St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-09
Delegates to the Convention
From the North Star State
Are Home,
Flying the Red Bandana,
Which Will Be the Cam
paign Banner.
The Pilgrims Are Glad to Be
Once Again in Gods
Country.
How They Passed the Dreary
Hours on the Home
ward Trip.

Minnesota's Democratic pilgrims to
the Cleveland shrine at st. Louis have
returned. Instead of the palmer's
gown. with the Red Cross cut in the
shoulder, they wear the inevitable
duster. decorated with the red bandana,
the emblem Of the party for the coming
campaign. Flushed with the results of
The convention the delegation come
nome a happy body, and VIII
body, and will inoculate the
entire Northwest with the conta-
gion of enthusiasm. Collectively
they are happy, but individually they
are all torn up and scarcely man in the
party but bears some private wound as
the result of the great fight in the dele
CATION. Some of these wounds will be
nursed and cured in secret, but others
will be kept sore and inflamed and will
have more or less effect in the coming
local campaign. But the delegation is
home. and it is awfully glad to once
more breathe the pure air OF Gods
country.
1t was a quarter past midnight when
the anXiously expected train rolled into
u. L
senger to alight being Gov. l.. K. Church,
of Dakota, closely followed by the Da-
kota contingent. Owing to Mayor
Smiths telegram to his private secre-
tary, Horace Dunno, the proposed
demonstration and reception by the
Ramsey County Democracy in honor of
the returning delegates was abandoned
and only a committee OF two was await
ing them.
These were President j. J. Hill, of
the Manitoba road, and Secretary
Robert Miller, of the state executive
committee, both of whom had been
holding down truck on the platform
of the depot since 10 O'Clock i'll the
enVening.
AS National Committeeman Michael
Doran stepped off the train he was
accosted by MI. Hill, who linked his
while Secretary Miller tugged energeti-
cally at a huge black portmauteau
which he bore in triumph to Mr..
DOran's room at the Merchants. Step
ping proudly and bearing in his right
hand a standard inscribed Minnesota"
came Delegate Stevens, of Morris, and
his black felt hat was almost obscuIed
from view 10y an immense bandana
handkerchief.
Some of the most enthusiastic dele
gates, not content with the red tokens
of respect for the nobleSt Roman of
them all, had decorated their white
plug hats with rampant rooSterS of
gaudy plumage and immense tail feath-
o. ers. which Stoou out in bold relief from
the white foundations.
Mayor Smith, carrying large valise
in one hand and bundle OF canes, UNI
Il nd 70, in,
the other, seemed pretty well tired out,
but was not at all cast down by the de-
feat OF his candidate for the second
place on the ticket, if face Wreathed
with smiles could he relied upon as an
index.
There was a general scattering of the
party at the door of the depot, and es-
pecially on account of the opportunities
of anxious cabmen in quest of fares,
who quickly whiSked off the tired trav-
eers who had homes in st. Paul to the
bosom of their families. Among the
delegates who had time to express an
opinion there was but one Senti-
ment, and that was that the. con-
vention rhad made the strongest NOM
nations possible and that there seemed
to be no likelihood of anything
but a rousing victory at the polls in No
ment of President Cleveland in his
present quarters for another term of
four years. Probably the most iubilant
members of the throng of president
makers were the followers of Gov.
Church, who, as soon as they landed,
did not hesitate to pronounce the doom
of the Day element and their incapacity
for further mischief.
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dreary. A hotter, dustier trip is not
prescribed during this mortal career.
The special Burlington train which car
ried every delegate but Mayor Ames, of
Minneapolis, was in charge of j. f. Nc
Elroy, the travelling passenger agent,
and every effort was made to
provide for the comfort of the
passengers, but the heat and
dust were inevitable and had to be en-
dured. The discomfort began in Jay
Gould'S depot at st. Louis, which sam
pie of monopoly is as badly managed as
possible. Instead of leaving at $50 Oh
Thursday night, it was nearly 10, and in
the meantime the delegation stood in the
worst rush and jam of departing crowds
one could ever imagine. But finally,
we got off. The train should have
reached st. Paul at 6 o'clock, but at Mr..
Doran's request the engineer held her
that he did not want to reach home un-
til after dark. He had his wish.
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OF the entire delegation, P. B. Win
ston is about the only prominent mem
Der who reaches home in good humoI
with everything and everybody. His
election as chairman was secured with
out a fight, though for some reason
Doran says he ''haS it in" for Winston
Ames is the maddest man of the party,
because he was the most disappointed
His vice presidential boom wilted
under the fierce st. Louis sun, and his
name was not mentioned. Besides that
Doran was elected member of the ma
tional committee and Ames knows that
bodies him no good in future campaigns
Doran is badly disgruntled on account
of the fight made against him and which
SO narrowly escaped laying him out. He
had been confident of an easy victory
on the first ballot and was badly
settled when he found how matters
stood. Mayor Smith has an equable
temper, but comes home as defeated
candidate and is not feeling altogether
happy over it. John Ludwig is sore
over row he had with Ames, the
latter accusing him of goine
back on his promise in the
deal, by which he Iudwig
was to be put on the notification com
mittee and in return was to vote fol
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