The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-06-20
The Taking of Scalps Of Unsuo
cessful Candidates Will
Como Later.
Exposition Hall Being Thoroughly Over
hauled in Preparation for the Dem
ocratic National Convention.
How Frightful Accident Was Avertet
During the Meeting of the Re-
publican Convention.

CHICAGO, ILL, June l9.-Ile Demo
Gratis are making active preparations fol
their Convention, which osens in this
city July Sth, aud have architects ane
workmen busily remedylng the defects o
Exposition Hall, First, it will be made
safe. The uproar Of the Republican Con,
vention during the nominating speeches
OF Thursday night was so greai
that few persons heard the
crash OF timber near the platform, anc
probably only one or two besides the
sergeant-at-arms and Mr.. New under.
stood its cause. The truth was the enor.
nous weight Of the thousands of people
packed in the east gallery had sprang the
great supporting beams over six inches
Mr.. New at first determined as quietly as
possible TO clear the galleries, but
architects being summoned they
feared that any announce
ment Of the danger would result in I'M
comfortable panic likely to be accom-.
panied by frighttul loss of life. Though
scarcely believing it themselves, they
assured Mr.. New that the arches from
which the galleries hung would give even
an inch or two further without break.
ing Few people, however, imagined
that while they cheered and stamped
at burst of eloquence from al
orator or jeered at some new dis
sension in the District Of Columbia
delegation, workmen were quietly tight
ening up
THE SUPPORTS OF THE GALLERIES
lest the whole thing should drop and the
great convention hall become scene o.
destruction. At last it was on account OF
whispered word from Sergeant.at-Arms
Sexton that Chairman Henderson on that
memorable Thursday evening so quickly
decided the meeting adjourned on viva
voce vote after the question had just beer
decided in the negative by a call Of the
roll Of States and was in fair way to be
so decided again.
All chances of repetition Of such
scenes will be removed before the Demo.
cratic leaders meet. 4 large force OF
Workmen are now making radica.
changes in the general arrangement OF
the auditorium. The stage which form.
erly occupied the north end OF the build.
ing is being placed in the center of the
hall on the west side, so that all can see
and hear the chairman and speakers.
The seating capacity of the chamber will
be enlarged on the south to total ca
pacity Of about l4,5OQ people. The
sounding boards which produced such
dsagreeable double echoes will be over.
hauled and the one on the south side
will be set back some seventy five
feet. This is expected to mate
rally improve the acoustic proper
ties OF the great hall. Tho
various committee rooms will be
rendered more comfortable and the en-
trance and aisle signs, which were left by
the May festival people and which Sc
confused holders of tickets to the Repub
lician convention, will be removed Last
but not least, press tickets will be givet
only to working reporters and not dis
tributed as at the Republican meeting Ia
men who came simply TO look on, and tn,
space will be rallied off so that it cannol
be encroached upon. The platform will
be occupied only by officers of the con
veution and the Associated Press
A subcommittee of the National Com
mittee meets tomorrow, Judge w. c
Goudy, chairman.
llChEIS,
Applications by newspapers for seat
should be made to Austin A. Brown
Chairman of the Committee on Pres
and Telegraph, at Indianapolis or Chi
cage.
DEMOCRATIC TALK.
Talks with prominent Democrats whd
are now in the city making preliminary
arrangements for the great assembly and
laying wires for favorite candidates de
yelop the fact that the sage of Greyston
was nearly the unanimous choice of tn,
party. But Mr.. Tilden's declination hal
started wonderful activity in the rank,
of all the various boomS and it is now
conjectured that the struggle will b
long continued and more or less acrb
monious.
THE SENSATIONAL FEATURE
of the forthcoming Convention will b
caused by Ben Butler already BEARING
easily the honors of three presidential
nominations in one season, and eager fol
the fourth prize, He will be bitterly OPP
posed by certain western men.
THE FRIENDS OF BAYARD,
Randall, Field, Mcdonald, Morrison,
Thurman, Harrison, Palmer, Carlislei
Dorsheimer, Trumbull and Slocum ard
dropping into the city day after day, ar
ranging for headquarters and making
figures on the possible chances.