Evening journal., 1892-06-20
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THE CONVENTION WlGWAh
shreds by storm some days ago. Since
then the unprotected interior has been sew
eral times thoroughly drenched by rain
storms which spoiled the decorations, as fan
as that had advanced. But the building
contractor, by doubling his force and work.
ing day and night, has now completed the
roof so as to effectually shut ont any future
storms
The Interior Decorations.
EiFrom the center OF the roof inside brood
strips OF bunting radiate to the side, where
they are enclosed by a still broader tier OF
the same material. Over the chairman.
shmd 4 a feur post arch handsomely dec.
grated, beaging on the two front pillars
heroic sized busts Of Andrew jackson and
Stephen A. Douglass Behina the chair.
man there is big papiermache spread
eagle, and extending al rousd the rear Of
Hbe kali are twenty half length lifesize por
traits of distinguished Dom0crats, including
JACKSON, Van Buren,, P6k, Pierce, Blu
chanan, Cass, Breckenridge, Sam Houston,
Stephens, Mcclellan, Seymour Tilden, Han
cock. Hendricks w. II. Barnum, Stephen
A. Douglass and Sydney Bruce The ar.
rangement OF the body of the hall is much
like that Ct the Minneapolis convention
hall. That is to say, the delegates are
seated in the center and the spectators are
ranged in two gently sloping tiers, running
all round the building Facing the upper
gallery are displayed the hsus and costs OF
arms Of the forty-sodr statof. Tghs gallery
seats sbout s,o00 people; the lower tiei
about 1000 Ninoteen theusand people
can be seated in the wigwam; 20,O 900 can get
inside \. The thirty posts which support
thg'new Roof are covered with wkite cotton
cloth and decorated with the national color
senator HiIrs silver Letter.
An absorbing topic Of conversation among
the delegates is the letter written by Senator
Fill to Charles X. Holiday, Jr., Of the Kan
sas Democrat, in which Senator Hill ssid
Ny faith il Hnshskeable in the sound com
mon sense Of cur fellow counrymen They
know that the Domseratic party at the present
time IL tho sOe efficient instrument Tor tax ne
form and monetary reform. The Dem
ocratic party might as well commit suicide as
shirk either duty, nor viii It betray the peo'
ples trust by allOtting the executive power
70 any mas whose views are simhar 70 the
views OF President Harrison, and who is
pledged like him to block every approach to o
free bimetallic coinage.
II is a scandalous misuse Of executive power
70 employ the veto in preventing remedial leg.
islation from being carefully planned and
passed when so great a majority Of the people e
representatives nave been elected by the lco
pie expressly for that very work TO repeal tho
sherman silver Law and TO promote the return
To free bimctaliic coinage. i am in
dignaAt at the rapacity Of the gold mono
metalists; 80 reckless both Of science and
OF public opinion. FREQ bimetallic coinage /,
the demand Of a vast majority Of the American
people No wonder it gave as the party Of tn
silver dollar and the gold dollar for eighty years
Free bimctallic coinage is the last work o
monetary science To restore u safely wisel,
and finally is the mission OF the Democratic
party.
The letter was made public at a Favorable
time to influence the doubtful free sivc
delegates in favor of Senator HILL and thu
Colorado people who are here to beat Cieve
land have announced themselves in favor o
Hill. The Colorado people say that IS
delegates favor free silver aAd that the sil
yer men cannot afford TO vote for Cleye
land. Mr.. Pence, of Colorado says tina
Harrison win not get more than 70 per cent
OF the Republican vote in Colorado, tina
Cleveland cannot get more than Is per cent
Of the Democratic vote and that if Cleve
land is nominated the state VIII fall into tn
hands of the Farmers Alliance. At tn
same time he says that Hills letter place
him on record for free silver and assure
Hill Colorado's vote in the convention.
Some question was raised about the AT
thenticity of che Hill silver letter. Mi
Hills private secretary, who has been /
telegraphic communication with the SCI
ator, was asked: 'Is that silver letter {
Senator Hilrs to Mr.. Charles X. Hollida,
Jr, OF Topeka, in which he substantial
says lie would not vote free bimetall
coinage biAif the party should pass ont
genuinem
1T is.r said Mr. Birming CHAM. "But I'll
senator did not authorize its publication
The letter captained matter personal to ti
senator and Mr. Holiday. which, hov
ever, is omitted from the published copy
Birinipgham would say nothing further
regard to the letter.
A Patfison-rin Combine Story.
A publication which would divide inte
est with the silver letter, but for its in
probability, is the report that Hin is ont
the race and viii throw his strength TO Pa
tison, of Pennsylvania This information
said to have come in letter from "a pror
inent Republican politician Of Philadelphi
who is opposed TO Harrison aud who h
talked with Mr. HILL According to th
story, the Quay influence in Pennsylvan
is to 90 TO Pattison if be were nominate
All this is news 10 the Pennsylvanians, b
as they are quite willing to talk in guardl
way about the possii4. fatOi 'n
nomination. they do renounce ,he
allegiance TO Cleveland thou5 ,ss insi'
that under the unit rut v4land VIII II
ceive the vote OF The entire delegation o
the first ballot.
The anti Harrity people, headed by e.
Senator Wallace ard j. N. Guifey, Of Pitt
burg, have announced that they will iigl
the unit rule, but Mr. Hauity thinks thu