New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-07-07
.Arrang,uents for BaItiuore.

up" which I received at your hands.
RIPARIAN.
Arrangements for Baltimore.
We copy she subjoined Washington
special from the Cincinnati Enquirer
The committee of arrangements for the
National Democratic Convention has
worked most diligently, and has almost
perfected the details. All delegates will be
seated on the first floor of the Opera House.
where the convention is TO be held, in the
parquette and parquette circle, which is
capable Of seating over 500 persons, and
the whole house will hold $500 people
There will be no admission except to hold
ers of tickets. The stage. about fifty feet
deep, will be occupied by the officers Of the
convention, the newspaper correspondents
and reporters, and telegraph operators, for
whose accommodation chairs and desks
and instruments will be provided, thirty
wires TO convey the reports of the proceed
ings of the convention to all parts of the
country having been already carried into
the building. The committees of the con-
vention will find rooms below the stage, or
dinarily used as dressing rooms bv the
actors Other parts of the underground
story have also been prepared for confer
ence apartments, while the rooms in the
third story front will be used for the same
purpose
The decorations will not cost mora than
five thousand dollars, which is one-half the
sum expended for the decorations at Phila-
delphia, but t hey will be quite as effective.
1t is designed to erect in front Of the thea
tire a grand triple arch, or portieo, Of ever
greens over the pavement, bearing the
memorable words of j. " L. Mcmahon, ut
tered on the occasion of the grand old rally
Of 1860. in Baltimore. . Every mountain
sent forth its rill, every valley its stream,
every river its flood, and SO the avalanche
of the people is here.0 This legend will
adoFn the front of the evergreen portieo
facing south. On the eastern and western
ends will be inscribed the words, National
Democratic COnvention-I872." Over the
main entrance of the theatre will be the fol-
lowing sound Democratic legend: "The con-
stitution 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 near
est Stewart street viii be the following
motto from Thomas Jefferson: "Ihe whole
art of government consists in the art of be-
ing honest On the front of the building,
above the first story, there viii be four
quotations from Washington's farewell adj
dress, serving to stimulate the national and
PATRIOTIC spirit Of the people, and all who
revere the name of the Father Of his Coun-
try are mindful of the legacy which he has
left them. Within the theatre coats ofarms
of all the States furnished by the same
decorative artist who at Philadelphia trans
formed the Academy of Music into flower
garden-and who is, by the way, Demo
crat-will be- tastefully distributed about
the interior. Evergreens and flowers
growing in terra Gotta vases, hanging bas-
kets, and other choice ornaments, viii not
be wanting in good taste, while the por-
traits of Washington, Jefferson, jackson,
Charles Carroll, of CarrOlltOn, and Henry
Clay will be placed in conspicuous places.
Among the chief monuments of the au-
ditorium and stage beneath the portrait of
Washington will be. the following from the
first President to Thomas jefferson: "In
short, that / was no party man myself. The
first wish of my heart was, If parties did
exist. to reconcile them" The location of
each State and Territory viii be designated
by small silken' banners, with the name of
the State or Territory. Phe programme,
which has already been prepared places
Maryland, with her sixteen delegates, in
the extreme rear, furthest of all from the
stage. The eight Territories, with their
two delegates apiece, sit in front Of her,
flanked by Utah's two votes and Negada's
six The front row of seats, Immediately
under the stage, in the parquette, viii be
occupied on the right hand Of the presi-
dent by Maine and Louisiana; on the pres-
dents left, next behind, comes Arkansas,
Michigan and Rhode Island ia the
third row viii sit Mississippi, COnnec-
ticut and the District of Columbia ;
next.behind, and quite across The middle of
the paFquette, viii be Missouri, Massachu-
setts, Virginia, Indiana and North Carolina,
and in the rear of the parquette will be
West Virginia, Georgia and Illinois. The
seats in the parquette circle, which will not
be as good, but still afford fair view of
the stage, will be occupied IN the front row
by New York; immediately behind, Penn
sylvania, and then, continuing back on tho
right hand side toward the rear will be
Kansas, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Ne
braska and Minnesota. On the left hand
side of the main isle, the front row Of the
parquette circle will be filed with Della
wares six votes, Floridas eight and Ala
bama's twenty: next behind, on the same
side, come Tennessee and Kentucky; be-
hind Tennessee will be Ohio, and behind
Kentucky, California, New jersey, Texas
and Oregon.
Special reporters will occupy the or
chestra. The president, fanked by the sec
retaries, will sit ON the raised platform of
the stage, in front of the vice president, sur
rounded by reporters and correspondents.
On the floor of the stage the Franklin, At
lantic aud Pacific telegraph operators viii
occupy the right-hand corner Of the stage.
Ia the rear of the private boxes and in the.
similar corner opposite will be placed the
Western Union telegraph operators with
their instruments. The private boxes viii
be devoted to the use of the members of
the National Executive Committee. Tie
regulations for the convention have been
prepared, and viii be finally adopted By
the resident committee tomorrow.