Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-21

vss raped 10 order BY Chairman
Brewer Al So tnis evening. The com
mittse On credentials wAs not quite
ready 10 report but would De N . few
minutes. ia chairman sad.
.fWe'll wait"
.'fonightpp
"Hurrah for Rie hp'
:.klcni Rich, klch."
We're tue nCArse, dIscordant cries
which arose from Eicn's followers.
fhey were bent on trying their
strength With the cool, but persplrlng,
followers OF the shoemaker.
iney had an opportunity ln few
! minuIes-sooner than tney desied-
and then they kicked themselves
For = while the wlldest disorder
| relgned. Al one time IL looked as
| though Il would De necessary to invoke
| the assistance of the police 10 maintain
quiet. In vain did Chairman Brewer
pound VITA ais gavel. The Elbs farm
CT boomers stood on chairs, on the
backs OF their fellows, on anything,
aud shouted yoeiferously. The scene
cannot be painted IN words. Language
| fails 10 do It justice. it was pando-
mOaiuai-ln PLAIN English.
Al last when the Rich men had ex-
/ bausted themselves With shouting aud
gestieulatlng, Pingree man arose and
IN a calm. bat confident voice, said:
| "Mr. Chairman, | move that this
convention adjourn till . O'Clock to-
morrow morning, that the several CON-
mittees may have ample time TO re-
port"
| Words of the Piugree man fell like q
sudden shower on Sunday school
| picnic. Ii was o cold shower, too. 1t
mad the effect OF plunge bath on the
painting, pulling, tired out yellers. Ii
caused creepy feelings to manifest
then selves on their spinal columns. 1t
Was the manner IN which the simple
words were uttered 10y the earnest Pm
gree man which razzle-dszzled them.
| tbs every accent had the ring OF victory
| In II.
When the Disconnected followers of
the man from Eliza had partially re-
covered from the shock OF the Pingree
motion they rallied round the stand
ard OF their chef a 10 the fallen heav-
eniy hosts Milton tells about in" Paradise
Lost" But before they came to, the
motion To adjourn had been seconded
by hundreds OF voices.
The Ricn men clustered and stormed
and grew warmer under the collargand
prespIred so excessively that their
garments became limp anc their eyes
redder tnan before. But the Pingree
men were as cool as fellow with full
hand. Their very GOODNESS goaded the
machinis,s 10 madness. but their anger
was VAIN, So were the heated, yea sui
phurc phrases. which escaped their
lips.
Strange, Uncanny Stiffness.
Again q strange, uncanny stiffness
came. Ii MAS like the awful quiet
winch precedes u storm at sea. Ii the
| lights had gone out then the effect
would have been complete. The storm
came IN the thunder tones with which
the Pipgree men called for the ques.
tiou.
| After another wild, passionate out
break from the Rich forces Chairman
Brewer put the question. II was car
RED by close vote.
And then the. Pingree men yelled.
IL was triumphant warwhoop
| which filled the little vacant
space in the hall and then
went ont through the small windows
and was caught up by the shut-out
followers of Pingree. For ten minutes
tho enthusiasm was intense. But it
oue-sided. The Rich men weren't IN it.
| Then the over heated 1900 made u
rush for the exits, the Pingree men
cheering as they went.
| They had reason to cheer. The first
blood in the big battle was theirs.
| For several hours after the conven-
ton adjourned the defeated, dis
| gruntled. disgusted machlnIsts gathered
| IN little groups discussing the situation.
The buff was completely knocked out
of them. The leaders, however, are
still confident Of victory and are work
ing like Salvation Army exhorters to
infuse new enthusiasm into their wilted
| cohorts.