Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-07-01

Of 105 feet. Twelve steel trusses, eacn
$50 feet wide, support the root. Exclu-
sive of the vestibule, the interior Of the
building is 676 feet long.
i twenty-five feet above the main floor
Of the hall is balcony. 1t is 40 feet
wide and it runs around the four sides
of the building Forty feet above the
main floor is another gallery. The Sec
ond is 10 feet wide. The whole floor
space of the building is 2s5, 900 square
feet. It will accommodate 10, 900 people
during the convention, though the. ca
pacity Of the building for show purposes
can be increased to $4,000 people. The
exits are on all sides and the facilities
for emptying the hall quickly are ample.
The lighting Of the hall will be done by
100 arc lights provided with powerful
refectors.
The Democratic national committee
will meet in Chicago the week before
the convention assemblies, and its delib-
erations will be watched even more
closely than those Of the Republican na-
tional committee at st. Louis Interest
in the contests was keSed up to a high
point when Chairman Harrity was quot.
ed in q New York paper as saying that
no man who announced in advance that
he would bolt the convention under GER
tain conditions should be admitted as
delegate. Mr.. Harrity has denied since
that he had any idea the gold men
would attempt to control the convention
by shutting ont on contests those who
had threatened to bolt in the interest of
the free coinage of silver. But the
friends Of silver have their eyes on the
national committee and they will not
be satisfied until they know that their
friends are to be seated. They, tco, have
hinted at an advantage to be gained in
the recognition Of contesting delega-
tions. They are said to be considering
the possibility Of shutting out the Mich
igan state delegation on the ground that
the delegates and alternates to the state
convention did not vote according to
their instructions, which in majority
Of cases were for the free coinage Ct sill
yer. This question is not likely to figure
seriously before the national committee.
and If it is raised at all, it will be III
the convention, where ex-Postmaster
General Dickinson will have chance
to explain how he elected administration
delegates from what was claimed to be
an antiadministration state.
The Temporary Chairman.
The national committee, besides de
Gliding the contests Of delegations to be
placed on the temporary roll OF the con-
vention, will choose candidates for tenn
porary officers of the convention, but If
the national committee chooses gold"
man for temporary chairman and the
silver, men are in the majority In
the Convention, as isNnow expected, it is
quite probable that the choice Of the
national committee will be ignored, and
that the temporary chairman Of the
convention will be chosen from the list
of western or southern delegates. 1t is
not unlikely that the honor Of the tenn
porary or permanent Craftsmanship will
be conferred on the senator from Ken
lucky. Mr.. Blackburn, who has routed
the administration forces in his state 30
recently, and who has been indorsed by
his state convention as candidate for
the presidency. Vest of Missouri may
be one Of the officers Of the convention
if he is not engaged in preparing "Sil-
yer Dollar" Bland for nomination. Pos
sibly Missouri's other presidential pos
sibility, Governor Stone, or the man
who has routed the administration army
in Illinois, Governor Altgeld, will re-
ceiye honors at the hands of the conven-
tion.
Many seats will be vacant, as I have
said, because the opening proceedings
of q national convention are largely
formal, and it is seldom they have any
serious bearing Oh the convention 8 aft
er work. When the temporary officers
have been elected and the committees
have been appointed to pass on the.c Gre
dentials and to propose a permanent
organization and rules for the conven-
ton, recess will be taken until the
next day, and the crowd will straggle
back to the big hotels to march again
and cheer again and to hold heated dis
cussions on the currency question in the
corridors Of the hotels.
Familiar Faces.
There will be many familiar faces
missing in the corridors and on the floor
of the convention. Maryland's sphinx,
Senator German, has hesitated. Brice,
too, had announced his intention of stay
ing away, but he has reconsidered since.
Ex- Governor Francis Of Missouri, who
made losing fight for the administra-
ton in his state, and Mafitt, the ma
tional committeeman from that state,
will be on hand. Francis is the admin
istration candidate for temporary chair
man Of the convention. Hill of New
York, who, as q modest candidate for
the nomination, staid away four years
ago, will be on hand to make fight for
"sound money" to the last ditch. Whit
non f,,,ops oo tho 0Foo1 Killarp of the