The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-06-09
THE CONVENTION CITY.
Its Streets Are Bedlam Let Loose
and Yelling,
INTOXICATED WITH ENTHUSIASM
But NoticeabIy Innocent of Vicious HI
larity-A Graphic Pen Pictufe of
Beautiful and Booming Town-Ban-
ners, Boomings and Bunting.

EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE NEWS.
MINNEAPOLIS. June 9-The town is wild.
Every session sees the grounds about the
Convention hall black with people and
long lines of perspiring folk besieging
every entrance. Within the hall thous-
sands, thrilling with the words OF the
speakers or hanging on every vote, ready
to shout themsel YES hoarse at every in
dication of changing sentiment.
The streets of the town are Bedlam let
loose. There Is very little intoxication,
except that OF enthusiasm. Ii is a sober
and orderly crowd, but bent and bowed
and swayed and thrown hither and
thither before each passing gust of senti-
ment like ripe grain before the west wind.
Flags futter everywhere, streamers float
upon the wind, bunting wreathes every
building along the principal streets, "A
triumphal arch built of pine plank and
punches of shingles spans the principal
street. Temporary restaurants are fitted up
in all sorts of queer places The w. &. T..
l.. are feeding thousands of people ac-
ceptably and filling their Golfers at the
same time. There Is no disposition to
put up prices on account OF the extra
crowd, and meals are sold mt reasonable
prices, but lodging is hard to get at any
price. Cots are spread in rows in the
West Hotel corridors, and private houses
are opened to boarders that never were
before, and apparently some people don't
go to bed at all. but walk the streets all
night and howl for Blaine. Pretty wo-
men, red checked aud robust, pass along
the street and take lively interest in
politics. In the second floor Of the West
Hotel is great gallery overhanging and
overlooking the great hall, which Is like
n seathing whirlpool of men. Here sit
200 women, of Minneapolis mostly, but
not few Of them from distant States,
watching the scenes.
It 10 .i..t ts,ra x.1.ta oh. sa
before their eyes. There in the throng
are the representatives of every State and
Territory, mingling together. Upon the
Il oor was dust from every State shaken
from the shoes of the delegates The red
mud OF Jersey aud the alkali of the
staked plains were In the dust that rose
from the scufliing feet. Aud the men.
There were cowboys from Montana aud
rustlers from Texas, with broad -Drimmed
hats and thin, bronzed faces. There are
delegates from the Southern States. all
prosperous looking and well dressed and
all Dlack. There are -whlskered
bankers from the East and tawny Swed-
ish farmers from the nearer Northwest.
Nervous and active newspaper men fit
In and about, seeing everything, hearing
everything. In one corridor score of
telegraph operators wrestling with the
press messages. The convention hall is
but an annex OF the West Hotel and rati-
iies the decision of its caucusss.
IL is beautiful city. The delegates
have no time for sightseeing, but some of
the guests report delightful excursions To
Minnetonka and the falls OF Minnehaha.
They are enthusiastic In the praise Of the
citYland its suburbs The weather is
cool-except In the throng of the hall and
the hotel.
Upon one street corner there Is sign:
Gentlemen will not loaf on the corner
and spit tobacco juice on the windows"
They didn't. The street habits Of the
town aud its visitors are excellent. The
bars are doing nothing more than AN
ordinary business Tammany Hall alone
at Chicago will outdrink the entire dele
CATION here. They were stocking up with
hard stuff in Chicago when we came
through, in preparation for June 81.
J. l.. Ii.