| Show AT THE convention A racy letter from the news special junius draws some graphic pon pen pictures and makes appropriate comin comments jottings cottings Jot tings by 1 the way ST louis june jane 5 this morning about 7 I 1 found myself moving slowly in a railway train across the mighty sip sippi 1 1 I could noto belp giz gazing ailt into the mal majestic flood asod below as it rolled but irresistibly on its course coarse to the south it bore on its broad bosom franks of trees gnarled 1 I ed logs legs charred timbers and debris gna ris of every kind the water looked muddy and it was a sort of sombre satisfaction to one to think that perhaps at that moment underneath ing by some memento of bridgeport chicago closely hugging a log from wisconsin this memento might have been the bristles of a hog or the fragments of a divorce court clawy lawyers ers brief pumped with the liquid sediment 8 e dl at bridgeport ridge port to parity st louis A minute or two moro more and I 1 found myself la in jay goulds UNION DEPOT AZ AT ST LOUIS what a depot I 1 A meriea serie of sheds made of rusty iron slid and of the rottenest rott enest euest kind of lumber suggesting an extensive rope manufactory with its csc accompanying compa nying walks and shelters dust cinders smoke boot and in tact fact everything in the line of physical indelicacy and indecency that could be conceived meets the eye the ear and the nostril nostril here it reminds one of dantes first entrance to that internal chamber where were the souls of persons eer who never did any good la in life e nor jet py any harm these indifferent negative happy go lucky people whose motto is live as long leng as you you can the die when you cant help it ft st louis and its depot is lust just the place tor for such kind of people LIVELY SCENES the throng here was simply horrible trains laden with passengers from every point of the union are arriving this morning adding to the immense concourse already in town there are some 20 lines of road centering in this one depot and about 40 trains arrive between the hours of 6 and 10 every morning about 9 a in found me in the centre of st louis mingling with the busy bustling maddened multitude toe tae streets p presented resented the tae main features of a new mexican pueblo sun sand dust and wind it was tearful the hotels were crowded men Mea with high plug hats bats decorated with nood good sized roosters and men in uniforms improvised for the occasion men with badges and men inen with nothing but very shalby shabby apparel to distinguish them an all jostling each other in the streets and in the hotels A peculiar f feature of the british footman foo an or fl flan keys is the comb chica which ornaments his shiny silk chimney pot the american politician does dees a little better he ornaments his gray or black stovepipe with a full fledged booster xo zo oster comb and all perhaps this is appropriate the litter latter is virtually more of a loot man a blunke fl v a tuft hunter to his political acs ics I 1 doss dosa than is the he english footman to his Inaus industrial trial boss the names of thurman Black Gray morrison Morr lson ant and several others were heard spoken everywhere thurman seems to be the most popular name of all the central point pt all this bus tle tie and excitement is at thirteenth and olive streets here Is situated the exposition BUILDING that marvel of architectural greatness in lathe the eyes of a st louis man 13 la truth it is a splendid building and when a chicago citizen admits so much it says a good deal for st louis enterprise not that we bear any enmity to st louis louii but bat we have such gigs atean colossal buildings bail dings in chicago that we dont pretend to judge by with our own buildings but by con considering the people we are talking about we we would consider a frame shanty among the digger indians an evidence of intelligence and enterprise but would not think of comparing it with the pullman building of chicago in this way I 1 look a at t the st louis exposition build building bg as compared with our own owa auditorium building now finished in chicago I 1 THE BENEFIT OP OF A BADGE the exposition building is where the convention meets about 11 a in the appearance of the approaches to this building was wonderful people crowded in from everywhere political bands and clubs and politicians all M in one mad f fury ury as it if the adf awful W judgment day were close at hand so insignificant did I 1 begin to feel myself that I 1 determined on forgetting gelting for all about chicago for the present the headquarters of the hendricks association a local political club and the banner one of st louth leuis are across the street in front of the exposition I 1 worked my way across and was happy to flad find an old ld school companion an active official in the club notwithstanding his elci excitement he found time to decorate my breast with a badge of his association 1 1 and I 1 tell you a badge makes one f feel eel a 1 little i more important especially on occasions like the present one this hendricks association entertains the new york democracy i at their headquarters during th the e convention my badge secured me the right of way to the rooms and I 1 met many of the famed tammany hall braves and also many of dan mannings county statesmen As the hour or of noon neon approached the excitement became more intense Now came the great STRUGGLE FOR ADMISSION it was understood that the uniforms and badges of several clubs would secure admission regardless of tickets but bat when the time came badge ba ana uniform alike were worthless unless attended by thel pasteboard of the committee then came walls wails and shrieks and long drawn sighs and oaths and blasphemies and muttered threats many were loud in their condemnation of the ring men it appears t that h at ticket were openly sold on OB the str streets sets and it was now alleged that th the a politicians in place of distributing their h allotments of tickets sold them to brokers RED GRAY AND BLACK just at 12 the hall ball was