Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-21
A SsalteriDg Mass Of Impatient HUI
mainly Fills Inc Chicago Con-
Yenton Hail.. SLOW Work,
The Platform 10 b. ld6p'ed Z fore Inc
Nominations Sre A&de-ghe
Sp, cial Bacms UEchsng. De
Ten Candidates will bs Voted for on the
First BAlIot-Pitchsd Bxt4Ias in
the Committee Room,
A PzHsPIRING CROWD.
Special 10 the Gazette.

A PGRSPIRISG CROWD.
Special 70 the Gazette.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 20-The weather
o-dey WAS OppTessiyely warm SID h,d 3
noticeable effect on the convention, which
was p2rspirrg So freely hst it manifested
mach less Ell lusissm than yesterday aDd
wss part cTIarIy impa+isrt, calling tine
on eli speeches over three minutes.
Permanent Chairman Es:ee received :
Dritf ovation as Governor FCs 'er Of OHIO
escorted him to the chair. Estte IS t
tail, heavy built msr with 9zld keSd
He mss 8 good. full voice AID ac's wit
c0mGentEUle prom2tCess on til qIee-
lions. Contrary 20 custom he delivered
practically no address q. all Of 8 political
character on taking the Chsir, talking
briefly, thar king the convention in the
name OF California and the slope for the
honor conferred on him. TIE brevity Cf
his address put him on excellent terms
from the very Start with
THE VAST, swELTERIEG AUDIENCE,
but there were many expressions of dis
appointment from tle delegates that Nj
E5tee did not make a rousiDg polit!Csl
speech. They expected it, especially the
Blaine men, who were seeking an oppor-
tunity to counterfeit the damaging effect
OF Temporary Chsirman Thurston's ad-
dress, wherein he did everything pos
siole to impress the convention thai
Il would be political suicide to nomina c
Blaine. The California delegates knd eli
the Cut-andc cut Blaine men are kicking
seriously at Thurston, and numerous
interviews are published in the lccal
press chergirg him with treschery in
endeavorine to kill f The Blaine boom ia
behalf Of Sherman, whom he compliment
ed highly in his speech. There is M
coubt that Estee was solemnly pledged
not to refer to 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 tbst
the speech he hsd prepared Wss fun Ct
Blaine, and hGdirg he could Lot Are it Ct
at tne conve ntion, lis associates from tn
coast concluded ne should say prGcti
cally nothing ST Ill. The Blaine Doom is
quietly growing. 1t las assumed quite >
G Gersnt phase thsn Was anticipated by
taa esiiforla 6ci 90 es who calculated
,taey w-uAd
BET The CITY ON FIRE
for Blaine, but the local stnos-
phere YVES 50 fled witt
Gresham tnst The calculation
Of TIE Blaine boomers to stan peie the
entire pubic h&d TO be revised and is
low being confined exclusively towsrt
stEmpediHg The delegates. TIE special
booms have developed 70 noteworthy
charge sire. Yesterday. The friends Of
;ae several candidates still adhere terra
cicusly to their respective fsVoTites.
though there is eppsrent moderation Ct
the Blaine turCre II is now prCbEble
that On Ehe fist ballot ten Candidates will
be ycted for, namely, Bl:i2e, Dope ",
Sherman, Gresham, Alger, Phelps Of New
JeIsgy, Harrison, Allison, Rusk and In
gals.
CALIFORNIA FOR BLAINE.
Creed Raymond, the Chairman of the
California delegation, in "a interview
This evening ssi5: When l arrived in
ChiCsgn tl,s: announced that l would
put tue name Of James G. Blaine in nom.
ination If 60 enc else WCula, and nothing
has occurred to change my
determination. TIE coast delegates
ere unit Ger Blaine, have no
s,cond choice snd will start snd falsh
with him, sad mark my prediction, the
coast viii be WITH the Winner 8 the tilish
car. say now who viii place MIR.
BlaiEe's name before the convection
This will assert, though, our people will
vote for him from the fiat, and California
will see to ii that our "aenry OK N5varro"
is properly introduced to those who ad-
mire and love him"
''Wlll you nominate Mr.. Blaine2"
81 dent desire 10 make myself con-
spicuous, but if the necessity comes l
will"
wRDNEs DAYS GATHERING.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 2O-Tne crest
conve. ton hall fills more rapidly this
pleted details in the arrangement Of seats
compelled the sergeants st arms to keep
the crowd out yes erdsy till nearly noon.
To- day there is nothing wanting, and the
esger, expectant, puzzled, but somewhat
weary multitude, flows into the bulldin g
with great expectation visible on every
face. The Wise Malone episode of yes
terdsy's session has whetted the appetite
OF the galleries for further passage o.
arms, and every body watches the Virgins
seats to see the incoming Of the expected
contestants. There is a slower gathering
OF the solons Of the party, newspaper men
and officers of the convention on the plat
form and in the galleries in the rear Of the
chairmsn's desk.
-FOUR GAvELs.
There are plenty of gavels for the con.
Ventio1. No less than four are now
resting in plush cases on the chairmsn's
desk. One Of these is plain oak gavei
already described. Another is the his
toric gayel presented by Hoar OF
Michigan. The third is gold banded
instrument which Chicago firm PEE
sented to the temporary chairman and the
fourth is for the permanent chairman
which has been presented by the Mayor
Of Chicago. This gsvel is 8 handsome
affair. l. is s beautiful piece Of work
manship, twelve inches long and weighs
thirty three ounces, twenty-five of whlcs
are OF silver and eight Of gold. The
handle is nine inches long of solid silver
srd twisted, st the top Of which sre two
escutcheons Of the United States in gold
and enamel. Above this is the American
esgle besring in its beak the gavel proper,
which is silver, bearing upon it the names
Of thirty eight states in the Union. At