The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-12
CONVENTION SKETCHES.
HOW HEsIDENT-MAKERs LOOK
Upon CLOSE VIEW.

/ The sixteen to One Nan Explains
what !. Neans-SmnIIey Of Yer
mont Feels at Home in Chicago.
WHY Clarke of Montana Favors
Free silver.
There" said the fat man. pointing 20
I the Hon. Bradley y. smaliey OF Vermont.
/ ''is tEe only democrat ia the state o. Yer
! mont" The Hon 9ir. smalley gr.nned.
/ says the New York suns special.
/ You must De lonesome up in Vermont
| without any democrats for companions. %
| remarked another man.
Not a DIT more than am In Chicago.
/ by thunderation." retorted Mr.. Smauey.
/ Democrats here are scarcer than they
are IN Vermont. by ginger: yes. sir.
| scarcer- I tell you I'm right al home in
/ Chicago this time"
The sound money men had meeting
! last night. didn't they. smalley?" asked
I another man. stepping up.
/ Yes" said Mr. smaIey, 1T was more
/ in sorrow than in anger"
What did YOU do?" asked the man.
"Wept." said Mr.. smaIley. Just wept
al the smash and drank the tears TO keep
from drowning in 'em. What could we do
but weeD?"
I have just made the acquaintance of
| W. a. Clarke Of Butte. Mont. one Of the
/ delegates-at-large from that state, and
must confess that he IS even greater Gu
riosity than the convention of anarchists
and maniacs, says the New York Press
representative
man who can refuse s36.OO0.OOO for any
thing is one Of the wonders Of the world.
That is what Clarke has done. He has re-
fused a bona nde offer Of S36 OOOOO0 for his
| copper. silver and gold mine.
The price he puts on Il is $4,000 900. He
VIII take out OF b this year alone from
sll,0ooO TO 100000 In appearance. Mr..
Clarke Is the commonest OF red-headed
red-whiskered little men. but with an
anarchistic demcanor. He looks as II ne
/ would never have any use for SEQ 900, 600
| because he does not seem TO have the
capacity TO enjoy IT,
Senator Vest as urbane and suave as
the name OF the candidate whom he is
| here TO nominate, has Sherlock Holmes
abllity 70 detect the presence of a yankee
IN Missouri village. says the Chicago
| Times-Herald, as this story illustrates:
After the war Gen. Vest of the confed-
| crate service and Col. John +. Phillips
Of the union army. both Kentuckians and
classmates at Center College. DanVille
! KY, formed a law partnership. opening
an office In Sedala Mo. They took po-
I
| principal street. with great plate glass
windows in front. one morning early,
arm IN arm, they approached their office
and saw splattered and plastered over the
| window great COB of chewing tobacco
Mr.. Vest exclaimed:
BLANK blank the yankee - who did
that"
with much lrritability Col. Phillips eiac-
ulated: How do you know it was yam
Don't you see it IS fine cut chewing to-
bacco?" said Mr.. Vest.
There was one man in the convention
who appeared 10 be genuinely enthusiasts
tic. says the Baltimore Herald's dis
patches. He was fat and he belonged to
the Oregon delegation. He carried a hunk
OF virgin silver tied on the lapel of his
coat. He had voice like a bull. He also
| had a tall hat. At ever mention of the
word silver he leaped upon his chair.
| threw his hat up in the air and waved
/ his hands about his head.
"Who IS he?" a Herald reporter asked
one of the assistant sergeants-at-arms
who came from the same part of the
country.
HIM" said the sergeant. Il don't
| know what his name is, but he is super
! intendent of a silver mine and he's got
a little interest in the mine. He's shouting
| for business"
"You have a pretty rough time Of 1t. I
| suppose said the amiable delegate as he
| attempted to stop in the middle of the
crush which was pressing forward up the
| stairs at the Palmer house, says the New
| York Tribune's correspondent He address
| ed the policeman whose duty it is to stand
at the head of that stair and direct elm
| bers Ito the right please"
| The wearied policeman smiled at the
| word of kindly meant interest, and said:
| Pretty hard to keep things running
smoothly. To the right, please
| II suppose" the amiable delegate con-
/ tinued that your patience Is often Sc
| Verely taxed. and yet YOU seem TO keep
your temper perfectly. Ny, my. l guess 1t
| Is part OF a policeman's training"
The amiable man had by stopping caus-
ed a congestion which it seemed impOssi-
| bic to dispense. He was the key of a veri-
| table logiam. His pause TO address the Of
ficer had in seven seconds strained the
stair rail and caused strong men In the
rear to swear more freely than was their
wont.
"Oh I don't know Step along, please"
| urged the pleased but dutifu policeman.
Some people always have mean and
| bitter criticism for a police officer" the
| amiable delegate cheerfully related, while
with n deft motion of his body which
| caused him TO appear like letter V set
on edge. he bucked about 3i2 men back at
| least six inches.
But as for me-" he continued, 'I like
| TO encourage the guardians and protec-
| tors of the people. A policeman is always
| a courteous and faithful man If he gets
! half a chance. I never knew one TO be
| otherwise than pleasant in his manners.
| L
Move on, will you? you're blocking
this stair" the officer jerked out with
| vigor. his smiles vanishing.
! Don't get excited at the unwonted
| genueness of my discourse. 1 am not
| one of those men who call policemen
| thugs and browbeaters and
! You so on or I'll rush you on by the
| nape or the neck. There are 1000 men be-
! hind you trying 10 get up these stairs
! which you are obstructing with your blab
| Go on or I'll boost YOU"
Il feel sure that you would not speak
! SO but that"
You no, hey?" and the officer seized the
! politely affahle man by the neck and bv
| the elsewhere of his trousers, and with
one mighty rush landed him forty feet
| further out in the hail. The amiable del
egate, somewhat disorganized and ruffed.
gathered himself up as the crowd. now
| released, seethed by.
| by George" he said, II was WRONG.
! Politeness and genality are wasted on
| those hannel-mouthed roughs. and they
| only get their due when they get abuse
| and criticism. I thought to bring some
! sunshine into that fellows life. for he
didn't look like a brute, but he is In flu
/ ture the police force can go to thunder
| for all the kindness it VIII get from ms .,