The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-27
ANTI-BRYAN SENTIMENT
NATIONAL MANAGERS IN HIGH sPIR-
ITS LAST EVENING.
Quarters Already Engaged for Over
six Hundred DeIeGatcs-ProbabIy
10000 People VIII BE Here.

There was much congratulation last night
at the headquarters OF the National Democ-
racy in the Lemcke Building over the sat
isfactory results of the days work. not
only throughout Indiana. but throughout
the country as well. The leaders had felt
that the attendance and spirit of yester-
days State and district conventions would
go far toward indicating tSe strength OF
the new movement ana they were more
than pleased to know that they had
brought into being the healthiest political
infant the country has ever known.
With the assembling of the convention
the provisional national committee, which
has carried on so vigorously the work of
organization up to date. will go out of
istence and permanent national commit
tee will be elected by the delegations from
the various States. Mr.. Bynum yesterday
announced that he does not desire to serve
as chairman OF the executive committee
after the convention. This Is partly be-
cause he does not like to be tied down with
the routine work involved in such a posi-
tion and partly because he feels that he
can do the cause more good on the stump
than in the committee room. Il accepted
the position temporarily said he, because
1t was necessary that somebody should
carry on the work and there was no time
TO find the right man. But the movement
has now gathered such headway and ac-
quired such general support that 1t will
be no trouble at all to organize a compe-
tent executive committee and L feel that
i should be relieved from further routine
work.
1t Is impossible that this will mean the
transfer OF the national headquarters 10
another city, though there is strong sem
timent that Indianapolis is the best place
for 1t. The city is central and the means
OF communication with the leaders of the
movement throughout the country are as
ample here they would he elsewhere.
The movement for the National Democracy
originated here and all it's work thus far
has centered In Indianapolis and there is
sentiment that the campaign for what will
be known as the Indianapolis platform and
indianapolis ticket should be directed from
indianapolis.
The conventions OF yesterday set at rest
an doubts about the size Of the attendance
nave already been engaged at the hotels
for over six hundred delegates and orders
were pouring in by wire last night at a
rate calculated to alarm the proprietors of
the various hotels. The demand for tickets
OF admission is way beyond the capacity
or the hall. This demand thus far indi-
sand people from outside the State and
fully as many from Indiana.
The arrangements at Tomlnson Hall are
now fully under way. The stage is being
enlarged so as to seat about four hundred
people, with the speakers stand at the mid
dle-front of the stage. Ranged upon either
side or this are two hundred seats for
press representatives. THESE are con-
structed, as they are at all national con-
ventions, in tiers of long narrow tables
with chairs. The body OF the hall will be
given up to seats for delegates and the out
er corridors will be barricaded Off for their
use. In the rear of the delegates seats
and in the galleries will be the seats for
spectators. The plans for decorating the
hall are none too elaborate and in excel
lent taste. The decorators have expert
enced not little difficulty I'm securing
enough Cleveland autographs for their pur-
pose Pictures of the President have been
very scarce at political conventions this
year and nobody was sufficiently stocked
up with them TO supply the sudden demand
created by the coming convention