The record-union., 1896-06-14
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON
ARRANGEMENTS.
Sergeant-at-Arms rlartin VIII En-
deavor to Take the neeting
nodel One for Order.

CHICAGO, June 13.-Chair,ne Har-
rity, Secretary Sheerin, Architect
Canda, Colonel Shirley of Kentucky
Colonel Prather of Missouri, Benjamin
T. Cable of Illinois, E. c.. Wall of Wis
consin and Colonel John l. Martin, the
Sergeant alarms, attended the meet
ing OF the National Democratic sub
Committee in charge OF convention ar
rangements at the Palmer House to-
day. The session lasted until evening,
and at its conclusion Canda, Harrity,
Shirley and Sheerin visited the Coli
scum to see how it looked after the
two weeks show, and to go over the
details as to the seating, exits, aisles
and other minor matters which have
to be perfected with Architects Canda
and Beman before the work of prepar-
ing the interior can begin.
The committee received visit from
Chairman Donnersburg of the local
committee, who paid over $1,000 of the
$14 900 which remained unpaid toward
the convention expenses. He assured
the committee that the $1,000 would
be forthcoming when needed, and when
banker Lyman Gage and ex-Judge
Goodrich, two of the guaranteers, made
similar statements, the matter was
passed as satisfactory until the next
meeting.
The rest Of the session was occupied
in perfecting the details as to where the
State delegations are to be seated and
such like arrangements, listening to
the report of Colonel Martin as to the
progress he had made as to engaging
his assistants, pages, doorkeepers and
other attaches.
The finished blue prints of the hall
were gone over by the committee and
explained by Mr.. Canda. Some slight
changes were made, and that part of
the convention preliminaries is now
finally disposed of.
Colonel Martin announced that he had
signed a contract with Mineral
Springs Company Ito supply the hall
with 200 ten-gallon coolers filled with
it's water and kept constantly fur
nished with ice so that the $1,000
people who go to the convention at
each session will get all the water they
want. Twelve uniformed men will be
appointed by Colonel Martin to do
nothing but look after these coolers,
and all will be free.
Colonel Martin is also preparing to
appoint sixty doorkeepers from among
the most competent and best indorsed
persons he can find to serve in the
country. Among them will be several
Chiefs of Police, who have expressed
their willingness to act. There will be
no First and Second Assistant Ser
geantatArms, as in former conven-
tions. All will have equal authority,
and take their orders only from Colonel
Martin.
1T is the hight of my ambition" said
Colonel Martin, Ito make the Demo-
cratic National Convention of 1896 the
grandest convention in the world for
order and discipline. The committee
has left everything to me. and my army
of assistants will be appointed care
fully and in good time, and regardless
of political institutions or personal
friendship
Colonel Martin left tonight for ST.
Louis to take advantage of any mis-
takes the Sergeant -at-Arms there may
make, and get points.
Tomorrow night Messrs. Harrity,
Sheerfn, shirley, Prather and Canda
will proceed to the same city on a
similar mission, and will probably re-
main until the close of the convention.