St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-11
The ROUT COMPLETE,
Harrison Cohorts Opened
Proceeding With Music
From the Full Band.
In the EARLY Hours They
Tuned Down Several
More Blainiacs. Il
=
The Break for Mckinley
Didn't Excite Beniamin's
Admirers,
And the Distinguished Hoosier
Actually Won in a
Walk. g.

Before the test vote on the Alabama
case the Harrison men felt weak. The
rising vote looked as though they had
lost. Depew looked beaten, and. facing
Powell Clayton in the aisle. said:
Lets give it to 'em."
"Neverr' exclaimed the ArkansaW
cracker, with double-leaded emphasis. F.
| When the vote was cast the other side
weakened. Mike De Young rushed
over to the press seat, and asked how
much more than enough to nominate
| the Harrison side had. He was told
| fifteen. He slid back to Senator VOL
colts side. and muttered to him:
Fifteen votes are easy enough to
change"
The adoption of the majority report
sent the Harri5onianS home happy, and
they turned up for yesterday mornings
session triumphant and victorious. The
opening prayer had notifying and
subduing effect on the Blainiacs, and
| they laid down their arms. Matt Quay
| got the floor and announced that their
side would offer no further opposition
| to the adoption of the majority report
of the committee Oh credentials. A
| victorious howl went up from the Har-
risonian cohorts, who at once proceeded
| to rush things. They sent the majority
report through with wild boom. and
| they proceeded to seat more Harrison
votes from Indian territory and Alaska.
and to turn down the contestants from
| Utah. This wound up the preliminary
organization, and left things ready for
| the
ssEvent of the Day"
with the administration forces In COM
plete control. There was. however,
! considerable anxiety in the galleries.
| Was it a trick? Did the Blalneltes
have coup in store, to be unexpectedly
sprung? Shrewd men held that such
leaders as Quay. Platt and Wolcott
would not 50 easily lay down their
| hands. That old guard, it was held,
might be defeated, but would never
surrender. But everybody waited.
At last came on the "event of the
| day. The roll of states was ordered
| for the presentation OF names Tor can
| didateo for president OF the United
States. When Colorado was called
Senator Wolcott took the platform.
! This was all unexpected move, ana the
crowd craned its neckS out anXiouSly.
1t was not left long in doubt. Noic0u
named Blaine before he had gone ten
sentences, and then waited for the yelf
to subside. 1t was a yell. 1t was the
diving agony of the Blaine claque.
1t all came from the galleries.
Boss Platt and Boss Quay made
aher men stand uD and cheer, but
four-fifthS of the convention members
set coldly and calmly in their chairs.
1t was not the ovation usually given the
majestic name of Blaine, and defeat was
written in the lines of Wolcotts face as
it doomed up before the crowd but
why this move? What had become Of &,
Fire Alarm Foraker,
who had been scheduled to make this
speech? He could certainly make bet
ter speech than the silver senator from
Colorado. What did the Blaine man
ayers nean? The crowd guessed as 1t
listened to Wolcotts oratory, every
word of which contained covert stab
at the administration, coupled with
compliment for Blaine. WO!cott was at
his best. In his most enthusiastic love
for free silver he could not have spoken
more feelingly and ardently. 1t was
silver stream of eloquence, dotted and
ornamented with figures OF gold and
stamped the Colorado senator as one OF
the great orators of the convention. LII
was magnificent effort.
There was no further reSpone, wnen
the call of states went on, until Indiana |
was reached, when the white locks OF
Col. Dick Thompson appeared above
the crowd. Well! here was another
change. Where was Chauncey Depew?
Col. Dick slowly walked up the aisle
and stopped to whisper to Depew as ne
passed: then continued his way and !
passed the hall from the platform.
There was something majestic IN the
aspect of the venerable old man, and his
speech was
Short and impressive.
He named Harrison, and then came
the real ovation. 1t came from the dele
gates themselves and showed how the
body stood. 1t was supplemented from
the galleries until, in cheers at least,
the Blaine ovation was met and over
come. Three times the hall rose and
renewed the uprOar, until every Harrl-
son heart was satisfied. 1t virtually set
tied the fight. 1t was the pean of vic
tory as composed with the song of Senti-
ment 1t was a condition and not the
DRY that animated that Harrison slogan.
But now came Minnesota on the call.
Maine had been passed with cheer,
and there was no sound for Alger when
the Wolverine state was called. Min
nesotal" called the clerk, and William
Henry EuStis, the famous Blaine boom
er, of Minnesota, took the stage. EuStiS
had $1,000 at stake, and his voice mad a
currency ring as he pleaded for his
great idol. Still. with all honor to Mr..
Eustis, the convention was impatient TO
hear the great orators, and did not
listen very patiently. True, the gal
lerieS made another great demOnSCra
ton when he concluded, but it was for
the theme,
Not the Man.
Then remarkably handsome woman,
the tier back of the platform, rose and
waved a delicate white umbrella and
shouted, Blaine! Blaine! Blaine!''
Ghe effect was magical, and for several
minutes the convention hall was pam
demonium of uncOrked enthusiasm, in
which all but a majority of the dele
gates took part. 1t was part of the
Blaine claque, and every claqueur under
stood it. Sergeant-at-ArmS Meek stood
on the platform and led the charge, and
every claqueur came to the front with
repeated salvOs. 1t was the last grand
final effort to stampede the convention.
The pretty girl with the parasol
nearly tainted, but presently she
revived, and her gestures with parasol !
and flag become nearly frantic. For
nearly half an hour the uproar went on,
the hall being roaring sea of flags,
hats, fans, handkerchiefs and umbrellas. |
Interference was useless and nobody |
tried it. The Blaine crowd was deter |
mined to have its fun, fearing this |
would be the last chance. Finally it was |
over, and big darby from Mississippi |
read a second for Blaine, and gave an |
other chance for a yell. At last New |
York came, and with it
Chauncey Depew.
But Chauncey was handicapped by |
the galleries. The Blaine ciaQue was
there and everywhere and Ii was hard to