Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-06-22

| AFTER CANDIDATES ARE PRES
ENI'ED THE CONVENTION
ADJOURNS TILL II A. NJ.
TODAY.
THE OPENING OF THE CONVENTION
JOHN BROWNS NAME CHEERED--
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA.
sUNG-CIvIL WAR PICTURES ON THE
| WALLs-FRED DOUGLAS WANTS THE
BLOODY SHIRT STILL WAvED-THE
PLATFORM THE VIRGINIANs FIGHT
ING IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM.
| &C., &C., sc.
The Republican National Convention
assembled at the Exposition Hall in Chi
| cago at noon on Tuesday. The Hall is a
spacious one, capable of seating IN all
5000 persons, for its enormous gallery alone
holds 5000. The interior characterization
was red, white and blue bunting, with in
scriptions chiefly referring to "Protec-
J tion.'
| THE DECORATIONS.
| At the apex in front of the chairman 3
desk is gilded American" and beneath
it portrait of Washington. On the right
of the charman's desk is a plaster bust Of
the late John A. Logan IN heroic size,
draped with an American flag. Hanging
from one of the boxes on the right side is a
large painting of Logan's charge at the
battle of Atlanta. On the face of the
north and south walls of the auditorium,
framed in festoons of large American flags
and surrounded by circle of electric
stars, are portraits of lincoln and Grant,
the designs being mammoth in proportion
and forming two of the most striking details
of the decorations. Flashing its parti-
| colo1ed brllliancy full into the face of the
audience and delegates is suspended an
| American shield formed in different color
ed electric lamps. This shield, its horizon
| of stars, its stripes of the Union, are all
| pictured out in bass-relief of light by
flashing jets through red, white and blue
| globes. At the points of exit and entrance
| of the hall. which dip like great wells into
| the auditorium, are the nations stand
ards, planted at either side and draped so
| as to hide the rough boards which form
| the staircases of the avenues to the con-
vention, of which there are sufficient
number to empty the place, in case of &C
J cident, in three minutes.
| HOW THE FIELD STOOD.
a., The scenes pending the assembling of
the convention we're not so noisy and
enthusiastic as the st. Louis Convention,
| there being no candidate already decided
on, and the delegates being too busy advo-
eating their particular favorlte to indulge
in demonstrations. The California dele
cation which arrived three days before the
| convention seems to have been about the
most enthusiastic one of all. The blooms
up to the night before the Convention
seem to have stood about this way: Blaine
Tout of the field" but everybody dreading
| that at any moment his friends might
start his boom; Alger of ILL.,. being press
| ed by the soldier element and greatly aid
ed by Mrs. Gen. John A. Logan, of whose
husband he was a strong supporter, and
whose parlors at her boteI were almost an
Alger headquarters; Depew of New York
who had secured the support of his own
! delegation, but was viewed with hostility
by the West and with Indifference by the
rest of the East; Gresham of Indiana,
whose State delegation was divided be-
tween him and Harrison, but whose can
! didacy appealed strongly to the mugwump-
ian element of the convention from his
high character; Sherman of Ohio, who had
so many votes certain Gncluding his owr
State for three or four balloJs) but could
not see where to get enough more to NOM
mate him; Allison of Iowa, whose Chinese
vote hung over him on the Pacific coas,
like pail; Harrison of Indiana. ma.
chine politician without barrel but 6
good record for integrity and party ser
vice, and Lew Z. Morton Of N. Y, who
travelled on the reputation Of gigantic
barrel ready to be tapped. The delegates
as body seemed to be bewlld cred, anG
there was up to Tuesday evening hardly
any combination that could be called so
So stood the field Of candidates. Now fol-
another field!
THE MAHONE-WIsE CONTEST.
A field more imminent with thorns, thai
had to be dealt with sooner, and that ha(
already bred more bad blood than the Pres
idential candidate field, was that in which
Malone and Wise were fighting out thei
battle. We will try and give history O.
how the battle stood. The two contendine
delegations were strongly represented al
Chicago and arrived there in good time
There were "a Malone delegates and q
Wise delegates. The more prominent O
the Malone delegation were Gen. Malone
himself, S. Brown Allen, VIM. e. Craig
W. g. Elan, A. p. Funkhouser, Elk
Minister to Liberia John M. Langston
(colored), and Col. VIM. Lamb. The more
prominent OF the Wise delegation wer,
John S. Wise himself, Hon. Jacob Yost
Ex-Gov. W. e. Cameron, Gen. V. d
Groner, Ex-senator John f. Lewis, Col
James d. Brady, r. A. Paul, (colored)
John Lesner OF Norfolk, and Senator Rid
dleberger. The Malone party had the ad
vantage of having friend already ther,
in the person Of Ex-Attorney Genera
Frank S. Blair, the Virginia member o.
the National Republican Committee. But
the Wise men offset this by literally d is
tributing pamphlet copies of Mahone's
famous 'secret circular attacking Blaine
Every delegate to the convention was
given one, and the feeling of Blaine'
friends was aroused thereby. On their way
to Chicago the Malone train stopped a
Fort Wayne, Ind, and the General mad,
a brief speech from the platform, predict
ing that Virginia would 60 for the Repub
lican nominees
The first passage at arms between thu
two, took place before the National Repub
lican Committee. That Committee, in tn,
matter of the contested seats in the sec