The sun., 1892-04-28
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
THE CIRCUS BEGINS IN ALBANF WITH
HILLS AS THE CLOWN.

Tint lie VIII Ask the Convention to In.
.,ruet for the Prcsident-The Opponents
of Harrison Arc Willing That He should
,fuc Wants 10 Sec HIS Favorito Knocked
Ont by u Vote OF Ten TO One-yvhiteinw
Held TO he Permanent Chairman OF the
Conven,ion-Other state Conventions.
Atn,xY, April 27.-If every American citizen
"a n politician. as he ought to be. then the
occurrences in Albany to-day are OF interest to
avery votcr who reads THE Sun. In that case
Il IA easy t. present picture OF tho town
which will be understood by all. The old
Dutch city was like country town on tho day
Tint circus is to make n one.night's stand
there. In tho morning there was sort Of
sunday air in tho streets. Familiar faces
ware almost the only ones seen. From house to
house and house to store went the usual
coupes and knots Of townfolk. Tho hotels
were commonplace. The clerks hobnobbed
with the regular boarders. and tho bnrtenders
refrained from asking tho drinking folks what
they would have. They set out the usual bot
ties, and said to every habitu6 that 1t was
fine day. and that the circus would bring
bic crowd toward noon. The women moved
about as usual. casting down their eyes rs they
passed the cornors most frequented by idlers.
and moving with listless mir past the coun-
OF goods had been pulled for them until they
know every old crease in every roll Of dress
fabrics The twenty million dollar capital had
returned to its general resemblance to a
ciyantic maus usoleum. for tho Legislature had
ended that which was we'll called an rNtruor-
binary scsson-a session SO extraordinary
that after many years Of deprivation the DOM
ocrats had seen justice done to the majority OF
voters by that reapportionment which the
Republicans had denied to them. Tho sun
was shining. the Italians were half asleep
over their fruit stands. and tho hackmen were
debating whether they would go to Round
Lake and row boats this summon. or whether
there would DO Us much business carrying
statesmen to SEQ Presidential candidate Hill
this year as thero was eight years ago. when
an extra large resident OF Albany got tho nomi-
nation and was elected.
Tho readers would not have known it for the
samo town in the afternoon. when the circus
came. What is meant by the circus is tho
host Of men who arrived to take part in to-
morrow's Republican Convention. 1t may be
little premature to call It u circus. but it had
precisely the samo effect on the town as
circus would have had. and before the reader
finishes reading all account Of the afternoons
developments he may imbbe tho idea that
there is at least u possibility Of circus-liko
proceedings in to-morrow's programme.
The correspondent OF THE Sun know enough
to get on the hill behind the town In order to
view tho Heidelberg Mountains. 1t is II mat
ter Of tradition in Albany that II man is
going into n business venture. or q duel or
matrimony. he can SEQ beforehand Just how
tho affair will turn out by looking at
tho Holderbergs. II they arc serene
and raise their emerald sides above horizon
Of amethyst. and point to a zenith OF brilliant
light the safe rule Is to sign the papers or buy
tho rings, or use real bullets such as are now
discarded at Antwerp. But II the mountains
ar6 threatening. the action Of Brer Rabbit,
who laid low" is alwaysin order.
Ieaving the sleepy city. the reporter OF THE
Sun mounted q horse at the edge of the park
and rode out to whero clear view OF the
Dutchmen's Hills could be obtained. Tho
eight was fearsome. Not one outline OF q hill
was to be seen. Instead. tho clouds hung low
upon the earth and formed q threatening.
angry gray mound whore tho hills should
have been. Trouble was therefore the suro
prophecy for the Republicans. and the report
er's horse was spurred back to the city. It's
whole appearance had changed Not a woman
was to he seen. and yet the Idle clerks in the
shopping stores looked out upon streets that
were crowded. Tho persons who formed the
multitude were mainly strangers NIL in black
suits and high silk hats. for 1t is a REGULARITY
all try 70 look as much like clcrgymcn
as possible. and always begin their conyen-
by some local band OF camp meeting songstors.
But they crowded the bars and drove the bar
lenders frantic with calls for metropolitin
Martini cocktails and hGyseed mixtures OF gin
and tansy; all of which were equal ly foreign to
Albany. whose people. have stuck to plain old
The crowd was so great that It filled tho
Deavan. the kenmore, Keeler's. the, Stanwix. |
4 Ssa hs R on sHts cs r9% Of Nw
party. ex-senator Platt in a train that carried |
nearly ,aa all the active Eenubfans Of New York.
the west had come senator Hlscock Of former |
rs,nown. r,ns ana !. Sloat Fassett Of future
dreds Of lesser lights. rho III led several trains
on several railroads. The leaders went to
suit suites .s OF rooms already engaged for them.
walks and barrooms while they waited for
news T OF to- m2rrpw's Convention,
Of the great and only moral show was Thomas
G Plntt. sole manager, and without a rval in
tnS W"s tSS p Tx9 chis Tas
hall, once n cont Yr,ionist OF note, hut now n
rnsmSaiiifiEr rnr S!iiinr tiki tshkinE the pacs Of War
q +, the s,r ,manpYgors of tho two other rings
Frank hiscock was on land. and Dir. Depew
wMs sary f9mHG 70 pn ttE train 1t Is not neees
Ike BtGlin, lawrence. Hamilton. Harris
tHtoggs,shnall; Daay and Gibbs, havo been on
her but the clown is worth especial men-
ton. The performer who took this lively uart
was Theodoro b, Willis otherwise known ns
Nay9l OTceP OF the port Of New York. and o
Wiz. Tn dr1p the simile Of the country circus.
she dny In fatt he Is for the threat.
tains; Tho readers OF THE Sun und"r
stand the situation in the Ennn, il.
e.. T. careful H., eXpmination d tic ihs
flon from this state proves that TiE SIN hms
been too cautious in its estimate that m,t
moro than TWENTY-FIVE are friendly to Ben
,amin Harrison as candidate Tor ronominn-
hon. IL is now seen that ilfty-scvon ont "f tho |
sseyenty-tw3, delegates are earnestly opposed
10 him. He will have only two moe
CHAN bakers dozon OF friends among thS |
New New York state men II any une tries To rarry |
Mt oMt MS wishes for a cnominaton. But on the |
amer amer and there Is no intention in the well.
niscirIlnei organization to humiliatc tho |
lIcsllent II he faces fate like soldier and |
,rts wei enough alone. In that case the plan |
iS m .o pass u resolution approving Of the Ad.
minrsrali.n axnrslf 4 To put it as tho rank and c
,o,oe we T,qnt 70 adopt a plain resolution In
received thut n,