St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-30
BEFORE THE BALL OPEN ED

Pierce Butler was one of the. early
arrivals, and sat in the rear of the hail
i'll the placid enjoyment of dead sure
thing. About every other man who
passed him had a pleasant word of josh
for the popular young attorney who has
shed so much luSter on the local Dem
Ocracy, and it was no uncommon thing
to hear some husky warrior from AN
outside precinct grasp his hand warmly
and say, well, old boy. Pm sorry [
couldn't bring in my delegation for yGii.
l wanted 10. bat you know the boys
are all down OH you out my way" And
then he would chuckle softly and point
significantly cover the left"
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Frank W. nj. Cutcheon. dressed like a
bridegroom, always fresh. cool and col
lected. was conspicuous figure by con-
trast with the majority, who seemed
arrayed for the field rather than the
pastor. Notwithstanding the handicap
Of his faultless apparel, however, there
was no more effective worker on the
floor than Mr.. Cutcheon.
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Il. j. McDermOLt, chairman of the
state central committee, circulated
through the crowd, his tail form attract
ing general attention. Here and there
he buttonholed leader aud reminded
him that there was a state as we'll as a
county ticket to take care of.
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The usual pitcher of tepid water 0c-
cupied position OH the chairnan'S
desk. purely for ornament, and 1t wasn't
much of Sn ornament, either. Some
time, probably along i'll the latter part
of the twentieth century, 1t will occur
to some thoughtful janitor that the per-
SONS on the platform who have the
work of the convention to do want some
water to drink. They might not care
about drinking it anywhere Ell e, but
there is really, that is about the only
thing that can properly be put Oh the
table at convention for drinking pur-
poses.
The sight of Ed Stevens, of Mnne-
apollS, circulating among the delegates
recalled the days when &c was one OF
the st. Paul hustIers that nobody who
was anybody thought Of trying to get
along without.
William Dawson Jr.. upon W hOm'the
mayOralty IN antie is destined s0inei day
TO fall. was ole of the figures of the
convention. and while not taking any
opCCioiiy oct1VC poi III tuC plOCCCuiHSS
he made his potent influence felt iu
spots.
The rear part of the hall was pretty
we'll occupied with candida ties for hopl7
ination OH the Republican tic ket who
came in to witness the result with
view to considering whether it was
worth their while to take any further
trouble. Most OF them concluded that
: it was not. '-
The convention was we'll sprinkled
with gray-haired veterans, but it was
observable that it was made up, in; the
main, from the rank and file of, phe
younger element of the party. the greater
part Of it being what would be fecOg-
nized at once us the laboring class.
There was very little evidence of the
domination of silk stocking leadership.
M. ID. Mum looked on from the rear
of the audience and seemed to take a
deep interest in the proceedings.
"a
Chairman PEBBLES desk was Uttered
with little sheets of paper containing
lists OF committees requested by the
various interests. They were all ig-
nored, the chairman making up the
committees out Of his own head.
Witt X. Cochran last evening received
telegram from ex-Congressman Frank
Hurd at Toledo, o.. warmly congratulate
ing him upon his nomination for tho
leg islature. &C.