The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-21
He WEATHER YESTERDAY was clear and
(hfcaCO.s Hall.


PUBLICAN NOMINATION is TO BE MADE-A
BIG HALL AND ROOM FOR ALA PICTURE
OF THE ROMAN ANPHITHRAT ATRE.
From the Chicago Timeil
No national convention in time past has
sat In such cOmmOdious and well.arranged
hall as The one that is provided for the
delegates who will assemble in Chicago
next month Those who were In attend
aDce upon the Cincinnati and st. Louis
Conventions, four years ago. have vi
vid recollection OF the discomfort and
absolute suffering they endured there
on account of the inadequate accom-.
modaiiOns afforded at these places. On the
outside it was all dirt. dust. and torridity :;
no hotels, no sfi eet.ca,s, no restaurants :;
nothing. In the interior it was worse.
Three or four thousand struggling, sweat
ing, snariug human beings weie penned
up in halls not large enough for half that
number, and kept there in profanity and
perspiration for two days. But here Il will
be vastly different. There is a place for
everybody and his friend 10 sleep: there is,
enough for them to eat and drink, ana there
VIII be amusement Sufficient to surfet
countless thousands and then-the Con-
vention hall! Why, it is simply immense.
The space set apart for the Convention is
The south Lalf OF the Exposition building,
the extreme length being something like
800 feet and the width between $50 and 200
feet. On entering the hall the spectator is
reminded OF pictures CT We olden Roman
Tiers upon tiers OF seats
extend back from the central arena over
and beyond the lofty gallery clear TO the
skylight In all directions. The delegates
and alier1aieS will sit right in the centre Of
the multitude, IN an oblOng space fifty feet
wide by two hundred feet long, the floor
being SIX feet below The fist row OF gale
ry-Seats. The COnvCntiOn-1Oor InclneS
gently from north 10 south, and is about
i've feet lower at the stage than at the other
extremity. The stage, which will seat not
less than five hundred persons, will be
by distinguished guests"
The officers OF the Convention will oc-
cury minor stage directly in front
and little lower down. while still
further down is the station assigned repre-
sentauyes OF the local press. Visiting
new>paper-men and correspondents of out
side papers will be furnished quarters in
the galleries TO the right and left Of the
platform, within easy range OF the stage. In
point OF fact, the visiting members of the
press will have the best of the resident re-
porters, from the fact that the latter will hs
to either write uphill or down
hill, or at an angle that will warp their |
bodies clear out OF shape, for the |
ioOr Of this platform has been laid on a |
steep incline. The artistic effect of this |
pitch is doubtless very pretty, but it will be |
found somewhat uncomfortable for the |
.cribes.
The plans provide for an Incline all the |
way back, however, and as it is on the bills |
here is probably no help for if. Visitors |
will therefore be better cared for than their |
ocal brethren.
In order to prevent crowdng and rush
NJ great number Of entrances have been |
made to the galleries and TO the main floor |
The Convention 10Or can be reached by |
light doors, and the galleries bv twelve. |
IN ease OF accident the whole hall can be |
cleared in an incredibly short space OF |
me, and in case OF no accident the build
nC can be emptied with equal facility. The |
provisions for ingresS and egress could not
we'll be bettered. There will be no pell-mcll
scramble for seats, because the galleries will
be divided into sections ard the tickets dis
ributed will be properly lettered, so that
he hOlder can 90 right TO his seat without
'isk Of getting run over and killed by the
uDuIluOuS CTONu.
That portion OF the gallery at the rear of
nd over the stage will be reserved FOR Ia
lies, il the original intent is carried out, as
( probably will be in all its details. This
viii give the fair spectators an opportunity
y looking down on the very flower of the
and studying the cranal develop.
nent Of the great men OF the nation.
inexperienced critics, who have essayed
o pass judgment on work before it is fin
shed, publicly iEtimated that the supports
o the galleries are weak and inadequate to
sustain the pressure that will be put upon
hem during the Convention.
Mr.. Boyington assured the Times report.
n. who visited the building yesterday, that
here is not tue slightest reason for such an
and that the timbers are strong
,nough 10 hold up two or three times the
weight they will be required to bear. In
rider to put all doubt on this score at rest,
however, il is hisintention 20 put in addition.
! girdles and trusses under the side gale
les. The supports under the north gallery
re not yet all 10, and it may have been upon
his part OF the work that the eagle eve OF
he critic was fastened when he concluded
hat the seats were going to tumble down
[ the first chance.
The ZOOgyrOscOpe.