St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-09

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tearfully. angrily floated ont the strains
of Ibid Me Goodbye and Co." In the
mellow strains from above the head of
the convention one could distinctly hear
the voice of Ben and the replying ac-
cents OF James G. Which will be tine
one to say goodbye?
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George A. Bracket had the honor of
escorting into the convention hail yes
terday, and TO a seat among the vlSl-
tors, man between whom and the poll
ticians. who paid no attention to his
entrance. there lies a wide gulf, wide
as separates the ever-honeSt and up
right, the beloved Of all men, from the
trickSter, the time-Seryer, the lick
spittle of today and the wielder of the
party lash tomorrow. He brought into
the hall no less parsonage than George
w. Childs, of Philadelphia, the eminent
philanthrcpist, who finds the pleasure
in doing good that those he came TO
visit find in doing evilfo their fellows.
And he was scarcely recognized III that
gathering. Why should he have been
recognized Are these representative
Republicans" supposed to be familiar
with such as he? There was strong
tendency in the press section to give
the smiling old gentleman q hearty
cheer, but newspaper men are not given
10 outward demonstrations of pleasure.
Not face among them, however, but
took on happier expression as he
walked past.
Just after Mr.. Childs passed the press
seats necks were craned to catch a
glimpse of another individual with long
moustache and pointed beard, who wore
a brown soft hat and who Is not I'M
known in the newspaper world. He was
standing in the aisle beside the New
York delegation, of which he is men,
Der.
WHO is it?'' asked one.
"That's Col. Elliott f. Shepard"
"Oh, is that the -?' but it might
hurt the colonePs feelings to hear how
he was spoken of.
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Bishop Whipple. of Minnesota, opened
the convention with prayer yesterday.
The delegates, alternateS and spectators
rose as they had done the day before TO
hear divine blessings invoked for
gathering that will have naught of
divine teachings. But the PRAYER was
not without its usefulness. 1t gave
the delegates who had come in late an
opportunity TO look over the report of
the committee on rules. They took ad-
vantage OF it.
There was an air of expectancy about
the hail when COggswell, of Connect
cut, reported that the committee on Gre
dentiais wanted more time. Senator
SDOoner, of Wisconsin, rather started
out to call down the committee on ere
dentialS for delaying business. AS
Spooner is HarTiSOnian champion,
there was prospect for SCRAP" The
two men exchanged few shots at long
range and the audience was disap-
pointed.
Speaking of incidents of the conven-
ton, there was continuous incident
yesterday. 1t was the noise that swept
through the hall from the time William
Mckinley took up the gavel until the
adjournment. There was absolutely no
attempt OH the part of the chairman to
curb it. Sergeant-at-Arms Meek strod
on the platform during the whole session
at the right of the speaker, the most
prominent figure in the hall. He was,
perhaps, ornamental, but certainly not
very useful. But the chairman should
have called upon him to make his as
siStants preserve order, mayhap. Any
how, Meek posed. and the convention
hall was veritable cave of the winds,
with all the winds at home and anxious
to leave.
Mckinley has peculiar system of
gesturing. One sitting on his right
would take him for one-armed man.
His one gesture is composition of the
movements of a Sunday school superin-
tendent holding up prize story book
before the little boys class and the
tremulouS movements of the strong man
in the circus sideShow elevating with
one hand the weight marked "150
pounds" But the resemblance stops
right there. When Mckinley drops his
hand no weight>Of argument falls upon
his hearers.
''Douglassp Douglassn' yelled dele
gates from all corners of the hall when
Mckinley had finished his speech. The
Old colored man, with his long aud snow
white locks, had to come to the platform
and bow to the applause. The day be-
fore Mr.. Douglass had been unable to
get seat in the convention because he
was a Harrison man. Yesterday dele
gates yelled themselves hoarSe because
he represents race whose votes in the
convention both factions are bent upon
capturing, and because his race is the
accent on the Republican pronunciation
of the force bill. But accent seldom has
anything to do with the meaning of
word.
When Chairman Dubois, of the COM
mittee ON rules of order and procedure,
read the report stating that the cOnven-
ton would be governed 10y the Tom
Reed congressional code. there was. not
the storm of applause that should have
followed that Endorsement of what has
become cardinal Republican doctrine.
rules are all right when enforced Oh
Democrats but all wrong when employed
to coerce Republicans?
A Republican national convention
can hedge itself with all the matters of
form ever discovered, but it cannot cir
cumvent the American small boy. Two
of them found their way to the roof of
convention hall yesterday and enjoyed
the whole session through an open sky
light. They listened with attention to
the report of the committee on rules,
and will doubtless be found enforcing
those rules in a meeting of boys for the
organization of base bail club. Who
knows but that those boys may become
inbued with desire to be great poll
ticians like Tom Piatt from just what
they saw yesterday? 1t is possible. for
the American does not always absorb
the good that he sees and refuse the.
bad.
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A large body of the delegates re-
ceived with evident satisfaction the an
nouneement that Iowa had chosen j. s.
Clarkson TO again represent her ON the
national committee. The applause was
hearty from the Blaine men. There was
a fear at one time that ClarkSOn might
be turned down by his delegation. He
survives.
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Chairman Mckinley is good chair
man in one way-when motion is
made 10 adjourn it is always carried, no
matter how the delegates might vote
were they given chance. His adjourn
ment of the convention yesterday was
all right, but the hour to which it adj
iourned did not please everybody. Mike
DE Young had voice enough to make