Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-06-04
Distinguished Men end Beautiful
Women Throng the
Bu1di~g.
The States and the Seats Thsy
Wnl Occupy. 40.
The Gathering Of the Great
Clans.

CHicAGe, June 3.-The Republican, Ma.
tioual Convention, the eighth in the history
of,hc party, convened at noon today. The
spectacle at the opening was notable one
in many ways and its description would be
worthy OF high iiigh, Of the imagination.
The working body of the Convention, the
creates, in point Of numbers Of any National
political assemblagc, occupied only n small
portion of the vas, auditorium. The re-
naming body Of the hall was filed by an
Audience which occupied every point, OF
vantage and made up picture, as viewed
from the press stand, OF an almos, unend;ng
sea Of faces, ofblack aud uncovered heals,
,.,".vcd by the rich colors and auucring
toilets oS tho ladies', who were present in
yrcO, force The hi:'t is the largest and
mas been termed
The Most Complete
ever thrown open for the work of n vast de.
Lucrative body. 1t is in one sense temper.
ary, having been constructed within the
walls Of the Exposition building. is situated
on the east line Of the city on the shores Of
Lake Michigan Its seating capacity ap
prONimntes $4,000. Springing from the
east and west sides of the hall are vast
arches which rise two hundred fee, in the
mir and relieve the view through the en'ip'
cxpansc Of the auditorium. The speakers
desks rests on n platform twelve feet above
the seats Of the delegates, and the press oc.
cupies an intermediate space midway IN
height or about on q level with the heads Of
the delegates as they occupy their chairs
Back of the, Chair ranged in n scmi-circlc
and on lysel space arr seated the rmain-
der of the convention members Of the Ma.
tionn Committee and their immediate
friends Back of this circle on
A sharply Rising Inciin.
are one thousand seats occupied by great
many persons Of national reputc, whose
presence is by the grace of the National
committeeman. Swinging over the desk Of
the chairman aud fairly touching the arches
is wide spreading sounding board, aud
embracing the side extremes oi the building
The delegates aud a!tcruaics occupy q dead
level space bounded by square lines. They
uIf H'ulUBfu w lNp w b''h w
boxes occupied mainly by guests Of the del
ogates The section Of hall occupied by
the working body Of the Convention Is
broken hy four wide aislrs, from the edges
Of which rise Roman standards. pendants
with blue silk banners imprinted in gold
with the names Of the States and Terrific
rics. Beginning Oh the lcit facing the stage,
is the State OF Alabama, and back through
the first tier of seats follow Arkansas. Cali.
fornia, Connecticut. on down through the
line of States in alphabetical turn io Maine,
Beginning again on the right aud rear n
MARYLAND, with Massachusetts, immedistely
in her front, and ending with the District Of
Columbia in the from, row Of the second
tier. New York occupies tho front rank IN
the third, and Ohio holds the remaining
position in the fourth and remaining tier.
Back Of the delegates is n similar space,
Occupied by the AIt-rnates
and separated from the main body by
hardly pcrccptiblc partition. In the rsr or
the nhcrnatcs Is n commodious seating
space of easy incline and cut OF from the
space occupied by the alternaies by line
of pickets. Beginning at point one han.
drcd feet in the rear ol the altsrnates IL an
other dividing wall, and from that point
rses tier upon tier Of seats 10 point almost
midway between the level Of the hall and
the apex of the dome-like roof To com
ple,e the picture, narrow gallerie. run along
the east and west sides of the hall il entire
length and seemingly suspended in mid mir
The front Of this gallery is faced With the
coats of arms of the seVornl States on q
background Of festoooed aags. Fla,iering
from the arches are the national colors and
the flags of all nations. The prevailing
color in the body ~ the hall l. dull Indian
rcd TO a point where the arcbe, seem b.
spring from the galleries, and from thu
point embracing the do1c of the build.
ing Is
Light say Hue.
The frst - arrive on the scene wep the
staff correspondents and assistants rerse.
senting the grss journals of the entir~
country. Their accommodations proved 10
lie ample and the precautions taken aysins,
any possibility oi confusion are due mainly
10 the eTorts of the Hon. John &. Nev, q
Indiana. They were enabled 10 find thrir
working stations without sny considerable
Ne1hUDD VI tpIN DrtVc iv "N'"sss
main auditorium began 10 be sprnkled
with early comers and when the band
located in the cxiresne southern portion o.
the building. burzi Eorth With martial
strain. the stream Of arrivals became s.ssdy
and unceasing until tho seene from Tie
Speakers platform was tha, of an unbfoken
undulating sea offaees The first Of the
delegates began To srriye at II O'Clock SD
the fnil delegations were in their allotted
places before the noon hour.
Distinguished sssp.
The following members of the United
States senate were present among the dele-
gates and on the main stage Ahfieh.
blair. Hoar. Plsu. Miller, II n. T.; Miller
Of Cal Sesell. Malone. HaImer. Conges.
Harrison, Cullom. Ssbin. Plumb, Nsn1er.
son. Bo~en, Dolph and Jones, Of Nevsds,
Hany representatives in Congress forming
par, d the State delegations were .spesE
the obserSers Of the scene present.
The Gavsi ICED
by the chairman IL a beautiful piece of
wosmanship 0f numerous pieces Of hard
wood closely Joined aud highly polisbe4 4ssd
surrounded by bands Of gold bearing The ~
scrpion inscribed 70 the chairman u the
Republican National Convention ty A. H.
Andrews L Co. A Asuitsble Letter of presen-
tation accompanied T.
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