New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-11
CONVENTION INCIDENTS.
soxE CURIOUS AND ORIGINAL CHAR
AcTERs IN ATTENDANCE.

sour CURIOUS AND ORIGINAL CHAR
AcrERs IN ATTENDANCE.
TIE VIGOROUS IDEAS OF JOHNSON. Or TEXAS
WHO WROTE THE PLATFORMS AN
ABUNDANCE OF sENAroRs-soME
KANSAS GRAMMAR.
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBuNE]
c,,.aro. July l0-There are q number of curious
s.racters 10 be found among the visitors In at
.,A.nce upon the Convention. one Of the most In
.,..,,nc among them comes from Texas. HIS
ma "a Johnson. He owns a plantation on the Red
psver and has 200 negroes In his employ. Mr. John-
-, !. an old-fashioned and typical Southerner. and
IA does not like the idea Of his party going on after
,ss silver craze. He is a well-educated man ana
~o,d talker and goes about among the crowd say
,rs things IN reply silver shouters that fairly set
,ome O. them wild with rage.
~ am Democrat: Judge Clark, Of Texas. Is
c~mocrat the silverites in this Convention are not
n~mocrats. They do not represent the party. ana
can tell you that they will find II out on election
A.v Texas Is the banner Democratic State OF the
Y,n,on 1t gave Cleveland 10000 majority four
wears ago. but am not prepared 70 say !. VIII &c
5ssa no be 'a Surprised 70 Ss;
carried the Lone Star OF the Soutnwes, ,; oom'
sr's xa Me are Sons to Vote for him We 90 Do
Mckinley. but out OF pure patriotism; ,,,o ..o,,,
Nj Johnson was born IN south Caroline about s,,i
:ss, he was ever north Of Mason ard Dxons line
He purposes 10 take little tour through the Ea ss
sriy learn that no free-s,lver candidate can carry
he State OF Texas as to see the country
There are symptoms of trouble over the honor OF
.u,borship. Colonel Jones says that ne wrote the
,,.+4or1n Jones wears whiskers and edits a paper
- O. Louis The members OF that committee say
that Jones Is stealing thunder. They admit tha' ne
hung around their meeting-place and Kept showing
suggestions and propositions through hole IN the
door which they through into TIE wasteoasket. but
~s, that the credit which Jones asks for is claimed
nv Atty other people who have as great right 10
II The members OF the committee say that all these
persons are pretenders. especially Jones: that tney
wrote their own platform corrected ,ner own spe
they are perfectly competen, 70 DO Tor one OF sae,p
number John Russell OF an baf of New
England when he was boy. and Johnny Boyle.
Washington reports the Events 'ne He writes on
nothing bat financial questions ana Is ou'' e'@''
day
Allan " Thurman a son Of the "Od Roman, or
Ohio. is another member OF the committee he
had a good college education. ARD what Is 'he
matter it Is asked. with Nick" Worth.nsfon VINO
represented Illinois? Then the committee are
Of Arkansas; steDhen NJ. White, Of California MA
George Gray OF Delaware J. z. George, OF Mis-
81 Nevw,York; W Z. Roach, Of North Dakota, and
" F Villas, Of Wisconsin and an ex-senator sSsi
Jones' blu, say they didn't Yet after al me nav s,
aence is IN favor Of Jones ss H demmtee met and
that ought 10 settle H.
Last night Senator Harris. OF Tennessee. received
telegram from New-York newspaper oher'ns
him S line for 1--WE lines OF print dsscr'ning me
Hi-
graph them five times that Senator Harris says
that they can go TO -. and collect the s2o
Political prediction. even by experts. is not yet
an exact science. Americans have long since ceased
TO look 10 England for accurate hardly Tor intei-
gent opinions politics on this side OF the Al
lantic 1t is not surprising therefore TO see THE
the Democrats can hardly: in the face OF Nj Mr.
have a0cee!sd ne SILVER cry with ETes, . en-
The Journal q Snn m an e de-
ciared hat There is longer any silver question;
beer ate Ho from DSssns as
p pers Weekly preached The funeral q the free
S Sess e. peHss 6n sA hing
party will dare. in the face Of this VOTE to nomi.
a free-coinage measure" Well, one Of them has
so dared.
An amusing circumstance OF the Convention was
the prevalence Of Senators among the delegates
1t Is the custom Of all Southern and Western
Senator's. and fex of the New-York or Illinois dele
gates have not served term or more in their
State Senate The result was LAY aaghaele When When
men at once turned their heads stood UP and tried
10 Ocae he s2eake The X9ee wGqa %he
wants me- would be answered from score Of
lungs. and the man who wanted the senator
would have 10 go and seize his victim to get him.
One man gained access to the hall in way that
fairly dazed him. He was seized by a who had
a battering ram. Belongs irside-,ost his badge;
see" and before the door-tender could seize him
the intruder was inside the portals. The men on the
nex, gate, seeing the men come thus far unchal-
reached the door OF the hallway leading 10 the
scene Of action. An excuse was onere1. but not
he az and ana the pair SKIPPED he
his back for an instant one portal remained 10
tons and they inside. dragged, buttonless,
but victorious
Il Is TO be hoped that the women who have been
% anxious to secure recognition from the Platform
Committee will zealously study the beautiful and
s7ccessfu performance contributed by Miss Minnie
Murray. o. Iowa. who temporarily galvanized one
Of the deadest booms in the Convention. Miss Muir
ray drew Up no resolutions and made no fervent adj
dress She merely stood up OIL chair. displaying
white rounded arm" and waving an American
nag while the Convention went wild 1t is not
known what the immediate cause OF this ter
ZINC oOlDufst but IL " suspecteu eiic
white. rounded arm. The success Of Mr.. Bo!es in I
the Convention and subsequent election would have
meant that Miss Murray was 10 be slated ior
cabne, position or something equally as good. as
the Missouri politicians put IL. As she Is Only |
twenty-five and as beautiful as dream, and as
good is beautiful. and as brilliant and tai
ented she Is good, there is nothing TOO good Tor
Ter in this country OF gallant and sympathetic gen.
l.emen.
Marson the Louisiana delegate with the un- |
bic thirst still further established his right
10 the title OF Convention freak by making an ex-
nibition OF himself this afternoon and putting the
Convention 10 the trouble Of suppressng him. Con-
sressman Richardson "subbing FOR White IN /
The chair when Marston broke loose with PROPOSE
ton 70 abrogate the two-thirds rule. He was ruled
out Of order and finally driven off the platform;
where ne had insisted on going. maniac would