr.;
bnua ridden hiu1--if ln had
been there.
DIR. Bear of Norfolk rushed through the
city in a hack last night on his way home.
His hat was white, his face was white, but
was strapped over his shoulder. 1t con-
tanned his declination as candidate for
marshal because he felt that } i'm North was
the preferred mortal. The declination was
in polyglot rhyme with picture of DIR. kel-
ley's new asylum, after the manner of a
Donnelly- -Shakespearean cipher included.
Councilman Snyder-I visited the soap
factories in St. Louis. I found them unob
iectionable. Smell that 'kerchief. That
was perfumed by a cake of soap got at one
of the institutions.
Councilman Ford-I didn't own the train.
didn't keep the boys awake all night. 1t
was the guilty conscience Of prohibitionist
which was exhibited in his snores in one end
of the car.
One of the Excurslonists night on
the train was never equalled in the expert
enCe OF the most thorough convention -g0ef
The man who tried to sleep was considered a
lunatic not because the crowd did not know
what are the advantages of rest, but simply
because the majority of them had made up
their minds to have none of it themselves
and had equally determined that no person
should do otherwise than they did. There
was everything on board to aid the objectors
in their determination, except a cannon. In
the absence of that robustlunged instrument
an anvil had been improvised out of pair of
linch-pins with sundry people at di-
vers, notably Pat Ford acting Cyclops
When the anvil chorus began, which it did at
the slightest provocatlon, sheol was raised
and kept in position until the martial inhab-
itants tired of it, only to renew it however,
when they felt return of their physical en-
ergies. In this way we entered the sinful
city of ST. Louis and we haven't yet recov-
cred our sanctity.
Another Delegate-But say, the funniest
thing of the whole convention, both in going
to and returning from the same, was Pat
Ford's speech to the Tammany delegates.
Pat was full of enthusiasm, which means
great deal. He was also full of
the occasion, and conducted himself
| with as much dignity as if he had been a del
egate to the monster poWwow. Facing the
braves of New York, Mr.. Ford said: ''Gen-
tlemen of Tammany Hall: am delighted to
meet you. ] was a great admirer of your
late lamented leader, John Kelly. / consid-
cred him the greatest political organizer this
country ever knew. And, gentlemen, / am
proud to say am the John Kelly of Omaha"
The applause was deafening, but it was too
much for me, and had to leave.
HIRE ANN pnIIrE,