The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-06
TIE Big HURRAH /!
The Skirmishing Of
the First Day.
HARMONY PREVAILS.
s. NJ. White, California, Tenn
porary Chairman.
HIS DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
The Nominations to be Made To-day
The Resolutions Committee
The Organization-EtO.
HARMONY PREVAILS.
HIS DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS.
The Nominations to be Made To-day
The Resolutions Committee
The OrganiZation-EtO.
The Convention.

ST.. LOUIS, June 5.-The Democratic
National Convention began to gather In
the early hours of the morning,
although the chairman will not an
neunce the opening till noon. The
trickIing stream of humanity which
began to run into the big exposition
building as early as 8 o'clock, has grown
to torrent which surges in ami fills
the great nave of the hall to overflow
ing, and long before noon 10000 faces
gazed upon the high desk reserved for
the presiding officers of the convention,
as yet empty, but with its cleaning
white silver gavel, the gift of the
Colorado delegation, full of curious
interests for the expactant multitude.
The noble proportions of the hall strike
at once with admiration. It is oblong
in shape, relieved on either side by bal
comics reaching back 200 feet. above
which, stretching entirely around the
auditorium, is a broad, overhanglDg
gallery.
THE AMPLE STAGE
reaches from the rear OF the chalrman's
platform, fifty feet to the east wall OF
the hall, and accommodates 440 of the
gathered leaders and fathers of the
national democracy. The decorations
are simple, but tasteful. The stage is
hung with red, white and blue, relieved
by festoons and punches OF evergreen.
Upon a pedestal on the right of the
entrance to the stage stands a bust OF
the President, and suspended on the
face OF tbs gallery above is large por.
trait OF the President in oil. On either
side are similar portraits of Cleveland,
Hancock, Tilden and Hendricks. and
Ex-Governor Marmaduke, of Missouri.
A very striking effect Is produced IN
the gallery ABOVE the stage by an enor-
NOUS shaded drawing of the Capitol at
Washington, on background of sky
blue canvas. Delegates by States are
arranged,entirely across the nave OF the
hall, and stretch ninety feet IN front of
the platform. They are arranged with
aisles and in alphabetical order, begin
ming with Alabama az the right and
ending with Wisconsin, at the leGt.
As the convention gathers full brass
band IF sixty pieces, stationed IN the
west gallery, filled the hall with
MARTIAL STRAINS
and popular operatic airs. Delegates
strap .le in the last of all, generally by
delegations, and there is some confusion
in seating them in accordance with the
plan arranged, but nobody appears 10
be in hurry, and everybody is
good-natured. AS noon approaches
the vast audience watches each new
conner TO catch familiar face. and to
cheer whenever prominent figures are
recognized. Those in the hall who can
read the rather dim inscriptions beneath
the portraits on the face of the east gal
lery railing, repeat the epigrams to
their next neighbors, who pass them on
and soon the curiosity of the entire au
dience is satisfied.
Beneath Clevelsnd's portrait is ia
miIiar quotation from the Presidents
message: ut is condition, not a
theory, that confronts u.s."
Under Tllden's portrait is the motto ::
"Lst there be peace and fraternity
throughout the land"
Beneath Hancock's portrait is written
the following quotation from his letter
of acceptance: 'The great principles of
liberty are the inheritance of the peo-
ple."
It ia at once noticed by the delegates
as they note these familiar Democratic
faces, and equally familiar and histori-
cal Democratic sentiments, that there
is a conspicuous absence of enc man
face in the Democratic portrait gallery.
The portrait of every Democratic ma
tional candidate since and including
1866. except that of Ex-Governor Eng
lish, of Indiana, who was :on the ticket
in 1880, is before the eyes of the conven-
ton, and the place which it would APP
pear should be filed by English's por-
trait is occupied by that Of Ex-Governor
Marmaduke, of Missouri.
Some one comes in, and passing down
the stage, places an
IMMENSE BASKET OF ROSES
on stand at the right of the chair
mans desk, as yet unoccupied, and the
incident proyokes cheer. A noticeable
incident of the demonstrations of ap-
proval as the hour for opening the con-
vention approaches, is a hutter of
handkerchiefs and the waving of fans
bv ladies, who fill a double row of lods es,
arranged along the front of the two gal
laries, which have been given up almost
exclusively to women, whose bright at
tire and pretty faces lend additional at
traction TO the convention ensemble
Visiting clubs, with emblazoned ban
ners, GONE in late, but as each well
known organization is recognized, they.
are greeted with cheers. Tammany