The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-05-25
The Terror Of Chicago.

| The Terror Of Chicago.
Our esteemed contemporary, the Chicago
Herald. mentions with evident fear new
danger that In its judgment threatens tho
| Chicago Convention. This Is tho size OF
| the wigwam in which the Convention Is to
be held. crowd Of 10000 spectators will
be present. and the Chicago Herald thinks
the tickets Of admission will be monopo-
lized by tho citizens OF Chicago. and there
fore a row may be looked for. And know
ing the character OF Chicago crowd. our
anxious contemporary Is moved to fear-
full apprehensions:
"Twenty thousand Applauders, hooters. htssera and
cn..cale.s will mako mighty noise. compared with
which cyclone Is . nuteiike melody He who thinks
the multitude spectators gathered tho wig
wan will be = manageable quantity knows little Of
that unreasoning animal head!ess mob whoever
has witnessed any of tho lesser conventions has seen
what frantic spasms some men and women can throw
themselves into under even ordinary excitement.
what then. Wilt Be when the crowd will be multiplied
fourfold and the animal magnetism four thousand
fold For there Ia contagon IN crowds and An inde'
nm able influence that the coolest and most
deliberate OF mnds And this contsEion will DO com.
municated to the Convention itself and will deprive 1t
Of every deliberative power.
Nor will II 10 possible for any presiding ofcer or
any number OF sergenns to control such mul.
titude and It is idle folly to think that the galleries
could DO cleared account Of violation Of decorum.
Sooner would tho galleries clear tho Convention and
take possession.
1T will behoovs tho delegates to walk and talk with
the utmost circumspection and avoid all exciting
topics for II tho crowI gets started they we'll
think that the Chicago committee that devised this
wiswam has let pandomoniun loose upon them"
We are sorry that the National Commit
tee have taken the risk OF sending the Con.
ventlon to a town where the police are
thought to be unable to protect the dele
gates from the violence Of the spectators.
We assured the committee at the time that
the delegates would have more fun In New
York than they could possibly have any
where else. and that the police would take
good care OF them and OF the spectators.
But since the Convention Is to be held in
Chicago. and tho nerves. II not the princl
pies and even tho persons Of the delegates
seem likely to suffer from the violence OF
the Chicago spectator. it seems to us that
the Chicago Herald ought to cry for new
issue Of tickets Of admission and the rev.
ocatiOn Of the old ones. II there are del
egates SO delicate and sensitive that tho
howlings ola Chicago mob would give them
pain or perturb their judgment. the Chi
CaHO mOD OuRnJ 10 Dc excluQcu.
We would suggest. therefore. to the gen.
tlemen who have charge Of what are called
the ticket arrangements OF the wigwam.
that. II necessary. no Chicago men not prop
erly certified as deaf mutes be admitted as
spectators into the Convention precincts. |
and that the remaining tickets be distrib-
uted to visitors from more civilized and less |
vocferous parts OF the country. 1t Is bad !
enough for Democratic delegate to be !
forced to go to Chicago In the heats OF Juno |
without also mourning peril in life or limb |
from the wild cantankerousness OF from |
5000 to 20 600 excited Inhabitants OF Chicago.
There Gun be no doubt about the sadness,
tho peril OF the situation as 1t presents itself
to this intelligent Chicago observer:
IT, was a Chicago crowd that nominated LINCOLN In
1880 aud Chicago crowd that nominal ted CARTEL In
neither Of these candidates having the choice
OF his party at large Who will be the next nominee
OF that crowd 10 difficult now to forete but It may DO
some who at The outset Is by means the choice
Of the party. There may be many ppont in
store for the gentlemen who conceived this Wigwam
n they have not thrown elaboration to the winds and
left results the hazard Of die within Of mob
some people will be greatly mistaken"
Is a Chicago crowd so bad and so powerful
ns this would imply? 1t was the Pennsyl-
vania delegation, and not the Chicago
crowd. that nominated Mr.. LINCOLN In 1860.
and the nomination OF Gen. GARFIELD was
not dictated by the galleries. The amount
Of sentimental cfrusion and noisy demon
stration In the galleries Is doubtless n relief
10 the persons who indulge in it, but how
ever it deceives them. 1t is not likely to
produce my great effect upon the delegates.
It has been tried In Democratic and In Re-
publican conventions. but it has never
nominated n candidate. SO far as We know.
The noscr tho crowd Is in favor OF any
the greater Is the suspicion that
he house has been packed In tho interest OF
hat candidate. Cheers and the waving OF
make an imposing finale for pro-
'ramme. but tho programme has always
o be arranged beforehand. The idea that
easoned politicians are to be affected tn
heir deliberations by the noise OF claque
GEMS to be essentially impossible. Still. II
he Chicago crowd Is SO feroclous and In
ractable as the Chicago Herald represents
to be, the delegates should be protected
rom it. and the only way Is to keep the
hicago men out.
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