New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-26
4 GLOWING TRIBUTE.

Convention eloQncnce is proverbially sti'pn'
aord and grandiose When your convention
orator has finished prancing in the arena. bran
dishing his arms, shaking the wild tanglcs OF
his hair and pouring ont his reverberating ana
voIuminous discourse he has usually exhausted
the vocabulary OF hero worship, leaving noth-
inc for those who come after him but the posi-
b,lities of FORMULATION, and limited opportuni-
ties for rcarranging his hyperboles and exaS-
geratons, his tropical tropes, mellifuous meta
phors and bewildering. flights Of fancy. The
STYLE is somewhat overpowerng Delegates are
intoxicated by 1t and the galleries just go wiz
over it. The Joy of 1t is one Of the perquisites
attached to the position Of delegate. And inc
statesman over whom all this language has been
poured. having been once thus publicly described
as endowed with the attributes and Projections
of the Phidian JOve almost always 1aiis 10
recognize himself thereafter holding himself
distinctly aloof from the herd Of common men,
In the absence Of this oratorical and pane
gyrical feature Of the State Convention on Tues
day-a deprivation severely felt not only by the
delegates and spectators, but by statesmen rs
we'll who came loaded with ornate PERIODS.
rhetorical rockets and the chrysanthemums OF
fowery speech-an ardent admircr OF Governor
Morton undertook to supply the lack and make
good the omission. lie began by saying that
the Governor was a man who would emit ana
.evoke no snorts of enthusiasm Apprehension
cor rage" This" be says. lis homely IAN
guage." but he adds: I'VE use 1t because we
want TO be severely plain and tremendously
earnest when we say that II the saving com
mon sense Of the American people. which, I'M
der orr God has made and preserved us Ma
.tion should be collected from the IOHO0vc
'sconces which II inhabfs and condensed into
zone wonderfully leve-headcd individuality upon
(which was laid the duty OF choosing Prcs
dent for the four years which Will round this
century, and which, above all, must be restiul
''rccllpcraiive years. that individuality would
pick Governor Morton from the applicants for
the place" This Is strong and splendid There
is much more Of il. equally eloquent and STIR
ring. He concludes thus: These are New
Works claims. She can present none other,
none higher. for evermOre and cvelTmore with
I'm the ken ~ mortal man. II this son Of hers.
these things being 40. cannot now attain 10
This the highest office In the gift Of man, then
what son Of hers shall ever hope so TO attain:
Strictly speaking. OF course II Is hardly polite
to pos,criry indeed. II might be said that II
hardly gives p0strrliy n fair show-to say that
for evermore and evermore within the Ken
Of mortal man" Governor Morton VII occupy
the cold and peaked top Of absolute pre-em'-
ncncc. which no one now or evermore can ap-
proach bu, II IL good all the same. 1t is satu-
ratel with the sincerity OF warm emotional
nature
There is In fact. but one drawback to H..
That Is TINT 1t leaves nothing for Chauncey to
say when he makes the greatest effort OF his
life In the nominating speech NJ st Louis And
that after ALL is not a serious drawback. For
Chaunccy can easily commit 1t 10 memory ana
rccltc il. The effect Of it would be simply
parllyzing.