The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-07
EARLY SCENES IN THE HALL.
Unsuccessful Work by the Woman
SuffraGists.

ST. LOUIS, June 6.-The convention gath
cred slowly this morning, owing probably
to the protracted meeting of the platform
committee last night, and its further CON
ference at 8 o'clock this morning. The
national committee and the committee hav-
ing in charge the seating arrangements of
the ball are evidently gallant people, for
the ladies were the first to get into tho build.
ing, and were comfortably settled in the
boxes and balconies. before half thousand
men could be seen in the auditorium Spec
tators who noticed small things in the CON
vention speculated as to the identity of
a new face which appeared in the portrait
gallery on the face of the east gallery rail
ing. People recognized tho picture as a
painting of Thurman as he looked ten years
ago. The portrait was taken from the Cali
fornia headquarters, and was thus conspicu-
Ousy hung up to help the red bandana
boom the old Roman into the vice pleslden-
tial place on the ticket There was no motto
beneath this picture, as is the case with those
of Tilden. Cleveland and Hendricks, which
hang beside it.
WOMEN SUFFRAGIsTS.
Among the early arrivals at the hall were
throngs of women who we're there to in
sist upon the incorporation in the platform
of plank in favor of women's right to
vote. These ladies looked fresher than the
whom they had protracted discussion, had
been up nearly all night. They failed,
however, to convince the committee Chief
Stenographer Dickinson, who was the first
to appear on the stage, looked up from his
notes at this interesting group, which was
seated in one of the boxes just in front of
his desk, and appeared to be on excellent
terms with the fair petitioners.
A number OF newspaper men, like the five
rod fiSniN
of debate upon the tariff plank of the plat
form committees report. They brought
lunches with them aud were fortified for a
siege. As the delegates came in there was
a good deal of talk about the efforts made
by the silver men to have their views
reflected in the platform, and as to the
chances of some of their representatives
getting the floor, and particularly in the
discussion upon this rather delicate ques-
tion.
RED BANDANAS UNDER COVER.
In the early hours of the morning while
the convention was gathering but a single
red bandana could be seen in the hall, and
that hung listlessly from one of the boxes
occupied by the woman suffragists, but
there were thousands of pockets bulging out
with Thurman banners ready to be thrown
to the convention breeze at the proper
moment. The Gray men still held on to
their gray hats and gray muslin banners
hung to the end of their canes and umbrellas
pretty decoration appeared upon the
floor of the hall just before the hour for the
opening of the convention arrived. This
was a floral shield 4 feet high, and made of
red and white roses and bearing across it a
bar of cape jasmines, in which appeared the
name Collins above the word Massachusetts,.
SLOW IN GATHERING.
AS the delegates filed in they were not in
delegations as on the first day but in little
groups and pairs. the Ohio and New
York delegates were particularly tardy in
getting in, and there were groundless
rumors in consequence that there was
hitch in the Thurman programme, which
included second, after his nomination by
Mr.. Tarpy of California and by Gen
Powell of Ohio. The first applause of the
morning was evoked by the appearance Of
a Thurman bandana placed upon the
sin Gal'i'' delegation. At this mo mo-
ment Temporary Chairman White
appeared upon the stage and consulted with
Chairman Barnum of the national commit
tee, at which the applause increased IN vol
ume, but was short lived and soon died out,
leaving the convention ia a listless condi-
tion, which characterized it TO an hour.
The orchestra in the west gallery enlivened
the otherwise uneventful gathering of the
body, with some excellent music, which
occasionally, as il became familiar, pro-
voked a brief, but resounding cheer.
ON THE PLATFORM.
Ex-Attorney General Lewis Cassidy of
Philadelphia, chairman Of the committee on
permanent organization, mounted the plat
form and whispered earnestly into the ear
of Chairman White, who was handling the
silver gavel, waiting for the convention to
gather Mr. Cassidy was evidently known
to tho convention, which applnudcd bin
freely At 10 O'Clock not more than half Of
the delegates had put in All appearance and
none OF the members of the platform COM
mittee had filed into the hall. The consult
alton between Chairman White and Mr..
Cassidy was as to the advisabilfty Of calling
the convention TO order before the commit
teemen arrived. There was disposition to
20 on with the permanent organization
anyhow, in order 10 enable the convention
TO adjourn finally to-day, about which there
was now beginning to be some doubt.
There was q conspicuous absence of visiting
clubs. who had either been disguised at the
refusal Of tho convention 20 admit them TO
the hall or we're waiting until the last mo-
ment TO make more effective and theat-
rical entrance, but before any Of them ap-
peared the chairman decided TO call the
body 10 order without waiting for the men,
bers Of the platform committee.