The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-20
THE BEGINNING MADE.
The Temporary Organization
Effected.
JONES AND THURsTON CRATE,
The Committees Appointed-TheV ir-
y ginia COntest-Bout Between
Wise and Mahone.

CHICAGO, June 49,. The city Is in q
deIirium of red, white and blue 1t is
estimated that over a million yards o.
these goods have been used in the deco
rations. The town was active early, and
from the rising of the sun, all through
the forenoon, bands and delegations
were marching through the streets from
the various depots at which they
arrived to their respective headquarters.
The day is brilliantly clear and weller
ingly hot. Hotel Hobbies, streets and
sidewalks are crowded with mass of
people. [. is estimated that there ara
10000 in addition TO the regular popu-
Iation. No former convention ever
brought out nearly such large num-
Der. Parades in the interests of
the various candidates have been about
the streets during the forenoon. A
unique feature of the Gresham parade
was band of alleged Workingmen car
rying tin pals and wearing straw hats
and b5aring a banner with the motto:
"Father of the Tin Bucket Brigade"
The most striking parade of the day,
however, was that of the Cincinnati
Blaine Club, several hundred strong,
wearing white hats and gloves and car
rying parasOls, marching in a column
of fours, open order, the parasols of the
successive ranks being red, white and
blue. These they twirled rapidly and
thereby giving exceedingly brilliant
kaleidoscope effect. Their banners bore
the words:
"vIM, VIGoR AND VICTORY"
The arrangement of the delegates
seats had been made In alphabetical Or
der, beginning with Alabama, on the
extreme right aisle, with the two great
States of New York and Pennsylvania
together in front. almost directly facing
the portrait of Washington on a panel
of the chairman's platform. Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Alabama,
Arizona and Dakota, also have front
seats. The Ohio delegation is directly
back of the New York seats, while Mis-
souri,, Iowa and Illinois are on the main
aisle, near the centre of the space re-
served for the District of Columbia dele
cation designated by white banner
marked in white letters. This is con-
spicuous departure from the general
plan OF noting delegations, the situa-
ton of all the others Deing designated bY
a blue silk banner lettered in gold A
significant view is the open space of
empty seats in the Virginia delegation. |
The four Malone delegates at-large
have been admitted to the hall and are |
alone in their glory, with plenty of room
over in the extreme southwest. There |
is no indication in the hall of the great
crush outside, while the delegates and |
those who held seats are being called |
and directed to their seats. The doors |
were not opened until all of the interior |
arrangements had been completed,
and the crowd was kept wait
OF flowers and a floral shield |
were being nailed upon the chair
mans desk, which bears in Greek let
tiers this inscription: James A. Gar
field, nominated from this desk in 1880 |
and J dmes G. Blaine nominated from
this desk in 1884" The air of the hall
is delightfully."- cool, and although large
numbers of spectators, as they come IN,
nave fans in their hands, they find no
ADractical use for them. The first of the
7eleg ates to reach their seats, were
those from Ohio, lead by Congressman
Mckinley, and Ben. Butterworth.
Mckinley, who is much talked of as
A DARK HORSE,
was recognized by few spectators in
the gallery and met a cheer or two
which, however, was short lived. The
Michigan delegation followed the Ohio
men, coming in as body, and filing up
their seats on the front of the second
aisle. As the spectators generally were
more tardily than the dele
cations, there are but few demonstra-
tions as the convention begins to gather.
Most of those inside the galleries
are ladies, who are deeply
interested but not demonstrative. Sena-
tor Hoar, of Massachusetts, chairman
OF the last national convention, walks
down the aisle to the front, and is fol-
lowed by his fellow delegates. He .
takes his place as Chairman of the dele i,
CATION without being recognized by the ,,
galleries and the delegate, who looks !
enough like Depew to be his twin :
brother talks few moments with the !
Senator and retired. It !
is not Depew, however, but the resem-
blance creates some little Comment. and !
there are not q few guesses as to his J,
Identity. At 11.45 the members of the i
national committee came in, IN pairs
and groups. They met this morning
and have inst gotten through their
business. which has been Specially Z
gathering together the remaining quota I
Of tickets for seats.
SCENE UNPARALLELED. L
When Chairman Jones of the Ma +