New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-24
RE-ENTER HEEBI.

The regular Democratic Convention al Albany
taken as whole was not lively gathering.
II was plain to the average spectator, As well AZ
TO The ordinary reader Of the proceedings, that
though il was crammcd full Of inspiration IL
lacked somewhat in eXhilar1tion. IL waS what
* sometimes called ga short horse soon cur
RED" There were no sensations. n contests,
no differences OF opinion. Everything went mt
rs il oiled There has not been such a conN en-
ton hardly within the memory of the o!dcSt
Democratic politician. Mr. HIS triumph was
$, complcc that he might well repeat the an
swer of Louis Nil to the fahcr-confcSsor who
told him on his deathbcd thai he must forgive
his enemies: a. have none have killed them
all" /; was a smooth convention. Nothing OK
citing about it. Largo possibilities OF olatory 70
be sure but they went lmtapped. For there sat
BoIrko Cochran and John Fellows and De
Lancey Nicoll. all oaded-indcod always loaded
and had the occasion arisen from any ono Of
them, from each and all, there would have
strcamad torrents Of burning coqnence that
would have kindlcd the convention into "A con-
dition Of enthusiasm that would have taxed to
their utmost all the resources Of all the bar
rooms in the immediate neighborhocd. Hut all
of them rat STILL consuming their own liz, with
the corkS Of their eloqucnco undrlwn. Every
thing that happened came through tho type
writer Everything except the cross-cXamina-
ton Of Eleiy Anderson by Justice Grady in the
committee room, which was cxtcmpoaneduS and
searching. besides having humorous features
which Anderson failed 10 appreciate.
And yet one thing happened which was in its
way an event. An event that deserves especial
chrcnicng Indeed there would be 4 con>id-
cradle gap in history if it were not assigned Il
| conspicuous place. II was the return of Bcebc
TO political activity. Bcebc was formerly cctvc.
That is to say. in the prehistoric period, when
| Mr.. Tilden achieved greatness By downing Tam
many Hall period prior by one or two stages
| TO that in which Mr. Hill achieved greatness by
] bringing Tammany Hall once moro to the top.
| Beebc used TO be 4 feature in Democratic State
| conventions lie used TO sit on the front row,
over at the left OF the chair. And he always
carried detected air an air as one might say,
| of settled melancholy There were other per-
sons in the middle aisle; noticeably. the late Mr..
John Kelly with hair cut very short; and be-
hind him the late Mr.. Augustus Schell, wearing
spectaccs and holding carefully in his hand a
timc-honored stOve-pipe hat. Both these were
eminent persons who locked serious and seldom
/ Sllu Il WOIu. BtrDc, DH tnc ctIci manu-, NOit %
look of settled melancholy, rs though he had
something on his mind he was sorry for and
was looking for an opportunity to call il to the
attention of the general public. And when the
vote Of Sullivan County was called on various
preliminary questions Beebc had way of re-
spending in a kind OF trcmuous tone that was
| touching and fearful to degree. Frequently
after Bccbe had announced the vote OF Sullivan
| County on the most ordinary preliminary qucs
| ton the Tammny delegation and many con-
testants rushed out OF the hall TO drown their
sorrows in the bowl. He could solemnize cen
vention to greater degree and in fewer words
than any man who ever made business of
dwelling on tho woes of the oppressed
And at this convention Beebe returned, as it
were, to public life. For he has been practically
out OF il since 1883. In that year he was APP
pointed Commissioner of the Beard OF Claims
sometimes called Judge Of me Court Of Claims
which Is confusing-at a salary OF So,00O and
an allowance Of $500 for expenses. CThese
facts we gather from The Legislative Manual
not from BeebeJ Eight years this melancholy
man has ben buried in the obscur1ty OF the
Board OF Claims, smothered, 30 to speak, under
the fuf1ness of the erminc. He emerged on the
22d. He did not, of Course, rouse the conven-
ton to hilarty. That is not Beebes way. beebs