St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-08
Some Sharp Pictures Drawn
Without Calling Any
body by Name.
Side Shots at the Little Ora
tion OF One j. Sloat
FasSett.
Cheers for New and the Lady
Alternate From t he State
Of Wyoming.


characteristics; but in the moments
when he is proudest of his American
ism, he cannot fail to recognize some of
the weaknesses OF the American people.
Nothing succeeds like success" is the
aphOriSm according to which the aver
age American regulates his life. No
matter what the means employed
so long as the end is success.
The national Republican conyen-
tion illustrates it. That gathering of
yesterday held men of national reputa-
ton. 1t contained men of even inter
national reputation. Men of no repu-
tation at all were there. And it
contained men Of character and of no
character whatever, elbow to elbow
with men of such character that the
page of American life would be cleaner
could they be obiiterated. Yet all these
! men were there for the same purpose
to assist i'll nominating man who
should lead a great party in the bat
tie of ballots. There was the man vino
had been convicted by the jury of pub
lie opinion of actual crime. His neigh
bor was the man who has notoriously
prOstituted public office for private ends.
gOgue who, after posing as lead
er of unc0mpromising party devotion.
turned his back on his public pledges
and unbending allegiance to lifelong
principles, while his party was in the
ascendant. and sought to propitiate a
determined opposition by the arts OF the
demagOgue. Others were there who
stand out Oh the pages of political his
tory clothed
In Robes Stolen
from another. And there were few
who always fought for what they be-
lieved to be right. All these will 70 out
into the highways and by ways, and
even into the alleys, wade through all
the filth of political corruption. to get
votes. And, when it comes to the con-!
yention, the criminal, the demagogue,
the thief Of another's ideas and reputa-l
tiOn,is stronger than the upright citizen.
That was the most prominent scene
in yesterdays convention. IL
That convention opened with prayer,
too. A venerable old gentleman, whose
every appearance indicated devOtiOnCtol
truth and righteousness. true religion,
invoked divine blessing upon gather
ing where was to be reaped the fruit,of
months of scheming, plotting, trickery,
lieing. And the men who Tor months
have been deep in all grades of decep-
ton listened to him with bowed heads,
impatient, it seemed, for him to finish,
that they might again take up their
work of setting at naught all the bless
ings for which this venerable old man
was so earnestly praying. And that was
Another Scene. ~ r&Xasi
But there were more that had no such
character as those two scenes men,
toned. There was that cheer following
the playing of yankee Doodle" by the
band high up among the draperies. All
the list of so-called national airs had
been gone through with, but Yankee
Doodle" alone provoked applause,
showing that it is still the national air,
in spite OF efforts to supplant it with
more pretentiOus musical compositions.
John c. New had been fighting a bitter
fight against large number of the dele
gates for nearly week. He never was
a universally popular man. But he had
the honor of bringing down upon his
head well-rounded cheer yesterday. 1t
was when he entered the convention
hall. Perhaps the cheer was not so
much for him as for his COM
panion, though some of it might
be well credited as tribute
to his gallantry. He led in one of the
lady alternates from Wyoming. and es-
corted her to place OIL the platform
among the members of the national
committee. The delegates heartily
welcomed the first OF the opposite sex
to take seat among them entitled to
all the privileges which they have so
long enjoyed exclusively. And she?
Why she walked down the aisle as
calmly and compOsedly, and looked
lxy chn
accustomed to that sort of thing ever
since Eve walked out of the garden, an
equal partner with Adam in all things
OH earth.
NJ. II. De Young has voice loud
enough to reach every member of the
California delegation, and strong
enough to make them give heed to what
he says, and through his San Francisco
Chronicle his voice reaches the whole
Pacific slope; but when he arose to
read the call of the convention yester-
| day. he had to be stimulated with a
shout of ''lOuder" from the galleries.
Fassett's Effort
While Temporary Chairman Fassett
spoke. the bursts of applause were in
dicative of the present condition of the
Republican party, and the character of
the fight that has been waged in Mime
taneous roar of welcome greeted the
temporary chairman. Most of the
hand-clapping came from the seats oc-
cupied by the national committee. The
| delegates and alternates applauded
| only in spots. The New York delega-
| ton arose in body to greet the tenn
| porary chairman from their own state.
| What traveSty was their hOmagei
Depew, Hiscock, Warner Miller bow
ing to popinjay. Tom Platt salutilig
his puppet. lc
Three points Mr.. FaSsett made early
| in his speech calculated to provoke
| applause. The first was the propriety
| of holding national Republican con-
vention in building "consecrated to
| the exhibition of the products of protee-
tion." A fairly healthy cheer. The
second was complimentary to Mime
apolis. A faltering cheer. as if the
memory of cramped bedrooms and
carelessly prepared meals fingered with
| the delegates. The third, reference
to the Republican Northwest" And
| the delegates seemed, by their response,
| to doubt If the Northwest was quite so
| Republican as ii might be.
| The first genuine, whole-sOuled. Spon-
taneous wave of applause heard in the
convention hall yesterday greeted Fos-
| sett's reference to reciprocity. There
was cheer then. Whitley -Wooled Perry
Carson was so wrought up that he threw
his old white hat to the skyllght. The
effort exhausted him, and he never
moved again during the day.
Clears the Air.
"Our experience the past few days in
Minneapolis" said Fassett at one point,
''tells US that the air is always clearer
after storm. 1t is our right to think
as we please today. 1t is our duty to
unite tomorrow, or the day after, when
the nominations are made" Was the
faint echo of applause that greeted this
sentiment an indication that the fierce
conflict between the Blaine and Harri-
son forces will be continued SO long as
both men shall live?
The most dramatic scene of the tempo
rary organization was the result Of a
portion of Fassetts speech. He was
naming the great men of the Republican
party-Lincoln, Seward. Grant. Sher-
man, GarfeId-all these were uemed