The Rock Island Argus., 1884-06-11
THE JULY CONVENTION.
Gossip About Changes in the Hall.
Admission and Funds.
New Tickets Proposed - Mcdonald
and Slocum, and Trumbull and
CIeveland-The Talk
About Tiiden.

CHICAGO, June Ill would be very
glad" said Mr.. W. c. Goudy, "to give the
press lots of information about the changes
that will be made in the convention hall, to
fit 1t for the Democratic convention, if /
were only in possession Of the information
myself. But, as nothing has been deter
mined yet, | have nothing to tell. /
suppose that the hall will be con-
siderabiy enlarged by extending it south
ward, and that the presidents platform and
chair will be in the center of the west side.
1t will be placed there to be nearer the
center of the audience, and Oh that side in
preference to the east side, so as to be least
disturbed by the noise of the railroad, and
so that independent entrances can be made
to it The arrangements for the press,
take it, will be very different. They will be
ON a higher platform, reached by passage un-
der the presidents platform. They will be
inaccessible from the direction of the main
audience, and accommodations will be fur
nished only for actual workers. We could
fill the whole floor wish newspaper repre-
sentatives if there were no restrictions"
Architect Alder said that he had not yet
been consulted as to the question of enlarging
or changing the convention hall Individ-
ually he was of the opinion that it was
already large enough. A bigger hall meant
more people and more confusion, and at best
there would be so many thousand soreheads
who could not gain admission.
individually" said Mr.. Adler, II am of
the opinion that the hall should not be en-
larged, bnt | am acting only under instruc-
tions. Ii the committee demands 1t will
give them a hall from Evanston to Hyde
Park
The decorations for tie Democratic con-
vention will probably be more elaborate than
those seen in the hall last week. Mr.. Foster,
of Cincinnati, will have charge of the decor
ations
The executive committee of the local COM
mittee on arrangements for the Democratic
convention met at the Palmer and issued the
following address:
The national Democratic convention meets
in this city July s, and it is necessary to
raise about $25, 600 to defray expenses.
We take the liberty of stating that the ma
donal committee has placed at our disposal
a sufficient number of tickets to permit us to
guarantee to each subscriber one ticket for
every $25 subscribed, two for every $50,
three for every $75, four for every $780, five
for every $50, six for every $780, seven for
every $500, eight for every $500, and ten for
| every $500 and over no one subscriber to
have over ten tickets We anticipate that
all tickets placed at our disposal will be
| quickly subscribed for, and as there will be
no other source to procure ticketfor this con-
yention, which promises to be the grandest
and most distinguished ever held in the
| United States, we would suggest that you
send your check to Mr. Willis Howe, treasurer
of this committee, at the Palmer house at an
| early day for the number of tickets you
| desire, and he will send you a receipt guar
| anteeing the number of tickets subscribed
for. Trusting you will favor the committee
| with prompt and liberal subscription, we
| are respectfully, C. P. kimball, +. III. Win
ston, E. NJ. Phelps, Potter Palmer, j. H. Nc
| Ayoy, C. n, Schwab, George l.. Dunlap
| William d. Kerfoot, Charles Kern, and
Michael Keeley.
A locat politician said: "The Democracy
of Cook county is a unit for Tilden far presi
dent, and its second choice will be guided en-
tirely by the wishes of Mr. Tilden, should b.
decline the nomination"
i' "WiH the second place go TO Illinoisp
Il have just heard of a ticket which sound:
very strong: Lyman J. Trumbull, OF Illinois
for president, and Governor Cleveland, O
New York, for vice president. Should
Tilden be nominated believe that the secont
place will be given to Hendricks"
The indianapolis correspondent of The
Cincinnati Enquirer telegraphs his pspel
that Cleveland and Niblack is ticket oftel
spoken of in Hoosierdom.