St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-19
AFTER CONVENTION CHAT.

AFTER CONVENTION CHAT.
| 1t is amusing to watch the yenOmoDs ebuli-
tons of one of the Minneapolis papers over
the failure of the editorial convention to visit
| that city. and under the circumstances it is
! only fair TO give correct statement of the
| affair. The editors were all extremely anxi
| Gus to visit the Flour City and said so again
and again, but the invitation came too late.
The programme for st. Paul was practically
arranged at the executive committee meeting
last winter. 1t was to occupy four days or
up to Saturday. AT the same time it was de-
clded 10 launch the subsequent excursions
ON Saturday. Secretary Page made arrange
ments for the Yellowstone Park trip for
those who desired to attend and the Duluth
trip was by vote of the members. The Min
neapolis invitation came after the arrange
ments had been made and 1t was impossible
TO break into them The talk that ST. Paul
kept the editors away from Minneapolis Is
Jealous nonsense, nothing more.
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One of the most prominent figures Of the
convention, as well as polished gentleman
and able editor, was Hon. owen Scott, of
Bloomington, III. Mr.. Scott represents the
III congress- ana
is an intelligent aud progressive Democrat.
The district is normally about 5000 Repub-
lican, but Mr.. Scott so ably preached the
doctrine of protection that he turned this
over and was elected by the handsome ma
jority of 1890. Il am for Cleveland all the
time" he said, land Illinois will send a
Cleveland delegation to the convention"
Who will be the speaker of the next
house,"
Il am for Springer, myself, and 1 have no
second choice. Yes l believe he will be
elected, too If am mistaken, and he can
not make it, it will go to the South, and either
Mills or Crisp, probably Crisp will be the
man."
When the editorial convention closed Fri
day there was not single delegate out of the
4OO i'll attendance who was not enthusiastic
IN his expressions over the entertainment
provided by the city. And we'll they might
be, for no delegates to any convention in this
country have reen more princely treated.
From Tuesday morning to Friday evening
there was no let up i'll the round of pleasure.
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1t is to be regretted that few more of the
business blocks were not decorated Outside
the newspaper buildings, the Metropolitan
and Windsor hotels and the Germania bank
were the only buildings decorated to any ex-
tent. The progressiveness displayed by the
Germania bank is highly commendsble
Under the wise directions of Hon. W.
Bickel the management of this building are
ever ready TO assist the city authorities upon
all public occasions to make the city as at
tractive as possible to its guests. 1t is to be !
hoped that in the future few more citizens
will initiate this public SDirItedneSS
The great assistance rendered BY the Press
club during the convention is universally ad-
mitted. The club rooms were used to such
an extent by the delegates that, without
them, is to be wondered how the convention
could have been held. The members of the
club displayed very generous spirit in
throwing open their club rooms to the city's
guests. Not only that, several members were
specially commissioned to attend to the
wants OF visitors, and arrangements made
for stenographer to typewrite any copy or
letters of the editors. That the delegates ap-
preciated the kindness of the club is demon
strated by the way in which they fir equented
the club rooms.
E. Sambola Jones is an original character
In the sixty-two and half millions of peo
pie you can't find a counterpart. He is an
anomaiy-a genius without smile. The
banquet at the Lafayette is an event that he
will treasure up in his massive and retentive
memory as an event wherein he was not a
Monte Cristo. He banaueted of course,
but the manner of it was what aggravated
hs Southern blood and enraged craving
stomach. He had made the circuit of the
lake In the bracing wind and he had exer-
cised and enjoyed himself without stint. But
all this made him hungry, and he anticipated
the spread with a keen appetite. He sat
about midway along the long table, and
it so happened that he was assigned
neither to the waiter on the right nor the
waiter on the left. No one served him when
the first course was placed. He accepted
this as u fortuitous circumstance, and. al
though his stomach rebelled viciously, he
kept his peace. The next course came, and
again he was omitted. He began to get a
little tired.
How is it | am not served, my good boy?'
he asked spontaneously of the waiter on
his right
Dunno. boss; Use got my people here
returned the colored boy.
Then Mr.. Jones turned to his left, and, at
tracing the attention of the other boy, he
said:
''See here; don't you notice that l have
nothing to eat!''
YES boss; but Is all right. Is got all L
can tend to. see? I'll tell de head waiter,an
he'll fix it. 1 reckon" said the boy with grin.
Well, Jones sat out the course patiently, and
another was served sequentially. He got
nothing. His tired look gave way to slight
display of anger. He called tn e walters
down sharp and then waited results. He had
no idea that he would still be sighted, but
how vain is human confidence The third
course came, and he wasn't given a crum b to
comfort his gnawlng appetite.
I'll see about this, he said, and bided
his time. When the signal was given, the
walters fell into line and the march was
taken la mode, Sambola was in the midst.
Gut he marched ''hog foot, straw foot" style
and into the kitchen. His return was watched
with eager expectancy. But he did not
emerge from the domain of the chef until the
walters did. They all came laden with viands,
but he was empty-handed. A happy,
triumphant smile crowned his positive face
with becoming and pleasing effect. He kept
in line until his chair was reached, and then
he resumed his seat and waited com placently.
The smile died away with cadence as he
discovered that his neighbor TO the right and
his neighbor to the left were served, and that
not morsel was placed before him. He
waited until the time came and he marched |
to the kitchen again. and his return was made
after the fashion of his first entree Again
he got nothing. In vain he expostulated, in
vain he threatened a condign visitation. The
colored boys were obdurate. The nextcour
was the last, and W hen it came-well, he was
given dish OF ice cream That was Sam
bola's feast Some cruel and hard hearted |
contemporary exclaimed:
s'Seel The boy is irving to cool Sambola |