The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-05
PATRIOTISM AND POLITICS JOINED
TO MAKE THE GLORIOUS
FOURTH MEMORABLE.
ALL THE LoBBIEs JAMMED.
INTEREST of THE DAY CENTEREn
IN THE ACTION OF THE GOLD
MEN
EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE HILL.
New York Leader Q Figure OF Great
interest to the Crowds of
Curious.

CHICAGO, July 4-Patriotism and
politics-the great day of July and the
advent of a national convention are
the two contending elements at Chi
cago to-day, and it is difficult to tell
whether the bursting of bombs and
crackers, the crash of bands. the
marching of organizations, the surgine
or great crowds along the thorough
iare, the haranguing Of orators in the
hotel corridors and the gaily decorated
store fronts are inspired most by love
OF country or of party Seldom if ever!
pe1ore has the city had. the nationall
hoilday and national convention comet
IN conjunction, and 1t is combina ton
calculated to stagger even Chicago.
Inc day was ushered in with the u.s.
uai demonstrations Of patriotism. At
O'Clock the guns at Fort Sheridanl
gave an early salute, and this was
taken up and continued down town in
one unend1ng cannonade of small arms /
ana crackers, until the air was thick
with the fumes of powder. The
weather was hot, but a lazy breeze off
the lake stirred the air sufficiently toi
make life more endurable among the
workers than it has been during the I'M
tense heat of preceding days. The sum
Shone through the misty light clouds. !
Wnlch at times promised showers. anda
the local weather prediction for the
DAY, held out the prospect Of showers
Followed by slightly cooler weather.
Inc political centers were astir early
IN the day, for there had been little
rest for the weary workers after the
patriotic artillery of the day began.
Inc usual crowds were in the Iobbies
OF the Palmer house, Auditorium.
Sherman house, while in the unner.
chambers of these ard other hotels.
the leaders proceeded with their CON-
ferences, oblivious to the deafeninoi
peals from without. Early in the dav
the main lobbies were choked with
polsterous but good natured throngs
VINO cheered alternately for Bland,
Boies, Matthews and the other favor
ties.
The caucusses Of the gold and silver
elements last night were the main
themes of discussion and speculation
The warning notes, in some of the
speeches at the gold meeting were ex-
pected to be followed by more def
mite announcement of policy later in
the day. The gold forces met at the
Palmer house during the morning. and
proceeded to map out the lines of bat
tie, while ex-Secretary Whitney's
rooms at the Auditorium were fhe
center of continued conferences. The
main
INTEREST OF THE DAY
centered in the development Of the line
of action Of the gold men. While n
was conceded that the silver forces had
majority, and possibly under certain
circumstances, a two-thirds vote, vet
the moral effect of this was in part
dissipated by having the total divided
among Bland, Boies. Matthews, Teller
and others, while the gold ranks were
in compact body
The quarters of Chairman Harritv
Sergeant-at-Arms Martin ard Score
tary Sheerin were besieged by groups
/ eager to arrange the innumerabIe de-
tails which fall to the lot of these ex-
ecutive chiefs. Mr.. Harrity, in a light
grey serge suit, was suave and nm
ruff1ed in the midst of hundred i'm
portunities Secretary Sheerin had NOT
only the burdens Of his position. hut
was actively combating q movement
In the Indiana delegation to vote him
out of his position On the national COM
mittee, owing to his differences with
the free silver majority in the dele
gatfcn.
Sergeant-a Martin left for tbe
Coliseum early in the day and directed
the work of preparing the convention
nail The great force of workmen pro-
ceeded without reference to the holiday
and made rapid progress in giving pre
sentable form to the vast structure. All
the decorations. were in place and the
seats were either in, or ready to be put
in. Those for the delegates were ev-
ceptionally inviting. BY noon. much of
the work was done, and the hall was
surrendered for the rest Of the dav for
patriotic exercises by the Root Monu-
ment association, in which a chorus of
1,200 adults and 1,C00 children partici-
pated. 1t afforded an opportunity to
test the capacity and acoustics of the
hail.
Mr.. Martin had his staff Of assistant
sergeants-a -at-arms, doorkeepers and
pages at the hall assisting them to learn
the duties of their positions They will
be put through drill tomorrow SO that
every man will know his post ana
duties.
At the headquarters Of the various
candidates no time was lost in pleasur-
able celebration. 1t was felt that the
crisis of candidates was near at hand, |
and to-day and tomorrow were parti- !
cularly important owing to the many
state delegations scheduled to arrive.
AT the Bland headquarters, there was
an air of serenity and confidence, and
the managers reported that they were
making steady accessions. They were
particularly pleased at the prospective
ARRIVAL OF MR.. BLAND.
The claims of the Bland leaders cover
many delegates who, it is said, will 90
to Bland as second choice Bland COM !
mittees circulated about the hotels and
conducted the work of persuasion and
proselyting.
At the Indiana headquarters, Senator /
Turpie declared that Gov Matthew's |
strength was advancing steadily This (
larger question has given way momen-
tarily, however, to the sharp manoeu- I
vering preparatory to the first full and .
formal caucus of the Indiana dele
cation.
The Boies headquarters was crowded {
with new arrivals, adding to the en- 4
thusiasm and confidence already shown
there, and here too, the leaders were
expectant of the arrival Of the candi-
date himself. Messrs. Blackburn and
Mclean were the central figures at
their respective Headquarters, the per-
sonality of the men lending added in
terest of their candidacy.
Senators. Dubois, Mantle and Petit
grew labored industriously in behalf Of
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