Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-20

right aisle. The two great States Of New
York and Pennsylvania are in front and
almost directly facing the portrait OF
Washington on the panel Of the chair
mans platform. Maine, Massachusetts,
Minnesota. Alabama, Arizona and Dakc-
ia also have front seats. The Ohio dele
CATION is directly back OF the New York
seats, while Missouri, Iowa and Illinois
are on the main aisle near the center.
The space reserved for the District of Co
lumbia delegation is designated by white
banners marked in black letters. This
is q conspicuous departure from the gen
eral plan OF noting delegations, the situa-
tions OF all the others being made known
by blue silk banners lettered in gold. A
significant view is the empty seats in the
Virginia delegation. The four Malone
delegates-at-large have been admitted to
the hall and are alone in their glory
with plenty OF room, over in the extreme
southwest.
There was no indication in the hall Of
the great crush outside, while delegates
and those who held seats were being
called and directed to their seats. The
doors were not opened until all Of the in
terror arrangements were completed, and
the crowd was kept waiting until two
large bouquets Of flowers and floral
shield were nailed up on the chairman i
desk, which bears in Greek letters this
inscription: James A. Garfield NOM
mated from this desk in 1880, and James
g. Blaine nominated from this desk in
1884"
The air of the hall was delightfully."-
cool and although a large number Of
spectators as they came in had fans in
their hands they found no practical use
for them.
THE ASSEMBLING.
The first Of the delegates to reach their
seats were those from Ohio, led by Con
gresham Mckinley and Ben Butter
worth. Mckinley, who is much talked
of as dark horse, was recognized by a
few spectators in the gallery and got a
cheer or two, which, however. were
short-lived. The Michigan delegation
followed the Ohio men, coming in a
body, filling their seats on the front OF
the second aisle. As the spectators were
generally admitted more tardily than
delegations, there were few demopstra.
tions as the Convention gathered. Most
of those in the side galleries were ladies
who were. deeply interested, but moi
demonstrative. Senator Hoar, OF Massa.
chusetts, Chairman OF the last National
Convention, walked down the aisle to the
front, followed by his fellow delegates,
and took his place as chairman of the
delegation without being recognized by
the galleries. A delegate, who looked
enough like Depew to be his twin
brother, talked few minutes with the
Massachusetts, Senator and then retired
1t was not Depew, however, but the
resemblance created some little COM
lnent, and there were not few guesses
as to his identity.
| AT II :45 the members OF the National
Committee came in in pairs and groups
They met this morning and had just got
ten through with their business, which
had oeen specially for gathering together
the remaining quota OF tickets for seats.
ThurstoD, of Nebraska, arrived with the
members of the committee from his State
and took seat on the stage Just back
of the chairman's desk, which he was
soon to occupy as temporary presiding
officer of the Convention. Thurston is q
smallish man, who wears glasses, and il
dressed in sombre black. At 1894 the
Convention was called to order.
As General Fremont entered the hall
he was greeted with round of applause
and cheers, the first genuine demonstra
ton of the morning. He was escorted
to seat on the platform, where he pro
voked a further outburst of applause by
meeting Fred. Douglass as he came TO 8
seat beside him, and shook him by the
hand.
| Carson Lake, OF the National Commit
tee, came upon the platform Just before
the Convention was called to order, and
brought with him two handsome oaI
gavels, one of them merely polished and
intended for hard pounding, the other 9
more pretentious affair, and intended as
a gift to the temporary chairman. 1t il
richly chased in gold, and engraved upor
its several gold bands are the names o.
Washington, Lafayette, Grant, Lincoln
Garfield and Logan.
| FALL OF THE GAvEL.
Precisely at IL 81 the gavel of Chair
man Jones, chairman Of the Nationa
Republican Committee, sounded sharply
on the mahogany table, and the Repub
lican Convention of 1888 was formally
opened. The hum OF conversation
ceased throughout the vast auditorium
and the buzz of expectation gave place te
impressive silence as the chairman in
troduced Rev. Frank w. Gunsaulus, O
Chicago, who opened the proceeding
with prayer.
AT the conclusion of the prayer, Chair
Imam Jones announced that Secretary Fes
|senden, of the National Committee, woul,
read the call for the Convention issuet
by the National Committee. The allu
sions in the call to the position Of tn
party on the tariff question, to the deter
mination of the party to have fair cleo
ton and honest count, and other salien
points, were warmly applauded by tn
Convention.
/ CHAIRMAN JONES' SPEECH.
Upon the conclusion OF the reading @
the call, Chairman Jones stepped to tn
front of the platform and spoke as fol
Ilows:
Tie Republican party will be congrat
ulated, through its representatives her
assembled, upon the auspicious prospect
that are before it, and the courageous ACT
of this Convention will surely lead t
victory in the campaign which We ar
about to begin. There can be no doub
as to which side the great majority c
votes will fall TO, If each party be Judge
by its record il the grand achievement
| of the Republican party be appreciates
and the utter failure Of the Democrat
party be understood. The two partie
are diametrically opposed to each other
One favors progression, the other retro
gression;' one lifts up, the other pull
down