Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1884-07-04
CHICAGO GETTING READY FOR
NEXT TUESDAY.

THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DEMO
! CRATIC CONFERENCE.-THE HEAD
QUARTERS OF THE CLANs-THE CLUBS
! THAT ARE TO COME.
| &C.. &C.. &C.
The subcommittee of the Democratic
National Committee was in Chicago
during the Republican Convention in
order to see how the hall serv ed the pur.
pose. and what improvements. if any, were
necessary. The bad acoustics were noted
and have now been remedied. A telegram
to the N. Y. Herald gives an interesting
account of the improvements to be made
in the hall ard other matters connected
with the Convention next Tuesday:
The subcommittee decided to remove
| the stage from the north end TO the centre
| of the west side. Just in front of this
stage will be a small square platform, upon
| which those who address the convention
| will stand while speaking. BY this ar.
rangement the speakers will be in the
| centre OF tie audience, instead of being
| at one end of the hall. Like pebble
| thrown into the centre of pool of water
| the voices of the speakers will spread out
| in waves of sound of increasing circum-
| ference throughout the entire boundaries
| of the tbrong, and the words will be more
| likely to reach the ears of the entire crowd
than were those of the speakers at the pre-
ceding cOnclave.
ARRANGEMENT OF SEATS.
Space for the special reporters of the
leading daily papers, with accommoda-
lions in the way of tables, &C., will be set
apart immediately in front of the stage
| Immediately back of this space will be the
seats of delegates and alternates arranged
| to face the stage. The private boxes
which were on either side of the hall dur
| ing the Republican convention, will be re-
moved, it being considered undemocratic
| to allow any portion of the spectators,
outside of the distinguished guests, any
| special privileges. The seats which were
at the back of the old stage will be re-
| served for distinguished guests, including
$50 Union veterans, and this portion of
the hall will be known as the North Gal
lery. The southern partition will be re-
moved sufficient distance to allow, with
| the other changes, the seating of about
two thousand more people than the hall
was arranged for during the Republican
| convention. The rows of chairs, except
| in the sections reserved for delegates and
| alternates ard the press, will run from
east to west, as was the case during the
preceding gathering.
HONEST DOORKEEPERs WANTED.
To prevent repetition of the disgrace.
| full actions Of the doorkeepers at the Re-
publican gathering, in admitting hun
dreds of their friends without tickets and
packing the hall to the exclusion of dele
gates and invited guests, it was suggested
that the committee employ number OF
| Pinkerton' private detective force to at
| tend the doors. This proposition was not
adopted, however. and the employment OF
doorkeepers was left to the sergeant at
arms. Mr.. r. J. Bright, of Indiana Mr..
Bright says he will make his selection
from various States, and that any door.
keeper detected admitting any one with.
out ticket will be promptly removed
The doorkeeperS at the Republican con.
vention were all residents of Chicago, and
it was but natural, perhaps, that they
yielded to the opportunities of their
| friends. Already over 1923 ,0G0 have been
| subscribed to the convention fund. Three
thousand dollars of this will be used in
| making the changes in the hall. An effort
| will be made to Guido the Republicans in
| the matter of the decorations of the hall
| The national colors, portraits of Demo
cratic statesmen, living and dead, State
arms, &C., Will be displayed in all parts OF
| its vast interior.
| HEADQUARTERS OF DELEGATIONS.
Scarcely had the hotel managers figured
| up their profits on the Republican conven
tion before applications from individuals
| began to pour in for rooms during the
july pow-wow. The Palmer House vii
be the leading headquarters for the Demo
Gratis as the Grand Pacific Hotel was fol
| the Republicans. Rooms were engaged for
most of the State delegations directly after
| the Democratic National Committee de-
cided to hold the convention in Chicago
| Potter Palmer came home from Washing
| ton with his pockets full of orders, aud he
says that delegations from thirty States
will have headquarters at his hotel.
INDIVIDUAL CENTRAL STATIONS.
Roswell z. Flower has engaged rooms
| II and 10 at the Leland House; Congress.
man Dorsheimer will have room % at the
same hotel; Ex-Gov. Benjamin f. Butler
will entertain his friends in parlors j. and
! K, Palmer House, John Kelly will be
found insparior e, Palmer House, Mayor
Prince of Boston. will have parlor T, Pal
mer, Chairman W. II. Barnum of Connec-
ticut, will be found in parlor E, Palmer
J. S. Barbour Of Virginia, will have room
81, Palmer; Committeeman A. Ii. Brown
of Indiana, will have parlor P; Commit
teeman P. H. Kelly of Minnesota, will
have parlor M at the same house. At the
| Palmer also will be Alva Sulloway, New
| Hampshire; Orestes Cleveland, New Jer-
sey; Abram s. Hewitt, New York; Brad
ley B. Smalley, Vermont; Alexander
Campbell, West Virginia; William f.
Villas, Wisconsin, and I. H. Sherley, Ken
| lucky.
ESTIMATE OF STRANGERS COMING.
1t is confidently estimated that the
| Democratic convention will draw twice
the number of visitors to the city that the
Republican gathering did. The ease with
which the crowds which attended the last
| named asSemblage were handled and &C
| commodated ,attested Chicago Supremacy
as the convention city of the country. The
results of the June convention proved
| that the hotel accommodations of the city
are sufficient to provide for vast assem-
! blages. Hotel men say that there will be
| more clubs and more music here on July
8th than were ever heard Of at any pre-
| ceeding Democratic convention, and they
are exceedingly glad that such will be the
case. The delegates are too busy with the
work they were selected to do to
devote much time to pleasure-seeking
| but the clubS-"Ah," say the bonifaces,
"they are the boys who have the fun and
do the drinking" In fact, clubs are to
be the feature OF the convention, AMI the
| gathering bids fair to rival world S
exposition in the variety of costume worn
by members of organizations, which pro-
pose to make the occasion one of great
rejoicing aud display. All of these clubs
Will be accompanied by bands of music,
and if during the convention the visiting
| organizations should get together and or.
! ganize street parade, motley array Of
yariegated clothing, hats and walking
sticks will be seen, such as has seldom
been witnessed before.
UNIFORMS OF SOME CLUBS.
Navy blue chevot coats, white duck
pantaloons and pale green English he'll
NETS will form the costume of a party of