The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-06

county Democracy and the local et
Louis organization. The Randall club
with its gorgeous black and gold ban
ner and led by Squire" William Nc
Mullin, the hero Of seven national con-
ventions, marches in proudly aud are
| generously applau6ed.
The fret of the great national Demo.
cratic figures to appear among the dele
gates is the tall form of the senior
senator from Indiana, Daniel w.
Voorhees,, and he is at once recognized
and
CHEERED TO THE ECHO.
The Cleveland Democracy, of Buffalo,
with full brass band, playing, Dixie, "
marches into the gallery and creates
something of sensation, the conven-
ton bursting into applause, and cheers,
| which continues until the club has
made the circuit of the gallery and is
seated. The clubs crimson banner,
with its conspicuous gold letters, in
scribing the Presidents name, became
at once one of the most conspicuous
and popular ornaments in the hall,
| every member of the club wears q high
| hat and Cleveland badge. While
the Cleveland club is thus en-
thusing the convention, Hon. Step
hen NJ. White. of California,
who is to be temporary chairman
of the convention, steps quietly into his
seat, very few persons in the hall recog-
Dizing him. White is man of strong
| physique, stoutly built, and of medium
height, with full brown beard. While
| he is shaking hands with the California
delegates, the Cleveland clubs parade
had come to an end, and the standard
bearer plants the Cleveland banner
directly in front of the great picture of
the capitol in the east gallery. signif-
cant incident which redonbles the cheers
| from the throng in the nave of the hall
below. Chairman Barnum, of. the Ma
tional committee, appears at this
stautly recognized, and amid the general
mum" are heard all over the
hall. The Hendricks club, of In
dianapolis, increases the volume of
cheering, as it marches up to the east
gallery, and places its banner by the
side of the Cleveland Democracy
banner. Chairman Barnum looks up
to see what is going on above him, and
when he catches the sight of the two
friendly banners. mods approx al. Con-
gresham Scott, his face wfeathed in
smiles, as tho1gh everything had been
arranged to his satisfaction, marched
in at the head of the Pennsylvania
delegation, and looks up at the gathered
fathers of the Democracy upon the
stage assuringly. Several of them nod
to him and as the Keystone delegates
pass on to their seats Mr.. Sc oft step s in
front OF the secretary's stand and holds
brief consultation with some friends.
Closely following upon SCOTS heels
enters Henry Watterson, of the Courier
Journal, with his coat-tail pockets
bulged out conspicuously, suggesting
the
MANUSCRIPT COPY OF THE PLATFORM
which it is said he is preparing. He
stops to say word in Scott's ear. and
passes quietly to his seat.
At noon all the delegations have ar
rived at the convention hall, except
those from New York and Missouri.
The absence of the New York delegation
makes large gap in the centre of the
space reserved and the convention
waits with mingled feelings of curiosity
and Impotence for the appearance OF
the Empire State representatives. 1t is
fifteen minutes before they come into
the convention. headed by ex Mayor
Grace, of New York City. Conspicu-
GUS as it marches to its place, with the
eyes of the convention fixed upon it, is
the distinguished figure of Daniel
in nomination, and he is cheered. At
this moment a California delegate
mounts the chair and unfurling a red
handkerchief places it upon the banner
pole of the delegation. This is the signal
for the appearance of hundreds of the
"Old Romans" standard. Almost in an
instant the banner poles of the Penn
sylvania, Wisconsin. Nebraska, West
Virginia, Florida, Utah, New Mexico,
Ohio, New Hampshire. New Jersey,
Delaware. Oregon and Nevada are
decorated with red handkerchiefs and
from the gallery, balconies and rave
of the hall proper. red banners wave all
over the auditorium. A cheer blrsts
from
THOUSANDS OF THRoATs
in the galleries, which is caught up by
the convention and grows in volume
until the blare of band trumpets and
the noise of the base drum is drowned
in the greater volume of the conven-
tons full throated voice.
While this hare-up of enthusiasm is
in progress, some one HOSTS high
gray hat upon the pole of the Indiana
delegation. and friends of Governor
Gray now Join in shouting. Chairman
Barnum, who has advanced to the high
desk on the platform, waits for the
cheers to subside. At 1885 the vast
assemblage was silenced by a stroke
from the gaYel of Chairman Barnum.
and the Democratic convention of 1888
was formally in session. The chairman
introduced Bishop ]. B. Cranberry, of
st. Louis, who opened the proceedings
with prayer.
The chair then stated that acting
under the authority conferred upon
him by the national Democratic COM
mittee, he would present to the con-
vention the names of persons selected
by the committee to preside over and
officer the temporary organization of
the convention. AS the secretary read
the name of s. NJ. White, of California,
as
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN,
the convention greeted it with cheers
as it also greeted the name of F. o