St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-27
HARD AT IT AT OMAHA.
Preparations for the Big Peoples
Party Convention.

Preparations for the Big Peoples
Party Convention.
OMAHA, Neb., June 26.-This week
will be very busy one for the local
committee having in charge the ar
rangements for the Independent ma
tiOnal convention. Much remains to be
done before all will be ready for the
coming crowd. although plans have
been laid. The Coliseum, which is to
be used as hall for the convention,
was until Wednesday occupied by a
large manufacturers exposition. 1t is
have removed the machinery and are
rapidly changing the hall for the con-
vention. The hall will seat 11.O0O
people aside from the delegates. The
chairs will be placed in position this
week. AT the speakers desk will be
accommodations for 800 persons. OF
this room space for $50 working news
paper men will be reserved. The
Western Union and Postal telegraph
companies will have branch offices
within easy access of the platform, and
promise to give the best of service.
Omaha is very fortunate in this re-
spect. owing to the large number of
''throughs'' which terminate at this
the great overland relay station. The
hall will be lighted with electricity, and
as the lighting plant is part of
the building there is no dan
ger of night session being
interrupted by the current being turned
Off Two lines of electric, one cable
and one horse Car street railway reach
the building. Down town the exposl-
tion hall. where the Methodist confer
ence met, and the Boyd and Farnum
street theaters will be occupied to ac-
commOdate overflow mass meetings.
TO entertain the people has been
problem. 1t is expected that the crowd
in attendance will exceed anything
Omaha ever mad to deal with.
A hOuse-to-house canvass has been
made, and the number of guests that
can be taken has been ascertained.
Thousands of private hemes will be
opened to the visitors, many of them
making no charge for the entertainment
of guests. The hotels have agreed not to
advance rates during the convention.
1t has been proposed by the local Grand
Army posts to have an immense camp
near Hanscom Park in a grove, where
they will take care of the Confederate
veterans who come to the convention.
The matter has not yet been definitely
decided upon, but many camp fires will
be held, at which the veterans will fra
terniZe. In addition the citizens are
arranging for all old-fashioned spread
eagle Fourth of July celebration to aid
in entertaining the visitors. The local
committee of the Independent party,
assisted by the Omaha Press club,
will arrange ample accommodations
for tile press. The press club has
secured extra quarters in the New York
Life building on the ground floor, where
all facilities. including telegraph, will
be furnished press workers. Word has
been received that 200 of the Reform
Press club will be in attendance. Hun
dreds of country editors are coming in
either as delegates or spectators in ad-
dition to the regular corps of corre-
spondentS.
In many respects the convention will
be unique. 1t has no precedents to
guide it by, being the first national con-
Yention of the party, and it is thought
some confusion may result from this
reason. Then who will preside is
"a question of much thought.
But there is no doubt of
the great interest that is felt,
and the local committee expect large
attendance. There has been some gossip
attending the distribution of admission
tickets, it being reported that Omaha
people, members of the older parties.
would secure control of the tickets, and
pack the convention with heelers to
turn it into bowling farce.
Y. o. Stricken, who is acting for Mr..
Taubeneck in making arrangements,
says that there is no foundation for this.
The local committee will have $500
tickets, and the delegates will get $500,
or six tickets to each delegate, so the
attendance at the convention will be
almost wholly in control of the Inde-
pendent party.