New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-11
READY FOR CONVENTION.
PHILADELPHIA'S ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE GREAT REPUBLICAN GATHERING.

Philadelphia, June 1o.-The Republican
ton city of 1900 has everything readiness prac-
tically for the quadrennial gathering Of Repub-
can delegates from all parts of the United States
nine days IN advance OF the date for the OPEN
ing session. All the hard work and all the anx-
ious moments attending the preparations for the
coming of the Republican hosts over and the
city is beginning TO dress up receive its guests.
The great convention hall, on the bank OF
the Schuylkin River is complete in every detail
and awaits only the hour of noon, June 1e, to be
put use
| The preparations for the coming gathering
carried by two large committees one had charge
Of the arrangements for the work of the con-
vention, while TO the other committee assigned
the task or properly entertaining the visiting Re
publcans- While the first committee is resting on
its oars, the other body of workers Will have
rest until after It shall have home the visitors
Desirable accommodations for the weeks
will be extremely hard to find. all the larger
hotels and the exclusive apartment houses have
been booked TO their capacity. number of State
delegations have rented houses for all Of next week
The storm centre OF the convention between the
sessions will be the Hotel Walton, Broad and
Locust SITS At that hotel the National Committee
Will have its headquarters. occupying the entire
fifth floor
The meetings OF the National Committee, be-
ginning Wednesday, will be held in of the
banquet rooms on the tenth, top, floor of the
hotel The is well adapted for the purpose
being large enough to accommodate the full
mittee witnesses and representatives OF the
testing delegations.
The Walton also will be the stamping ground OF
the Maine, Connecticut. New-Yorl1, Ohio, Michigan
Wisconsin ana Missouri State delegations The
Vice-Presdential booms of the favorite sons Of
these States will also find Judgement at the Wal
ton Chairman Hanna and Secretary Dick will
occupy suites OF rooms at the Bellevue block
from the Walton, along with Senator Lodge Of
Massachusetts,, and other leading Republicans
At the Lafayette Hotel will be quartered the
delegations from Alaska Indiana Idaho Mime
sOra New TArG RhOdA md
Virginia, while the Continental Hotel will house
the Alabama, Florida, Illinois, Iowa Kentucky
Kansas, Maryland, North Dakota Texas and
Wyoming contingents The Stenton will for
the Colorado, Delaware. Massachusetts and New
Mexico delegations. West Virginia and Nebraska
have engaged rooms at the Stratford. and Tonnes
see California and Louisiana will hold forth
the Bingham House. Other State delegations will
be quartered at various smaller hotels and board
ing houses. The Pennsylvania delegation head
quarters viii be in the house occupied by the
Pennsylvania State Central Committee near the
Hotel Walton.
CONTINGENCIES OF CONVENTION HALL
The convention hall is in West Philadelphia, close
to the University OF Pennsylvanias group Of build
ings. and is one and one-half miles from the Ma
tional Committee headquarters and the hotel dis
trict- Transportation TO and from the hall is
ample, the facilities in this respect having been
thoroughly tested time and time again last fall
while the National Export Exposition was IN prog
ress. The auditorium has been pronounced by
Republican National leaders and newspaper cor
respondents who have attended many National
conventions 10 be the finest in appearance and the
most complete IN every detail Of any structure
built IN this country for a similar purpose. The
acoustic properties Of the hall in its enlarged con-
dition have yet been practically tested, but
experts are OF the opinion that they are as near
perfect as can be expected Of an auditorium OF
such size.
The seating capacity OF the place is close 70 six
teen thousand The main floor is provided with
thirty-four entrances. The main entrance is at the
north and the stage IS at the southern end eight
feet above the main floor The press stand for five
hundred working newspaper men is directly In
OF the stage andts touE feet above the main
floor In front Of the press stand is the space for
delegates which is exactly in the centre OF the
hall and back Of the delegates the alternates
seats On all four sides of the hall. running from
the main floor well to the roof, are banked row
after row OF seats. There is only one gallery
which the entire width Of the hall at the rear
The band will be in the centre Of the gallery.
Back OF the stage and away from the noise OF
the crowd, are numerous committee rooms. The
telegraphic facilities ample, the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies and The Asso-
| ciated Press having spacious rooms close to the
stage, which reached by tunnels under the
seats. There nearly hundred wires running
into the hall
The exterior view Of the hall is beautiful. For
months the City Forester and landscape gardeners
have been at work identifying the surrounding
grounds The main entrance to the building stands
six hundred feet from the fence which surrounds
cally as the Esplanade, is well covered with fine
shrubbery and young trees.
The building win be turned over 10 the National
Committee this week The committee OF citizens
having charge of the arrangements has raised
nearly $4,000 for the convention. OF this amount
100000 for the National Committee and the
remaining $4,000 for the expenses of altering the
hall Mayor Ashbrtdge is the chairman OF the
committee Out OF the sixteen thousand seats in
the hall Philadelphia viii get four thousand.
The Mayor will turn the tickets over to secret
committee Of five persons, be divided pro rata
among the subscribers Of the $4,000 fund. Also
luteIy not one ticket viii be given TO a Phtladel-
phian by this committee who did not subscribe.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS WORK
No committee has had a harder task than that
assigned the Press Committee, which practi-
caIly finished It's labors last week. 1t had
five hundred seats in the press section at its dis
posal which, under the agreement with the Ma
tional Committee. were TO be awarded Ito news
paper men actually doing work for the daily
pa pers and using the wires" More than two thou
sand applications were received, and the work Of
cutting this number TO five hundred with the least
possible friction difficult Those papers fort
innate enough to get seats will find their quarters
extremely pleasant. There is scarcely poor seat
hearing being Of the best
The busiest man for the next two weeks VIII be
Sergean t-at-Arns WisweL, who has been here Tor
fortnight. His Headquarters are in the old Court
house, in Independence Square They are crowded
with clerks, stenosraphers ana typeWrlt;SS[s, ana
every one about the place IS hustling. The ser
geant-at-arms is now wrestling with the task of
distributing tickets EVERYBODY wants one; ana
most applicants want enough Tor all their friends
Each delegate viii receive two tickets besides ms
own, and each alternate VIII receive only MS own
ticket. Each National committeeman IS TO receive
twenty-five seats. Four thousand go the city Of
Philadelphia, and the remainder Will be distributed
among invited guests selected by the National
tain number for personal distribution
The National Committee viii hold its first session
expected TO be present with the exception OF Cen
eral James n. Wilson of Delaware. who is in Cuba