nearly it f till full and persons persona were straining t their air eyes to see voorhees dougherty Doug berty and some others of the great notables of the country it was about this time english of california hoisted a bandana handkerchief which was the signal for a great boom extending to over a dozen states it was in vain that indiana pushed up a gray plug hat as indicative of indi anas favorite son mr gray illinois hoisted a black plug hat for gen black but it appears plugs white or black dont doft cause much enthusiasm unless ornamented with roosters chairman barnum called the convention to order at 1285 pm bishop granberry cranberry of st louis opened the proceedings with prayer in my humble opinion THIS PRAYER is more important than all the platforms the intrigues and the wire of this great convention by the citizens of utah it ought to be very carefully and closely perused almighty bodour heavenly art lifted far over all this turmoil rind and yet dost stoop to us in answer to our prayer we ad adore pre thee we praise thee we give thee thanks for thy great goodness to the sons of men thou art our god and we are the people of thy providence and the work of thy hand band we thank theo the for this great country which thou hast given ua us lor forthe the increase of our population and our wealth and our power for the diffusion of knowledge for thy word which light for the church and for all christian institutions forgive us our our oar forgetfulness of thee our disobedience according to the multitude of thy favors favora in christ grant 0 lord to save us from pestilence famine and war from sectional strife and anarchy and disorder from the reign of vice and crime and impiety may the foundations of our prosperity be laid in faith and reverence and righteousness and love and may the favor of our god be our defence and I 1 pur our i glory I 1 we beseech thee almighty god that vry thou hou wilt bless the president of the united states and all that are in authority and do thou provide for us able men who fear god men of truth hating covetousness and may our people be led en an by thy wisdom and thy power and goodness from hei height lit to ito height of material and intellectual tu al and moral development may these blessings be transmitted from generation to generation and extend to all nations that all the earth may see the glory of our god these prayers we offer in the name of thy son jesus christ amen COGENT it if this prayer were uttered by a mormon elder there would be nothing strange in it it would be the natural verbal expression of his faith his religion and his sincere belief he believes in a godje revelation a god of cognizance liP mundane aalfs affairs a god who directs inspires counsels and instructs but coming from the average christian minister who re viles theocracy who denies revelation who insists that god has BBS nothing to do de in secular matters how bow can the grotesqueness tesque ness of the prayer and the preacher be reconciled Is it not a fact that all the petitions in this prayer have been sent up to the throne of power jand nd in a melaure me i sure they have been granted sectional strife anarchy disorder vice crime impiety are not in existence among the god believers of utah have not able men free from avarice from covet ou been raised up to utah men ready to sacrifice comfort pleasure and in fact all of these ia toys 8 c callac paw human haman joys for the good of ethehia their pw le can cana any man jew gentile kle geathel eathen or secularist who reads and who knows the history of utah deny that according to this prayer the lat ter day saints are the elect of god they recognize this fact themselves and that Is why they build temples and tabernacles colleges and schools to carry on their great work and to acknowledge in a material way their thankfulness to the benica benign almighty who watches over them this his is why the intellectual and moral development of the youth of utah is so closely watched guarded and nurtured Is it not a fact that the good works raised and constructed in recognition of the benefits granted by god to utah and for which bishop granberry cranberry prays are now confiscated b by our government that they are to L be swallowed and consumed by a litigation inspired of the evil one that if completely in the hands bands of the government authorities these grand structures would tomorrow be turned into magulos bagnios bag ulos dram shops and assignation dens I 1 firmly believe this prayer will be heard but will it be heeded as far as the temporal preacher is concerned god is great but he is lust just he is wisdom and dont want to be trifled with as persons in asylums under insane delusions are ate often trifled with bishop granberry cranberry and all his brethren throughout this broad land should stop and ask themselves one or two serious questions why do we deny a god of et revelation and yet ask him to reveal to us why do we pray to god to send us statesmen when we ridicule and ignore theocracy miscellaneous i after the prayer stephen M white of california was introduced as chairman of the convention in this all the political prophets got a set back there is not a prominent man in the democratic party who was not said to be intriguing for both the chairs of the convention mr bir white read his address the burden of IV it is the chinese question T this will figure in campaign compa ign politics this fall colorado presented a silver gavel some aran amusement was created by a fifer alfer who played the wearing of the green and WUL by a mr maginnis from montana who 0 had d something to say but forgot to bring it along dakota democrats the few there are of theme them have hare a big fight on hand about 2 pm the convention ad turned d and I 1 d th the people who hustled and 9 swore wo r e to tb get in came out swearing a g worse wo roe they T hey Bawa sawa nothing but maginnis gin n I 1 8 of mo montana antans and heard white on chinese matters they expected to hear Dougli dougherty erty voorhees flower and several others ethers JUNIUS |
