New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-22


seat the presidents platform, ready, when the
time seemed opportunc. TO rap for order. Senator
Brice, according TO description OF him in a local
paper, affects beautiful clothes. nonchalance and
whislcrs. He put his nonchalancc 20 good
use to-day, and waited impcrturbably.
On big tnbe beside him were
some plants and flowers, and he wore a
rose himself in his coat. The ever-blooming
William NJ. Springer, also with a red flower in
buttonhole, mounted the platform and conferred
with Mr.. Brice. Others came up for brief talks.
Senator VOORHEES,, of Indiana, is ready now TO
drop tho war against Mr.. Cleveland and follow
his Ohio colleague into the ex-Presidcnts column
Senator Pasco, OF Florida, short and swarthy. a
typical Southerner in appearance, but born IN
England and reared in Massachusetts, Senator
Carlisle, cleanehaven and pale. who has come
70 Chicago as a spectator and not delegate; and
finally, Adlai. f. Stevenson, keen and bald,
the Cleveland leader in Illinois; Senator Villas,
the head of the Wisconsin forces. well groomed
and faultlessly dressed, wearing a boutonniere
az fresh and brilliant as either Mr.. Brices or
Mr.. Springer's.
MEN OF NATIONAL FAME. LACKING.
On the platform near the chairman Of the com
mittee. sat its "hustling" and popular secretary,
Mr. Sheerin. Of Indiana, without the correction
Of whose supervising eye the details Of organiza-
ton In any Democratic National Convention WOULD
be found sadly unfinished Behind the platform.
against the front rail Of the rear gallery, hung
the portraits of Democratic leaders and heroes Of
the past Jefferson, jackson, Benton, Cass. Pierce.
Buchanan, Seymour Tilden, Thurman and the
rest. Flags festooned the pillars which supported
the roof and covered up the badness Of the car
pentry work all over the building. On the main
floor. tie delegations were seated in alphabetical
order, beginning at the extreme right and run
ming down one section and up the next. This
impartial but not very satisfactory arrangement
throws, for the most part. the uniinportant ana
inconspicuOus States TO the front, AMI leaves the
convention q blind and confusing maze Of faces
In the Republican conventions the leading dele
cations have The places of privilege. and the men
Of importance all get TO the front. single
glance will show the strength of the personal
forces arranged for or against any movement or
candidate. In to-day's gathering, personality
was subordinatcd TO mere numbers, and the lead
ing figures were lost and scattered in the general
mass Of delegates.
1t may be questioned whether the Democratic
party sends it's best known public men to National
conventions TO the same extent as does the Re-
publican. Certainly in this convention Democrats
Of National reputation are noticeably lacking
Not more than O dozen Senator's here, and
Representatives are still scarcer. From most
Of the Southern and Western States
the delegations are emphatically the home
talent ones. without experience or acquaintance
in the broader field of National politics.
SEATED ALPHABETICALLY.
BY force of the alphabetical arrangement
adopted, Alabama secured the first place in the
extreme right section Her delegates were all
new and unknown men. Arkansas, just behind,
81 kor
representative, John H. Rogers. the expiring
statesman" Of the List Congress- who led bush
whacidng warfare with great persistency all Of
session against Speaker Reed. Colombo and
California were grouped together, all the dele
gates unknown TO fame, and away behind them
the Connecticut and Delaware delegations
almost lost to view. Mr.. Cleveland's ex-Secretary
of State, Mr. Bayard. was the leader OF the Della
ware Democrats but no could neither he seen nor
heard from the platform. Florida, Georgia and
Idaho were dreary waste Of unfamiliar faccs.
Senator Voorhees, headed the Indiana delegates,
still energetic and commanding in figure and
promising to remain for years the unsb1kcn
"sycamore of the Wabash" Near him was Repre-
sentative John E. Lamb, whose political fortunes
were made. as the story goes, by serving Senator
Voorhees, his finest beefstealss Further along in
the Indiana row sat s. B. Morse. the bclligcrent
Editor Of THE Indianapolis Sentinel" through
whose efforts chiefly the States votes were held
away from Lndiana's favorite son, Ex-Governor
Gray.
General Stevenson heads the Illinois delega-
ton, vigilant and watchful The Boes boom
ers' from Iowa are all newcomers at conventions
Across the aisle in the opposite section sits the
leader OF the Kentucky delegation Henry Waiter
son, the for-fomed guardian of the Star Eyed
Goddess of Reform, and under bis sheltering wing
Is young Mr.. Owens soon TO he called 10 the
platform temporary chairman OF the convcn-
ton. Behind the Keh,uckinns ere the Mary
aand delegates, at last convinced that there
Is no chance for Southern candidate
ct this convention and glumly prepared 70 drop the
German boom for third trial Of the party's
perpetual candidate. Missouri leads the second
section. Colonel Jones. of St. Louis. though de-
feated for place on the National Committee still
proudly leads the State delegation. Don Manuel
Dickinson. ex-Postmastcr- General, carries the
Cleveland banner in the Michigan delegation, wher,
his political leadership is uncontcStcd.
Senator John r. Mcpherson is the most able
figure in the New-Jersey delegation though near
by him sits another JerSeyman of National repu-
tation, Governor Leon Albeit, thick-sct and
squarcly built, chosen by the Cleveland forced
TO put the ex-President in nomination tomorrow
or Thursday.
THE NEw-YORK DELEGATION.
Across from New-Jerscy sat tie big
New.York delegation, more than half way bacl,
to the rear Of the main hall. The
members of the regular New-York delega-
ton, by the chance Of the alphabet, had drawn
one Of the less prominent positions in the convcn-
ton hall. II was upon the middle aisle, in the
centre Of the hall, directly in line with the chair
m;<l's desk. In seats far in tie rear Of the
hall, among the SPECTATORS could he Seen the
wretched faces Of the seventy-two delegates sent
by the Syracuse Convention, who are now hope
less Of admission t. the deliberations Of the con-
vention. The regulars came into the
hall few moments before l2 o'clock.