The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-04
THE CONVENTION.
Spirited Beginning Of the Big
POW-WOW.
John II, Lynch Temporary
Chairman.
A Concession 10 the COlOred
Element.
Temperance Advocates Ask for
a Prohibition Plank.
The Fun VIII Commence To-
The Fun Will Commence To-
day.

convention, the eighth in the history of
the party, convened at noon to-day. The
spectacle presented at the opening was q
notable one in many ways, and its de-
scription would be worthy of high aisht
of the imagination. The working body
OF the convention, the greatest IN point
OF numbers of any natiopAi political as
sem blage, occupied on2y small portion
of the vast sudiforum. The remaining
BODY of the han was filed by an audience
which occupied point of vantage
and made up picture as viewed
from the press stand, of an almost un-
known sea in faces. solid, black and IN
covered heads, beiog relieved by the
rich coloring ard futtering toilets Of the
ladies, who were present in great force.
The hall is the largest and has been
termed the most complete ever thrown
open for the work Of vast deliberative
body. It is in one sense temporary, hav>
ing been constructed within the walls OF
the Exposition building situated on the
east line of the city, on the shore Of Lake
Michigan. It's seating capacity approx
mates $4,000. Sp1inging from the east
and west sides OF the hall are vast arches,
which rise 200 feet in the air and relieve
| the view through the entire expsnse Of
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rests on platform a feet abov6 the
desks of the delegates, ard the press &C.
cupies an intermediate space half as high,
or a bout on q level with the hesdqusr
tiers Of delegates, as they occupy the
chairs. Bsck of the chairs, arranged in
q semi-circle and on level space, are
seated the remaining officers Of the con-
vention, members of the national COM
mittee aud their immediate friends.
Back Of this on sharply rising stage,
are l 1000 seats occupied by great many
persons Of national repute, whose pres
ence is by the grace Of the national com
mittee men. Swinging over the seat Of
the chairman and fairy touching the
arches, is q Wide-spreadipg sounding
board, and embracing the side extremes
of the building. Tn delegates and al
ternates occupy level space
bounded by square lines. They are
hemmed in on two sides By tier
Of boxes occupied mainly by guests of
the delegates The section of the hail
occupied by the working body of the
convention is broken by four wide aisles
from the edge of which rise Roman
standards pendent with blue silk ban
ners, imprinted inlgo!d with the names
OF the States and Territories. Beginnin g
on the left facing the stage is the State of
Alabama and back through tina first tiers
Of sests follow Arkansas. California and
Connecticut, and down through the line
states in alphabetical turn to M. Be-
ginning at the right end rear is Mary
land with Massachusetts Immediately in
her front and ending with the District Of
Columbia in the front row of the second
tier. New York occupies the front ran
in the third and Ohio holds the ranking
position in the fourth and remaining tier
Back Of tn delegates is occupied by the
sterDates and separated from the msin
body by hardly perceptlble partition.
In the rear OF the slternstes is commo-
dious sesting space, the chairs resting on
an easy incline and cut off from the
space occupied by the alternates by q
line Of pickets. Beginning at point 100
feet in the rear oftbe slternstes is another
dividing wall, and from that point rises
tier upon tier of seats to g point almost
midWsy between the level Of the hall and
the apex of the dome-like roof. To COM
plete the picture, narrow galleries run
along the east and west sides OF The hall
It's entire length, and seemingly sus'
pended in mid-aiG. The front OF this gal
lery is faced with the coats OF arms OF
the several States. On background OF
festconed flags, huttering from the
! arches, are the national colors and the
flags of all nations. The prevailing color
in the body OF the hail is dull Indian
red to 8 point where the arches seem to
spring from the galleries, and from this
point. embracing the dome of the bald,
ing, is light sky blue.
The first to arrive on the scene were
the staff correspondents and assistants
representing the great journals of the en-
! lire country. Their accommodations
proved to be ample, and the precautions
taken against any possibility of confus-
ion are due msinly to the efforts OF the
d on. John q. New, of Indiana. They
could effect their workings without any
vexat' on of spirit. Before 10 O'Clock
| the main auditorium began to be sDrin-
| killed. with early corners and when the
| baAd stationed on the southern portion
of the building burst forth with LAR
| tial strain the stream of arrivals becsme
steady and uncessing till the scene was
that OF an unbroRen undulsting sea of
faces. The first OF the delegates b gan
TO arrive at 11.30. The full delegations
were in their places before the noon
hour. The following members OF the
! Uni ed States Senate were press Mt:
Among the delegates on The smsln
stage: Aldricb, roDger, Blair, Harrison.
| Cullen, Plat, Ssbin, Miller IN. ",
Plumb. Miller (Csls), Msnderson, Sc
we'll, Bowen, Malone. Uolpb, Palmer,
| and Jones, (Nevsds). Among the re-
representatives. in Congress forming part
Iof the state delegations and among the
members of the scene were: Boutelle,
Milligan, Dingley (Me.), Stewart lVt).
Kee Mass. }. Skinner, Burleigb, Wads-
wGth (N. ", VIM. Walter Phelps
| (N.J). Bayne, BINGHAM (Penua.) }, Hal.
ton, (Md.), Libby (Vs), O'4ars On. 60.
Small Is. O., Jeffries (Miss.), Kellogg
la, Hsuck ETenD.]. Ochiltree tTex.],
Mckinley, Robinson, Hart GOhiol, CAL
klns. Blown. Paelle, Ste e!a [Ipd.1. Tho
mas, Dsyis, Adams [Ills.], Washburne
Mimi ,NBorr mich ], Anderson, Mo-
rell [Kans.l, and Valentine [ leb
The gsveI used by the chairman is q
besutiiul piece of workm ,nship OF
numerous pieces OF hard wood closely
joined and highly polished. and sur.
rounded By bands Of gold bearing the
inscription, Presented TO the Republi-
C n National Convention of 1884. By A..