Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-09
GATH'S PEN PICTURE.


He Sizes Up the Notables in the Convention
How They Looked and Acted-What
He Pumped Out of the Prophets Who
+ Are Backing Candidates.
lFRoM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT
CONVENTION HALL,
MINNEAPOLIS, June 8
The galleries were filled at II. News
from everywhere that the unprecedented
was strong-like in the proceedings. Bishop
Whipple in his purple cap gave Richelieu
guise to the stage. Horace Porter, hero of
the Grant Monument, appeared in a black
suit. Half the audience rose in prayer.
Clarkson coming up the aisle resembled
Henry w. Davis of old. A thin young man
with thin voice presented a quarter of an
hour long speech. punctated by yells OF
louder. Fred Douglass head on the stage
looked like SNOWFALL. Cogswell, in a gray
suit, asked for time. Spooner found him
pugnacious when he wanted promptness.
Gogswell grimly smiled. It looked as II
Blaine men were sparring for time. Tom
Reed was still with Mrs. Hit and sort of q
pretty woman, at once the Pickwick and the
Wrinkle of the convention. Suddenly Nc.
Kinley's name was presented for Chairman
and the galleries shouted their regard.
Mckinley Pale and Old1sh.
The strange Gallic-looking Malone, neat
little Spooner and Sam Fessenden found
Mckinley pale and oldish, like one who had
been harangued over night by an angel.
He came forward looking like Southerner
of the time before the war. of the ultra re-
sDectable historical sort. He received three
cheers from the floor. His hair was smoothly
brushed. Incipient wrinkles were across
month
frm his shoulders were set square like q
recuit from military childhood, his voice
WIS clear, but throatish, his gesture was
right hand warninSly raised a little eaglish
was his nose, fine and clean, a lull, noble
forehead and brainful head completed
pleasing picture. Full of the faith of Islam
in the tariff. he gave preaching. Soon rails
ing both hands as he proceeded, he strained
his voice. An attempt to get up special
ovation for him by some enthusiastic dele
gates crying, up! up!' was only partially
successful
Fred Douglass was now demanded, and
went like Il century African to the front, re-
ceived the ovation with curiosity and went
back to his seat. Platt, Quay, Depew, New
and the hustlers were all about numbering
noses General Harry Bingham, King of the
Camerons, read the rules.
What extraordinary silence was over the
vast audiences! Not a murmur seemed to
ascend. Noanxiety was to be seen anywhere.
The delegates looked as II they were spec
tators
Bingham was for Blaine in '76, was turned
down by the Camerons for it, and in 1884 he
made speech for Arthur. The Camerons
have sir ce grown up to his size, but Blaine
has grown old.
One Clipper Possibility.
l. L.
some queries about the rules, and we saw
that he was chipper and Illinois-like. Har-
rison McComas, of Hagerstown, black haired
and pretty, received n second-class ovation
as he stood, but nothing like Bully For
aker's, who was received with soldier yells.
Foraker's hair is little gray. He is said to
prefer Sherman to Mckinley. Clarkson got
loud applause as Iowa put him on the Ma
tional Committee. Manley, of Maine, got
also an ovation, and Sam Fessenden knocked
out Filley in Missouri Depew and Foraker
hold loving conference New seemed to be
in full favor and looked happy as a patri-
arch.
At 1s:45 adjourned for % hours.
Tomorrow the contest over credentials
and the long n nominating speech.
As 1 stood in an alcove of the long bridge
my name was called, and Judge Roberts, one
of New York, reached out his hand. "You
are in a queer situation. Judge"
"Oh, yes, admire Mr.. Blaine better than
any man in this country, but he told us that
he would not want us this year; that he
would not run, and of course we gave our
fealty to another man. That makes it awk-
ward"
In a few minutes came upon Mr.. Hecke,
generally regarded General Alger's man.
ager, who was quite curious to know if had
H. I4r1
does the figuring for Alger, and he said "43I
votes Is all that Harrison has got. I have
given the Harrison man the benefit of all
doubts" Mr.. Hecke added: 81 do not be-
lieve there will be any result on the first
ballot"
A Good Figurer for Harrison.
As turned away I thought to myself:
off they admit 43l votes that leaves but 10 for
Harrison to get" l called the figurer back
and said to him. "How many votes have you
put in the unknown column" He an
swered that it was nearer 30 than So Upon
this thoughu: "If there are as many doubt
tul votes, will not Harrison secure 10 of
them, especially when in every convention
there are scores of second-rate men dying to
have it said that they settled nomination."
Going high up in West Hotel met Frank
Hscock and said: Tell me how many
the point of boasting," said Hiscock. eve 4
count General Harrison $40 votes, and that
gives every one of these contested delega-
tlons to the other side"
"When do you think the convention will
get away?"
mot before Friday night. The policy of
the leaders against General Harrison is to
tire folks out. They cannot do it: The op-
ponents of General Harrison, in their news
paper accounts last night conceded him 440
votes leaving him only ten votes to get but
we believe that our estimates are more cor
rect than that, and that we have 70 votes to
spare. Depend upon it, he will be the nomi,
nee of this convention"
"How is the New York delegation, Mr..
Hiscock?'
"It has % votes for General Harrison, in
any event. There are six scattering votes
for Mckinley, Alger and others. The rest
are for Blaine"
Harrison His Own Campaigner.
said to an Indiana journalist: ''Who is
the best manager of Harrison's campaign
here?"
Harrison"
"But Harrison is not here?"
"Oh, yes, he Is: the President always has a
wire to the conventions; the telegraph COM
pany gives it to him. He can talk right into
the room of those who do his bidding here.
is an expert in conventions, and
his management is much better than his
personal intercourse. More than anybody
around the convention, he knows the espe-
cial tie which attaches this or that man, or
how he is attached to him. and can jog the
of Smith or Jones about favor
some time received or still due.
"Blaine," said my informant, ''has lostthe
son who understood politics and his father