The morning times., 1896-07-28
DISTRICT POPS ARE HOME
Rev. Dr.. Kent Carried Off the
Orat0rical HOn0rS.
TEXAS CAUGHT THEM ALL
Some of the Delegation Managed to
See Every Scrap in the Convention
and There Were Not n Fcw-Chatr-
man Aliens e reat Jolse-Nominated
Winning Ticket.

The District delegates TO the Populist
convention at st. Louis all came home on
the noon train yesterday.
Nearly all the delegates from the East
ern States were aboard, and the separation
OF the District people made but little
dimiDution in the Populistic enthusiasm
which nlled the cars from one end to
The other. THIS train load was about the
last 20 leave, and st. Louis has resumed
its normal condition.
The District members We're pleased with
the work done. / hey are all ior lIyan
aDd Sewall, but the placing of watson ON
Ghe ticket makes no difference. They are
still for any one to beat the gold bugs.
II they could achieve this object with
Mckinley and Hobart, why they would
swallow Mckinley and Hobart.
CARRIED OFF HONORS.
They are more pleased. though. frcm
the fact that the District easily carried
off the oratorical hoDors of the Convention.
This made them feel proud. The orator
about whom they tell such flatteriDg
stories is Rev. Alexander Kent, of the
Peoples Church, of this city. He made
Two addresses. One of them extended over
the time limit, and lie was the only dele
gate who was given, by unanimous con-
sent, lIiEc iH y .Itn 10 toHCiEu. ii> "a
marks He caught the convention, and all
the District people We're very cage. to TIL
about it.
There was not dissenting voice To the
statement this u was the hottest convcn
I,arJ in Ia faH
why" said one OF the returned trav-
alers. lit was Il oentenna, view for four
lays and four nights There was dead
oads OF fun While we had long haired
;eeeates you never saw a better dressed
rrowd OF men. AS for oratory there Fever
was such 4 flow of it in the history of the
country. Other conventions dwiniie into
tnsisnificance along side ofthis EioqGence
was poured forth in streams and all the
thirsty were satisfied"
TIE star aggregation. from the District
standpoint. wis the Reconsideration. They
caught the eye ana the fancy of thn wash
ington people. They Were such fighters
that some of the Capital City people We're
willing to bet that Corbrtt ard Fitzsiinmon ms
could have been knocked out in iiffy
The District delegation sat away on the
other side of the hall from the Texas peo-
pie bat TIA: ;:ri. no difference Tie
District saw all the fights.
Some OF the delegation could scent
danger in the air a nj knowing thatthe storm
center hung over Texas always got there
before the lightning began to flash
Washington delegates saw the famous fight
IN which the trousers OF the sergeant at.
arms were nearly pulled off and today they
scarcely know whether they were pleased
more by this incident or by the platform.
Texas fopulists can from this time on
tount on the Districtof Columbia.
ALIENS HUMoR.
One of the incst surprising events of
the convention to the local delegation was
The good thing Senator Allen, Chairman of
the convention, got off on Tennessee
delegate. They say, too, that the Senator
did not know he was funny. Tie Tennessee
man was speaking on the platform when
Missouri delegate rose in his seat
Mr.. Chairman" he yelled, I'VE can't
hear what tie delegate is saying"
You're better off than if you could"
was the chairman's reply. The shout that
went up knocked the Tennessee man off
his feet and the platform was adopted
without further discussion.
The desire OF the local delegates, or
rather some of them, to see blood shed
came near being satisfied SATURDAY. 1t
was when the Missouri delegation Lad
a nice little scrap of its own. Two or
three of the Washington people were. as
lsual. up on chairs where they could see
well. They saw the big wooden marker
of the Missouri delegation broken into
splinters and then laughed as each fellow
waved his splinter. These things made
lasting Impressions.
So much was their sporting blood
aroused that the Arkansas lady as the God
dess of Liberty and the New York man as
Uncle Sam couldn't enthuse them bit
In fact, some OF the delega alton is disloyal
enough TO say that this little treat was
disgusting. They insisttha the Goddess of
Liberty could not sing and that this exhi-
bition should have been prevented.
One OF the delegates was much interested
IN the movements OF Senator jones. He
watched him all the time. When the
fight was on over the Vice Presidency he
was near the Senator as he was working
might and main for Sewall. One of the
Senator's arguments was couciied in the
following language:
"Here you are sacrificing a great cause,
which il has taken years to build up. over
a Vice President. He hasn't blankety
blank thing to do but sit around for four
years" But the argument was unavailing.
SURE OF WINNING.
OF course. the entire delegation is dead
sure they named the winning ticket
You can't beat Bryan and we don I care
about the rest of the ticket"
When asked how they proposed to ar
range the electors they said they didn't
kDow. Bryan is all they care for.
"Why," said one of them, you don't
know how Bryan is sweeping the earth
Yesterday ] took dinner with an Ohio
travelling man. Two weeks ago he in
tended to vote for Mckinley, and now he
will vote for Bryan and wants to bet he
will carry Ohio. Where one Democrat will
vote for Mckinley twenty Republicans will
vote for Bryan That's the way it is
going. We're on top now"