The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-17

and serenely, beneath a sky across
whose asched dome not a cloud fioated,
the chieftains of the Republican party,
from the pineries of Maine TO the or
ange groves of California, from the
everglades of Florida to the placid
waters of Puget Sound, met in council
today and, in the presence of about
5000 spectators, entered upon the work
of selecting candidates and enunciaf
ing policies for the campaign of 1896.
The first session of the Republican
national committee
WAS BRIEF AND FORMAL.
Chairman Carter, of the national
committee dropped the gavel at 1920,
and sixty minutes later an adjourn
.nent was taken untR 10 o'clock tomor-
row There was not a jar to mar the
proceedings; there were no sensational
incidents to arouse, nor any demon
stlatjons to thrill the vast concourse
OF people
The temporary chairman, c. w. Fair
banks of Indianapolis delivered his adj
dress. a strong, forcible statement in
arraignment of the present admins
tration and in refinement of the is
sues: the committee selections for the
various delegations were announced
that was all. Those VINO expected some
adlusion to Mckinley which would
loose bottied-up enthusiasm for the
little Napoleon" which has had no
fight to uncork ii, or who imagined
that, perhaps, some OF the great lead
ers or orators of the party would be
called to the platform to fire their
imaginations or quicken their pulses,
were disappointed. It was purely a
formal session. The
RECOGNIZED HEROES AND GEN
ERALS
of the party entered the hail without
demonstration PJatt, Lodge, Depew
and Quay were applauded, but Mark
Hanna did not create a ripple when
he entered with a smiling and coafi-
dent air. The fierce rivalry that at
tends contests between struggling gil
ants. where the question of suprem-
acy is still to be fought. and the battle
is yet to be won: which arouses clans
and factions to the widest pitch of ex-
cifement and enthusiasm was lacking
While there may be vain hopes,
blighted ambitions and bitter animos-
tiles still tossing beneath the onward
sweep of the Mckinley tide, those who
did not favor the Ohio candidate es
their first choice are looking forward
with relief to the end of the unequal
struggle, knowing 1t will bring peace
and good will In the end.
THE MAIN INTEREST.
This being the situation, the main
interest today conferred in the person.
,lity of the great men who assembled
30 the convention hall. That hall, to
3 which the vast procession wendell its
way, although unpretentious in exter-
Tor, is desaTab'y adapted for the pur-
poses to which it is put A vast OBJ
long structure, it is about 500 feet long
oy $50 wide, and almost 1c9 feet high.
The two galleries which extend ali
about the interior abruptly TO the e1yye
OF the broad pit from which todav 9oo
delegates and as many aite1rnates
looked up into the face of the speaker
The decorations are simple but effac-
ave Bunting and flags conceal the
trusses and pillars. the galleries are
ADORNED with the coats of arms of the
states. while in conspicuous plares
hang the portraits of Grant. Lin~o1r
and other
HEROES OF THE PAST.
The galleries today were well filled
OUT not crowded. it being estimated
ABOUT 1900 persons were present. The
campaign cirtS which had marched to
t2s INV TO the csamor Of martial mn
SIC were present in uniform. and q very
large proooTTttca OF the si-e'-s9.os-S v1srra
ladies. The band stationed in tl,e pal
tery over the platform eriiye-Ia1l tT7s
pTatalant gathering with popular airs
at intervals 'e-t GU
Bur, as stated above the real inAar.
est I'M the first session was conferred in
IHie personality of the convention on
tne plaffor-m ranged behind the chair
man ser his colleagues or the natst,nal
committee, a noble gathering of astute
party generals. In the front SAT- the
delegates, the chosen leaders in thnd,.
states and communities. Most promi-
nenE Immediately below the stand was
the big four of Ohio-Hanraa. the king
maker, the daShing Foraker, GoyernIo.
Bushnell and General Grosyenor. Di
rectly in their rear were the Indiana
delegates. clustering about General
Lew Wallace. whose name is famed in
politics. literature and war, while TO
the rear of them were the PennsyI-
wanna delegates headed by the majestic
Hastings and the
SILENT, SPHINX-LIKE QUAY. .
the conqueror of so many hard fought
political battles. In the next tier of
seats was the New York contingent
with Platt, the old associate OF the
imperial Conkling. at the head of the
dominant faction, and the suave De-
pew and Warner Miller the leaders
of tine opposition Massachusetts,, with