New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-08

ton Will fall TO cx-Reprcsentativc Cannon, whoeo
strong and homely face, sound sense and ofY-hand
force Of statement have been sadly missed b
the present House of Representatives. Next -
Mr. Cannon sits Ex-Governor Oglesby, whitD.
haired and with long, white beard which malnss
him look almost the double OF his successful rivsl
of last year for the Senatorship, General Palmer
Illinois this year has passed Ohio in point Of
representation, and is the third of the great
States, having forty eight delegates to Ohio1
forty-six. The Ohio people are consequently nIA
gated 10 the rear of the Illinoisans though NOT
far, and they thus secure some of the best places
In the whole convention.
THE MOST DRAMATIC FIGURE IN THE HALL.
The four deegates-at large follow the New-York
plan, and sit in the four aise-end seats Governor
Mckinley comes first dignifed, impressive and seri.
ous, the most dramatic figure in the whole gather.
ing. No other delegate can rival the man wka
looks like Napoleon in the real respect and afYeo.
ton Of the convention, and. though with DepeW
and ingalls, and Wolcott on the floor, no man, Il
is safe to say, can appeal to its reason or instinc
with more natural and effective force II ex.
Speaker Reed was the hero Of the convention to.
day, the author Of the Mckinley bill is pretty sure
to he its hero tomorrow the day after. Behind
Mckinley is Chairman Hahn, Of the
State Committee, made mem.
ber Of the National Committee. This
is his first experience as delegate at-large
and he looks more modest and reticent than ever:
Third in the line is Ex-Governor Foraker, ferN
impetuous and sensational, but a genuine foroS
In the politics of his own State and a figure Of
note wherever his political career has carried
him. Behind the Ex-Governor is his right-hsnd
man, General Bushnell, of Springfield; who divided
with the Cincinnati statesman the direction ul
The Blaine forces Of Ohio.
Indiana has been put behind Ohio on the main
aisle. The real Harrison managers are not mem.
hers Of the delegation, however, and It's only
conspicuous figure IS that of RchAr6
w. Thompson, ex-Secrtary Of the Navy end the
Ancient Mariner of the Wabash" and Of Tho
Panama Canal
THE COMPLIMENT TO COLORADO.
In the section on the extreme right Colorado
has the place Of honor, noteworthy compliment
TO the unusual force and ability Of the men this
little silver State has contributed to public life.
California made joint tenant with Coloradoi
and behind the Pacific Slope people came Virginia.
General Malone, usual, had the right Of the
column, looking almost overshadowed by the bulky
delegates who surrounded. Two seats from Ma.
hone was his old enemy, John w. Langston, the
colored orator, now firm ally in support Of Mr..
Blaines candidacy.
familiar in those great National gatherings In
the Kansas section sits ex-senator Ingalls,, who
WAS welcomed when he entered the hall with q
hurst Of applause, which must have seemed to
him harbinger Of restored popularity in the
party, popularity which he lost by his eccentric
conduct during the closing term Of his Senatorial
career. Mr. Ingalls, was dressed in a styishly
cut suit of light gray cloth and wore an alpine
hat of white felt, which he lifted in recognition
Of his cordial greeting.
IN THE MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATION.
Behind the NEWCOMERS in the Massachusetts,
delegation were General Ccgswell, who has been
so ofren offended by being taken for ex-President
Cleveland; ex- Representative w. w. Crapo digni-
fed and scholarly looking, and ex-Repreeentnave
John ID. Gambler, now the manager Of the Blaine
movement in Massachusetts In the section fur
ther 10 the left sat ex-senator Spooner, tho
leader of the Wisconsin delegation; Senator Hig.
gins, who is here with the Delaware delegates,
and ex-Rcprcsentative McComas, the Harrison
leader in Maryland: General William J. Sewell,
the head of the New-Jersey delegation; ex-Repre-
sentative George A. IIalsey, of Newark.
The District Of Columbia represented as
usual by the redoubtable Colonel Perry Carson,
a giant in stature, with broad sombrero hat and
a maze of gold watch-chains across his expansive
silver corner, sat Senator Teller, the anti-rin2
champion of free coinage, and his colleague. Mr.
Wocott brilliant and ha nds )me, and dressed; as
usual in well-ftting and fashionable clothes
Senator FELTON,, looking natty, but little eX.
cited, at the head Of the California men.
His rival, w. H. De Young, who is a member Of
the National Committee, was lot with the dele
CATION. lie had gone up OIL the platform. where
he was to act temporary secretary in place Of
MIR. Fassett who preferred to be with the New
York delegation when his name was to he pro.
posed for temporary chairman
MORE THAN CooO SPECTATORS on THE FLOOR
The seating capacity of the galleries
is limited to 5000 therefore more
than twice that number of persons
occupel the chairs in the rear and on the sides
of those filled by the delegates. On the main
floor when the hour of noon arrived not moro
than half the seats had been taken, although
currents of people were steadily pouring into the
aislcs and making their way to the vacant places.
The numbers were about equally divided between
the scN2s, and the gay colored costumes Of the
women and children relieved the austere sim.
plicity OF the decorations
On the platform directly back OF that
occupied Ivy the presiding officer were the seats
r. served for members Of the National Committee
and for invited guests.
EX-sPE>KER REED IN THE GALLERY.
just before the hour OF noon. the bulky figure
of cX-Speakcr Thomas b. Reel was recognized
as he made his way through the crowd from the
rear of the stage Ia seat several rows back
from the chnirnans platform. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Robert X. Hit and Miss Phelps,
the daughter of Minister William Walter Phelps.
and he occupied a chair between the two Mr..
Reel locked upon the scene with peculiar express
sion of interest. His eyes were bright. and now
and then lie rolled them upward as 10
scanned the galleries observed the peculiar tint
produced by the mazarine blue glass roof above
the heads of the delegates. Once in awhile he
would lean to the right to the left to pass some