The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-15
THE HALL is READY.
All That Remains to Be Done is the
Locating Of the Various Deiega-
tiOns.

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE convention
hall in which the convention will be
held, is ready for use tonight if it
were needed. The decorations are
complete and all that remains to be
done is the locating of the various
state delegations which will be attend
ed TO tomorrow. The convention hall,
erected especially for this occasion, is
a. plain rectangular building 1S2 by 262
feet, with an auditorium 100 by 200
feet, for the use of the delegates and
alternates, and surrounding it are tiers
of seats and a gallery all around the
building.
The entire north side of the hall will
be occupied by the chairman, vice
presidents and meT1jers of the national
committee in the center, and the re-
porters ON each side. The delegates
are directly in front of the chairman's
stand in three blocks of chairs, facing
the chairman. For the alternates,
spaces on each side of the delegates
are filed with chairs facing toward
the delegates and thus commanding
the best possible view not only of the
] speakers stand, but also of tine main
body of the convention.
! The central idea in the decoration Of
/ the hall is
THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
This is represented by a star, fifty
/ feet from tip to tip, covered with
/ bunting, and Immediately under the
national ensign and a presidents flag,
and the decorator has recognized Cuba
/ by hanging Cuban flag to the bottom
of the presidents flag. The idea of the
/ Monroe doctrine is carried out in tine
/ flags Of Mexico, Venezula, Guatemala
and United States of Colombia and
! Argentine, hanging from the five
I each point of the star to the galleries
/ stretches a string of
FLAGS OF ALL THE NATIONS
that fly national colors Suspended
! from the gallery are coats of arms OF
1 ali the states, interspersed with United
/ States flags. Above the galleries are
/ arranged shields bearing the names
of the states. and bunting covers all
thirteen states, and all other
/ states with the exception of
Missouri and the District of Columbia
are given the places of prominence in
the decorations.
Immediately over the speakers chair
will be the portrait of Lincoln, sup
ported by those of Grant and Sherman.
! The portrait of Logan will be over the
main entrance facing the chairman.
and that of F'arrag-ut will be over the
Twelfth street entrance on the left,
surrounded by flags Of the navy. Over
the Twelfth street entrance the por-
| trait of Sheridan will face Farragut' s.
Strings of mammoth japanese LIANT
eIns are draped from the ceiling above
the ctairmen in the galleries on either
side lettered to read: Republican
convention"
On either side of the ceiling and
above the sections reserved for altern-
ates, a huge lantern with small flags
and a forty foot United States flag
will be suspended.
VERY FUNNY.
Two large white screens on the side
of the chairman's stand show eagles
with strealners bearing these inscrip-
tons:
"Republicanism is Prosperity" and
"To the polls We sons OF. freedom On
the outside gilded eagles surmount the
main entrance and the Twelfth street
entrance for alternates. On the in
side wall just over the main entrance
is a small painting of General Grant
Old home on the Dent farm, near ST
Louis.
The building is a substantial sitruc-
JuTe or heaVy lumber walled with latti
and stucco. Every precaution has
been taken to provide against accident
in case of sudden exit from the build
ing. The main floor has twenty-four
exits and the galleries fifteen exits to
the outside where broad stafrways
lead to the ground
The hail will be used for the Populist
national convention in July.
State Delegations.
ST. LOUIS. June 14.-Almoglt AL of
the state delegations have fixed upon
o'clock tomorrow afternoon as the
hour when the convention will meet