Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-06-22
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
Temporary Organization and APP
pOintments of Committees.
THE PLATFORM.
Hayes Nominated for President
w. A. WHEELER, OF N. YORK.
For Vice President.

CINCINNATI, June I4--The Sixth
National Convention of the Republi
can party met at noon to-day in the
Exposition building. The attendance
was greater than on any previous gath
ering of the party. 1t embraced the
most noted men in its ranks, who Ell
ther sat on the floor as delegates or al
guests of honor upon the raised plat
fora in the rear of the presiding Off
Ger.
To those who had pot attended the
Convention held four years ago in Phil
adelphia, the number of colored dele
gates present caused some surprise.
Among them were Congressman OIL
ex Congressman frow South Carolina,
| Alabama, and other Southern States
LOCATION OF DELEGATIONS.
The delegations were admirably
grouped upon the floor facing the Stage
The solid mass of New York men Oc.
cupied the left centre. On their right
were the New England States, formed
i'm single file, Maine at the head and
Rhode Island at the rear, with Iowa
Immediately behind her. To the left
of New York and fronting tine stage,
was Indiana, and behind her the
Morton men of Tennessee, Mississippi,
Texas and Georgia. To the left again
came Kentucky and the Carolinas, with
Virginia bringing up the rear. The ex.
treme left flank was allotted to the
white-hatted Ponnsylvanians, who
came to fight for Hartranft. The right
flank fell to the lot of Ohio, behind
which were placed, in the order OF
merit, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon.
sin. The Territorial delegates, and
those from some of the petty States.
were tucked In the rear wherever they
could be used to utilize some waste plat
of ground.
i'm which the Convention assembled
this morning is an immense frame
structure with seating capacity for at
least seven thousand. The building was
erected in the spring OF 1870, for the
Saengerfest held in this city during the
following summer. The fall of the
same wear witnessed the inauguration
of the Cincinnati Exposition, which
has been since held yearly in the
building. The hall was formally dedi-
Gated to political purposes by the Gree
lev Convention, and has since been
used for various political demonstra.
tions, the last of which was the Demo
cratic State Convention of Ohio, three
or four weeks ago. The interior ar
rangements have apparently been
made with view to the capacltls oil
the human voice. The plotform Is To-
Gated near the centre of the hall, and
raised about six feet above the level OF
the floor. The Chairman's desk is dec
grated with muslin wrapper, and is
ornamented on the eastern face with
red, white and blue muslin. In the
rear of the platform, rising by easy sta
ges to the level of the balconies, are
seats for some seven or eight hundred
invited guests, among whom are a
number of ladies. A space fifteen feet
i'm width, extending along the face OF
platform, has been set apart for the
use of the press. In front OF this the
delegations are placed in an enclosure
separated by rail from the body OF
the hall. The position of each delega-
tion is indicated by card fixed on a
pole, snd bearing the name Ofits State,
to the east of the inclosure. The re-
mainder of the hall is given up to the
alternate delegates and the general
crowd who have possessed sufficient
influence or assurance to procure tick
cts of admission.
THE CROWD.
The pressure for tickets of admission
has been fearful, and the dissatisfaction
is general, and especially among news
paper men whose proper claims have
been steadily ignored by the local COM
mittee. Ample as the building Is, 1t
could be filled thrice over if all the sp-
plicants for entrance had been gratified.
AS the hour for beginning pl oceedings
approached, the rush grew more and
more intense and at a few minutes to
twelve the aisles were jammed, and
the rush and hustle of the crowd could
be heard above the changing brasseS Of
the band. The balconies on either side
and at the rear Of the hall are occupied
by miscellaneous crowd, among
whom appears the face of Con. Magrue,
who became known to fame few
months ago in connection with whisky
matters in st. Louis. The posts and
arches supporting the roof are decora-
ted with the NatiOnOl colOrS, which al
so hang in festoons in the intervening
spaces, i'm order to improve on the Lib
eral Convention held here in 1872,
which had fountain in the rear OF the
hall.
MUSIC BY THE BAND.
The local committee in charge of ar
rangements, secured the services of a
brass band, whose playing while away
the time during which the early dele
gates were waiting the calling to order
of the Convention. The music also
comes in conveniently at later hour
to fill up awkward spaces. AT a few
moments past y O'clock the Conven-
ton was called to order by Gov. E. d.
Morgan, Chairman of the Republican
National Committee, who introduced
the Rev. DIR. Muller, of Covington, KY,
who made prayer, after which Gov.
Morgan said:
GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
The day and the hour have arrived
for which the representatives of the
Republican party were invited to as
semhle to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President of the
United States; and in obedience to the
authority of the eRepublican Committee,
iuOW IccpSCtiuiiy uoh tifue yOu Whi
maintain order.
In 1856 at Philadelphia, in 1860 at
Chicago, and in 1864 at Baltimore, act
ing under the same general authority,
it has been my privilege to call Repub-
lican Conventions to order. If &C.
cept the action of the Convention of
1864, the duties which this intelligent
body has to perform, in comparison 10