Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-06-23

OF the fire department on the evening o
the twenty seventh Instant. a parsd
ofthe police will take plsce on the SAM
= day. We are sure thst the chief of tn,
fire department, H. Clay Sexton, vii
gladly scquiesce Ia the suggestion, bu
We deem it proper that the request
should be submitted to him through the
mayor Of the city. By order o. tht
G cjmmittee.
: D. II. MACADAM, Secretary.
MAYORS OFFICE, ST. LoUIs,(
June Il, 1873. !
D. Il. MacAdam, Esq, Secretary Resident
Com mttee:
DEAR EIR--YOUr communication oi
this date is received. Ia reply to the
request Of the resident committee, l beg
to state that the parade OF the fire de.
pErjment will taRe place upOn the day
named, and il connection with the dis
play Of the police force. l fully appre-
ciste the desires Of the committee to en-
atls the large assemblsge of visitors at
tending the National convention to wit.
ness a display OF our leading depart
ments, and to carry away favorable
impression OF our city. 10 that end l
| snail willingly cooperate as fer as Is in
my power. Respectfully,
a. OvERSToLz, Mayor.
Mr.. Prince arrived in company of
John G. Priest, and by him was intro.
duced to each of the committeeman.
| Colonel Armstrong said that there was
! a gentleman present who had been to
! the CincinnalJ convention, and who, al
though he differed most widely with him
! (ArmetTOng) 10 political views, yet
! agreed fully with him in the determine
! ton that the st. Louis convention must
be
A MODEL OF COMPLETENESS
| in sill It's appointments. Hs referred to
| Mr.. Geo. Bsin, and he thought Mr..
Bsin could make come good suggestions
relative to details of arrangements.
Mr.. Balm mentioned some OF the most
glazing faults In the Cincinnati arrange
| nents, one Of which wac, that there
we're only sixty seats for the reporters,
and these were very unfairly aPportion.
ed, the New York papers receiving q
lions share. He thought this conven-
ton should furnish at least two hum
dred seats, and that only re presentatives
Of daily papers should be allowed to
occupy them. A deal # consideration,
too, should be given to the matter Of is
suing admission tickets, every effort be-
ing made to secure to people who come
from 6 great distance the advantage Of
seeing and hearing. To secure this, st.
L1uisans should exercise some self-de-
nial. At Cincinnati each dele&ate was
sll0wed twa tickets each day, one to be
given to his alternate. Many other
ptivilegj d persons secured tickets, and
Ihe1e was much trading carried on 10
that line. Although Cincinnati had
larger hall than st. Louis, some persons
paid as high as forty dollars on the first
day OF the convention just to get inside !
Of it. One man stayed in the conven- |
ticn nearly all day, aud then came out |
and sold his ticket for ten dollars for the |
balance of the day. This showed the |
necessity for great care in the issuance |
CT tickels, IN order that those best en- |
Tiled to admission be provided. Each |
delegate was there provided with a
printed tally. book, to he used by him |
durirg the roli-eslis, and slso with q |
card giving diagram of the hall. He |
thought that an excellent idea. |
10 respOnse TO an inquiry, Mr.. Balm |
said that the Cincinnati hail had seat |
ing capacity Of fftytwO hundred. Each |
Gsiegats al each alternate was allowed |
q spaceOf two and a-half seats, thus leav- |
ing seventeen hundred eats for specta-
tors.
The committee thanked Mr.. Balm for |
his suggestion, ard he Withdrew, eX- |
pTessiug his regrets that they were go- |
ing TO waste time in making nomina- |
iCn, |
Mr., Brown said that he was very con-
f leDt that the Exchange hall was much |
larger than the Cincinnati hall, and |
Msjor Lee, on an examination OF plat |
of me latter, confirmed this view. Mr.. |
Brown said he was sure our hall would |
H.. 4 NV
good management Major Lee said that |
according to his present plan for the ar
rapgement Of seats, our hall would ac- |
c0mmo5aie four thousand six hundred |
and s!xty-nine persons altogether.
The committee then proceeded to |
exam inc the
DIAGRAM OF THE HALL
az proposed by Major Lee, and to make |
suggestions Of improvement. Mr.. |
Pduce explained the necessity for hRv-
il G larger space for the accommodation
OF distinguished guests than was allot' |
ted in the diagram, and discouraged the |
idea OF SLOWING so much room to re-
p0Tters, He said that every fifth cousin |
OF a newspaper man resolved himself |
into q reporter on these occasions, and |
tried 10 SECURE a seat on that ground, |
made reports was comparatively small, |
The meeting adjourned to the Exchange |
hail, whe;e the plan was further dis |
Cussed. II was finally decided that room |
ioT only ssventy-Dine reporters would be |
allowed, others rec living merely tickets |
OF admission to the hall. A long plat |
form or gallery will he erected at the |
west side of the hall, at the hight Of |
ten or twelve feet, for the accommodR- |
ton Of several hundred distinguisht d |
guests. Tae delegates will be ranged in |
seats forming a semi circle in front of |
the TostTum, the semi-ciTcle being cut |
uD by eight aisIes. This semi
circle will be inclOsed by q strong |
balustrade, TO prevent outsiders from |
croWding on the delegates. That
portion of the hall outside Of the bRlus. |
trade will be arranged In the form of ali
amphitheater, thus giving those in re-
mote quarters Of the room full view |
and good facilities for hearing. The |
a,sles will be Csrpeted SO as to desden |
sll noise, and the crowd will be SO great |
rs tOprevent much moving around. Mr.. |
Prince suggested the seats Immediately |
outside the balustTade be assigned to Ia
dies, as this would prevent men from |
cCOWding against the fence and InVed-
Ing Llb IISGtuCiS VI uCls X 6ASHs 4NO |
specisl quarter will be assigned to alter
mates, they being simply granted admis'
sion TO the hall.
Mr.. Prince expressed himself as great.
ly pleased by the hall and arrange
ments, Saying that everything was most
auspiciou3 for satisfactory convention. |
Another meeting OF the resident COM
miltee will be held at hslfpsst one
o'clock Monday.
THE CONVENTION IN WASHINGTON.
New York HeIalG.l
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The st. |
Louis convention is now the absOrbing |
tJpic of conversation, even to those who |
have just returned from Cincinnati. The |
REPUBLICAN ticket is acknowledged to be |
strong by the Democrats, but they think |
II does not embarTRss them seriously be- |
causs it does not compel them TO any |
specific nomination. The Thurman men |
are encouraged 10 renewed exerti0ns for |
him by the nomination of Governor |
Hayes, and it is said that an attempt |
will he made on Wednesday in the |
banking and currency committee to |
adopt some measure looking TO a repeal |
Of the resumption act, Mr.. Cox and Mr.. |