St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-10

and was causing the delay. Depew
came up the center aisle at $40 O'Clock
and got his usual applause. Cullom met
him in the aisle, and the Harrison pair
held a lengthy conference. AT the
same time. Ingalls, walked iii from back
of the platform. looking as stiif and
unvielding as a Kansas CLAIM stake. Stlll
no signs OF coming to order. The band
takes to dashiug military airs, ana
everybody begins to show impatlence.
These Harrison men are likely 10 take
the bit in their mouth and noml-
nate Ben tonight" whispered
man in a loud voice to Senator FELTON,.
but the latter only smiled. well, to-
morr0w's Friday, you know, and 1t
would be id bad luck to nominate on
That dav in any ease" Whew. how hot
1t is growing in the hall. Nearly every
standing collar is turning over in Imlta-
ton of the Henry Clay style worn by
Gen. Malone. The band got disguised
and played we Shall Meet, but We
Shall Miss Him." This settled IL, and
Mckinley raped for order. At once
the smiling face of Depew popped
up, and he made one of his pretty
little speeches, calling attention to the
presence of Col. ''Dick" Thompson. 1t
was Chauncey's first appearance, and
he was given lusty hand, as much for
himself as for his speech. Of course
the venerable lndianan was called 10
the platform, and, OF course, he made
speech. With the innocent vacuity of
age, the gallant secretary of the navy
talked all about himself. 1t might
be amusing to recall that when Col.
Dick first went to Washington to be-
come secretary of the n Wy, he went
aboard a ship. Coming to hatch,
he gazed down and exclaimed; "Well,
well, the id things hOllOw!' An
amusing scene occurred during his
prolonged talk. He mentioned Henry
Clay, and Immediately the electric
lights went out The hall was shrOud-
ed in semi-darknesS, but Col. Dick
never faltercd. He talked on and on
until the light returned.
A chunk of stone instead of bread
was then thrown to the g. a. r. by the
adoption Of a resolution declaring all
comrades not having tickets entitled to
general admission and such seats as
were uuoccupied." There were no
cheers.
There was a hush of expectancy,
when the chair announced the report of
the committee on credentials in order,
and Gen. COggswell. of Massachusetts,,
took tile platform. He said the report
nd h0H no
no time to put it in writing. This was
the majority report, as he intimated
there was also a minority report, which
was Immediately confirmed by the hand
Ing in of a minority report. Lockwood,
of Idaho, got a little potoriety
by a useless lot of inquiry,
after which Coggswell made his
verbal report, refreshing his memory
from notes in his hand. COggSwell has
no voice. and what he had grew huSkier
throughout. until finally it was actually
painful to listen. Throughout the re-
port the convention maintained strict
silence. and there was not the slightest
demonstration, only ripple of applause
going up at the conclusion. Secretary
Johnson read the minority report, but
hts voice would not do, and at the call
of member in the rear seats, a clerk
with voice like a bull of Bashan
took the report and sang it out.
1t was the Blaine document,
and got some little applause.
from the Blaine claque. Then began
the debate. Boss Filley, of Missouri,
opened the f1ood-gates of his oratoryin
behalf CT the minority. He was
very fierce, aImest wild. He stood
right in the center of the hall and his
voice penetrated every angle. No young
attorney arguing his first jury case
dsed more vehement gestures and lam
guage than did the turned-down boss of
St. Louis, i'll presenting the claim of the
Alabama contestants. This was the
first floor speeciI-Of the convention and
was therefore of unusual interest.
When be talked his five minutes limit,
he was promptly called down, but. the
convention gave him an addi
tional five, which he put in to
good advantage. Seven men
ciamOred for hearing, when he con-
Guided, and the chair said he would
alternate in reeognitiOns. and therefore
gave George w. Massey, of Delaware,
the floor. Massey is over six feet high.
with voice like cyclone, and he pre-
sented the majOrity's side very forcibly.
though briefly. The applause seemed
to indicate that the Harrison crowd had
captured the galleries. George A.
Knight, of California, shrieked for the
minority and poured hot shot into the
ranks Of the Off1ce-holders, the federal
carpetbaggers who were diSrupting the
Republican party IN the South. Knight
frOthed and f0amed at the mouth as he
mentioned the revenue collector of Ala
bama, and the galleries cheered him at
every pause. Every time he Numbered
out ga hundred thousand Officehold-
erS" the galleries went wild, and the
Harrison cneer of a moment before was
sunk in oblivion. The Blame claque
asserted itself, and thenceforward had
complete mastery. A bald, headed Hi
nOisan took up the side of the
dOwntrodden Officeholder, but he
had no fire, no magnetism, and carried
little applause. Afterward he warm ed
up and made bad break. He said you
could prove almost anything by those
people in Alabama. Immediately there
was hiss and Mr.. Bethea. the speaker,
blqshed and faltered. He said he had
made mistake and tried to withdraw
it, but his voice was drowned in a sea
of grOans and Kisses. Joe Cannon, of
Illinois, came to his relief with propo-
sition to clear the galleries if another
hiss was heard. Mckinley grimly said
such a proceeding would be regular
under the rules of the Fifty-frst con-
gress, and never smiled. But Bethea
was killed and soon took his seat.
Senator Wolcott next took I'D the
Officeholders' ball and sent it spinning.
His theme was the Sixth Kentucky
District" but really he had nothing to
say but to numerically score the legion
of Offieeholders present in the conven-
ton. 1t was terrific roast and it was
keenly felt.
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