New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-27
Cg1CAGOs CONVENTION HALL.
AMERICAN DISCRIMINATION CRU
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ct,..co Nav o6-work on the hall where the he
rnbl,can Convention is 10 be held Is oeins P
'a,r .rd everything will be ready long before tho
convention is The hall Will be admraDN su'eu "
,he nurnose. The delegates seats will be arransou
In scmtcircle The press platform will be TWO zee.
higher than the delegates floor. apd the ohoeIS
,.,to, will be thirty six inches above the le'el VI
the newspaper men. The main gallery rail- is o"eu'S
Ave feet above the level Of the delegates MOOR
second gallery rises above the main ohe' "hoso i"-
Is forty. five feet above the delegates le'e| d'"io
west the presiding officer will see beyond the ueree
A parouet which will seat 1900 persons. The main
west gallery will have 1000 seats the gallery ABOVE
that GOO the gallery in the east 1000. and the sue
galleries about 1000 The presiding officers taole
Will be directly under large arch like the prosceh
INN arch Of theatre and this. we'll as the res'
Of the building will be lighted with incandescen'
electric lights The work of putting in the wires Is
almost finished and the decorators are already al "o
The ceiling will be festooned with red white al"
blue bunting, and portraits OF Washington Linooin
Grant, Conkling, Sumner. Chase, Garned ana o'n'i'
will be hung on the walls
The lopg-expected exhibition of American artists
paintings was opened at the Chicago Art Institute
this morning and will be continued till July l. There
are on view about three hundred paintings, all by
American artists at homo, with the exception of few
from American painters studying abroad. None Du'
American citizens allowed 10 come In, the pui-
pose being to make this representative exhlbi-
ton Of native talent. The committee who haa
charge Of the matter have been extremely cautious
as 10 what they admitted between four and five hun
cred pictures having been rejected by them There are
among the names presented those of winslow Homer,
Weldon smedley George De F. Brush +. l. Church,
II r. Poore, George Inness, r. swain Clifford Fran
cis c. Jones, II. 5. Movbray, Douglas Volk, Edward
Cav. John F. Weir, Henry A. Ferguson, Constant
MAYER, l. r. MignOt, and many others equally well
known The special committee on the exhibition
offered a prize of 5000 TO the American artist NOW
uying who has painted the finest oil painting sent to
the exhibition. second prize OF $3.50 has been
offered by the Art Institute The judges to award
these prizes are Thomas 3. Clarke, OF New-York
Professor Halsey C. Ives, Of ST. Louis, and Charles l.
Hutchinson, of Chicago.
Even the delegates themselves not very en-.
thusiastic over the ticket they nominated at the
Democratic state Convention on Wednesday thedi
general explanation being that they did the best they
could with the material on hand. General Steven
son would not accept the nomination for Governor
and Mr. sparks's selection would have been rebuke
10 the President which the numerous ofhcehoiders
who participated in the proceedings Of the convention
were scarcely prepared venture. Mr. Phelps, pree
dent Of the Iroquois Club and wellknown mer
chant Is in the field for National Committeeman.
The Black element IN the delegation 1t Is conceded
m ALI hands amounts 10 nothing instead Of control
ling the delegation the Pension Commissioned
started out To do. Morrison will have eighteen Out
OF the twenty-four delegates In fact there IS con
siderable eIafcn I'm Morrison circles not only over
his own sweeping victory but because Of his en-
HANGED prospects for the Vice Presidential nomina
ton.
The shameless tactics Of a majority OF the Alder
men, led by those among them who were the pro
priaors Of saloons, have created great Indignation
generally throughout the city, and there Is no doub
but that such pressure will be brought 70 pear on IN
Mayor thar the Sunday-closing ordinance VIII b
strictly enforced The cergynen OF the city and espe
ciaiiy the Roman Catholic clergy. have been yer,
active IN their crusade against the AidermeP. A
petition which asks the Council TO close the saloon
On Sunday and remove the saloons IRON CLOSE pr
throughout the city has been signed by all the Clergy
Including the Polish, bohemian. italian. French
Irish ard American priests In the city. To morrow
afternoon large anti-saloon meeting In which al
denominations wiz participate, is TO be held In Cen
uH Masc Hall.
sonc City csnvassers now at work taking tn.
eAoet etnsuss Tho CANVASS is- By blocks, schoo