New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-13
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
The Rally at Cincinnati. |.

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A Cincinnati special to the New York
Herald of June 8 saye:
The preparations for the Republican Ma.
| tiOnal Convention, which meets here on the
| fourteenth instant, are about complete, and
| if the convention itself were here now it
could 60 into the hall, and it's delegates find
their places with no more difficulty than
they will encounter on the meeting day.
Exposition Hall, where the convention
meets, is q large wooden structure. which
was originally built-i1 the year 1869, be-
lieve-as q meeting place for the national
saengerfest. That was seven years ago,
and since that time Ssenger Halle,
as it is still called here, has served Q
good many purposes. 1t was the central
building for the Cincinnati exposition
during the six years it was run; it is
the place whore the Liberal Republican
mated Horace Greeley; it is the hall where
the May music festivals we're held here tor
several years, which gave Cincinnati go en-
viable position in the musical world, and
more lately it was the theatre for the meet
ing of the Ohio Democracy when they put
Thurman aside to take up Allen and in
dorse him for tie st. Louis nomination.
Taking it all in all the old SaeDger Halle
has become almost historic. and when it is
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fican National Convention has got through
it's sittings, not few will be found here
who will mourn its departure as though it
were one of the landmarks.
The arrangements for the National Con-
vention, which are now fully mstured and
very nearly completed, are of general inter-
est. The main body of the hall, which is
set apart for delegates and their alternates,
will comfortably seat $500 people. The
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the stage, with the amphitheatre in the
rear. will furnish room for 600 more. Be-
sides this, there are wide lobbies under the
galleries which will not be seated, but will
give standing room for 1000 more; so it will
be an easy matter to pack 1000 persons IN
the hall. Even more than that number can
be provided for in q crowd. .sbut when it is
remembered that the convention itself
numbers only 752. it is hardly probable that
the crowd Of outsiders will increase it ten
fold.
The Cincinnati. Times, of June 9, says:
It all men were as anxiously inquiring
the way to heaven as every body in Cincin-
natl is now anxiously inquiriDg how they
may get into the convention next week, the
revival work of Moody and Ssnkey would
be nowhere in comparison. Every member
of the committee of arrangements is be-
sieged and besought by every friend, by
every ward politician, and by letter from
every city and town in the State, and out
of it. to favor him with ticket of admis-
sion. Some demand it az right, and others
beg for it a. the greatest boon that could
be given. Chairmen and members OF State
delegations, as soon a. they arrive, look up
the committee IF arrangements and want
to know where they are to be seated, and
how many tickets they are to get for their
Presidents of BrietOw clubs, and Blaine
clubs, and Conkling clubs, are writing, and
telegraphing, and applying in person for
tickets for fifty, hundred, or five hundred
each, and they expect to get them-Won't
take an explanation for an answer. They
have heard 80 much of our Exposition Hall
that they think it will easily hold all the
10. 900 or Is 600 strangers who will be here
on Wednesday and Thursday next. to help
make the next President Of the United
States.
In order to relieve the committee some
what of the pressure that is thus riding
them like nightmare, as it were, to death,
we, this morning, sought the chairman OF
the subcommittee on tickete. Mr.. w. b.
Shattno. the hard-wOrking, clear headed
and ever vigilant general ticket agent OF
the Atlantic and Great Western railroad
The general committee of arrangements
vaa wise In selecting and fortunate IN se-
curing his valuable services. tor II there -
snv man who knows more about the ticket
hns;nese. the vav to get them mp, aesort,
dietribute and place them where they Pc
ione and will do tho most good. than mr..
Shsttuc, he has not been seen ID 'no'o
parts. =. hi. ofE;ca
soon after eight o'clock this morning, pusy
ct work, and he told % no nad Deen 0n