Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-06-30
STREET SCENES IN CHICAGO
characteristics of the Badge
Covered Delegates.
THE BIG CONVENTION CROWD
How They Got an Idea of
Chicago's Fiery Climate.



that everybody carries an umbrella.
The habit Of the Chicago citizen Is to
carry his umbrella, when it is not in
use, under his arm and at right angles
TO his person. This gives him what is
called In stock transactions margin,
and produces in crowd ripping SEN
sation not entirely of delight when the
citizen turns around. / have seen it
occasionally practiced elsewhere, but
here 1t is quite the fashion. Citizens do
Ut with great earnestness, just as those
cigarette-marked young persons you
meet Sundays on Fifth avenue carry a
cane bottom side up. The umbrella us
10 defensive weapon against weather may
be somewhat inadequate; as n weapon
of offence against ones fellow-mon,
when carried under the arm at right
angles to the body, it quite holds over
the gatting gun in its destructive sweep
and beats the prevalent district messen-
ger boy in being everywhere where it
isn't wanted.
One of the pleasing features of the
crowd Is the evident delight they ex-
perience in wearing decorations of vari-
Gus colors and differing degrees of sig
nificance. Tammany persons do not
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badges and buttons and medals with the
easy grace of regular attendants on
political conventions who are accus-
toned to such bedizenments. They
make no more of them than other
Indians do of feathers and paint. They
are conscious of being big "lnjuns'
without them.
But there are other delegates and
ot., III a
things with the same sort of pride with
which political parties point to the
past" They feel the weight of these as
. unsophisticated persons do new clothes.
I The self-satisfaction of these people is
livery delightful to sec.
al The Chicago newspapers are making
vi pleasant for good many of them by
interviews with them, giving
<Etheir views on candidates and public
Lquestions and the weather and the
outlook and the crops. Papers
&containing them, and very often pic
ure of some forgotten pirate with the
'fdelegate's name appended, are bought
'tfpp in large numbers and sent off to CON
.Ehtituents and the home newspaper, thus
Z. 'Hromoting the circulation of the news
$Daper and frightening the comfort OF
job lots over the newspaper counters
Z all through the week at greatly reduced
prices.
The readiness of tho human mind to
h latch hold of opportunities like this and
/ffp enjoy them with boyish delight is
$one of the most interesting phases OF
Existence. A notional convention brings
<.it into unusual prominence. 1t is also a
10 mr. thinr Ia, can IL,
M white hats or linen busters covered with
q colored ribbons, bearing inspiring de-
yices, marching on hot day after q
= brass band, and emitting at intervals
X shrill cries indicative of some purpose
higher than mere selfish desire to get
4 oomewhere where they can wipe off the
transportation and get drink. 1t en-.
Scturages the belief that patriotism is
Nnt dead, but that SO long as there's q
dollar in the treasury men will be found
I'm large numbers to sweat in professions
nud "holler" for the cause. These arc
ivory earnest men, no doubt of it, and il
fhenominee of this convention should
happen by any chance to be elected, he
wont have to wait great while to find
out precisely what it is that they are in
earnest about.
THE BIG CONVENTION CROWD.
4The eve of the convention found the
n fXpical convention crowd, but little
4 JAger, choking up the lobbies of tn,
pIG hotels, overlooking into the cafes
+ fn1eons and places of temporary resor
n laHd comfort from the iostliug mob, ans
otherwise disposing Of itself as sucl
.cfowds usually do.
III was a good day for strangers t.
ffQrm an idea of what Il hot day in Chi
tkgo is. Collars were melting almos
aarapidly as the Hill boom and people
were trying to keep from getting OK
cited to avoid taking involuntary Turk
ish baths. The aggregation is Il splcn
did exposition Of variety Of the nationa
n population. All kinds and manner o
men are here. One can almost reat
the geography of the country in thu
4. fashions of hats and clothes the mel
wear.
f|lst ~ is good-natured crowd as rule
aud, of course, il is heavily charged
AWith Cleyelandism. This breaks out II
every conceivable opportunity, and IL,
Inatter whether the crowd is in til,
Nnump of the opposition or at the Palmer
House, which is the Cleveland head
4qparters, the great volume of the cheer
IM The crowd has n rather cxasperatin,
hick OF tying itself up in knots in til,
Q1,hotel corridors, much to the temporary
Qisgruntlement of the guests at tn
hotels. Sometimes ii is matter Of III,
hprdest kind of workto make ones wa,
through the crowd. The hotel that vii
ADOPT scheme at convention time {,
enable its guests to come and go TO thei
nj
things that will come in the future.
b A CHARACTERISTIC DISPATCH.
Monday night Congressman AlleI
sent the following dispatch to the Ney
York World. When | came to Chicag,
lIwas under the impression that Mi
Y cleveland would not be nominated, an,
n / was rather inclined to favor anothe
candidate. The developments of til
last few hours remind me of lttl
'i2episode in Mississippi politics that oc
curred several years ago.
Nm A well-known local politician name
\! lack Strickland was running for the posi-
N |pn OF supervisor of his town. He mad
y GFery active canvass, and was so nue.
$1<erested in the result that he forcet
NJ 41s way into the room where the vote
K; We're being counted and remained unit
" he saw that if all the ballots still in tn
~ box were found to have been cast TO
Vim his opponent would still be electe
~ comfortable majority. With sad
!i4ened mien he made his way to Til
n Erect, where he encountered his sol
ionroe.
fl* "Mun," said lie, with a righ, "thc
have beat your old father"
mo, pap, don't give it up yet" sal
4 the boy, your votes are in the bolton