The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-06-05
Blu, He Say. He Would Not accept and
Would Not Serve if Elected.
The Assembling of the National Republic
can Convention.
PRESIDENT MAKING

eyHeh's Election.
PRESIDENT MAKiNt9.
Eixtssh ReSub1IGSiI NAtIOnal CosSentf6n
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CHICAGO, June 3.-The Retubficati
National convention, the 9Th 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 It's description would be
imagination. The working BODY Of Tie
convention is the greatest in point of
numbers Of any national convention ever
assembled IN the country. 1t occupied
only q Small portion of the
VAST AtDfrORIUM.
The remaining body of the hall vas
filled by an audience which occupied
every point of vantage and made up q
picture, as viewed from the press stand,
of an almost unending sea of faces, of
solid black aud uncovered heads, re-
lieved by the rich colOrs and
FLUTTERINa 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 tbs work of a vast de-
Lucrative body. 1t Is one setise temper
airy, having been constructed within the
walls of the exposition building situated
on the east line of the city on the shore
of Lake Michigsa. Its
SEATING CAPAITY
approximates 1900. Sprlnging from
the east and west sides of the hall are
vast arches which rise two hundred feet
IN the air and relieve the view through
the entire expanse of the auditorium.
The speakers desk rests on q platform
twelve feet above the seats of the dele
gates and the press occupies an interme-
diate space midway In height, or about
on level with the heads of the delegates
as they occupy their chairs. Back of
the chait ranged ID q semi-circle
and on level space are seated the re-
naming officers OF the convention, men,
bers of the national convention and their
friends. Back of this circle on a sharp
ly raising incline are LOCO seats occu-
pied by g great many persons of
national repute whose presence is
by the grace of the national
committeeman. Swinging over the desk
of the chairman, and fairly touching the
arches, is q wide spreading sounding
board, and embracing the side extremes
of the building. The
DELEGATES AND AETEhNATkS
occupy dead level space, bounded by
two sides by tiers of boxes occupied
mainly by
GUESTS OF THE DELEGATES.
The section of the hall occupied by
the working body of the convention 10
broken by four wide Alsles, from
the edges of which rise Ro-
man standards pendant with blue
silk banners imprinted In gold withe1be
names OF the states. On the left of the
stage Is the state of Alabama and back
through the first tier of seats follows
Arkansas, California, Connecticut and
Iowa, through the line of states in alpha
betical turn TO Maine. Beginning again
on the right and rear is Maryland with
and endlng with the District of Colum-
ola. In the front row of the second tier
New York occupies the front rank. In
the third Ohio holds the rank in posi-
ton. In the fourth and remaining tier,
BACK OF THE DELEGATES,
Is a similar space occupied by the alter
mates and separated from the main body
by hardly perceptibie partition. In
the rear eff the alternates Is q commodi-
GUS 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 point 100 feet
in the rear of the aliernates is another
dividing wall and from that point rise
TIER UPON TIER OF SEATS
to a point almost midway between the
level OF the hall and the apex of the
dome like roof. To complete the pict-
ure 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
COATS OF ARMS
of The several states. On background
of iestoOurd ffags fuIIering from the
arches are the national colors and the
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS.
The prevailing color in the body of
the hall is a dull India red to q point
where the arches seem to spring from
the galleries and from this point, en-
bracing the dome of the building, is 8
light sky blue.
THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
on the scene were the staff of CORES
pondents and assistants, representing the
great journals of the entire country.
Their accommodation proved 10 be am
pie, and the precautions taken against
any possibility of confusion was due
mainly to the efforts of the
Hon. John G. New of Indiana They
were enabled to find their working sta
tions without any vexatiOn of spirit.
Before 10 o'clock.the main auditorium
began to be
sPRINKLED WITH EARLY COMERs
and when the band, located in the ex-
treme southern portion of the building,
burst forth with g martial strain the
stream of arrivals became steady and un-
ceasing, until the scene from the speak
er's platform was that Of an unbrOken
undulating sea OF faces.
THE FIRST OF THE DELEGATES
began 70 arrive at II 80 and the full del
egations were in their allotted places be-
fore the noon hour.
The following members OF the
UNITED STATES SENATE
were present among the delegates and
on the main stage: AIdrich, Blair, Hoar.
Plat, Miller, OF New York, Miller, OF
California, SeWell. Malone, Palmer,
| ConRer, Harrison, Cullom, Sabin,
Plumb. Mane eFsoo, Bowen, DolPh,
Jones, of Nevada.
Among the representatives in congress
| forming part OF the state delegations
and among the observers oil
the scene were Boutwell,, Milligan, Ding.
ley (Maine,) Stewart (Vermont,)
Rice (Mass-,) Skinner, Bur.
| leigh, Wordsworth, IN. " William
Walter Phelps of New Jersey, Payne
| and Bingham, of Penneylvsnis Holten
of Maryland, Libbey of Virgins
| O'Hara OF North Carolina, Small Of
North Carolina, Jefferds of Mississippi
Kellogg of Louisiana, Houk and
Petitions of Tennessee, Oehel.
tree of Texas, Mckinley Robin
son and A. Hart, of Ohio; Cslk
ms, Browne, Peele and Steele of IndI.
ana Thomas, DAVIS aAd Adams. of Ill
nois; Washburn, MeIner and Horr, oI
Michigan; Anderson and Morrill,, Of
Kansas; Valentine, of Nebraska
THE eAVEL
used by the chairman is = beautiful
piece Of workmanship of numerous
pieces of hard wood closely Joined and
highly polished, and surrounded bI
bands of gold bearing the inscription
presented 10 the chairman of THERE
publican national convention of 1884 b.
A. II. Andrews s. Co."
AT WORK.
At u "a the chair announced that tht
hour having arrived for The meeting o
the Eighth Republican National con
vsntion the convention would now b
opened by prayer by the Rev Franz
Bristol. OF Chicago Prayer was tbeI
offered by Mr.. Bristol
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN.
The vote for temporary chairman b
delegates has just started. II will prob
ably take an hour and q half to complet
the vote
BULLETIN no ONE.
When the chairman, Sabin, mention
ed the name of Powell Clayton for tenn
, poraEy chairman Lodge, OF Massacbu
, sets, put in nomination John R. Lynch
Of Mississippi, and thereupo
debate sprang up Whicl