, 1884-07-08
THE A
Chicago Thronged With Enthusi-
astic Democrats.


ity about the Palmer house, which is at
present the great national polite ii center,
were renewed early this morning. By s
O'Clock the main O. rilors of the hotel and
thoroughfares leading up toit were filed
with great masses of people, which by
their very numbers made the progress of
the cable cars and carriages very show and
at times well nigh impossible. In the
din'n rooms and cafes in the vicinity of
the hotel was an army of men, hats in
hand, waiting their turns for seats at the
breakfast tables. In fact the
CRUSH HAS NOW BECOME g.
50 great as to make comfort a matter of
only possibility, and the discomfort has
been greatly increased by the fact that the
headquarters Of the party have been cen
tralized instead of being divided and scat
tered, as was the case with the Republican
National Convention, still the crowds to
be accommodated are much greater than
at the first convention, due largely to the
presence of the great number of marching
organizations, some of which resemble a
full marching regiment by their nun be =,
and while it seemed probable last night
that all had arrived on the scene of action.
this morning witnessed the arrival of adj
ditional hosts. Delegates, clubs. parties and
individuals came
POURING INTO CITY
on the early trains without limit, and as
they moved directly upon the hotels those
places became as the day wore on mac
c~essiple to every one except stalwart
pushers.
The national executive committee held
u session this forenoon. and arranged for
the distribution of tickets and the seating
of delegates and alternates. The national
committee will begin its sessions at noon
to-day, and meetings of all the various
State delegations began at 10 o'clock.
Ohio is the only State whose meeting is
postponed as late as 3 o'clock. The rea-
son assigned is that some delegates have
not yet reported, but it is expected that
warm contests may occurin the delegation,
and its session is therefore postponed,
it is claimed, partly owing to that fact.
The New York delegation went into
session at II O'Clock, and the interest
which centers in its action
APPEARS TO ACTUATE EVERY ONE
in attendance upon the convention.
The inand out supporters of New
York's Governor are greatly en-
couraged at the action taken by
Kings county delegation last night in de-
Gliding to support him. They even go so
far as to say that the nomination is prac-
teal settled, for ''as goes Kings county
so goes the state and whole convention"
Cleveland's supporters are working hard
to offset the adverse effect Of Kelly and
the other organized opposition.
At the Grand Pacific hotel Mcdonald
talk is the loudest. Early to-day another
Indiana club, strong in numbers, came
swarming into the hotel waving a
Mcdonald banner and cheering for their
man. The Indiana men are striving hard
to impress that he is the most
AVAILABLE MAN
and will heal all strife.
Among the delegations arriving at the
Palmer House this morning were a num-
Der of Maryland men and the remainder
of the delegates from Minnesota, West
Virginia, Virginia, Louisiana. Tennessee
and Mississippi.
The headquarters of the various states
presented the view of wearied men sleep
ing in chairs, after a night of vigil. The
principal work Of the National committee
National Committee Session.
CHICAGO, July THE Democratic
National Committee began its session al
moor to-day, its chairman, Mr.. Barnum,