Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-16

of evergreen. Under the arches were at
tached sprays Of green foliage, and at in
tervals were loops Of evergreen rope, In
| which were turned roses and other bright
blooms. To the left of the stage the fol-
lowing legend appears ON an enormous
painted canvass:
''The line Of policy laid down in the
last annual message of the President
conmends itself to us as sure guaran-
tee of prosperity to all classes of produ-
GERS, and Of that honest protection to la
Dor lorg pretended but never fulfilled by
the monopolistic legislation of the Re-
publican party"
To the right of the stage is the follow
ing;
Democratic victory means emancipa-
ton Of the people from artificial burdens.
The Democracy has in four years reduced
the cost Of government, wrested millions
Of acres OF the public domain from the
clutches Of monopolies, largely reduced
| the public debt, stopped the importation
OF pauper under contract labor, wisely
reduced the surplus and lightened the
burden of taxation borne by the mass Of
the people, and developed it's ability to
! govern the greatest nation on earth.s
Facing the stage, and above two BAN
ners on the second gallery, the following
| lines are seen:
WED all be glad to match again
Our gamey Cleveland with Jim Blaine;
| We downed them once with gallant Grover,
And ready stand to do 1t over"
Beneath this appears the words, "Our
Motto-Equal Rights" on either side of
large painted seal bearing the Demo
cratic arms and barred arm with the
legend, "By This Sign We Conquer"
| Beneath each balcony long banners Of
the Matt nal colors are looped and held
in place by evergreen rope studded with
bright flowers and the doors and posts
are masses of drapery artistically ar
ranged.
The stage had been arranged by the
committed in such manner as to pre-
| sent most pleasing appearance to the
audience, which was expected. On each
side we're banks of bright flowers, and at
the back was another huge bank, from
all OF which the sweet scent was after
wards gently waited to the au-
dience below. On the Chair
mans table large and handsome
bouquet Of flowers stood to lend its
charm to the occasion, and to the right
| was another stand on which floral
piece OF the choicest blossoms was
placed. This completed the decorations,
! which were more elaborate than even
the committee had expected when it
stared the work.
At IL O'Clock there was sprinkling Of
people on the street in front OF the
Pavilion, from the tower of which the
American flag foated in honor of the
occasion, but as the hands Of the clock
moved around toward O'Clock the crowd
gradually increased until there was scarce
ely room between the people for the
delegates to pass. From 80 o'clock
until quarter past one O'Clock there
was a perfect stream Of humanity NOV
ing in the direction of the Pavilion, into
the portals of which it disappeared. At
this time it appeared as if the populace
of the whole city had turned out, and
had made the interior Of the Pavilion its
objective point. Everything was most
orderly. however, and those who were
present merely to watch outside proceed
| ings arrayed themselves across the street,
from which point they could see all that
took place. Inside ushers had been pro-
vided to show the people to their seats
and to direct the delegates to the places
set aside by the committee. The forward
portion OF the ground floor had been set
| aside tor the delegates who had been pro-
vided with chairs to distinguish them
| from those who attended merely from
| friendship to the party. Back OF these
were twenty rows OF benches which we're
for the use OF the friends of the delegates
| and for those who had taken an active
part in the arrangements for the Conven-
ton. The first balco ny was set aside for
ladies and their escorts, and the second
balcony for others who desired to witness
the proceedings. At l O'Clock every seat in
the building was occupied, and in the sec
ond balcony the bright attire Of the ladies'
added greatly to the appearance of the
vast hall. CHANGING from the stage
backward and upward, the 1000 people
present supplied the only thing lacking
| in the hall when it had first been in
spected. This sea Of faces was most i'm
posing. and the remarks Of the speakers
showed that the influence OF the multi
tude was felt.
The delegations were arranged as fol-
lows, locking from the stage: In the
division to the right were Sonoma, Hum
boldt, San Mateo, Tehama, San Benito,
Contra Costa, Tuolumue, Modoc, Lake.
San Diego, Marin, Del Norte, Lassen.
Siskiyou, Kern and Trinity counties.
In the right central division were Yolo,
Santa Clara, Mendocino, Alpine, Fresno,
Yuba, Ventura, eierra, Plumas. San Luis
Obispo, Santa Barbara, Amador, ran
Bernardino, Calaveras, solano and Mer~
ced counties.
In the left central division were Alame-
da, Los Angeles, Mariposa Butte, Shasta.
Sacramento, Stanislaus, Nevada, Napa,
Colusa, Sutter, Inyo, Mono and Placer
Counties.
The division to the extreme left con-
tanned San Francisco alone.
| At l O'Clock the 9TH Infantry band
played an enlivening piece. 1t had been
seated to the right of the center of
the first balcony while the San Diego
band had been stationed to the left OF
the central aisle. 1t took fully twenty
minutes for the delegates to arrange
themselves in place and then at twenty
minutes past one o'clock, Chairman Hon.
w. d. English Of the State Central Com
mittee, accompanied by Secretary j. j.
Flynn, stepped to the front of the stage
and five minutes later the first session OF
the Democratic State Convention opened.
THE FiHx'r SESSION.
All Harmonious The Business
Disposed of.
At 20 p. NJ. q burst of applause an
nounced the appearance on the stage OF
Mr.. w. d. English, Chairman of the State
Central Committee, and few minutes