New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-24
TAMMANY SLAUGHTERS GRAY.
THE BEATEN NETWORK DEMOCRATS HAVE
REVENGE
MR.. srEvENsON's NOMINATION AT CHICAGO
ANOTHER DAY OF DIsoRDER-A TER
RIFLE PANIC NARROWLY
AvERTED IN THE wIGwAM.


RIFLE PANIC NARROWLY
AvERTED IN THE wIGwAM.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TkIBUNE.l
Chicago, June 23.-There was tired and worn'
ont look upon the counenances Of most OF the
delegates when they reassembled at o'clock this
afternoon. They had seen the sun rise ana had
greeted it's appearance above the horizon with
copious libations Some had fallen by the way
side evidently, for there were number OF Vacaup
seats in every part Of the building ailo''eu I"
the delegates The few members of the New
York delegation present wore anything but pieas-
ant smiles upon their faces. Governor Flower
looked particularly glum Boss Croker pre-
sented features absolutely unfit for publication.
Rourkc Cochran, whose great effort OF the MORN
ing still fingered in the memory OF most IN the
audience, looked worn out and unhappy. IL was
in vain that Billy Sheehan tried his best 10
smile he couldn't. and most Of the time recllned
istlessly in his chair, except when reused py
some Of his neighbors. General Sickles, VINO had
moved about among the delegates upon LIS
crutches with so much activity and with so much
picturesque effect in the wee hours of the morn
ing. STAYED away altogether So did that other
great light of Tammany, Del" Nicoll. The gloom
resting upon the whole New-York delegation was
The audience too, presented the appearance OF
listless apathy. It hadn't the heart 10 cheer when
the big guns made their appearance, not even
when the Cleveland men felt disposed TO be
"cocky" There was q slight ripple when Gray
club marched into the hall preceded iD brass
band. but il died away almost as quickly as 10
had been raised The blear-eyed chairman OF the
delegation from Alabama woke as the BIG trombone
snorted Boom-de-ay" melody into his ear, Duo
he lapsed back into his slumbers by the time
sckly looking transparency bearing the legeno
Cleveland and Gray passed him, followed oy
number Of idiots with moth-eaten plumes In their
HANDS Even that irrepressibe delegate from
. ,rkonsav~ who's, antics had amused the crowds
within earshot of his seat remained comparatively
silent Through excessive shouting his foshorn
voice had dwintled down TO the dimensions Oh q
pee-wee His countenance, however, was
wreathed in smiles, and his feet supplied whas
his capacious throat had furnished yesterday
noise Ey-Secretary Bayard locked decidedly
sleepy. The faithful Fairchld, WHO had kept
tally. seated by the side of Mrs. Fairchild. DUR
inc the early hours Of the morning, was miss
iny but in his stead Don Manuel Dickinson,
sprrhty as ever. his beautiful whiskers groomed
with an cxtr, amount Of poinatum, jumped abouo
from seat TO seat whispering TO delegates, giving
Instructions receiving congratulations ana max
ing himself generally conspicuous.
II was near o'clock when almost complete
darkness, covered the Wgwan and rainstorm OF
unusual vehemence, accompanied by vivid flashes o.
lightning and loud rolls of thunder, descended upon
the city Iurredly every opening was covered
vi,b canvas and other material on hand, but II
proved unavaiing. The rain poured as 1t had
in the course of the night, upon delegates and
audience alike. 1t wa: with difficulty that the
l1n nf
few electric lights suspended III the middle OF
the structure made people at a distance Oh more
than 200 feet visible The Pickering lights
casting rhostly shadows into the cavernous depths
OF the Wigwam intensified the general gloom
Amidst these scenes youthfulookinq preacher
stepped 10 the front of the platform ana with
few words of admoniton and warning sought to
take possession of il and the audience. But how
Il. failcI Tie irrevercnce Of this mob, the
brutal indifference to such thing even as ap-
pe,rances can scarcely he described. Converse.
tion continued as if nothing had occurred klbald
tests were flung from one corner Of the hall TO
the other These coa.le>s heeers sweating IN
the galleries and the aisles had evidently not paid
their price of admission 10 this show - hear an
invocation TO the Deity They would have none
of it, Tie delegates were little better. Not
one thought it worth while to rise. many re-
mainel with their heaGs covered, their legs
sprawling over empty chairs. One with the stump
% a cigar in his ill-featured mouth surveyed
critically from spot i'll the middle aisle, NOS
twenty feet from the platform. the cut of the
preachers coat and I'll, style Of his trousers
And if this ambitious parson may be said to
have meant we'll. he certainly proved himself
singularly deficient in Judgment In the course
OF his prayer he managed 10 ring IN
the words: Public office is pubc trust
II was the signal for wild wlOop
on the Part of some CLEVELAND men seated
in the galleries Almost simultaneously there
came counter-dcmonsirario Of misses and groans
from another quarter where some Tammahy heel
crs sat, sandwiched between a party Of women.
Conceive this political parson, the political prayer
uttered by him-basphcmous almost, in cliarac.
tcr-this bowling mob. representing the unterri-
fled Demo cracy, the shouts, the jccrs, the Kisses
and thp groans, the raging elements overhead and
the turbulent assembly below torn by passion and
resentment, and you have but a faint picture Of
one of the most remarkable incidents III this
remarkable gathering.
LIKE AN ASSEMBLY OF SAVAGEs
The conclusion of the prayer was greeted by
n chorus of irrcvercnt "amcrs, in every part
of the building, interspeised with laughter and
catcals Not single voice was raised in pro-
test Not a single rap of the chairman's gavel
strove q remind those present that this was not
an assembly Of savages. but gathering OF pre-
sumably Christian men, one OF the most charac-
teristc exhibitions of brutal ard besotted in
stincts in which this convention ndulgel. Order
was rc5tored With difficulty.
motion To limit nominating speeches
for the Vice Presidency to five minutes was
enthusiastically greeted and enthusiastically
shouted down For the first time in this con-
vention, Chairman Wilson showed something bear
ing resemblance TO irmness. lie declared the
motion carried, against howl OF protest from
ambitious orators aud friends of candidates seated