Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-04

nave so votes on the first ballot. thu,
Blaine will have 332 votes ON the san,e
bFliot, and be also predicts Arthur.
nomination on the second ballot. Thos,
wheeler OF Syracuse, who claims 70
know whereof he speaks. saws CoukIino
Is IN favor Of any one to beat Arthur.
ana 20 that extent is for Blaine. Ben
harrison, OF Indiana, says he il not a
Candidate In any sense, and will try 10
prevent the presentation of his name
before the convention. What he viii
40 In case bis friends insis. on naming
him be declines to say.
TIE OPENING.
CHICAGO, June 3.-Ths Republican
National Convention, the eighth In the
history OF the party, convened at noon
To-Day. Inc spectacle presented at the
opening was notable in MANY vays. and
Ts description would he WORTHY Of a
high flight Of the imagin alton. The
| working BODY Of the convention. tha
greatest In point of nun 1ers of any ma.
tional political assemblaRe. occnoied
ouly small portion of the vast audi-
forum. The remainder of the bodv az
tho hall was filed by an aadianea
which occupied every point Of adyan-
tage, and made mp picture, as viewed
from the press stand. of almost a sea OF
faces and uncovered heads, relieved by
the rich colorssand Tutoring toilets Of
the ladies'. who were present in great
iorce. The hall ID the largest, and has
oeen termed the usost complete, ever
thrown open for the work of a vast de-
Lucrative body. Ii is in one sense tenn
porary, having been constructed within
the walls of the Exposition building.
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the shore of Lake Michigan. Its seat
ing capacity opportunities 1900. Spring
ing from the east and west SIDES OF the
hull are vast arches, which rise 200 feet
In the air, and relieve the view through
the entire expanse of the auditorium.
Inc chairman's desk rests on a plat
form IL feet above the seats Of the dele
gates, and the representatives of the
press occupy an intermediate space
midway IN hight, or about On a level
with the heads of the delegates, As they
occupy the chairs arranged in semi
circle, and on level space are seated
| the ofncers OF the convention, members
| of the National Committee and their
immediate friends. Back of this circle.
on sharply rising incline, are 1000
seats, occupied by great many persons
of national repute, whose presence ia by
the grace of the National COMMITTEES.
Over the desk of the chairman, and
| fairly touching the arches, IL a wide
spreading sounding board. and en-
bracinR the hids extremes of the bald
| ing. The delegates and alternates oc
olpy level space bounded by square
haes. They are hemned in on two
sides by tiers of boxes, occupied mainly
by friends of the delegates The see
| - hat III 4.
ing body OF the convention is broken
by four wide aisles, FIR Jm the edges of
which rise Roman standards pendant,
with blus silk banners with the names
of the names of the States and Terri
tories on them in gold. Beginning at
the front facing thu stage is the State of
Alabama, and back through the first
tiers of seats follow Arkansas, Cali
fornia, and down through the line of
| States In alphabetical order to Maine.
Beginning again on the right AMI at the
rear IL Maryland, 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 rank. In the third,
Ohio holds the ranking position. The
fourth and remaining tier. back of the
delegates, is occupied by the altsrnates,
and separated from the main body by
hardly perceptible partition. In the
rear of the alternates is oommodious
seating space, the chairs resting on an
easy incline, and ont of from the space
occupied by the alternates by line of
pockets. Beginning at u point 100 feet
III the rear of the alternates Ia another
dividlnR wall aud from that point rise
tier uron tier seats to a point almost
midway between the level of the hall
and the apex of the dome-like roof.
This completes the picture. Narrow
g tlleries run along the east and west
sides of the hall its entire length, AID
are seemingly suspended in mid-air.
| The front of this gallery is faced with
coats of arms of the States. On back
ground of festooned flags. fluttering
| from the arches, are the national colors
and the flags of all nations. The pre-
vailing color in the body of the hall is
dull Indian red, to "a point where the
arches seem sprinRing from the gallery,
and from this point, embracing the
dome of the building, Is light sky
| blue.
The first to arrive on tho scene were
the staff correspondents aud assistants,
representing tie great Journals of the
entire country. Their accommodations
/
tons taken against any possibility Of
confusion are due mainly to the efforts
of Hon. John G. New of Indiana.
| They were enabled to effect their work
Jugs without any consequent vexations
| of spirit. Before 10 o'clock the main
auditorium began To be spriukled with
early callers, and when the band sta
toned on the southern portion of the
| building burst forth with martial
strain, the stream of arrivals became
steady, and increasing till the scene was
that of an unbroken, undulating sea of
| faces.
The first Of the delegates began to
arrive at 11:30, and the full delegations
were in their places before the noon
hour. The following members OF the
United States Senate were present
among the delegates: Aldrich, Conger,
Blair. Harrison, Hear, Cullom, Plat,
Sabin, Miller of New York, Miller of
California, Plumb. Henderson, Sewell,
Bowen, Malone. Dolph, Palmer and
Jones Of Nevada.
OF the Representatives. in Congress
forming part of the State delegations
among the members of the scenes were
Boutelle, Milligan, Dineley of Maine,
Stewart of Vermont. Rice of Massachu-
sets, Skinner. Burleigh, Wassworth OF
New York, William Walter Phelps of
New Jersey, Dahne, Bingham of Penn
lsylvania, Holton of Maryland, Libby OF
Virginia. O'Hara of North Carolina,
Small of South Carolina, Jefferies OF
Mississippi, Kellogg OF louisiana, Pet
tibone of tennessee, Houck, Ochiitree
of Texas. Mckinley. Robinson, Hart OF
Ohio. Calkins, Brown, Peeie. Steele OF
Indiana, Thomas Davis, Adams of ILL.
nois, Washburn Of Minnesota, Horr OF
Michigan, Anderson, Merrill of Kansas,
Valentine of Nebraska.
AZ the meeting of the Indiana delega-
ton this morning - voted TO present
Harrison a. a candidate. and IL Ia un-
derstood that p of these will surely
vote for him. This action has created
intense excitement, and promises 10
upset calculations.
rHz CONVENTION AT WORK.
The vote for temporary chairman by
the delegates has Just started. Ii viii
probably take an hour and half to
| con,nlata the vote. When Chairman