New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-21
INCIDENTS OF THE CONVENT ON.
UNITED STATES SENATORS PRESENT - A
BRISK TRAFFIC IN TICKETS
HATS OF MANY Observation-Disclosures OF THE
| OHIO DELEGATIoN-AN ARGUMENT FOR

United States Senators are attendlng-elther as dele
gates or loolers-on-on the proceedings of the Con-
; gention- The latest count shows there seven
teen on the ground. They are Messrs Aldrich. Gull
ION, Farwell Hale, Hoar Hisccck Henderson,
Palmer, Quay. R!ddleberser, sabn. sawyer. epooner
Stewart, stOckbndse, Teller and Wilson. OF these
only seven delegates The Senators do not,
rule, cut so large figure in National Convention
as In the senate. Somehow they apt to find their
delegations going they please and otherwise show
ing disregard Of Senatorial dignity Mr.. Boutelle,
OF Maine, recalls tho interesting fact that twenty-five
senators were present at the Convention OF 1884, OF
whom seventeen for Arthur, and only one
really for Blaine, yet Blaine was nominated.
There is considerable ticket selling going on Most
of It Is purely commercial, but of 1t, while COM
mercia enough. has another side TO 1t, too. To be
perfectly plain It is charged that where money has
been used in Southern delegations, and there good
reason TO believe that in money has been
used 1t is accomplished by purchase Of the dele-
gates ticket. As much as S4o0 Is said to have been
paid in for single ticket. 1t need hardly
be said that the ticket is subsequently returned to
the delegate a gift Most Of the transfer of tickets
that goes on, however, is of a more innocent kind.
The man who swelters through four five days OF
heated chasing after the lodging committeeman Of
his delegation TO plead for a ticket hardly I'M
derstand the sorddness that will part with this much
sought boon for merely financial consideration But
L
Gus manner Convention tickets get out the curb
and a man whose political influence has been strained
10 It's utmost to get gallery seat may find his next
door neighbor in the gallery be a man who don't
know politician in Chicago but man who did have
S5 Seats selling and they In active
demand at good prices. There are
not so many for sale this year
there were at the last Convention, but there
a good many out. Tickets for the first day
drug the market at So, and late In the afternoon
fell OIL to 81 so, 81, and finally 50 and almost any
thing man would give At 80 o'clock, the tickets
that looked tempting at noon were worthless bits
Of paper selling for twenty-five and fifty cents
mementos of the day. The trade brisk.
however, in futures second and third day tickets went
for &c. and fourth day admission sought at S15.
Ono fortunate Spectator offered stage seat for the
entire session at 800 and stouty refused 49, while
gallery seats for the session commanded $50 with
prospect for raise The trade in tickets was busy
/ all day and tho demands numerous to
stfen the back OF the market.
"'Taint what Il used TO be though said discon-
soiae vender, while the feetlng hours played havoc
with The value Of his first day tickets.
why four years ago you could sell
all you had and you could get good many more TO
sell I know who made $500 in one day in
1884 and this year he can't get half dozen tickets"
How do you manage to get the tickets to sell?'
GOh, that's easy. You see each delegate has three
I
them, so they sell theirs for spending money Then
there's another great snap some of them work There
are a good many fellows hanging around hero who
have friends on the different delegations; they go to
these friends of theirs and get ticket from each.
In this way Of them get five or six, and some
times more, aud they have a good thing. But there
are not so many this year and they don't buy SO
well to-day but about the fourth day things will hum
and We will get almost any price for tickets them
Hats play large role IN National Conventions.
There IS the ordinary hat Of ordinary life, and thee
Is the hat that means a certain candidate You can
make a tolerabe guess at the section delegate is
| from by his hat. The white hat takes the lead, OF
course but It IS confined to the Eastern and extreme
western delegates. The Indiana crowd have no uni
formjty In clothes hats For the most part they
have the air and dress Of the farm. Now and then
an indianapolis man appears In white hat Dut no
pulls II of when he goes into Harrsons headquartes
II Harrison the nominee and his shouters here arc
TO be taken as an evidence of Mr.. Harrson's char
acter the Democrats will have TO look out for their
claims Of JefIersonlan simplicity The Sherman men
run TO silk hats and black suits. Their marching
clubs have an afr OF respectabty and commercial
prosperity that makes them quite noticeable. The
Ohio man is dressing than he used to do, any
way.
Some Of the individual members Of the Convention
are eccentric about their hats. John A Bingham
q cX-Mt
his head with brim Of sufficient dimensions to turn
a rain fpm his body Senator Mahone's broad
brfmmed white SLOUGH hat has become as famous as
the white plume OF Henry Of Navarro. There are no
,r7o hats alike IN the Missouri delegation. Mr.
Filley's hat, OF course answers for all OF them.
Missourian, however, never pays much attention 10
his hat or his head In some parts of the state they
say one hat does for the whole family. The old man
wears It to church and court days, and the boys
| IL cfr
In the roon Of the Kansas delegation at the Palmer
House fs a charcoal sketch OF Senator
ingalls, representing him as Staying python
with Dam Voorhees, head on It, The snake looks
| quite complacent 1t seems to enjoy the cfuDolhg
while Senator Ingalls's eyebans glare as II he were
afraid that the snake would get away. AS work
of art the picture is failure as temperance lect-
! ure it is startlngly strong.
The inscriptions on the picture Of Mr.. Depew hang
| ing about the hotels have caused a great deal OF
amusement not only to tho general pubic Dut, there
| is abundant to suspect, Mr. Depew himself
| who says their origin IS mysterious TO him.
\ He IS called "Tho Changers Friend"
4 " The Wage Earners' Choce,' "The Protector OK
| Labor and other things too numerous to mention
It seems to be the privilege Of every Presidential can
dIdate to have his fast friends and Mr. Depew Is Do
ginning In a small way TO find out how IL Is himself
Colonel Babcock IS the most unhappy man In IL
lnois today few days ago he Insisted on putting
| UP a picture of Blaine in the Grand Pacific HOTEL
| and Landlord Drake would not have It, There was
quarrel in consequence, and the Colonel threatened
to leave the hotel unless the picture was put up and
now # adorns the window fronting the rotunda ms
was all well enough and Colonel Babcock had secured
victory Now, however, the valiant Blanc De
fender is being deluged with letters rom all over the
country, compllmentIng him upon MS nero' ao'ioh
and bidding him stand BIZ Blaine to the last He has
been elected an honorary member Of all the Blaine
| clubs from California to Maine.
"This is a little much,' said the Colonel rue
| fully Yesterday @Im a Gresham man, and want to
| sec him nominated Pm not for Blaine, ouf simply
wanted to see his picture put UP Win 'hc otner 10
rphlcar leaders and II this thing keeps up l will
- .. .--.,tl-A q cnrd defining my position