The Irish standard., 1892-05-21
EXPERIMENTATION CONVENTION
Minneapolis Will Entertain All Corners in
Royal Manner.

Minneapolis Will Entertain All Corners in
Royal Manner.
Minneapolis is getting ready for the
Republican national convention upon
scale such as has never before been heard
of nor thought of. The thousands OF
people who visit the big northwestern
city in June will not only not be disap-
pointed, but astonished at the absence OF
anything to be disappointed about. A
large number Of the most prominent
citizens and business men have been for
weeks devoting the bulk of their time to
devising ways and means for making 1t
perfectly pleasant for the visitors. Min
neapolis made some very large promises
in order to secure the convention prize,
but if every promise is not more than
fulfilled, it will certainly not be the fault
of the citizens who did the promising.
One especial attraction which induced
the committee to decide as it did was the
promise of a convention hall which should
provide better accommodations for a
larger number than had ever been en-
joyed. Without shadow of question,
this promise has been met. The canven-
ton hall, which has been evolved out of
the exposition building, is now practically
complete. It has been tested as to it's
acoustics sufficiently to leave no room for
doubt on that score. Several of the
leading members of the national com
mittee who have examined the hall
critically have pronounced it complete
success, far beyond their expectations.
There remains only the decoration OF
this hall to make it entirely ready for the
convention hosts. The hall is to be given
formal dedication, and this event will
be- the opening gun of convention week.
The plans for this dedication are nearly
perfected, and give assurance Of notable
event. 1t will occur on the evening OF
the Monday preceding the opening OF
the convention, June 9TH, by which time
of course, every finishing touch will have
been put upon the hall. It will be, fol
a great many people, the only chance
for seeing this great hall filled
with humanity, and for seeing and hear,
ing some of the brilliant statesmen. 1t
is going to be a very difficult matter fol
the general public to secure admission to
the building dnring the regular session
of the convention-veryd difficult and very
expensive.
The local committee have made it
point to have the price OF admission tc
the dedicatory entertainment adopted tc
pocket books of all sizes. For fifty cents
a person will be able to see this hall-to
hear William Mckinley, Jr., and another
speaker of national renown, and to enjoy
a musical treat of much more than or
binary merit. By paying two dollars ne
can have the proud privilege OF sitting
in delegate chair, and enjoying all these
same treats There are 1900 seats IN
the hall, so that there will be large
number at each price to select from.
It has been decided to commence the
sale of reserved seats two weeks before
the date of the dedication, Monday, May
g. The Century Music store Will be the
place of sale. For the benefit of those
outside the city the committee will re-
serve a number of seats in each section
for which they will fill the orders fo1
reserve seats sent in by mail. These re-
servations will be made on similar
basis-that is in the order in which they
are received. It will be possible to holo
these extra seats far a few days only, sc
that orders from outside points should
be sent in at an early day.
nv THE WAVS1DF