Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-04

space are seated The remaining officer
OF the convention, members Oh tue l's
tional committee and friencs' bacn
this circle on u sharply rising lnc,."
are one thousand seats occupied NY
great many persons
oFNATioNAL BEPuTE,
whose presence Is by the grace OF .h
national committeeman. SWingins
over the desk of the chairman AM
fairly touching the arches Is Woe
spreading sounding board, eno,sv.ne
the side entrances OF the puiiuihN
The delegates and alternates occupy
a dead even space bounded by SQUARE
lines. They are hemmed IN on wv.
sides by tiers of boxes occupied mainiy
by guests of the delegates. The sec
ton oil the hall occupied by the, work
ing body OF the convention IS broken
by four wide aisles, from the edges ol
which rise Roman standard penuants
with blue silk banners imprinted IN
gold with the names Of the states ana
territories. Beginning on the lett facing
the stage, is the state of Alabama sna
bacl, through the first tier Of seats ioi-
low Arkansas, California, Connecti-
cut and down through the line oil
states in alphabetical turn to Maine.
Beginning again on the right ana rear
is Maryland with Massachust us imms-
diatelv in her front and ending Win
the District Of Columbia. In the
front row of the second TIER
New York occupies the front rank III
the third, and Ohio holds the ranking
position in the fourth and remaining
Tier. Back of the delegates isa similar
space, occupied by the alternates,. and
separated from the main body by, a
hardly perceptible partition. In the
rear of the alterDates is q
coNMoprous 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 one hundred feet
in the rear of the alternates is another
dividing wall, and from that point
rises 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 picture, narrow gal
leries run along the east aud west side
of the hall its entire length, seemingly
in mid air. The front of
this gallery Is faced with the coats of
arms OF the several states on back
ground of festooned flags. Fluttering
from the arches are the national
colors and the flags of all nations. The
color in the body of the hall
Is dull Indian red to n point where
the inches seem to spring from the
galleries, and from this point, em5rac-
ing the dome of the building, is q light
sky blue.
THE FIRST TO ARRIVE
on the scene were the staff
representing the great
journals of the entire country. Their
proved to he ample
and the precautions taken against any
possibility ofc Infusion were due main y
10 the efforts of the Hon. John e. New
Of Indiana. They were enabled to find
their working stations without any
vexation of spirit. Before 10 O'Clock
the main auditorium began to be
spripkled with early corners, and when
the band located in the extreme south
ern portion of the building burst forth
with martial strain the stream of
became steady and unceaslng
until the scene from the speakers
platform was that Of an unbroken, UNI
dulating sea of faces. The first of the
delegates began to arrive at ll: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 and on the main
stage: Aldrich, Blair, Hoar, Platt,
Miller of New York, Miller of Cali
fornia, Sewell, Malone, Palmer. Con-
ger, Harrison. Cullom, Sabin, Plumb,
Henderson, Bowen, Dolph and Jones
OF Nevada.
Among the representatives in con-
gress forming part of the state delega-
tons and among the observers of the
scene were Boutell, Milligan, Dingley
of Maine, Stewart of Wisconsin, Rice
of Massachusetts, Skinner, Burleigh,
Wordsworth of New York, Williams,
Walton, Potion of Maryland, Libby of
Virginia, O'Hara OF North Carolina,
Smalls of South Carolil Ia, Jefiords Of
Mississippi, Kellogg of Louisiana,
Hank, Pettibone fof Tennessee,
Ochiltree of Texas, Mckinley,
Robinson, liant of Ohio. Cal
kins, Brown, Pelle, Steele,
Indiana: Thomas, Davis, Adams, H.
linois; Woodson. Minnesota; Horr,
Michigan; Anderson, Merrill, Kansas;
Valentine, Nebraska.
THE GAvEL
used by the chairman Is beautiful
piece of workmanship of numerous
pieces Of hard wood closely joined
and highly polished, and surrounded
by bands OF gold bearing the inscrip-
ton, Presented to the Chairman OF
the Republican National Convention
of 1881 by A. H. Anderson & Com.
pany.n
AT l2.t the chair announced that
the hour having arrived for the meet
lug of the eighth Republican national
convention, would now be opened by
praper by the Rev. Frank Bristol O
Chicago. Prayer was then offered by
Mr.. Bristol.
The call for the convention was read
by Hon. j. A. Martin, secretary of the
national committee.
Chairman Sabin, on behalf of the
Republican committee, called the con
veniion to order and in its name sait
Chicago was known as u convention
city. 1t was the field of Republican
victory. Here II was that that i'm
mortal patriot, Abraham Lincoln, wa
chosen; here the party chose that grea
chiettaiu, Gen. Grant; here it,nominat
ed that honored soldier. that grea
statesman, that representative citizen
james A. Garfield. [cheers. Ever,
action of party on this historic groun,
has been followed by victory. Havin,
succeeded against Its opponents on al
former occasions 1t was about to pu
its house In order for another conflict
As consequence OF vote adopted b,
the last convention, the present bod,
was largely made ND OF men instructe,