The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-08
were offered within Avo minutes OF the West

moro picturesuuoly irameu. but INC nan 10
very poorly adapted Tor convention purposes,
except that it looks WELL IL Is square, anu
| Uttered with columns and rods. which confuse
and obstruct tho sight. us acoustio proper
ties are like the beauties OF tho chimpanHee-
| 1t hasn't any. only man with clarion voice
| like that OF Jefferson Davis could make MIN
| self hoard in IT.
| Senator Fnssett looked like marionette on
| the platform while he was speaking this
| morning. The first impression the hall made
| upon visitor was that OF q symphony OF yell
| low vanished chairs under a canopy OF blue
| glass. for there are 1850 wooden chairs on
| the square floor Tho big gait columns TINT
support the blue OF roof painted glass are hung
with Venetian banners. on each OF which
a shoaf OF whoat has been fastened. Up in the
| air was brass band In a mysterious box. SO
hung with drapory on tho bottom that it
looked like q bag Tho shining mouths OF the
Instruments pceped over tho top like the
beaks OF birdlings In O most. Tho square pit
or main floor was for tho delegates. but. for
the first time in tho history OF American con-
! vcntions. there were no placards to define tho
places OF the delegations. and the only way to
find Now York was to look for Chauncey
Dcpow. and to locate Pennsylvania was to
hunt out Matthew S. Quay.
The first national figure recognized by the
crowd ns the delegates poured In was Mr.. Nc
Kinley. tho hone of n multitude OF hearts as a
leader out of tho party's present predicament.
Whether no knew how delegations wero can
wasting his availability. whether he realized
| how telegrams wore pouring in telling the
men here that such n man as he can alone
] rescue the partv from present deadlock
| and future dcfeat no one could tel! by looking
| Mt his nervous. forcible face At all events he
| got n heavy rattle OF applause, Car Reed
| came in by the back way unnoticed and as
| calm OF yisage as n Chinese mandarin. He
| sat noxt to his old friond. the beautiful Mrs.
| HIT of Washington. tho leader OF So
| cietv there. Mar him wero Charley
| Emery Smith. Mrs Elliott +. SHEPARD,
Mrs C,arlson md Miro Senator Wo,cott. who
exbihits tho host gowns and presides over tho
most exclns;vo dinnors Mt tho national cnnital.
| Than c.n,a Tho Now yort de,ep,tion led nv
| platt Denew Mi,,er and UJiscock tho four
| crocos of tba Emniro Stnte ronrosent;ng Cun
nino Elocnnn,o pi,tv and Erotisr rssnec.
tivo,v Tboy got onn,ouse ~ course and
Warner Miller smi,eL and bowed ma
though bo Thought n w,s nj, for him
Commodore Arthur Rateman strong
Itnrrisoninn coma In wifi FieId Marshal
Iouis pawn IN Imam dust-
| ~ +h,t modo NJ, ,ooL l,ra n farmar from
Wo,haot usr,,on n Armour .r.Coj,ector
pohar+sor ona NJ, tho othor coIehr,t,es wora
| ni.i ~ = NJ ,,ointad o,t 20 ~. crowd Tiara
| ~, 49,, o,,lou,o ,,ho, 20, Iob, n Nov,
had -, tho Horrison ,orcee come down tbe
| n,iaaIo oi.,o .aoortin, h,s ohormin. dough.
| tar-in ,o,r Nc uo,rv n Now Tho roet henu.
| t;f,, ~ tbo youn,or woman who nra bore
| Now thar, ,yoro noorly O oOo nor.ops IN tho
hill ,nd a. h,yzod ILL n bio sundavschooI
| during raoitotions Matthew s Quay came in
unrecoonized. WEARING n dusty black soft hat
st n country cross.roads store His son Dick n
slight, snare. black haired youth. ran about
between the Pennsylvania delegation and his
| fnthcr. as he has been doing for a week. Pres
| emily the modern successor of William Penn
| took his seat with the other Ouakcrs. pulled
| off his hat and revealed n prematurely aged,
careworn. almost haggard face. No more at
tention was maid to him tban IL he had
| been n messenger bow. n condition which
he seeks and enjoys. Fire Alarm Foraker
| came In and got a little smatterng of applause,
| and President Baker OF tho Worlds Fair at
| Chicago pushed his round. wel-fed. Column
bian figure among the people on the platform
| lust as quietly as Quay had come. Mrs.
Kate Field was spied away among the
visitors on the left hand of the hall. Her
! face WAS MS bright as q new dollar and her
| yiyacity was as continuous as the bubbine of
| n spripC. It is n novel sight to see happy
woman here Why on earth their husbands
| bring them, unless it is that they would weep
If they couldn't come is difficult to imagine.
There are a few ladies wei! placed hero in
| private houses that their husbands have hired.
but tho women in the hotels are penned in alone.
without female friends. whilea roaring mob Of
men RACES all around them Nevertheless. ore
women have appeared here than were ever
seen at National Convention before. There
is woman reporter here. wading with her
fashionable skirt upheld in one hand over the
filthy floors Of the hotel and cdgng her way
among the swarmng delegates like a fire.
man pushing through tho fire lines. she
is comcly woman. and Is the talk OF the
Convention. Girl typewriters are scattered in
half OF the parlors and bedrooms OF the press
men. secretaries. and leaders in the West
Hotel and New York Life building. and when
the crowd got to Convention Hall this
morning 1t was met by a corps OF bright
faced women wearing the badgas OF the press