Connecticut western news., 1892-06-09

state, was made temporary chairman of the convention When MT. Fassett was es- corted to the platform he was greeted with enthusiastic applause from the Blaine men especially. He thanked the convention for the honor conferred upon him and made one of his characteristic speeches before the Republican party.
 An Army of Listeners.
 When Mir. Fassett began his speech he looked around upon vast audience of about 15,OOO people. Every seat in the great hall was filed despite the fact that about thousand of them cost fifty dollars each, and every inch of standing room in the building was also occupied. The hall is in the exposition building, which was erected in lSS6, and covers three acres of ground It has been especially prepared for the use to which it is now being put. The hall has floor space of 235 by POS feet, and its capacity is slightly increased by narrow gallery. The ceiling slopes upward toward a ridge pole from which the dis tance to the floor is seventy feet.
 In the roof is skylight 62xl20 feet, so large that were the glass not stained, the full daylight would make a tremendous dag gle. In addition to this skylight, there are big windows all around the walls. The light is softened further by the painting of the walls, ceiling and the huge supporting pillars, and by the profusion of bunting that adorns the walls. The center of the hall is level, and here the delegates and the pre- siding officer sit. From thls central level the seats for other persons attending the convention rise tier on tier on every side. The representatives of the newspapers have 29s seats, arranged in rows on terraces to the right and left of the speaker. The na- tional committee sits behind the chairman, and the vast audience occupies about F, 900 kitchen chairs.
 Shields of American Tin.
 On the side of. the galleries and beneath them the shields of the forty-four states are emblazoned on American tin. The shield and eagle of the United States are displayed behind the chairman. To his right and left, respectively, are the twin notices, 'Reci- procity" and Protection" in gilt letters on blue field with brown border. A monster eagle of embossed tin surmounts the stair way by which the delegates enter.
 The thirty-six columns which support the roof have all been gilded and bronzed. Four handsome Sets of thirty foot American flags, one at the back of the chair, one on each side of the space set aside for the delegation and one in the rear of them. The galleries are artistically hung with brown plush, and the hanging gallery, fifteen feet from the roof, where the Chicago band is to discourse music, is similarly draped in old gold. The roof and the skylights h,lve been tinted in the delicate shades of blue, picked out with stars to correspond with the states.
 After MT. Fassett's speech the convention proceeded to complete its work of organ izing. The following list of officers con- pleted the temporary organization: Secre- taries-Charles W. Johnson, Minnesota; F. N Arthur Holt, Ohio; Carson Lake, New York; George Lee, Colorado; J. O. Browne, Pennsylvania; W. P. Brownlow, Tennessee; Arthur s. Clark, Massachusetts. Assistant cretaries-Theodore F. Simmons, Cali fornia; Philip O. Churchman, Delaware {; Aaron Bradshaw, District of Columbia Charles Hopkins, Ohio; Charles s. Morris, Kentucky, A. w. Morrison, Maryland; J. W. Dimmick, Alabama; J. S. Walker, Mon- tana; G. V. McAllister, Mississippi; Otto Grannue, New York. Reading clerks Charles F. Harvey, Minnesota; J. H. Stone, Michigan; J. s. Kenyon, New York; H. S. Oliver, North Dakota; Charles Curtis,