The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-08
NEW YORK SENATOR A SACRIFICE
no THE RAMPANT SILVER
SPIRIT.
SPLENDID STAGE SETTING
STIRRING DRAMA NOW Play
ING AT CHICAGO
LIKE To THAT OLDER COLISEUM.
Silver's PittIess Fury Recalls tbe
Days of the Gladiators of I'M
periaI Rome.

| OhACAGO, July I'm the magnifi-
cent an capacious Coliseum in jackson,
park, beneath clear skies, with a cool.
! inVigorating breeze swapping at the
| nags and trappings, and the blue wa
tiers of Lake Michigan stretching far
away, the Democratic national conven-
ton met today After brief but de-
clslve battle in the arena, the silver
men vindicated their supremacy. They
Wrested from the hands of the gold
| forces the control of the convention
and gathered the reins Of power into
| their own hands.
| There was a Renaissance of that
| other great coliseum, whose fall
marked the destruction of an empire,
where men were "butchered to make a.
Roman holiday" about it all. A cham
plon who has often entered the lists to
do battle in Democracy's cause, amid
the ringing shouts and wild acclaim Of
his party, was put to the sword that
silver might be supreme. 1t was with
| reluctance that many of the friends
OF Senator David Bennett Hill
turnd their thumbs downward
as the arrogant patricians of
the empire that ruled the world did
when the populace cried for mercy
But, like the gladiatprs who entered
the arena to the blare of the trumpet
| and the clang Of steel, the silver men
beat back their sympathies and hard
ened their hearts that the issue might
be squarely drawn and decided even
| though 1t involved the doom of one
| whom they had delighted to honor in
the past.
By one CT those strange, fateful CO.
medicines, it was Senator John w.
Daniel, of Virginia, who four years ago
at the Wigwam, nominated Mr.. Hill for
the presidency, who was selected to
give the fatal blow to the man whom
he would have exalted to the first place
in the republic. No more eloquent
commentary on the revolution which
divided the party and made this con-
vention so memorable could be needed
1t was not without wall of agony,
however, that some of the spectators,
who could not fathom the mysteries Of
political maneuvering, and the neces-
sity of grinding men beneath the heel,
saw the old champion, whose slogan
and proudest boast was, '1 am DEM
ocrat," go down.
Even after Senator Daniel had
reached the platform and assumed the
| gavel they called loudly for the de-
| feated candidate, but the experienced
| general who has tasted the bitterness
Of defeat before, as we'll as the sweet
ness of victory only smiled grimly.
This was the first result of this re-
narkable convention which is ready
to sacrifice all else that the White ban
ne1 of silver may float about the party
al ND ra1 In he
convention itself was a most
INSPIRING SIGHT.
Never before since the present system
Of national conventions was inaugu-
rated, by the old National Republican
party in Baltimore in 1881, has a con-
vcntiOn met in such a capacious and
admirably adapted structure. On the
north side where the platform and the
press benches are situated, the galleries
rise one above the other, sheer from the
floor, while in front, from all sides of
| the rallied enclosure, where the dele
gates sit, each state marked by the
neatest Of staffs, slopes away the Wild
| erpess Of seats In gentle terraces to
| the most remote limits Of the Coliseum,
| which are almost 400 feet in direct line
from the chairman's table. The hand
of the big clock opposite the platform
cannot be discerned, yet the acoustic
| ~
| feet that every word could be distinctly
heard.
The decorations are simple, but effec-
tive. From the lofty Orders which
hold up the arched roof futter gay trap
pings. The galleries in front are en-
twined with national colors, while at
regular intervals large crayon portraits
| Of the patron saints of the party, JEFF
| ferson, Jackson and others, look down
uron the successors to their faith. A
! large portrait of Mr.. Cleveland was off
| to one side, the only one displayed of a
| living Democrat. With the vast space
! filled almost to the outermost walls,
with forest of people, an unusually
large number of whom were ladies, and
the brave flags of enthusiasts whfrl-
| ing in the air and breaking like white
| caps over storm-swept sea, the scene
was a brilliant one.
There was no demonstration during
| the day for any of the candidates, but
many of the leaders like Hill and
/ Whitney, of New York; Blackburn, Of
Kentucky; Ex-Governor Russell, of
Massachusetts,; Daniel. of Virginia;
Harrity, of Pennsylvania, were the re-
cipients of individual ovations. The
| followers Of both sides took every op-
portunity to cheer on their champions.
There were many distinguished lead
ers among the delegates on the floor,
| like Senator Jones, of Arkansas; ex-
| Governor Roswell P. Flower, Frede-
rick r. Coudert and ex-Mayor Grant,
of New York; Senator White and VIM.
Foote, of California; Governor Culber-
SON and Ex-Governor Hogg, of the
I Lone Star state Gen. ST. Clair and Gov
ernor McCorkle, of West Virginia;
John r. Mclean, Allen Thurman and
Tom l.. Johnson, of Ohio; John E.
Hurst, of Maryland; E. P. Howell and
his son Clark Howell, of Georgia; SEN
ators George and Walthall, Of Missis-
sippi; Senators Vest and Cockrell, of
Missouri; Governor Altgeld, of Illinois;
John L Waller, of Connecticut; Sem
ator Gray, Of Delaware; Senator Blan-
| chard and Judge McEvery, Of Louis
lana; Senators Bates and Harris, of
Tennessee, and a host of others.
On the platform were the members
of the national committee
Among the distinguished guests
seated in their rear were a number Of
gold leaders who have been conspicu-
Gus in other conventions, but who were
swept aside by the silver cohorts in
their states. These included Gen Cor
don, Of Georgia; Senator Lindsey, of
Kentucky; ex-Congressman Bynum, of
Indiana; ex-Congressman Cultivate.
of Ohio, and others. But strangest Of
all, on the platform of q Democratic
convention, was the little
COTERIE OF SILVER SENATORS
| who bolted the convention at st. Louis.
| At present, without a party, they seek
entrance to the Democratic party on
| condition that 1t select Mr.. Teller. Gen.