The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-17

S. Louis. Jure IS.-Auspicions1y ard So
ransiy. beneath 4 sky across whose archs3
dome not a cloud aeatea. me chieftalns os
the Republican party from the p1nsTtss cf
Maine 10 the grange groves as California.
from the everglades ce Florsda 20 tae
PLACID waters Of PUGET sound. net ia couu-
csi today s11. IN the presence % Abo1t 600
spectators. entere1 upon tie Ncrk o ss.eet-
iaS candidates ard snancl& - posscieS E0r
the campaign OF iSS
The arst session of the Repuhlscan IA
tiorai COMMITTEES WIS brief and formal
Chairman Carter. of the natonal COM
aslttee. dropped ghe gaVci az tz-se, And one
hour and thirsy minutes later 81 adjourn
u8eat Was taker Gntii % e'ciCssk tomorrow.
There was not 9sr 80 mar TIRE proceed
frgs. there we're 10 sensational lnrileuts
TO arouse. 1a0r anY demon strAs s3nss So ttfBN
the vast concaurse nf people. Tee tempo
rary chairman. e. ~. Fairaa7ks % Ar3f-
ana. delivered his &1Fess. q StFaHE. fore
lbfs statement tn arraignnsent a the pres
eat sdnlinistTa ten and ia aeflnement ct
the issues, the committee seisetioss Tor
the various dsleEa lions were annaance1--
shat w@S all. Those who Expected sDuse
-iIf-sion 10 Mckinley ahich wapi1 inoSea
aogtIea-np enthusiasm far tFle littae Napo-
leon. which has had 10 agbg 20 uucnrk il.
o. @ho imagined that perhaps scEne cf the
great leaders or orators af fhs party wosA
he called 70 ths platform 70 ere their
falaEfna tons or qnicken thsar aaEses, were
disappointed. II Has purely formal ses-
sion. THE recognized leaders snt genera
u the party catered the han without
demonstrations. Piakt. pepew. Lodge aaa
Quay were appizaae8. bat Msfk Hanna,
the warwick al& rot create 4 ripple when
he entered with a smiths ana coahsfrt air.
TIE fierce rivalry that atsnnae contests k8A-
s~ssss
ton % supremacy is sziU ta ~ fesfghs aEf
the battle - yet e be won: which aroases
clans and facfsers 10 the widest pitch ef
excitement and eathustaanl MAS lacking
While there r1ay ~ vain hopes. bsiFhfsd
ambitions ard hstter aHinasifsRs sftii TOSS
lng beneath fsse enwarS sweep Of the Mo
Kfalsy tide, thoSg who Gi9 not favor the
ohso candidate as thslr arsf choice are
looking forward with RELIEF 70 TIE end %
the uneQual struggle. knowing L wfil bring
peace and good wia IN the end. This being
the situation. TIE man interest TO-DAY cen-
tered fa the parsoaality Of the great rnen
who assembled In the convention hall
TIE hail 20 which she vast procession
wenssa its way. although -enprstentloas
IN exterior. "a aanaifa bly, adapted FOR the
purposes 80 which Il is put a vast. Oh
long structure. Il Is ahouf 81. feet long
by Is8 feet wide. and almost ZOE feet high.
TIE two galleries which extend all about
Of the broad rlt. from which today 80
delegates and as many alteruatss looked
up into the fare 81 the SPEAKER The dec
ordttons are simple bzt Effective ffunt-
ing and flags conceal tbe trusses ard pfl-
lars. tire galleries are aaerned with the
coatS-of-arnas CT The states. and in con-
sEasc@ouS places are che portraits o.
Grant. Lincoln ard other heroes or the
past. The galleries today were se1i niled.
blft not crowded e being estimated that
about sos9 persons ~eTe present The
campaign clubs which had marched 80
tbs hail ~ ths cfanaor Of martial rsn-
sic were present tn nufform. ard a very
large proportion 0f tns spectators wc-e
ladies'. The hard stationed tn the gall
Iery over the pf8tsaErn enliYeued the bril-
liant gathering vith popular airs al in
tervals
Bss. as stated above. the real interest n
the first session vas centares ia sha per-
s1naifrv 81 fhe convention On fhe mlas-
form ranged behind the chairman SET ais
colleagues on fAe national committee a
notable gathering - Esfuts party Es8aTsls
y his front sac tha delegates. the chosen
les3ers n their states and commodities.
Mast prominent Immediately below the
stand were taa nl< f0ar 0f GAta-sfaaum.
the ksnruakers The dashlnx ForakeF Gov.
Bushnell ard Gen fsrozvea0r. Directly in
tnssr rear were fhe TH8lans &eleEates
clustering aboHf Gen. lew wasiace whose
name IS famed IN poftsics. literature aaa
war. while 20 ffe rear % them Rare the
pannsw1wania delegates has5e3 bw TIE
rna a5essic Hastings ard TIRE silent suhtnx-
Isks Cgay. the conqgeror - 40 many bard
ToaEnt Dofttfcal haffses In the aext tier q
seats VAS the &ex York conffnwant WITH
Plat the I'D associate ~ fNa fr4reFlsf
Canki5uE. A. tbe kesH ~ the Dominant
fz~ssoa. ard s8&ve Deps y. aaa Warner
Miller the leader ~ tha oWeax5tton Mas
E-s1
rnana. uas }ass eegona, while - tAe rE~ht
% the stand sat Senator Teller. ahaat
xhorn ths radical silver fs~eas cluster ats
face grave stern zaS HrternEtnas Sat
fsrs5 throuz h0Ht tbe rit were others 10
less gaaa ang6 fa the rnunefls nf fHa uarfws
fsnw. Eraaieg ef kemtaeky. waa seeandet
CRAFTS nomination ia fsse ard wAo. Ike
Senator We2isrEt6n nf Aary sana wha sat
8mpaslfe. succeeded last fsH r. wreEsfrx
tns.gr ssatas form rassrncersf5e r8sss Gen.
David Heusefs1u the brilliant gasrs 9aH-
gresham. 4n3 bfs c9Eisswpes eenator
Gear ass Cas HerhBru. ~ho taek charge
81 she al son haasz. ex~Gsov Merriam. ef
R1nneEots. ths champion ~ rn6. ths ven-
erah7e whlEs-hafraA tf8r< TNerszrear eF In
sara. Who has axura8 40 coaan3esosssy n
fhe hlszoTT - hfs Hagtv. neW 81 years eli
nas seemingly xffh rsarv rears 70 Tss&
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