The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-11
MINOR Nj ION.
\ Large Collection of Pointed Notations
Within Convention Hal.

Everybody wondered who was referred 10 when
the band played The Vacant Chair"
The Inter Ocean fan WAS a pronounced sue
cess and greatlv aided III keeping the convention
cool. I ey were seen III the hands OF every
person present.
Yankee Doodle set the hands cIapuing and
the sound waves beating in loyal fashion, and
the band ought o have been satisfied with the
reception its performance received.
An exceedingly venerable looking colored gen
tleman who occupied \ seat among the dis
tinguished people on the platform. slept con
sclentlously and steadily through the greater
part OF the evening session.
The convention hall was about filed when
the band concluded a medly OF Southern airs
with "DiXey." and it evident from the ap-
plause that broke forth that the spirited tune
touched a ClOid III many breast.
The applause the notables came i'll last
night was not very exu5erant i'll character.
some one called Our ChaUncey'' as DR.. Depew
entered. ana Tom Reed was The only other one
who received "A hand except Gov. Mckinley.
That bill which bears your honored name,
sir, said the Hon. Richard Thompson Ill the
course OF his speech pointing his index finger at
GOV. William Mckinley OF Ohio. and the con
vention cheered 50 hard that the lights went
cut.
Prior to the chairman calling the convention
to order the immense nall .rom galleries TO plat
form huttering mass of fans. The visitors
came expecting the delegates would raise n
breeze. ana 50 they raised preliminary blast
themselves
Gen. sherman used to say he wished the man
who composed Marching Through Georgia,
had himself, and he would have lepented his
WORK in snckc.oth and ashes. StllI, the couven-
tion took very kindly to the Old tune.
Mr.. Beathea OF Illinois made himself unpop-
uiar with the Southern delegates ana the auGi-
ence by ms sweeping assertion regarding the
testimony in the Alabama contest that he
believed 1t would be possible to prove anyt hing
by testimony from that section OF the country.
He rOuudly Missed by the crowd.
Senator WOCOtt OF Colorado made a speech
i'll favor OF the anti-MoSaly delegates from
Alabama which set the immense audience al
most wild. lie scored the OttiCehoder> in lIE-
measured terms. aud the crowd showed that it
dis likes an oliic-hOlder i'll the same proportion
IL likes Office.
Seldom has a more venerable or striking figure
ever seen i'll ii graf public gathering than that
of the Hon. Richard Thompson OF Indiana,
whose record Republican Was Halter
iugly told by ChauuCey NJ. DepeW. Hair snow
white with he silver rims OF elghty-JHT yeats
upon it, his voice was strong, and his figure
erect as that oi Il man i'll his prime.
There a hum oi excitement the con
ventiOn siguted its Intention OF accepting the
verbal report OF gen. CoEgsWeh. OF the commit
tee on credentials. and every ole braC1i them
selves Tor what they concluded would be fierce
and decisive struggle. AS the report WAS made
deep silence tell upon the multitude Before
the general got through his voice was badly frac-
turea in several places owl to his desire to
make il heard all over the hall. Nevertheless,
he did what Charfry Johnson failed to do, and
every one heard MIN,