New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-15
June ViOlets.
Colgate's
Violet Water.

inediately in the of the speakers stand.
while on both sides Of II will be the $50 repre-
SentatVeS of the press.
The delegates will be seated by States directly
In 'front.' or the speakers stand in the very centre
OF the hall. while the alternates will be seated.
4O9 on both sides. Surrounding these will be the
thousands of seats for the spectators with as
many more In the gallery that completely en-
circles the big hall. ii has been feared that the
gallery seats Immediately over the entrance to the
press box would be undesirable. and that 1t would
De Impossible to see the speakers stard from
that point. This is not the case The speakers
mead can be seen from any seat in the Conven-
uon Hail, and there Is not chair in the whole
place from which 30 per cent Of the assembled
multitude cannot be seen
The arrangement of the big hall to admit
tne holders OF tickets to various sections to which
they Will be assigned is probably the most inter
estlng feature Of the Convention ARRANGEMENTS
Ihere are twenty sections In ALL including az
many letters of the alphabet beginning at the
noi invest corner on the Thirteen th-st. side. a.
Is. G and d are the sections on the west Run
hing eastward along the ClarI-ave. side are Sec
IONS r, r. G. Fl. |. j. and on the Twelfth-st. side
are ~ l.. NJ ana n. On the north side, next to
the City Hall. the list is completed with o, F. O.
H. ) and t. There is a first-noor and a gallery
sectOh OF each letter. one being directly the
other. ana yet the entrances are so arranged
that IL Will be impossible for "A person going in
al one door TO get into any other section than
mat to which his ticket admits him. The same
~ true OF the entrances to the press box to the
ueegates seats and TO those for the alternates
NO CONFUSION IN FINDING SEAT
No one can become misplaced unless by some
hook or crook he should be missed by three or
four doorkeepers, in which case he will enter
at the wrong door. and is then overlooked nv
dozen ushers twice as many assistant-ser-
gean;s-at- arms. and a larger number of other
employees
Down under the seats the ARRANGEMENT Of
the rooms Is about as complete as would be
possible to get them. on both sides Of the
main entrance on the Clark-ave. side is a large
committee room. In which the Credentials Com
mlttee. the Committee on Resolutions on Per
manent organization and on Rules and Order
or Business Will carry on their deliheration
In the southwest corner IS the telephone room
ana In the centre of the west side is the office Of
Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes Following the walk
round on the north side you first come to the
rooms set aside for the United Press and next
TO that. just to the west of the entrance to the
press gallery, is the Postal Telegraph Office
where a corps Of fifty or sixty men will be at
Office Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany. where there will be sixty operators. and
set aside for the Associated Press and its corps
Of correspondents. The room at the southeast
corner OF the building will be occupied by the
Convention restaurant.
NO LACK or CONTINGENCIES
There Will be no lack Of conveniences in the
great hall. Half dozen long -distance tele-
phones will connect Il with every important city
200 telegraph wires will place san Francisco.
Winnipeg. Montreal Boston. New-York Phila-
delphia, Washington. Baltimore. Jacksonville.
New Orleans Galveston and all Intermediate
towns and cities in direct communication with
the Convention. For the especial Use OF the rep
resentaiives Of Mckinley. Reed. Allison and other
candidates. sound-proof boxes containing long
distance telephones have been placed at the foot
OF the stairs in the rear Of the speakers stand.
From these 1t viii be possible for the friends Of
the candidates u talk directly 10 them. and
consult them on every important move that -
made or contemplated in the Convention hall.
over on the Ciark-av side T. the west en-
trance VIII he telephone room with several ~
these sound proof boxes. having long-distance
telephones in them for the use OF the general
public.
Viewing the convenienccs and the beauty Of
the decorations men VINO have attended many
National conventions Say that this has never
been equalled In the vastness II the space to
be covered the beauty Of the design Is in mea g
ure lost at first sight. but rs one stands In the
great hail the grandeur Of the scene grows upon
! him and he soon finds himself lost in admra-
| ton Of IT, When the big hall II filed with peo-
| pie when the banners designating the location
| Of the States set in place the bands begin T.
| play and the great speakers and statesmen and
politicians are assembled there IL viii be sight
| unr1valed 10y any National gathering Of a potl-
| cal party ever held In the world