Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-06-06
And the Plumed Knight is
Carried into the Corner
with a Black Eye.
His Man Friday" Clayton
Beaten by a Colored Missis-
sippian for Temporary
Chairman.
A Grist of Mean Speeches by
a Horde of Greedy Office
holders.
Edmunds' Champions Jubilant
Over the Awful Blaine
Collapse.
Committees Made Up and Ad-
journment Until To-day
at II O'clock.
Henderson, of Missouri, to be
Permanent Chairman--An-
other Defeat of Blaine.
Full Report of the Days Doings
and but Little Evidence of
the Final Outcome.
THE CONVENTION.
THEY MEET.

/ LILO L 1Ad1 N'uGCOlA0
THE CONVENTION.
THEY MEET.
CHICAGO, June 3.-The republican
national convention, the Sth in the
history of the party, convened at
noon to-day. The spectacle present
ed at the opening was a notable one
in many ways and its description
would be worthy of high flight of
the Imagination. The working body
of the convention-the greatest In
! point of numbers of any national po-
litlcal assemolage-occupied only a.
small portion of the vast auditorium.
The remaining body of the hall was
filled by an audience which occupied
every point of vantage and made up
picture, as viewed from the press
stand, as of an almost uaending sea
of faces of solid black and uncombed
heads, relieved by the rich colors and
tluttering toilets of
THE LADIES,
who were present in great force.
SOME PUTTING.
The hall is the largest and has been
termed the most complete ever thrown
open for the work of a vast delibera-
tive body. 1t is in one sense tempor-
ary, having been constructed within
the walls of the exposition building,
situated on the east line of the city,
on the shores of lake Michigan. Its
seating capacity approximates $4,000,
10
sides of the hall are vast arches,
which rise 200 feet in the air, and re
celve the view through the entire ex
panse of the auditorium. The speak
ers desk rests on platform twelve
feet above the seats of the delegates,
and the press occupies an intermedi-
ate space midway in height or about
on level with the heads of the dele.
gates as they occupy their chairs
Back of the chair, ranged IN a semi
circle on level space, are seated the
remaining officers of the convention,
members of the national committee
aud their immediate friends. Back of
this circle on sharply rising incline
are 1000 seats occupied by a great
many persons of national repute,
whose presence is by the grace of the
national committee. There, swinging
over the desk of the chairman and
fairly touching the arches, is wide
spreading sounding board, embracing
the side extremes of the building.
The delegates and alternates occupy
a dead level space, bounded by square
lines. They are hemmed in on two
sides by tiers of boxes, occupied by
guests of the delegates. Tke section
of the hall occupied by the working
body OF the convention is broken by
four wide aisles, from the edges of
which rise Roman standards pendent
with blue silk. banners, imprinted In
gold with the names of the states and
territories. Beginning on the left,
facing the stage, is the state of Ala
bama, and back through the
first tier of seats follow Ar
kansas, California. Connecticut and
down through the line of states in al
phabetical turn to Maine, beginning
again on right and rear is Maryland,
with Massachusetts Immediately in
her front and ending with the District
of Columbia in the front row of the
same tier. New York occupies the
front rank in the third and Ohio holds
the ranking position in the fourth and
and remaining tier. Back of the del
egates is similar space occupied by
the alternates and separated from the
main body by a hardly perceptlble
partition. In the rear of the alter
mates is commodious seating space,
the chairs resting on an easy incline,
and cut off from the space occupied
by the alternates by line of pickets.
Beginning at a point 100 feet in the
rear of the alternates is another divid
ing wall, and from that point rises
tier upon tier of seats TO a point al
most midway between the level of the
hall and the apex of the dome
like roof. To complete the
picture, narrow galleries run
along the east and west sides
of the hall, its entire length, and
seemingly suspended IN mid air The
front of this gallery is faced with the
oat-of-arms of the several states In
background of festooned flags. float
ing from the arches are the national
coIors and the flags of all nations
The prevailing color in the body of
the hall is dull Indian red to point
where the arches seem to spring from
the galleries, and from this point. en-
bracing the dome of the building, a
light sky blue.
THE PRESS
The first 10 arriv- on the scene were
the staff correspondents and their as
sistants, representing the great jour
mails of the entire country. Their ac-
commojation proved to be ample and
| the precaution taken against any pos
sibility of confusion was due mainly
to the efforts of Hon. John G. New,
of Indiana They were enabled TO
/ find their working stations without
any consequent vexatian of spirit
/ ASSEMBLING.
Before 10 o'clock the main auditori-
um began to be speckled with early
ccmers, and when the band entered
in the extreme southern portion Of
the building, and burst forth with :
martial strain, the stream of arrivals
became steady and unceaslng until
the scene from the speakers platform
was that of an unbroken, undulaung
sea of faces.
| The first of the delegates began .
arrive at IL 80 o'clock, and the full
delegation were In their allotted
places before the noon hour.
4 SENATORS
| The following members Of the 2.