The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-23
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VYTELL, It Is all over, that great |
w convention. 1t is now nothing
w but a memory-a memory OF
wave upon wave of upturned faces. or
billows of pennants, of the steady pull
sating of fans-and a strange kaleido-
scope of color. There Is a memory OF
the sensation of frightful heat, which
everyone was too excited to realize at
the time, and then comes faint repe-
tition of the thrill one experienced
when those states started on their
| parade round the hali. Imagine lot
| of mile-post signs on poles, eight or
| ten feet high, planted at regular in
| tervals down the delegates section of
the house, and bearing the names of
our states and territories. Imagine see
ing them suddenly uprooted by frantic
hands and trotted up the broad aisle
in a wild, swaying procession to the
accompaniment Of an ever-swelling tor
nado of shouts. They tried to lift Ohio
far above the yelling, struggling mass,
but no man by taking thought even OF
his ambition and pride of a state o.
presidents and statesmen, can add a
cubit unto his stature, and consequent
fair tri-color in the ascendant.
Pennsylvania was rather in the lead
In this tempestuous march and the
| state banner was held by Congress-
man William Connell, who endeavored
to lift it still higher than the others.
Just then the procession was passing
the platform, and Mrs. Stone, wife of
the governor leaned forward and,
graspng the staff, aided in bearing it
aloft until it rose, as it should, far
overtoppng the sister states, and how
the throngs cheered. I'VE must have
Pennsylvania first" said the COVER
nor's fair lady, laughing in half-em-
barrassed fashion, after her unpre-
meditated and impulsive movement.
Pennsylvania ensign was the OBJ
ject of close attention by the great
assemblage. It was here under the
placard that Mr.. Quay sat, close to the
wide centre aisle. He grasped the staff
of Oregon in front. Since the demon
stration of the day before, people were
watching out for anything which might
happen in connection with "the senator
from Pennsylvania" to quote Chair
man Lodge. The Finn faction did not
, intend to be caught mapping on this
! occasion, and let such wave Of Quay
enthusiasm capture the convention.
The Quay sympathizers proposed to
cheer their man as often as they
| pleased, and they did 1t with such a
, will that the unhappy disaffected found
themselves in a minority too dismally
hopeless to be heard, and they didn't
, exactly follow the example Of Peter
. and go out and weep bitterly, but they
met in hotel corridors afterwards and
made VOWS, and then fell to scrapplng
. over the matter Of explaining how II
e happened that Quay got an ovation
every time he sneezed, while the public
|, seemed to have forgotten that Wana-
a maker. Van Valkenburg & Co. were or
: the earth. Then they went around tC
the Wanamaker papers with their ex-
e plantations. You read them today.
It One man, who sneered when tbs
$ Quay applause took place on Wednes.
= day, made a suggestion that some.
body mention Wanamaker's name and
hear the thunders of enthusiasm which
would ensue. Just you try it," yelled
Quay advocate, hoarsely, who sal
near. Just you try it, and listen t
the frost" which was rather mixed a!
to metaphor, but unmistakable as t.
udlCu Tic w ana
makerite to pipe up for his idol, ant
then as promptly invited him out Il
fight, and the other man subsded int
a severe silence, amid jeers from al
sides.
Indeed, the Quay incident" as 1
was called, made diversion in wha
would otherwise have been very tam
convention-for one couldn't but fee
r disappointed that there were not NOR
II candidates. in order to make the ex
citement more decided, or that tn
~ presidential nominee was not presen
to be escorted to the platform an
yelled over. To be sure, he couldn'
\ have we'll done that; 1t wouldn't hav
J been modest as long as there was n
uncertainty about his nomination, bu
a it was a pity that the big, good
- natured crowd couldn't have had tn
2 satisfaction of having him hear tn
} yells in person, instead of by proxy
Anyway you can't enthuse as niue
:, over a denomination as over a new ont
Even Teddy wasn't escorted to tn
platform, as everybody thought h
would be, in order to receive publ
congratulations. He just sat dow
i there in front of Chauncey Depew an
smiled his own copyrighted smile.
One couldn't but wonder what wer
" his sensations. Did he really want
all the time, as some believed? Wa
he happy and proud, with no admia
~ ture of longing for a certain fiesh-pC
- containing a more or less tough GOV
ernorship of New York, with a POI
sibility when it was all eaten to ii
bone, that it might be miraculous
replaced by a juicy tenderloin of II
presidency? What does man thin
when twenty thousand people al
n shouting themselves into prematu
bronchitis in temperature of 100 d
grees over him, and when it seems Il
- whole world, with the exception
- Mark Hanna and Tim Woodruff, wan
him for a lofty place. What does
man think when he finds himself tn,
n at the proudest pinnacle of his care
" and only at the age of forty-on
What did Teddy think? 1 can't pr
tend to say. 1 sat where I could 10,
into his face, as one looks into &
face of a man across the dinner tab
He coquetted with his fan, and listen
when Odell whispered in his ear, al
w he showed his teeth in that weird smi
&c When Senator Depew was speaking,
listened with the most devout atte
&c tion, his short-sighted eyes ney
blinking in their fixed gaze, and sol
|oc of the things the senator said abo
him were enough to make ones hes
''S burn with pride in our hero of the ds