The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-02
ALLAN G.. THURMAN.
He is Interviewed as to His
Candidacy
FOR THE VICE-PRESIDENCY
The Preparations for the Approach
ing Democratic Convention
Elaborate Decorations.
thurman Interview.

thurman interview.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-Among the dis
tlnguished arrivals in ST. Louis to-day
was Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
COurier-Journdl.
"Oh, l think we shall have an easy
time of it all around" said Watterson in
answer to a reporters question. 1T is
all plain sailing aud there is. no reason
why we should not get through with
our work rapidly, | think Cleveland
will be renomInated at the first session
the convention holds, and the platform
and Vice-presidency will be settled in
short order. Senator Thurman will
probably be selected for the vice presi :
dency."
How about the platform? Did you
bring it with you?" asked the reporter.
mo" answered the Kentucky editor
gravely. I'VE have not begun that yet
but there won't be any difficulty this
time. Fonr years ago, we had Il pretty
hard fight of it in the committee, but
now L don't expect even ripple in it.
The platform will, of course, endorse
the Presidents tariff message and the
Mills bill"
In regard to Senator Thurman and
the Vice Presidency. the Past-Dispatch
has the following telegram from Column
bus tonight, A Post Dispatch cor
respondent called on Ex-senator Thur
man this afternoon and asked him in
relation to the Vice Presidency.
You newspaper people," said the
Senator, will never let fellow alone.
There have been four or five newspaper
men calling on ME every day for q
week."
The country at large is deeply inter-
ested in the question of your candidacy
for the Vice-Presidency,' suggested
the correspondent.
There must be some mistake about
that, for people cannot be interested in
thing that does not exist. am not
candidate for the Vice Presidency or
any other office, consequently there can
be no real or actual interest in my as
sumed candidacy"
But your name is now being men
toned in all parts of the country as one
likely to be selected at st. Louis"
That may be, but no one
has been authorized to use
MY name in that connection.
1 want no Office of any kind, and conse-
auently am not an aspirant for the
Vice. Presidency. l look upon this
whole matter as being intended as q
friendly compliment, but would much
rather my friends would compliment
me by not mentioning my name in that
way"
But they doubtless assume you are
DESTROYS OF seeing President Cleveland
reelected.
"rhere is no ground for an assump-
| -, nn0oi4inn hof
DESTROYS OF seeing Cleveland reelected.
done cheerfully, and in my opinion be
will be elected by an increased
majority. A man with the courage,
honesty, patriotism and craftsmanship
OF Grover Cleveland deserves such an
endorsement at the hands of the people
as his reelection would imply"
But in the event of your unanimous
nomination for the Vice-Presidency at
st. LOUISE"
That event will not happen, for
have already told you am not can
didate for that or any other official
position"
But suppose you were nominated
would you decline the nomination."
There would be no propriety in de-
Ginning substantially anything before it
is rendered, and l am not so pre-
sumptious as to decline in advance of
a nomination that will undoubtedly
go to another, for the convention
will not lack the best of material from
which to select. l am private in the
ranks and the question of the Vice
Presidential lnomination in no way
affects me-"
The last touches were put on the
| convention hall this afternoon and il is
now ready. II think it will be the
prettiest hall that has ever held a con-
vention, said Seargent-at-Arms Bright,
to-day. sit would have been better.
of course, if we could have had a
speakers stand in the middle of one
side of the hall. That would have
enabled everybody in the hall to hear,
and at present fear it is gong to be
rather difficult. The fact is, that
whenever a good acoustic effect is
secured in a large hall, it seems
an accident" When one stands on
the speakers platform and looks
over the hall, the eye sees nothing but
red, white and blue bunting, coats of
arms of the States, and gilded Ameri-
can eagle. The bunting is Topped from
the galleries in long festoons. The
platform proper is upder the gallery and
is edged with evergreens. There is
distance of three steps from the plat
form to the speakers stand. A little
quare stand, large enough to hold
table and two or three chairs. projects
from that; the official reporter IS to
occupy this. At the rear of the hall a
huge American EAGLE flaps his wings
between two enormous American
flags. and directly under the
eagle is an equestrian statue
OF George Washington. At the
other end of the hall, over the speakers
stand, there hangs from the gallery
portraits of Cleveland. Tilden. Hen
drioks and Hancock. On the wall back
of this gallery are white colossal statues
of Jackson and Jefferson and between
them a painting of the capitol in Wash
ingtou. On both sides of the speakers
ha