Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-06-17

ing session in honor of the event. came to
the front and in a speech just 80 seconds
long nominated "the warrior statesman,
Benjamin Harrison of Indiana" Mr.. Har-
rison's name was also greeted with an out
burst Of applause, but it soon subsided
and the call proceeded. Nine states from
Iowa down were called with nothing to
break the monotony, except that at the
name of Michigan tremendous fog-horn
voice from the gallery called out, whats
the matter with Alger?' and from an op-
poSte section came an answer, quick as
lightning, "He isn't in it The next
state on the list was Minnesota, and at its
call Hon. VIM. II. Eustis ascended the
platform and made the most labored rhe-
torical effort of the day in behalf of Mr.
Blaine. There was nothing in what he
said or the way he said it to inspire enthu-
siasm, but the hour was ripe, and when
Mr. Eustis closed, whether by design or
by accident may never be known, there oc-
CURED one of the most remarkable dem
onstrations ever seen in any public gath
ering in this country.
As Mr.. EustiS sat down there was pro-
longed applause, as was to have been eX-
pected, but as this applause began 20 die
away it suddenly burst into an uproar, and
in the space of two minutes more the up
roar had turned into a tempest and then
into a veritable pandemOnium which last
ed for p minutes by the watch. Men in
every part of the audience clapped, stamp
ed, shouted, shrieked and yelled. Then
they jumped on the seats and clapped
stamped, shouted, shrieked and yelled some
more. They waved hats, handkerchiefs,
flags and umbrellas, and all the while the
women WED with the men in the demon
stration and led and egged them on. The
real leader of the tumult was in fact a
young woman on the platform, Mrs. Car
son Lake the wife of New York news
paper writer, who began by waving her
white umbrella in a steady, rhythmical
way which acted like an inspiration on the
vast concourse. Afterward some one gave
her small American flag which she used
in the same way without moments cessa-
tion, and finally she held in her hand an
immense red, white and blue star, wrought
in tissue paper, with a portrait of Blaine
in the centre, which she tried to bring
down to the front of the stage, but was
dissuaded and sent back by her husband.
In one part of the hall man tangled a
big cow bell necessarily. A conspicuous
figure on the floor was one of the Maine
delegates who held up a large silk flag by
two corners and waved it frauticaly with
a funny jerk of his body. All the while
2OOO or 5000 people were yelling steadily
at the top of their voices, Gradually the
whole tumult took on a regular rhythmic
beat, and for full 10 or II minutes there
was a steady unceasing shout, round and
round, d,-"Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine
Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine"-and
so on and over and over. The outdoor heat
was intense and the air of the hall was sti-
| fling with the added heat of II, ,00Osteaming
human bodies. Every now and then one S
head swan, the heart and lungs pumped
hard, and the whole scene seemed unreal
and impossible. Three times during the p
minutes the brass band, perched in its
crows nest up among the rafters, struck
up selection, but the blare of the instru,
ments was scarcely heard above the indie
| scribable noise and confusion down below.
AS ones senses began to clear and he took
a rational view of the situation he saw
that, after all, it was only comparatively
small part of the great crowd that was
tearing itself to pieces with the noise, and
that the main body of delegates were en-
tirely unmOved and uninterested and were
taking no part whatever in it.
During the whole time Chairman Nc
Kinley sat calmly at his post, showing nc
nervousness and wisely refraining from add
ing to the confusion by fruitless attempts
to secure order. At the right moment
however, when lull came for an instant
and the shouters had worn themselves al