New-York tribune., 1896-07-24

presented the permanent chairman to the meet
ing. was a virtual admission Of TINS. Ihere
was no earthly excuse for bringing the Texan
to the stand to introduce the permanent
chairman except that he was found to be IN
generous frame Of mind after his defeat' ana
Il was considered important by the iriehos u
Mr. BRYAN that some such expression shouid De
secured from a leader OF the Middle-of-the-hoao-
era The remarks Of Mr.. Davis were coldly
received by the Southerners but he was hyster-
icaliy appiauded by the other SIDE
ALIENS EGOTsTIC HARANGUE
The speech of Senator Allen on taking the
chair was simply an egotistic harangae' which
nearly tired to death an already weary io' VI
people ard the Convention toward the last was
barely responsive to his telling points. HIS al
fusion to Bryan's candidacy was the only part
Of the address that precipitated any unusuai
howling.~~ . .~ -.~
Among the Middle Readers there was prisk
opposition to the appointment OF Commt'ee "a
Conference with the Silver Convention. out "
developed slowly. end Senator Buffers motion
for the appointment OF such committee was
adopted without division. This Is construed
as being the last gasp OF opposition on the paI'
Of the straight-outs to coalition. IL now re-
mains 70 be seen how many Of them will take
snr nm among the Texans and Georgians. and the
talk Of a straight ticket with the omaha pa.-
form. is. If anything. more rampant among this
serment of the Southern crowd than IT mas Deen
yet
The leisurely manner In which the ConVeh-
ton IL proceeding, having at the end OF the sec
ond DAYS session barely succeeded In perfect
snr a permanent organization has forcibiy drawn
attention to the inexperience OF the temporary
presiding officer In handling gatherings like this
The piteous attempts Of the young North caro-
lima Senator to carry water on both shoulders
have so far only resulted In increasing the 'eo'-
business OF the sttings, and In still 1ur'ne'
widening the breach that divides the contenoihs
factions in the Convention. In body Of men
uhere % ach considers himself a leader and where
there is an irresistible desire to open the pent-up
foodgates Of oratory. a strong and sKiiIui naho
Is required to keep order. This Marion Butter
does not possess. Peevish and vain by TURNS
he permitted the Convention to hesitate between
a cheerful and good -natured aquescence in
his arbitrary and often wholly indelenslpie
rulings and in open and indignant reflections OF
his decisions. In the mean time, the more turou-
lent elements in the Convention here. BY demon
strations frivolous and otherwise. succeeded IN
DELAYING the dispatch of business. Ihey nave
had in this the active. though Involuntary as
ever was called upon TO ossiSt III keePlis 'He
work Of a Convention straight.
CONVENTION RUN BY 'rMBEcILES
As things are going on now. the Convention
seems short" Of everything except time. ana OF
that IT acts as if it had tons Ito burn" No Won
der that Jerry Simpson the ''sockess phlloso-
pher Of the Kansas prairies, was heard TINS
morning to remark with some heat that the
Convention Is run by imbeciles." He may be d,s-
posed to change his mind now that Senator AL
len has been chosen permanent chairman me
discord in the Convention to-day ana yesterday.
while In a large measure due 10 the ignorance oi
Dariianentary procedure on the part Of the dele
gates, is easily traced TO the attitude OF watch-
fulness and suspicion maintained py the ohei
ent factions in dealing with each other
The fact that charges OF wholesale pripe,S
have openly been passed, or Wnlcn an a''a'n ~
Mrs Lease upon Chairman Taubeneck IN TINS
mornings Chronicle Is iair sape, 81, ,,'hat
make really irreconcilabe differences OUT OF Wha'
at first seemed only trivial discussions. mus ,le
members in the Texas delegation view as q per
sonal grievance the consigning OF tne ,hav
of Cyclone Davis to seats in the hall wnere ihes
see little of what Is going on and near even ieas
They are thoroughly convinced that tneiI ,n, uH
fortunate location Is the result Oh Tha;r an
Bryan plot and they act accordingly. ineli IN
dignation finds vent in protests against 'he w
cisions Of the chairman, senseless opstr uclIo.I'
of the business IN hand or in ridiculous oenU ,nrgv
etrations Of defiance hurled with cyclonc emeIs
against dissenting delegations. Altogethei' 10
Furnishes the noisest and most turbulent spirits
in the Convention. and there are others. T.,
Ex-Congressman Baker, OF hdhsas' WI" ;.,,
here as an alternate large sums ur tne sl'u
alton tonight by saying: Everything IL , III a
state Of decided unce tainty. 1t is most uicu,,
20 make forecast. No one can tel What WI. VII
be dere There is unanimity OF OPINION at''ois ,s
the delegates far as can see tnat an S'oro ~,
get together and have harmony OF actioh. ie
Northern delegates realize that a Bryan III
dorsen1cnt means a practical absorption oi ,iie
Populst party in the South. or. at least tnal E 10
the way the South looks at IL. lt Is owiiis ~, ~ W
This fear on the part of the South that they nave
s~~,rcnnsidered the matter of granting to the
South some concessions. what they VIII DC
cannot say Possibly something IN the line VI
a Vice-President.
DEMOCRATS MAKE THEMSELVES AT HUME
The number Of Democrats who make them-
selves comfortable about the Bryan headquar-
ters, is surprisingly large and on the increase
rhev do not make themselves conspicuous, but
they are on the increase Just the same" Ihey
make no stump speeches and take no part III
any demonstration. yet they remain Vcca
eiof1ally one Of them is caught taking quetiy,
vet earnestly, with a Populist. and the sup!ect
Of conversation is easy to divine. In spite OF the
innocent assertions that they were only IN
duIcing in generalities. Charles Waish. VINO
managed the Boies boom at Cnicago, Is one y,
the recent additions to these Democrats. IN
spite Of the fact that he was the ieaoer o! 5o
iorn hope, and manager OF boom tnat uieu
a a-bornir'" he Is great Bryan enthusiast ae
ne is an admirer OF Iowas ex-governor 1uIse LIZ
WcCabe. of Indiana was also added to the list
To-day He was the member OF the Commlttee
nm Resolutions from Indiana at the Democratic
Convention. and his Democracy cnnnot De ques
toned. When asked what he was ooins as -, q
Democrat in the stronghold Of the Populis,s' ne
said: Democrat? Why, am fopuhst' we
ore all Populi.ts now" And then he ADDED
"And the Populists are all good Democrats.