Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-25
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NATIONAL CONVENTION.
HOW ST. LOUIS WILL ENTERTAIN THE
DEMOCRATIC HOSTS.
A Glance at 70 Big Hall Where tho
Convention VIII Meet--The Decorations
and badges Fire Works aad Boat

II ONthNo ~ tio DiS AIhS fntIc tuG
Convention Will Meet-The Decorations
and Badges ~ Fire Works aad Boat
Rides.
ST. LOUIS, April "a. -Convention week,
with all its excitement, festiyity and
great crowds, Is rapidly approaching, and
the different committees are working
hard to insure success in all their efforts.
Arrangements are nearly all completed
so far as the hall is concerned, the only
matter to be decided now being the
places to be assigned to the various dele
cations. The press committee is making
arrangements rapidly for the
dation Of the newspaper writer's who
will come here, and notices have been re-
ceived for almost two hundred and fifty
saats. The decoration committee has
outlined q plan of decoration and exterior
entertainment, which will most likely be
carried out. The finance committee has
received nearly all the funds necessary,
and about the only thing which remains
to be done by them is the payment of all
expenses to be incurred. So it will be
seen that affairs have crystallized and are
now in p~resentable shape.
The hall itself is in a chaotic state at
present, but it will soon assume a form
OF perfection. Along the gallery a line
of timbers, starting at an angle of about
forty-fiye degrees, run from the wall to
the railing Surrounding. They are 2x10
pine boards, placed sidewise, so as to be
able to resist the greatest weight, and
are placed about two feet apart, all the
way around the gallery. Triangle
shaped pieces of the same sort of lumber
arc being placed to level these seats, and
place them one above the other, about
foot. The space to the wall from
the gallery railing is about twelve feet,
and eight rows will complete the tier ali
the way around, allowing zach row
about one inc one-half feet of space.
The two side additions at the eastern end
of the hall, where the stage will be 10
Gated, are being boarded up with thick
pine boards for the purpose Of concen-
trating and throwing the voices of the
speakers from the platform to the ex-
treme west end of the hall, instead OF
letting the sound wander of to either
side.
1t is the opinion of all who have seen
the plans for the arrangement of seats
in the convention here that there will be
room to spare, while the acoustics of
Che hall will surpass any other that has
hitherto been used for convention pur-
poses. The hall committee is going to
make the acoustic properties of the hall
as perfect as they can possibly be made.
Ihree immense sounding boards of red
cedar will be placed, one behind and the
othee two on either side Of the stage. 80
that the voice will be thrown completely
into the hall. The ground plan arrange
rnents exhibit the same judicioiis sense
n pr~acticability. Should any one rise
in thel Hail the ehairIia1iss eye will be-
caught at the first motion, while the po-
sition of the aisles are excellent. The
means Of egress and ingress to the seats
will be complete, as one or 100 persons
can easily leave the hall without disturb
ing the entire convention.
The only hotel which has thus far re-
fused guests is the Southern, and the
reason for its r~efusalis the desire to ac-
c0mmodate the large number of horse
men who are annually Iuartered at that
hostelry. The other hotels say they have
room and to spare. The Lindeil has
made arrangements for the fewest num-
Der OF guests. Manager Hurlbert saws he
can accommodate at least GOO mora peo-
pie, and he will probably get them before
the 1st of May
Aionu Oiiys street 1eaa;ng - +ba h,r
viii Be erected eioi,t ar tsn ,,aa,.afn,
arches, spanning the several cross streets
At the of Olive and Twelfth streets
four immense arches, s%urmouhted by fr-
ures of leading American historical char
acters, will be placed. The twenty-five
presidents OF the United States will each
have 9 portrait on the arches a we'll
- q as - 40
4 III decorate tba ag,,ras ~ ~ r p,,;.nn :
and J~effersonswith exotic f,o,yars "a -
place two Iarre vases ~ ant tia,, = ~
eifher orfer cornar ~ tl,a riatsa,,ss mn
ratings around tbe bsiro,,;as ~, no
HING with everpreens with Iarra nnraabs
pendent at short intervals irSa artanias
decoration DC the Nall will cansist ~ aaos
and bunting drnperv ahont tba rrha3s ~
building. On the west frnrt On sro% Iii
be erected across Aha st,aat baarsrr /
word aWelcomen in everpraana f. -
said that an immense nirf,ra ~ pras,
dent Cleveland will a,,,,,,o,,nt ~ So
but regarding this fact the aacarat;an
committee are siIent
The hall conimittse bas a1loxvads okn
seats FOR newsnaner ranrssantat;was ~ ~
are to send away telegranbic $500 ~
Tins far ann1ications for obn san.. $50
been filed : Chairman Knann stata5 ~
he would he cnmnaIIed II $500 smas
300 applicafions FIR sasts IL ~
section. AS Inc snace a,lnttad i tnto,i 800
ADEQUATE to supplv the damanas ~ ,ha
great American dail;as In i rhiosas
convention OF 1884 snane WAS allowed se.
450 reDorters. ana then nnmarans arnssl
cations were refused. R-enresentat;gaa ~
minor journals will be accorded seats in