Year: 1868

-
ing of the Convention FOurteenths and all the
IN the neighborhood OF the Tammany temple were filed
with n motley crowd--the great unwashed. who had
come some of them hundreds OF miles to stand In s
heat and sun just outside OF the magic circle that con-
tanned the favored few To them swelterng on the
| sidewalk and IN the street, parboiied on the
outside from the excessive heat, and on IRE
| within from hot and potent poison OF ths
neghboring groggeries sight which, Deng scen'
! will be remembered. single village In PennsyivaniA
had between 80 and 40 representatives In TINS puaDis
tone at one time shortly before the meeting OF the Con
yenton and it is presume that many other places


were omte as well Off The desire for tickets among them
was intense and all who could be presumed to have even


tithe Of influence in the proper quarters were mpofed
for favors until the importantly became almost ntolera
ble Delegates were hunted down with pitless earnest
ness and the most whining importunate and exactingof
the whining and importunate multitude were the small
| fry newspaper men from every part Of the
| country These were seized with desire TO
| give their Journals the latest, freshest, ana
most complete accounts OF the Convention and Tor the


first time in their lives thorough newspaper enterprise
possessed their souls But the Gordon Of police which held
back the crowd had heard Of their journals and
was proof against their entTeaties. At length finding
the police as immOvable Of their own advertise
ments paid for long as TO be time out OF memory


the country editors adjourned to the Chaner House 70
consider the situation The only question was HOW 70
get inf but the How was large Mr. Caryles ever
lasting No And it proved too large for thenso insur
mountable indeed. that they the luminaries OF their
neiQhborhoods could not beyond their OWE
| noses. The appeals they sent INTO the Oon-
vention were disregarded-there were no Do"en
OF Democratic mercy TO open suineienty 10 aon"
them within the sacred precincts Of Tammany and they
went back again into the look wisfully at the
rude portrait Of the possible Democratic nominee Gen
Jackson mot StOnewaD in the festooned arch hat spans
the way Then they would cast their eyes to the marble
Indian supposed by some people to be Washington over
the entrance TO the hall, as II implortng ST. Tammany
himself to whsk them in by fair foul; but the
Saint hadn't been "seen," and obdurate 10 their
walls their prayers and their reproaches. The Chanes
House was coOl-delghuly cool but the sun was hot,
their aspirations hotter and their disappointment
Kissed like cnders from the region they apos
rOphzed so freely. walter belonging 10 the Chanef
House seeing them enter alarmed for s safety ana
demanded as only Irish lungs ask, Where are you
all going1 Do you belong TO this House" But they
rushed ahead with "No 80" their tongues Like Long
fellows Alpine traveller, crying, Excelsior" .I
The behavior Of the multitude amusing rather ths
instructive "That delegate" one would say; 9TH
man talking TO the person with the weed his hat Iwon
der If he can get tickets Tickets" was the rnivcr
sal cry until long after the Convention adjourned ana
then they themselves with the report that on Mo-
day morning these miserable pieces paseboard could Do
had for dollar and the asking. The Tammany Society
marched by with ana music and afterwsrd
the keystone Club followed with Packer embazon.
ments in their procession, but nothing could
change the thoughts OF the Democratic raDbie
Only once we're they diverted from their fixed pursuit
by the advent OF old in Continental regimenas
who was supposed to represent the spirit Of 7o much
younger man staggered about within the next hour in
suit of gray the like of which Union soldiers may
have seen behind Rebel muskets but without bis
arms come to the Democratic Convention to Represent
the spirit of co. Where he came from nobody knew, bus
at last accounts he had received harm from the De-
mocracy One Of the most painful features Of the day
rly
soldiers playing upon handorgans for charity from those
whose acts their lnsfortunes And it Is to be
feared that the soldiers found that charity
garded by Democracy afaure as much as the war
was nc the Convention OF 1864


saturday was indeed a solemn day for the Democraey.
but the hour when those who had tickets for the inside Of
Tammany Hall could use them uslered in the saddest
moment OF sad day. Joy went in at the doors bus
envy and spte and Democrats envy and spite at that


fingered in the streets behind or oitered into the bar
rooms near at hand dark clouds obscure the sky
| wherever the tints OF the rainbow are not seen.


SCENES INSIDE.


On Saturday morning the splepdid meeting room Of
New Tammany Hall comfortably filed with people
almost an before the time fixed for the proceedings
OF the Convention TO begin and az noon 10 was crowded
to its utmost capacity. The heat intense, and the
apertures through which the yiated air Of the room
should have been allowed to escape were hermeticsiy
closed with yards upon yards Of heavy bunting Tho
painting, putting persprng but patient multitude, bos





good nature; but many, while silently throwing noun
| tains of blame upon those who had paid
little attention 10 the ventilation OF the han, threw
| ceremony and their coats aside at the same time
and sat quietly possible in their shirt sleeves and
gazed earnestly the legion OF great men whom the er
gencies OF the Democratic party had called together
| the nations birthday Upon the walls OF the room


flags nnuersble, and shields bearing the coats OF arms
rostrum was placed the bust of Washington which,
der ts bright red canopy seemed TO blush as i looked
upon the below who for long had essayed
by force ruin the fabric the First Patriot had abored
TO constructs and other scores no less anxious but far
less valiant whose treason found vent In words alone ~
distance from the field wherein their Drawer confed
crates fought bled Behind the Speakers table, and
ranged double the spacious PLATFORM sal the
members of the Executive Committee respectable
looking body Of men representing all the States from Maine
California. To the left seats reserved for ladies'
and these were occupied by one solitary individual OF the
weaker while ON the other side OF the room sat i've
others painting for BREATH and wondering doubt what
business had brought many unhappy looking men to-
mind whether any Of these ladies repre-
sented the The Revolution In the Convention and
was discovered TO be specialized and to be earnestly en-
gagged conversation with several delegates the
time and apparently holding her with al Of them,
| and was so designated until the adjournment.


Looking from the contracted quarters assigned TO the
press the In the hall very interesting
| than account. on side of the platform, which
occupies Onethrd Of the southern end the telegraph
office with noisy Instruments its busy operators. and
and from anxious delegates and their constituents In all
parts OF the country and from the many
Of the provincial press 10 their respective and,
cases respectable journals hundreds OF miles On
| Mr. simonton marshaied mis- forces. and where
| from he dispatched during the day amount
| OF reading matter which. as published In col
volume rvslng in size almost any dictionary given 70
the world before the time of Noah--webster The ga-
forms dyested OF vests and denuded TO coats and
necktes To the credit of the galleries be said that
the proceedings OF the Convention there disturb
ance, and but little Eose, except where II had been