The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-07-08

- ~ tAt AS
man should be. eligible for q third term
OF the presidential Office.
Confiding in the Justice of our cause
and the necessity. OF its success at tho
polls, we submit the foregoing declara-
ton of principles and purposes to the
~consideratc judgment OF the Amer
lean people. We invite the support OF
all citizens who approve them. and who
desire to havo them made effective
through legislation for the relief and
restoration OF the country's prosperity.
CONVENTION CHIPS:
Gossip About the Features of the Gather.
ing-Somc OF the Decorations.
fCHICAGO, July 1.-THE last feature
OF decoration TO be put up within the
convention hall was that OF tho Demo-
cratic presidents. 1t was due. to some
question as to the exact proprieties of
using Giving pictures" II, being urged
by some that statues and portraits OF
living personages should9n not be put in
public places. As Mr. Cleveland is the
only living President the question ap-
piled more particularly to the heroic
decided to put up the pictures, living
and dead, butSthe work was not COM
pletcd until a few hours before the con-
Nention opened. 1t relieved the deco
rators, of a long suspense.
The gavel used by Chairman Harrity.
in opening the convention was present.
ed by Ossian Guthrie, Of Chicago. 1T
was made from an oak timber taken
from old Fort Dearborn. THE block
house from which the timber was taken
survived the Chicago fire and was pur-
chased by Mr.. Guthrie and other phil
a%nthroplc citizens. and re-erected In
South Park Chicago, as a reminder of
tho city's frontier days.
Sergeant-at-Arms Martin was on
hand at an early hour with his staff OF
600 assistant sergeant at arms. door,
keepers and pages, who were admitted
10 the building while the crowd clamor-
ed outside. AT 10 O'Clock the doors were
opened and the wild rush for, admission
began. 1t was not until within the.
parent. Everything was on the NAM
moth order. even In the decorations.
From the lobby the crowds entered an.
enormous enclosure, free of seats and
serving as a common camping ground
for delegations to greet eachSother be-
fore entering the convention hall be-
yond. This outer enclosure Is a third
of the building, which was too large in
its entirety for the convention. On,one,
side ran rows of offices for newspapers
and on the other side n restaurant
stretched 1000 feet, promising refresh.
iment in case of protracted siege. Even.
the detail of aSpostoffice had not been
forgotten. and Postmaster Hesing had
In operation a we'll equipped branch
Caloc to handle mail for delegates. There
was good }natured raillery at so.lc of
the signs literally distributed. TO secure
decorum. One of these. read: .'Good
order and dccorum Is -expected o f;every
guest. John S. Martin, sergeant at
arms"
In another the sergeant at arms posi-
lively prohibited smoking. The most
mammoth decoration in the outer hall
was an American flag which Decorator
Dynes spoke of with pride as the larg-
est flag Of any country ever made, being
100 by 60 feet, and requiring five men
to hoist 1t.
Within the main hall, the decorations
were artistic and effective. Instead of a
cofln-likc interior such as former con-
%ventions have had. the hall Is square
with the seats on all sides, at the rear
and above equi distant from the pre-
siding ofiicers' desk. lit Is twice the
size OF the Madison Square Garden In
terror. with two galleries stretching
1000 feet. or almost half n mile each.
and with $4,000 square feet of floor
room. The huge proportions a be
best understood from the fact thatithe
foot ball game will be played in this
u III t,n~t - nv, n - - r. Il - nr1 -.
uuarter-mile bicycle track Is to- be put
in when the convention is over.
The most striking feature OF the dec
GRAFTON on entering the hall was that
of the seven Democratic Presidents
Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren,, Polk.
Tyler, Buchanan and Cleveland-done
In heroic size, and arranged above the
desk of the chairman, looking down
on the delegates. That of Mr.. Clcve-
land was In the middle with the Faith
ers of Democracy on either side. 1t was
taken from his carly pictures. before
the rugged lines had made their ,ap-,
pearancc. Above these rose "a man.
moth representation of tho American
eagle with the shield OF the United
States In Its talons. Further up the
great steel sirdcrs which span the
building were wound with bunting, and
from between them hung myriads OF,
flags and scml-circular rosettes.
The platform and presiding officers
desk were t~astefully decorated with
bunting and f%estoons of evergreen, with
n backing OF large palm trees. Thanking
the chairman. on each 3side,. ran. tho.
press seats, four deep, encircling the
entire front and sides of the area re-
served for the delegates. Back Of the
chairman were many tiers Sof #comsi
Portable theatre chairs, reserved for.
the distinguished guests, about four
hundred in humber and for the honor-
ary vice presidents and secretaries. AT
either end Of the hall rose tier above
tier OF geats for the spectators, and
these the two galleries.
The committee on rules is still. In
session ut II o'clock to-nlght. 1t Is;
understood that no action regarding the
.abrogation OF the " o-tlfrds rule will
be taken until the silver people may
find It necessary. The convention will
be, conducted under the rules&of the
Fifty third Congress, which will make
n, report fromtthe commlttceion rules IA
privileged question at any time TlMS
Keeps the control OF the ~two-thlfdss
question In tic power Of the convention,
Gold Icn Talk Holt.
ssCIiICAGO. July T.-Boltwas5 the slo-
gan oil. 100 Dcmocratsin Mt meeting or
gold standard mon to-nlght,g Not
bolt from the conrcntionSthati was de-