| Show republican convention A racy running account of what transpired with unique interpolated remarks and personal person al allusions by the news special CHICAGO june 21 1888 at 10 a na this forenoon chairman estee appe appeared ired on oa the beaud looking feegh re shand and well roomed groomed and reminding chicago people of carter harrison few of toe tae delegates were present and the hall ball in general presented the appearance of a thin house bouse in theatrical parlance it was understood that midday mid day was the time set tor for the resumption of business and even some 80 me of the local pap papers ers so announced this it was stated caus edthe sparse aspect of the hall or it may have bave been that the prospect of being treated to another primary elect election loa in virginia g I 1 nia deterred many persons from putting in an appearance chairman estee meant business this morning and vigorously used gen grants grams old desk gavel for order then tah th rev thomas E green a chicago episcopalian preacher PRAYED LONG ANY AK unctuously and dramatically and with sybillia sy billic contortions and spiritualistic spasms his prayer seems to have escaped the political revision of the platform committee forte for he said have mercy we beseech thee upon this whole land cleanse it of impurity and exalt it in righteousness froila from intemperance and impurity from dis honesty and corruption arcin deceit and fraud from intimidation and i tyranny we beseech thee good lord deliver us ua here la is a prayer that breaths a patriotic fei fervor vor but we must mast not be surprised at this because mr green is chaplain of a local base ball club this fact accounts for his comprehensiveness in prayer the esthetic influences of base ball surpass the regular preachers metting meeting for en barging the mind after a little skirmishing mckinley of ohio stepped on the platform and read the party declaration OF principles it is an interesting inte document the dead the dying and the living are all mixed up in appetizing appe whisky cocktail fashion ane brazilians Brazi lians and the irish are mentioned that chestnut the free ballot is dilated alln ded to though j judging from the ermence furnished by mabone and wise the ballot stu stuffing dg ba business giness prevails entirely among the he republicans of the souto santa the exist ence of the present administration is attributed t suppression ol of the baidon lj surely mr mckinley dont want to make kindling ki adlia wood of the rev Bu burchard irchard who is charged with the honor of making one president the mills bill is denounced and protection of the waz war era demanded special mention is made of wool perhaps with the intention inte ution of pulling the wool over the eyes of free tobacco and free rum are demanded foreign labor and chinese hiob are condemned taouba both of these industries were fostered by mr mckinless McKin MelUn leys party the american consuls in european cities during mr arthurs administration were used as labor agents their offices were literary bureaus for drumming up labor for the united states railroad contractors and coat and lumber trusts used these consuls to encourage immigration gation to this country now the parta wants it sopped copped every schoolboy knows that chinese labor was encouraged by republican protected employers in order to offset the irish colonization of the pacific coast tons making it hopelessly dem now a sop is thrown to the irish and pat egan a man who cant poss possibly ably be an american citizen is patted and hugged trusts and public lauds lands are alluded to this is and unnatural A parent should not disavow his own children even though they may be a plague to the community A very pathetic allusion is made to the territories the rf republican publican party is pledged to further legislation relative to the mormon church the work of mr tucker though it was supposed to be radical enough is completely ignored tucker and burchard are both robbed of their laurels the public school ii commended but the of the dutch catholics in this city some short time ago is not dot alluded to They condemned the pub lie lic schools as breeders bleeders bre eders ot anarchy and it seems that a church of this kind kidd which openly proclaims itself in antagonism to tiie the public i schools is ia morn more deserving of cepro t aaion than toe mormon church which is ia lienti s ta lly radically and absolutely i an americ A merle I 1 ill clinco chuica not professing to interfere with anything outside its own affairs but policy is the order of the div d av la in party politics and tomorrow a dutch priest may be called onto on to open convention conven liaa proceedings proceeding with prayer if the party entertains t the be respect it professes tor lor romanism it certainly ought to pave have the benefit of a roman catholic Ca prayer american merchant marine foreign policy and are arc all ail dwelt on ola we all know the marine was destroyed by mr mckinless McKin leys parta and as to the foreign policy of gen grant it was to get an english bu husband for his daughter toe tae are ridiculed be senator tor edmunds is a to it a certain extent at least it was the disaffection to him in 1884 which led to OX ON THE WHOLE I 1 the platform reads like one of mr after dinner speeches the dutch datch the irish the brazilians Brazi lians are petted betted and yet foreigners are condemned mormonism is condemned and free and tobacco applauded plau ded not a word sword about abent drunkenness intemperance or saloons Is this a platform men inen engaged enga in preaching christ should endorse Is this a platform that an american citizen should endorse with its sops and its toady isms iams to other peoples other govern ments and other sects its issue on protection is a matter for aisea athe go and is worthy of the attention of toe people at large whatever vitality there is in the platform is derived from this plank presenting NOME nominations NATIONS the platform was adopted then the business commenced in earnest connecticut presented mr hawley as a candidate for the presidency if mr hawley had not dabbled in philology and changed his name from haley to hawley he might have a chance of the irish vote the p proper ro abr name would be joseph B R OH atey y gut but then the gentleman could hardly trace his bis lineage to the M mayflower ay flower with an 0 in his name the 0 is more sug cestive of Tap TapscoE scotts ts crul cruisers seni illinois next presented judge gresham leonard swett made the nominating speech hia he was in a sweat literally toe perspiration rolled down in rivulets from his brow lie he read a ion long essay on judge gresham Or esham s dwelling almost utmost entirely on biography it if the learned learned jud judge jude e