The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-06-11

crowd rushed in through the various
channels of entrance. The specta-
tors were the advance tide and the
struggle was for favorable seats to
see the grand spectacle of 10000
people and hear the proceedings OF
( the convention, that is nestled down
/ in a comparatively little spot near
the centre of the vast auditorium.
Before any considerable number of
the seats reserved for delegates had
been filled the space devoted to
/ spectators was crowded to the utter
most, with many ladies contributing
their smiles to the inspiring occa-
sion. A thousand favored auditors
graced the grand stage platform 10
Gated in the rear of the stage, and
among them the wives, daughters
and friends of the conspicuous men
participating in the convention.
The three lines OF comfortable seats
set apart for the delegates were
marked by placard and State flags
TO lead the President makers to their
place of duty and they began to fill
up rapidly as the clock neared the
hour of noon. Most of the delega
tiOns came in solid column, with
badges generally indicating their
candidate, and many of them were
conducted to their responsible tasks
by bands of music. Last of all the
stage was filed up by the national
committee and other present or
prospective convention dignitaries,
and when the hour of twelve was
marked the spectacle was complete
and ten thousand people waited for
the call to order of the fourth Re
publican National Convention of
Chicago.
THE GREAT LEADERS ABSENT.
There was little ofthe enthusiasm
exhibited in the same hall four years
ago. The absence of the great lead
ers Of 1880, who called out the thun-
ders of applause as they entered y
convention, is plainly no6rth
There is no Conkling, within face
perious strut to the Republican
storm of cheersefcome no Lo-
the towering4inders of Western
to call on his dark plume; no
lsmY to hold as in vise
0stalwart old guard and extend
lcOme TO the warriors who die,
t never surrender; no Dorsey to
I'D imperial sway over the adven-
-ous throng that seeks the political
.rket place; no Frye or Hale to
d the Blaine column to the last
at ballot, and no Ingersol to en-
Use the convention for Blaine by
.tchless eloquence. Others OF less
.e. but crowding forward to I'LL
.ir places. are present, and there
II be great leadership by more or
: accepted greatness.
PROMINENT DELEGATES.
In the first four rows of the centre
e of seats the New York delega-
n is now seated as it was four
ars ago, when Conkling, Arthur
d Sharpe led the Grant majority
d Robertson led the Blaine MI
rity. None of them are IN the
invention, but the hnely-c5iseled
,e of George William Curtis IS
sible where Conkling sat, at the
ad of the delegation. Two rows
hind New York is visible the
looth, youthful face of Mr.. Sewell,
no is chairman of the New Jersey
legation, as he was in 1880. Al
ost in the rear of tie centre line Is
sible the rounded, Yankee face OF
,nator Hoar, with his delegation
ound him. He is not noted Tor
inability at best, and his face wears
,tra clouds because of his defeat for
mporary chairman by the trading
rpet-baggeI, Clayton.
THE TRADING CARPET-BAGGER.
On the second row to the ~;e'l,' Is
LAYTON. with be ARKANSAS lollo"
IL Is visibly nervous over the
iprehended battle between him
1d the chair to which the national
,mmittee nominated him. His
,arp face betrays anxiety, but he
Is fixed and motionless. AT his
-mless sleeve, close behind him, Is
ugustus Brendagee, one of the old
arrison abolition raiders, at the
cad of Hawley's forces. Time has
ealt gently with him, and he is no
d as one of the few living land
marks of the early anti-slavery bat
.es In the centre of the right line
, Indiana. with Dick Thompson,
he snow-white and jolly mariner OF
he Wabash, at the head of the dele
alton and as ready for fight as he
vas forty yeors ago. On the rear
ow Is Louisiana, with Mr.. William
oitt Kellogg leading the delegation
md ready to follow Clayton in a
profitable trade alliance, opportunl-
v Offering. Ohio parts on the lett,
With the gentlemanly-looking Judge
Foraker at the head of the discOra-
ant delegation, and Immediately be-
mind Ohio sit the sixty Pennsyl-
yanians.
THE PENNsYLv ANIANs.
In the seat OF the cnalrmahr WheIe
Cameron sat four years ago, Is the
boyish face of John Stewart, but
hi. fine-cut features and soft blue
ewes are radiant with the prospect OF
battle. He Is one of the trusted
Blaine leaders and he well appreci-
ates the esponsibility of his trust
and the lines which confront his
candidate. He will press the fight
and demand action and results
without delay, as delay must be IA
tai to Blaine Magee, with his
equally boyish face and hot, spark
ling dark eyes, well conceals the
sting of his defeat by Jones for the
national committee, and he will
take fearful vengence on Blaine If an
epportunitv shall offer. McManes,