The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-04
UTAH'S DELEGATION
The Straight Out Republicans
Arrive in Minneapolis.
EXTENDED A WARM WELCOME
The Delegation Establishes Headquarters
Members Hard Mt Work With Flattering
Prospects Of Success-Notes.

MINNEAPOLIS, June g. Special telegram
70 The HERALD. The Utah delegation Of
Republicans arrived in their special car to-
day. and are CHARTERED at the depot IN their
palace on wheels. at the Holmes house and
the Ryan house, St. Paul.
At the Holmes house Is the
HEADQUARTERS OF THE UTAH DELEGATION,
and large room has been leased for some
time for the use Of the forty or fifty Re-
publicans who make up the Straight Out
contingent. The room already presents
very animated appearance, and the spec
tacle OF 30 many Utah Republicans
so esrly on the ground, with the estab-
lighing of Utah headquarters long before
The big states are heard OF, has attracted
great deal Of attention already to the char
acter OF the Utah fight.
o. j. Salisbury lost no time in establish
ing
CORDIAL RELATIONS AT THE BLAINE HEAD
QUARTERS,
where, owing TO his near relationship to the
Maine statesman, and the known prefer
ence Of Utah for Blame over Harrison-he
met with very warm welcome
1t is noticeable that not a single Liberal
Republican has yet shown his head and the
forty or fifty Straight Outs already here are
making the most Of their opportunity. They
are buzzing like bees in every corridor ana
ante room where politicians most do con-
gregate. There is talk Of some sort of
PRELIMINARY HEARING
on the Utah contest tomorrow, but Nick
Treweek. Sam Kenyon, Arthur Pratt and
the others, if they know anything Of it are
close mouthed, and it is probable nothing
authoritative can be wired till tomorrow.
The SALT LAKE HERALD is found on the
news stands here, and the number of
copies floating around in the hands of
delegates prevents the growth of any
thing like a feeling of inconsistencies.
A number of the Utah delegation went
out to-day to visit the exposition building
where the convention is 10 be held. II is q
mammoth structure Of brick and stone
within quick reach of the depots and hotels
and will seat 1000 people. 1t has 6
myriad Of windows in long rows, and
twenty exits. The great hall today is like 8
WAVING FOREST OF FLAGS.
bunting and streamers; all the windows
and up TO the towers is a blaze of red,
white and blue. The interior occupies
lust an aero Of space, and the pit is occu.
pied by opera chairs where the delegates
will sit. Back Of them in rows cores
ponding to q deep circle. will be the
alternates, while the spectators viii be
crammed into the standing space still fur
Their back and the great sloping gallery
with its myriad OF tiers of seats.
The platform where it is expected
MKINLEY WILL PRESIDE,
where the 300 newspaper men will sit and
from whence the nominating speeches will
be made, is at one end Of the building ant
is about three feet high. A monster bant
which is 10 enliven the proceedings viii b.
stationed on a platform swung from tn,
the ceiling over the heads Of the delegates
what the sound win be like from
such an out-of-the-wsy place it
difficult 70 say. But the effec
Of the whole monster building occupied b.
a crowded, excited mass of politicians, th'
crash Of the great band, the spectacle o
the noted nen who will be seen in tn
tnrong, and the mighty struggle which wi
be witnessed there, all 60 to make up a
occasion that the Utah politicians vieI
with breathless awe, and one that make
them feel like their fight was mild diff
ference among minnows going on in th
neighborhood of life or death confic
among whales.