The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-25
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Completing the Arrangements for the Great
Meeting of Democrats in July.

Completing the Arrangements for the Great
Meeting of Democrats in July.
CHICAGO, June 24-The arrangements for the
Democratic national convention, to be held here
July s. are being completed Mr.. F. H. Winston,
OF the local finance committee, reports that 3d.
935 has been already raised, and it is expected
that 81, 900 or So 900 more will be collected This
convention would be, he said, more expensive
than the Republican one on account of the
changes in the hall, which will cost So, 900, and
the fact that the city is pledged to pay the ex-
penses of the members of the national commit
tee while at the convention.
The hall committee have agreed upon what is
known as the side plan" which, briefly, consists
of placing the stage-which is a small one, Just
large enough to hold the working officers Of the
convention-on the west side of the hall trihe
north of the middle. In front of tho stage will
be the press seats, and behind these the seats of
the delegates, and behind them the alternates
These seats will al! front the west and reach en-
tirely across the hall. They will be fenced in on
both sides from the seats for spectators which
will face them either to the north or south The
boxes will be taken out and accommodation made
for l, 200 more people than the Republican CON
vention held, or 10, 400 in ALL
The matter of door keepers will be left en-
tirely in the hands of Colonel Bright the
hire whomsoever he sees fit, but confine his ap-
pointments to no one class or locality. He will
engage neither Pinkerton detectives nor city
police, neither will he take all the door-keepers
from abroad, but will hire such men as he con
siders fit and honest enough to do the work He
is certain that he can fix matters that no one
will get into the convention who does not have
ticket
In the matter of tickets, the committee de-
cided that there would be no attempt to number
them and reserve corresponding seats. The eX-
perience of the Republican convention demon
strated that this was impractcable No more
tickets, however, will be given out than there
are seats The finance committee represented
that the Republicans had given out boxes and
stage seats to subscribers to the fund. and
thus raised money, and they were Handicapped
by the fact that at this gathering there would
be neither stage seats nor boxes. In lieu
thereof, they asked that they be allowed 800
choice seats for distribution among the sub
scribers This was refused and $50 given to
them. The same number, it was also decided
should be given to Mr.. Goud for distribution
among city and county officials judges, and other
officers, making 800 tickets that will be set
apart for local distribution.
The choice rooms in all the hotels are engaged
for delegations from the various States Tam
many Hall has secured half an entire floor at the
Palmer House, and the fremont and Grand Pa
cifc are also booked way ahead.
John Forsythe and John H. Covn of the To-
cal reception committee, announce that all rail
roads leading into the city have agreed to carry
persons attending the national Democratic CON
vention for one fare for the round trip, tickets
being good from July to H. with the exception
of the Northwestern and the Milwaukee 4 St.
Paul, which roads will charge one and one-ffth
and one and one-third fares, respectively, from
noncompetitive points.