New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-18

re 5ecsssary ouaiifcations and would poll SPLEEN
did vote among the business men OF the country
EVEN ELECTRICITY GOES sI1OW.-A dele
gate from West Virginia seated in the cafe OF
the Hotel Bellevue near a touch button, which he
poked vIcIously every few moments As no waiter
"Wbat IS the natter asked Colonel Thomas G.
McKen the well known coal operator ana nnah-
Z cant get any to this call he replied
PHILADELPHIA? The electricity has not got to the
cfsce yet"
TIM AND HIS TALLY-HO.-The candidacy Of
1aeutenant-Governor Woodruff is causing a great
deal Of quiet amusement here. ''Tlmmy as all
the delegates now call him. is about the only per-
son. aside from Colonel Dady, who takes his can
cidacy seriously.
Tins campaign" said an old Yale friend of hiA
..rerninds me Of the first tally-ho he owned. Just
after Tim graduated from Yale he acquired a
talIy-ho and was very proud Of IL He decided to
drive out and show il to his grandmother. The
old lady was very deaf. They tried to make her
understand that Tim was going 70 drive past me
several EFFORTS 70 make her understand. they gave
81 mp. When Tim DID come along they p;;eked hef
pointed to the taliy-hb. oh, I see said the old
fady the circus and then she went with her
knitting The Convention Is going with its
Knitting"
ADVERTISING A NEWsPAPER-One Of the
co.ored ATTACHES Of Tire Kansas delegation is
newspaper man. Editor and owner If paper. he
IN
hors on which words setting forth his pur-
pns- are among the means he employs. These
ribbons fully a FOOT Ions, are In the form Of a
badge ard at once attract attention. The pro-
,-'--5rv ,.es,eraav as to whether or not he
was really eu-readtr- 10 was emphaticaly affirma-
''What IS yoir circulation?' was asked.
"Ch two, three or four thousand, wGs the airy
RESPONSE.
TF5E CITY a LIVELY PLACE.-Tt seems a
SANDER 10 say that Philadelphia IS 2 deaSplace.
T1nning and trere are some cigar and candy stores
ard restaurants open NeT'sraPeIs are soid, ana ana
tan just # it were not Sunday.
CROWDS y THE HoTELB.-Church bells were
ringing bright ari early this morning, but there
was reason 20 fear that tie attendance at any Of
them was not greatly aug1nented ny the motel
Tor those who were looking for one
LEISURE OF INHARITA,Ts.-The impression
Of most N,ew-Yor.,ers who here for the first
time IS that INC Quakertown folks are philo-
Tfore is no fife and death hustle. feverish fear
is placed uron few minutes NOR or less.
HOSPITALITY OF THE QUAKER cIrY.-of
~ hospitality Of Philadelphians nothing can be
said THAI is rot pleasant Private citizens, clubs
and various orsanizations political and social are
hack here some other time 70 spend few restful
days.
JERSEY DEMOCRATS RETIRE.-A lot Of New
Jersey Democrats cane over from Camden TO have
q peep At the crowds. The sobriety, tameness lack
Of excitement and absolute pea cefGlness every
the river.
SENATOR HANNA IN POOR HEALTH.-sen-
ator Mark Hanna looks to-day easily dozen years
older than he did when he was managing the cam
pasn Of 1886. HIS eyes. have lost much of their
brightness and snap and his face It's fulness; He
wei man. Inc senator spenCs lttlc ufne each
day attending meetings Of the National Com
his constant companion, Clement a. Griscom-
CLEVELAND DELEGATES ARRIvE.-Ths
evening the stald old town hardly knew itself Soon
after the rain stopped the TtppecanOe Club OF
Cleveland came marching with band powerful
enough to make Itself heard at Tammany con-
vention IN sheehan's district. Then the colored
electric lights IN front q the club Headquarters
bazed up and soon all Philadelphia appeared TO be
IN Broad-st. The Woodruff men are rather glum
Welt boom for the Vice-Presldency. Tim is
6 hois foa o xPhTsT sP any G
time IN Rooseyelts favor.
COLORs AT THE CONvENTION.-The black
and white effects in this in all other Re-
publican conventions. strongly marked and colored
brethren from the South are here in great numbers
Of yore. In costume the cOlored delegate is
impressive. Although Of his combinations
might offend Berry Wallis nice sense of proportion
in dress, the colored member dressed in his Con-
vcntion clothes IS a never TO be forgotten figure
While no TWO alike in dress, yet in one respect
their costumes are similar. To man they wear
10 the other ends Some white and
cause Tim Woodruff envious paIpitations and
tend 10 distract mis- attention for the moment from
covets.
NO CANDIDATE AGREED ON.-So far the Con-
vention has not lvened. Last night the streets
were quiet. the cafes unerowded and the whc.e
aspect Of the town differed little from what 1t is
wont 10 display Saturday nights. The office
Of the Walton. however showed differently. There
a heterogeneous but rot homogeneous mob packed
the place and discussion OF the various Vice-Pres-
Dental possibilities rife Delivers boom
came into prominence with a bound late in the
afternoon. and that Of Irving NJ Scott quickly fol-
had eIreadY nrece5ed thern Int ne barrier is sfi
erect and, II one believe all that is said, the
leaders are stu in doubt ard no name has been
everywhere that the man who tails the ticket must
be Of mental calibre sufficient 10 act President
with capa5iity and efficiency should the necessity
arise and the names of the various candidates for
scr7atinized and searching Inquiry made as to
whether or TO they would make efficient Pres-
dents.
THE CONTEST OVER TEXAS.-The National
Committee IL executive session disposed Of the
Texas contested cases by a compromise. whereby
both SIDES took a delegate. There great in
terest in this case, principally because the fight
was made By z. II. r Green. a son Of no less an
important and august PeIsonage than the only
thirty-one years old, but he looks a full fifteen
broken BY a blond rnustacae and set off by spec
tacles Obstinacy is It's principal characteristic.
bis lieutenant and faithful henchman, William
finally resulted IN Macdonald losing his seat to r.
B. Hawley.
FACTIONS IN LONE STAR sTATE-The Re
pubncans Of Texas gre divided into two factions
the "lily whites" represented by Hawley, and the