were just deceased the essay would world make a did obituary tribute to his memory but belog being a live candidate it read like a funeral oration at a marriage feast As an orator mr swett has survived himself davis of minnesota seconded gresham davis proved to be the flower flowery orator of the convention he roa roamed from the golden gate to manhattan bay ile he said gresham shall lift the broken standard and marshal anew the broken column now the best thing thine to do with a broken standard would bg be to mend it with a prostrate standard to lift it up A broken column it a military column is ie meant would be all ail the better for reorganizing rather than marshalling if a monumental column reconstruction would be better his hi s metaphor is very mixed and a season of tuition under ignatius Ign alius donnelly would not hurt him mississippi massachusetts and texas seconded gresham lynch the colored orator spoke very well he made one break when he said from maine to the ocean 11 it was supposed asid he be meant the german ocean ingersoll was loudly called for but it appears the chair dont want to give an atheistic color to the convention aud and the gallant bob gets shelved every time he had been called on already immediately after the prayer governor porter of indiana nominated ert benjamin it aan Harrison of that state I 1 porter rt made I 1 ade a good speech he quoted fro from m darnel daniel oconnell which shows that he found out the royal road to good oratory uncharitable persons may say that the allusion to oconnell was wholly irrelevant and only calculated to blarney pat Pa tEgan egan it was now close to I 1 p pm m and recess was taken until 3 p m CROWDING AND DISORDER about p m chairman estee resumed business the hall at this time was a marvel the hackneyed phrase asea a sea of faces would but ill express it every chair phair in the vast building WB was occupied the aisles were thronged thron ged w with h standing visitors the ushers and policemen police ollee inside began to fancy that t toe e mob had bad obtained possession of the bal hall and that the custodians outside were thrown into the lake sergeant at arms arins fitz simmons became wrath yand proceeded vo tt score some members who issued tickets unauthorized it itis is said that a free eglit occurred among the official s some of the candidates are endeavoring to flu fill the hall with heelers so as to awe the delegates with their clai quer work and really the unseemly conduct and disorder in the galleries and ables ai iles brings the work of the convention to a standstill stand still suli sometimes yelling howling and hooting booting when there is no occasion for it new hampshire seconded harrison in the person of mr air gallinger galling ey the announcement of tin name wh which tell was readily mistaken for galagher brought out ones cries ot of let her go 0 o from every corner of the burmin bu building iMin this is another of those revised co cog domens which ang suggest 9 est snoddy but galagher is ts his name naros and such ho remains lie he said new vas trembling in the balance this ibis was w a cat cataclysm to the convention new hampshire about to go it was fearful mr hepburn of lewa iowa nominated his bis fellow townsman mr allison hepburn made a long speech and on toe whole a good one of mr allison he said you would not find and him im A faltering about home rule in ireland re and then consenting coBs enting to that partisan conspiracy justified only by the footpads foot pads loic logic that franchises disfranchises dis free american citizens retains them in territorial vassalage and keeps the name of dakota from the shield that designates a state this was said by way of satirical antithesis on president cleveland BAD LOGIC mr hepburn with his bis logic begic gives one the heartburn in the platform read this mori morning king there was one plank for autonomy for ireland and another for chains and aVd disfranchisement for utah the democratic party is arraigned for keeping dakota out of the union why not condemn it equally so for keeping out utah president preside at cleveland h has 11 done nothing inconsistent with his bis duty as a good amer Ameri americal can caa either in the case of ireland or dakota or utah it has been charged that he is friendly to england well that may be so but it is possible to bean be an englishman and yet be a good friend to ireland Glad gladstone gOlle joan morley and labouchere are auglis englishmen whose patriotism cannot b be questioned Is president Cleve cleveland lanit to make a punch and judy show of the residency presidency of the united states by marching into westminster hall and hoisting a preen green flag president cleveland lid did not sign the edmunds tucker bill and that shows that he felt there was something undemocratic some thing tyrannical in n it he felt that it was the result of hasty action he felt that his party and country suffered much already from men of the tucker stamp blind obstinate self con fumed with family pride men who hurt party part yand and country tucker has not hurt utah but he has disgraced democracy and polluted the statute books of the united states congress MICHIGAN 8 MAN MAIN michigan michigan presented a favorite son russell A L alger for the nomination mr fraser eraser made a lon long speech nominating gen alger nebraska seconded alger in the person of patrick egan pat was a disappointment both in and in speech he looks like a section boss of a railroad his falls short of the standard usually ascribed to te the celt he is as unlike pat collins coiling as joe medill is unlike joe pulitzer pat collich has all the appearance bearance pe arance of the intellectual celt win ami in grace ot of person as well ivell as in excellence escel lence of language ln Isu guage well represents the race which produced burke sheridan lucas and goldsmith egan though a good practical man who means weir wea to hig bis native land is as prosaic as a dutchman and goes tor for material wealth every time considerable amusement was created by a mr eggers of arizona who came forward to second alger he proved a plucky fellow it the territories want to como come in they must make themselves heard beard that is the only way to J what talent there therb is in them maginnis Maginn ls af montana ang moody of dakota do the best they can at present the only territory who has a representative abroad capable of saying anything of civilization is utah Her delegate in congress commands the respect of all lovers of intellect and manhood the other representatives of the territories only make laug laughing hint stocks of themselves when they speak later on sherman and rusk were presented as candidates this made a ge goodly odla roll and the convention adjourned about 8 rpm p in |
