The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-06-14
Allan G.. Thurman Nominal
ed for Vice President.
Fir,t Day's Proceeding.

June Sat II o'clock the galleries Of the
great Exposition building were we'll filled
and the delegates were coming in. The In
diana delegates were first to take their seats,
which were well back toward the line which
separated the voting men from the specta-
tors. The arrangement of states was alpha
betically, Alabama being nearest the plat
form on the right, then Arkansas, Califor.
mia and Connecticut, and the amount Of
space occupied by the delegates and alter
mates seemed very small proportion of the
great extent The press seats faced the dele
gates, spread on the right and left OF the
presidents stand. On the presidents desk
was an enormous bouquet, and back OF that
was terra Gotta bust of Cleveland.
The first bit Of excitement in the hall was
at 11:40 o'clock, when the democracy of
Cleveland club, Buffalo, entered at the lower
end of the hall upstairs, and, with their fine
band playing "Dixie," marched around the
upper balcony, making the entire circuit OF
the hall and half way around the second
time, while applause and cheers broke out
al! over the hall. About this time the
Florida delegation came in and took theit
seats, mere handful of young men, almost
in the centre of the delegates space, where
they look somewhat lonely. While the other
delegations were struggling in band
stationed in the further end of the building
played lovely airs There was marked
rreponderance of ladies in the lower balcony
along the sides overlooking the delegates,
and a very fair proportion on the second
gallery. The alternates did not sit with
the delegates, but were separated from them
by railing in the rear. The state delega-
ton places were marked by neat white ban
ners, showing the states name, but the al
ternates have no banner floating over them.
When Mr.. Barnum, chairman of the ma
tional committee, came to the platform at
Las o'clock, there was faint cheer. A
louder one broke cut the next moment, when
the Hendricks club of Indiana men spread
their elegant velvet banner over the face of
the balcony by the side of the Buffalo mems
banner, and as the audience saw the two
names, "Clsvelandn and Hendricks" dis
played side by side, the reminder of the
campaign Of 'S4 struck the house, and caused
a new and worm ebullition of cheering.
One OF the best looking delegations in the
convention was that from Alabama. They
occupied the front row on the presidents
right, and were large and well-fed men of
evident influential standing. Each of them
wore full blown rose boutonniere, and no
less than four of tile number wore gold
bowed spectacles, which gave great dignity
and character to the delegation
The Missouri men, who sat in the front
row, centre, were also large men, though
seemingly of coarser grain than their
brothers from Alabama. There was good
proportion of baldheads throughout the
assembly, and gray hairs were not at all
wanting.
Just before the opening of the convention
the Arkansas and California banners were
decorated with the red bandanna, which was
| tied around the banner staff. Virginia, Ore
| gon, Mississippi, Missouri and other states
quickly followed, and the applause began to
greet this orifamme of Thurman. At the
same time the spectators all over the hall
pulled out big red bandannas and began to
wave them in the air and shout. There was
confusion all over the building. State after
state followed by putting the colors upon the
staff while the crowd rose and shouted. Ne
| braska placed gray hat over its bandanna,
which to many seemed to indicate division
between Thurman and Gray, and by Others
was taken to mean Gray above the "old Ro
man." In few minutes after Arkan
sas had started the bandanna boom the fol
lowing states had flung the colors to the air
Wisconsin, West Virginia, California. Vir
GINA, Vermont. New Hampshire. Nevada,
! Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Florida
raised black hat on its staff indicating a
preference for the pension government. In
diana had its gray hat up
| At ~ so o'clock all the seating space in the
hall, upstairs and down, was occupied, and
Chairman Barnum raped thrice with hi:
gavel and called to order.
Without any remarks Chairman Barnun
introduced Bishop c. Cranberry of st. Louis
who delivered the opening prayer.
When the prayer was ended and the dele
gates had resumed their seats, Chairman
Barnum presented the report of the nationa
committee naming Lieut.- Gov. White o
California as temporary chairman. The re
port was unanimously adopted, and Senator
German of Maryland, Gen. Powell of Ohi
ro1 10 - on
pointed to escort the temporary chairman t
the platform. His appearance was greet I
with double round of applause, and whel
it had subsidized, in a clear, ringing voice
which penetrated to the farthest extremit,
of the hall, he delivered an eloquent speech