. Review of reviews and world's work . HON. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, OF NEW YORK. said in passing, having declared at Chicago that New-York could not possibly be carried for Cleveland, isnow professing great enthusiasm for the ticket. The Bigness of Our Political Conventions. Those who sat in the vast wigwamat Chicago through the turbulentsessions of the convention, withstorms of a tropical violence raging outside andtwenty thousand people vociferiously taking part inthe proceedings within, while the amiable chairmanwith his dolcefar niente manner languidly fingered thegavel as he chatted wdth the
. Review of reviews and world's work . HON. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, OF NEW YORK. said in passing, having declared at Chicago that New-York could not possibly be carried for Cleveland, isnow professing great enthusiasm for the ticket. The Bigness of Our Political Conventions. Those who sat in the vast wigwamat Chicago through the turbulentsessions of the convention, withstorms of a tropical violence raging outside andtwenty thousand people vociferiously taking part inthe proceedings within, while the amiable chairmanwith his dolcefar niente manner languidly fingered thegavel as he chatted wdth the guests of honor on theplatform,—can never forget the mighty show. HON. W. BOURKE COCKRAN, OF NE^V YORK. Patrick Collins on the closing day brought in a reso-lution for smaller conventions in future. It is truethat the Chicago convention was scandalously mis-managed so far as the distribution of admissiontickets w^as concerned. In all that belonged to thestrictly local aspects of the affair, the Chicago gath-ering was as ill-ordered as the Minneapolis gatheringwas superbly planned and executed. It is notstrange that there should be shaip protests againstcoiiventi(jn abuses, and especially against a packingof the galleries with thousands of shouters whosepresence is intended to interfere with calm delibera-tion. Dr. Andrew D. White, whose views are givenelhjewhere in this number of The Review of Re-views, states most completely the case against thegalleries. General Collins, President White andtlie other protestants against the mob aspects of thenational conventions are doubtless right in themain ; yet we must be allow^ed to hope the reactionmay not b
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