The record-union., 1896-05-04
CONVENTION HALL READY.
How the Great Building Has Been
Prepared.
Order in Which the Various Congress
sional District Delegates
Will be Seated.

The State Exposition building on
Fifteenth street is ready for the influx
of delegates to the Republican State
Convention, which meets in this city
tomorrow for the purpose of selecting
delegates to- the National Convention
to be held at ST. Louis. Nothing has been
omitted to insure the comfort Of pros
pective visitors, and the huge build
ing is dressed in its Sunday best.
The seats for eacn of the 364 dele
gates have been arranged to the best
advantage, and there is really small
choice of locations. In the same por
ton of the building set aside for the
delegates, seats to the number of $50
have been reserved for members of the
State Central and other committees.
Behind the seats reserved for dele
gates and committees LOCO chairs have
been placed in vast semi circles for
the accommodation of guests from all
over the State and fer those of our own
citizens who will pose as spectators.
7. H. Wallis, Chairman of the Hall
Committee, and his associates, have
spared no efforts in making the vast
building as attractive as possible. The
canopy is festooned with red, white
and blue Streamers, while below them
hang union jacks and penants in gor-
geous profusion. The old bear flag"
and State seal of California occupy
prominent places, while banners repre-
senting each of the States in the Union
hang just above the lowest festoon.
Behind the platform is a sounding
board siXty-seven feet long by twenty
feet high, and the acoustics have been
further aided by cloth walls converging
TO the stage from all points of the COM
pass. The movable walls surrounding
the chamber, and which were designed
for the coming event, are fifty feet high
and We're necessary in order to keep the
voice of even the strongest speaker
from being lost in the vast depths of the
main room of the Pavilion.
Desks have been placed on the stage
for the accommodation of six secreta-
ries, and the desk used by the Secretary
Of the Senate has been secured for the
accommodation of the Chairman of the
convention.
The stage is profusely decorated with
flowers and palms, while on the sound
ing board the gilt letters ~. 81 stand
out in bold relief. Great red, white and
blue balloons are suspended from the
dome, designed to allow "spread-eagle''
speeches the time -honored privilege of
going up in a balloon" according to
the explanation given by Jacob Step
pacher. Secretary of the State Central
Committee.
Behind the platform the west wing
of the building has been fitted up as
committee room, and the Supreme
Court room at the State Capitol build
ing has been arranged as a meeting
place for members of the State Central
Committee.
The final arrangement of seating the
delegates of each Congressional Dis
trict in a separate body was perfected
yesterday, and from the Secretary's
desk they will be placed as follows:
The delegates from the First District
viii occupy the division Of seats at the
north side of the chamber to the left
and front of the platform. Sonoma
County gets the place of vantage, while
Sierra and PlumaS will have the back
row.
In the adjoining division of seats the
Third District delegates are given
front seats. with Alameda County in
the preferred place, while from farther
back in the same division the states
men of the Second District may see and
hear what goes on in front. If there be
place of vantage for the Second Dis
trict men it will be occupied by the
sturdy mountaineers of Inyo. Mono and
Alpine Counties, with those of Amador
and Ell Dorado a good second.
Sacramentos delegates against the
rail in the very last rows of seats, which
is not, however, to be considered a mis-
fortune, when it is explained that they
will have an excellent view Of the backs
of the visitors heads.
Then down in the front rows of the
middle division of seats will sit the San
Francisco delegation, and while they
have the coigne of vantage over all
other delegates, they Will sit directly
under the eye of the Chairman, and
may be called down without any par
ticular effort on his part.
The delegates of the Fifth District
will fill out the rear end of the middle
division, while those of the Sixth and
Seventh occupy the seats in the fourth
division corresponding to those occu-
pied by the men of the Second and
Third Districts in the second division.
Thus the division of seats at the