The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-07-06
BALTIMORE
Arrangements for the Democratic
National Convention.
How the Opera House is Deco
rated and Where the Dele
cations will Sit.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer ]

The Committee Of Arrangements for
the National Democratic Convention
have worked most diligently, and have
almost perfected the details. All dele
gates will be seated on the first floor OF
the Opera House, where the Convention
il, to be held in the parquet and parqnet
circle, which is capable OF seating over
eight hundred persons, and the whole
house will hold two thousand five hun
dred people. There will be no admis,
sion except to holders OF tickets. The
stage, about fifty feet deep, will be oc-
cupied by officers OF the Convention,
the newspaper correspondents and re-
porters, and telegraph operators, for
whose accommodation chairs, and
desks and instruments will be provided,
thirty wires to carry the proceedings
of the Convention to all parts Of the
country, having been already carried
into the building The committees OF
the Co INVENTION will find rooms below
The sta ge, ordinarily used as dressing
rooms BY the actors Other parts OF
the underground story have also been
prepar ed tor conference apartments
VIII lie The rooms in the third-story front
will lie used for the same purpose
The decorations will not cost more
than FIVE thousand dollars, which IL
one-hs VI the sum expended tor the dec
oratio ms a, Philadelphia. but they will
be gu tie 81 effective 1t is designed TO
erect in front of the Theatre grand
triple arch, or portico, Of evergreens
over the pavement, hearing the MEM
orabl.e words of j. V. L. McMahon,
uttere on the occasion Of the grand
old ra lily OF 1870 in Baltimore, Every
noun rain sent forth it's rill, every valley
its STR cam, every river its food, and so
the q valanche of the people ls here
This legend will adorn the front OF the
evrrgf cen portico facing south. On the
eastern and western ends will be in
scr be,l the words, "N.tilnal Demo
cratic Convention-l872 Over the
main entrance OF the theatre will Or
the following sound Democratic legend:
The Constitution is still the object OF
our reverence, the bond of our Union,
OF defense in danger, the source OF our
prosperity in peace"-Andrew jackson
Over the entrance nearest Stewart
street will be the following motto from
Thomas Jefferson: "The whole art Of
Government consists in the art OF beng
honest" On the front OF the building,
above the first story, there will be tour
quotations from Washington's Farewell
Address, serving to stimulate the ma
tional and patriotic spirit OF the people
and all who revere the name Of the
Father OF his Country are mindful OF
the legacy which he has left to them;
Within the theatre coats>of arms OF all
the States, furnished by the same deco
rative artist who at Philadelphia trans
formed the Academy of Music into a
flower-garden--and who is, by the way,
Democrat-will be tastefully distrib
uted about the interior. Evergreens
and flowers, growing in terra Gotta
vases, hanging baskets and other choice
ornaments will not be wanting in good
taste, while the portraits OF Washing
ton, Jefferson, jackson, Charles Car
roll, OF Carrollton, and Henry Clay
will be placed in conspicuous places.
Among the chief adornments OF
the auditorium and stage beneath
the portrait of Washington will lie the
following from the frst President TO
Thomas Jefferson '1n short, that !
! was no party msu myself. The first
wish OF my heart was. if parties did
exist, to reconcile them" The location
Of each State and Territory will be
designated by small silken banners with
the name Of the State or Territory. The
programme, which has already been
prepared, places Maryland, with her
sixteen delegates, in the extreme rear,
iurthest OF all from the stage The
eight Territories, with their two dele.
gales apiece, sit in front Of her. thanked
6y Utah's two votes and Nevads's six.
The front row of seats, Immediately
| under the stake, in the parquet.
will be occupied on the right baud
of the President BY Maine and
Louis ana on the Presidents lett
| next behind comes Arkansas, Michigan
and Rhode Island in the third row will
sit Mississippi, Connecticut and the
District ofColumbia next behind, and
quite across the middle Of the parquer,
VIII be Missouri, Massachusetts,, Nir-
ginia, Indiana and North Carolina;
and in the rear OF the parquet will be
West Virginia, Georgia and Illinois.
the seats in the parauet circle, which
will not be as good, but still afford 9
fair view OF the stage, will be occupied
in the front row by New York; i'm.
med atety behind, Pennsylvania; and
then, continuing back on the right hand
eide, toward the rear will be Arkan.as,
Wisconsin, Iowa. Missouri, Nebraska
and Minnesota. On the left hand side,
of the maine aisle, the front row Of the
parouet circle will be filled with Della
wares s,x votes, Floridss eight and
Alabama's twenty; next behind, on
the same side, come Tennessee and
Kentucky; behind Tennessee will be
Ohio, and behind Kentucky, California,
New Jersey, Texas and Oregon. Spe-
clsl reporters will occupy the orchestra
The President, flauked by Secretaries,
viii occupv the raistd platform OF the