St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-08

was sure that the grand old party need
make no apology for IFS past, and its
character as established gave guarantee
of its future, and he said So His vigor
of speech left no room for doubt as to
his identity with The man whose iron
handed methods were the despair or the
Democracy while he welded the sceptre
of d;etation in the lower house OF
congress.
His every utterance was an epigram-
recognized and living entity from
the scroll of his party'S principles. The
attention Of his auditors was rlYlted.
and they were held by the products of
his active intellect, as he reflected the
reasons for the faith within him. Best
of all he knew when and where to quit.
| His concluding climax was gem. His
inspiration was his conviction, rooted
and grounded, that the party OF his
choice is the champion and defender OF
the rights of all the people. He said
that the beautiful blessings of wealth
and prosperity are well enough; but
that the croWning claim his party
makes to greatness is its defense OF
| human liberty.
Tom Reed had had his say, and being
well upon the record, as opposed to the
obstruction Of the public business, he
! quit Tic TOSlTulll.
What Did II Mean.
/ What this scene meant remains to be
seen. When he said some time ago that
! Harrison reminded him of the IMAM
who drove an lee wagon" he emphasized
his feeling in relation to the executive.
! Whether he feels particularly friendly
TO MT. Blaine remains to be seen. lie
| is going to have more influence then is
! generally credited to him, and there is
growing suspicion that il there is to be
| dark horse. this positive character
! may De the man. But the temper looks
toward the West.
What wonderful change there has
! been within a few years. Even the
journalists are most of them new. Murat
Halstead is about the only Significant
man of the old times who is yet doing
active newspaper work. He reported
the Charleston convention i'll 1860. and
has been all active figure in every one
since. How these Old-timerS are Slip
ping their gait. Sam FesSenden, OF
Connecticut, who managed Blalne'S
campaign in 1884, is simply an observer
here today. so is Tom Donaldson, who
has been a shouter for Blaine for
twenty years. His mouth is closed, and
he is here simply to look on.
The real fact Is that the splendid con-
ventiOn hall rs filling with new faces.
With the exception Of Chauncey Depew.
Chris Magee. Quay and half dozen
other men of that character, the assem-
blage is composed of those wEo have
grown into public life since the war.
There is no trouble about this town.
No convention has ever been more COM
fortably housed and the accommodations
for the press have ever been so perfect.
Unless there should something occur
today the management is liberal and
! highly creditabie. The men who have
handled this affair in town like this
have simply been masters of executive
force. The convention hail is cOmmo-
dious and splendldly equipped How
all this has been provided is simply
marvel. With the exception of
Fem Reeds PyrOtechnics,
there is no change in the situation. Col.
Quay is as earnest as ever, and Con-
greSSman Boutelle and Joe Manly, from
Maine, assert that their candidate is
stronger than ever. That seems TO be
the general judgment. But the Har-
riSon contingent is very cOcky, and
claim that they can defeat the Plumed
Knight even if they cannot nominate
their own man. The play at this mo-
ment is a very peculiar one. While both
parties pretend to have perfect faith in
their ability to win, there is heap of
talk about dark horse. There is
rumor that Mr.. Reed was introduced
into the first act to ascertain his strength.
If that be true, there is no need of look
ing any farther. But the fact is that
there is no necessity of new man.
The fight is going to be from start TO
finish between Mr.. Blaine and Mr.. Har-
rison, with all the indications in favor of
the ex-Secretary of state. He has the
organization and all the Influences that
have heretofore won in politics. There
is no weakening of the lines, and the
veterans intend there shall be none.
There is good deal of acrimOny on &C
count of the federal Office holders who
are making themselves conspicuous.
But as there are only 10 of them in the
convention with whom almost every
body is disguSted. they are not liable to
influence the action of anybody but
themselves.
1t looks now as if the real spirit Of
the convention would not begin before
Thursday. Both sides are playing for
position, aud both are willing to delay
as long as they can reasonably. While
this may complicate the situation some
what, it will not, in my judgment,
change the result. FRANK A. BURR,