Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-08
SECOND EDITION.
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY o, 1884
A GREAT CONVENTION.
IT'S I'M ,onrAsr WORK AT cn,vAuu
a Magnificent Deiiberativs Body---Sup.
bsra's vino OpeDiog spcsoh--A bitter
FIuht on tnb Unit Rule.

a Magnificent Dsi,berntive Body--suD.
bsra's pins Opening spcsoh-A bitter
right on tns Unit Rule.
CHICAGO, July 8 Tho day opens aus
piciously for all purposes OF n great con.
vention held in the heat July save that
there is mist IN the air, which may grow
into rain. Tho air is cool aud bracing aud
summer apparel does not burden the per-
son. Crowds began to gather IN the
vicinity of the great hall IN which the
Democratic national convention IL being
hold, at an early hour.
TIE door. tenders aud ushers reported
for duty at 8 o'clock, with people thon in
waiting to enter and secure their seats in
side the auditorium, wherever there was
an approach to choose. blbnTSrS arc still
being engaged In giving Flushing tOuche
after having been employed during all OF
the preceding night. They did not desert
the main platform where decorations we're
being hung, till within half an hour before
the time announced for the opening of the
convention, when tho workman quilted
the building.
An Impressive spectacle.
The picture presented was m ,jestio, and
truly 80 with its seating Of H. 900 auditors
Every seat in the vast amphitheatre ap
peared to be occupied, tho audionos having
its full quota OF tho fair portion Of human
ity in their holiday attire. II is conceded
that the picturesque effect, arrangement
aud dressing of hall, the decoration oxCsls
that of the convention Of four wooks ago
The great vista of the old hall has boon
lost by placing tho maiu stage a. QUO side
and midway instead Of at the ono extreme
of the hall. But tho arrangement brings
the entire audience very much closer to
the stage proper and delegates The
decorations are not profuse, but striking
and pleasing, the national colors FREEDOM
mating. The only retarding feature il the
main platform, which is dwarled in com
parison to the magnificent proportions OF
the hall.
The delegates are seated in a square
Immediately fronting tho speakers plat
form. On dead level Of the hail. between
the delegates and the platform, arc the
quarters assigned the pressrepresentatiyes
who have been provided with tables il
rising tiers, affording this working army
the most complete view imaginable. To
the right aud left OF the delegates are seats
for spectators sloping upward. The only
additional word to bs offered in the way
of description is Chat the lighting of the
vast hall is complete.
Arrival OF the Delegates.
At 80 a. m. a scarlet.coated band OF
the First Illinois regiment took posit ion
above the Speakers platform aud burst
forth with martial air, which also proved
a signal for the arrival Of the delegates,
Tennessee leading. From that moment
the crowd streamed in without ceasing
until noon when tho hall had its full oom
plement of people.
The breach in tho ranks of the New
York delegation, as indicated III these dis
patches last night, is being used as u very
effective weapon By tho opponents OF
Cleveland, aud there is now every thing to
indicate that the present temper OF the
Southern delegates is toward BayaId o.
Macdonald; aud to this end those whl
have been startled at the size and char
actor of the Cleveland movement are nov
working. Indiana delegates are beini
urged to stand by their favoricc, and not t,
be tempted from tho present line of action
by vice presidential offer. Speaker Car
lisle arrive this morning n goes to swe
the active force of revenue refOtmcrs. Th
committee on resolutions Is generally RS
gaIded "a conservative.
ChocrIUg DIstiuguisbod DemocrsJs.
no vi bhO hOut
was marked by great crash at th,
door way, which provoked confusion
The arrival of the California delegation
carrying banner, occasioned the :Grst out
burst of applause. The presence of dis
tinguished leaders among the delegates
did not appear to be caught by the
crowd, and there was no applause t.
mark their arrival. This held true until
tho familiar figure Of Thurman WAS dis
covered when cheer arose, which swelled
into roar when tho audience came T.
know the occasion Of tho applGudiug
Whilo the excitement was at lts height 4
California delegate named TOmpkins, ad
dressing tho chairman, who was not YET
in his place, said tho California delegation
after travelling 2, 800 miles catches It's first
glimpse of Paradise in the person of Al Her
G. Thurman, Of Ohio. [Choers
Among the United States senators pres
ent, either as delegates, altornaes oi
simple spectators, were Hampton, Vance,
Beck, Williams, McpnerSou, Gordon
Farley, Voorhees,, Pendletor, Jones
(FlOrida), Ransom, Lamar, Jonas, Cal
and Harris. Soon afterward when III,
band struck up "Dixie thure was
another great shout proceeding from
Southern delegations originally, and as th'
import of the applause was understood, I
was taken up by the audience.