The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-11
READY FOR THE REPUBLICANS.
PHILADELPHIA's PREPARATIONS
MOST ELABORATE.

ed-Much Work Done on the Audi
torIum-PhiIndeIphi Who Did
Not Subscribe VIII Get no Tickets.
Seats for the Press.
Philadelphia, June 1O.-The Republican
convention city of 1900 has everything in
readiness practically, for the quadrennial
gathering of the Republicans of the Un.t-
ed States. ten days in advance of the date
fixed for the opening session.
The city is beginning to dress up to re-
ceive it's guests. The magnificent conven-
ton hall on the west bank of che Schuyl-
kill river is complete in every detail De
sirable hotel accommodations for the
next TWO weeks viii be extremely hard to
find, as all the larger hostelries and the
exclusive apartment houses have been
booked to their capacity. Quite num-
Der OF state delegations have rented
houses entirely for all of next week.
The storm center of the convention be-
tween the sessions will be the Hotel Wal
ton at Broad and Locust streets. where
the National Committee will have its
headquarters. The meetings of the Ma
tional Committee will begin next Wednes-
day.
The Walton also will be the stamping
grounds of the Maine, Connecticut, New
York. Ohio Michigan, Wisconsin and Mis-
souri state delegations.
The vice presidential booms of the sons
of these. states will also find Judgment at
the Walton. National Chairman Hanna
and Secretary Dick will occupy suites of
rooms al the Bellevue, block from the
Walton. along with Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts, and other leading Repub-
lcans.
Az the Lafayette Hotel will be quartered
the delegations from Alaska, Indiana
Idaho, Minnesota, New Jersey. Rhode
Island, South Dakota and Virginia, while
the Continental Hotel will house the Ala
bama Florida. Illinois. Iowa, Kentucky
Kansas, Maryland. North Dakota Texas
and Wyoming contingents. The Stenton
will care for the Colorado, Delaware
Massachusetts and New Mexico delega-
tons. West Virginia and Nebraska have
engaged rooms al the STAFFORD, and Ten
nessee, California. and Louisiana will hold
forth at the Bingham House. Other
state delegation will be quartered at
various smaller hotels and boarding
houses.
The Convention Hall.
The convention hall is located in West
Philadelphia close to the University of
Pennsylvania's group of buildings, and Is
enc and one-half nsiles from the National
Committee headquarters and the hotel dls-
trict Transportation to and from the nail
is ample, the facilities in this respect hav-
ing been thoroughly tested time and time
again last fall during the National EX-
port Exposition, on which grounds the
great hall is located and to whom ii be
longs.
The auditorium has been pronounced by
Republican national leaders and the news
paper correspondents who have attended
many national conventions to be the most
magnificent in appearance and the most
complete in every detail of any structure
built in this country for a similar purpose.
The seating capacity of the place is close
to 1900 The main floor is provided with
thirty-four entrances. The press stand for
500 working newspaper men is directly in
front of the stage, and is four feet above
the main floor. In front of the press stand
is the space for the delegates, which is
actually in the center of the hall.
On all four sides of the hall running from
the main floor well up TO the roof are
banked row after row of seats There Is
only one gallery. which runs the entire
width of the hall at the rear. The band
will be located in the center of The gal
ferry
Back of the stage and away from the
noise OF the crowd are located numerous
committee rooms. The Geographic facil'-
ties are ample.
There are nearly 200 wires running into
the hall. The exterior view of The hall is
beautiful. For months the city'S forester
and landscape gardeners have been at
work identifying the grounds surround
ing the hall. The main entrance 10 the
building stands back GOO feet from ire
gate of the fence which surrounds inc
ground The approach TO the haiL known
locally as the Esplanade is well cover
with fine shrubbery and young trees
The building will be turned over TO me
National Committee this week
PhiIadeIphia's Hard Task.
The ,L,mmittee of citizens having charge
Of the arrangements has raised nearly Njo,-
0O0 for the convention. One hundred
thousand of this amount was for the Ma
tional Committee and the remaining $SV'-
90 is for the expenses of altering the haH'
Out of the 5000 seats in the nan fhlia-
delphia will get 1900.
The Mayor will turn the tickets over 10
a secret committee of f1Ve persons 20 DC
divided pro rata among the SUBSCRIBERS
Of the $4,000 fund. Absolutely not one
ticket will be given by this committee 10
a Philedelphian who did not subscribe
No committee has had harder task
than that assigned to the Press Commit
tee which practically finished It's lapors
the past week. Ii had 800 seats in the
press section at its disposal which, uhder
the agreement with the National COM
mittee were 10 be awarded Ito newspa-
per men actually doing work for the DAILY
papers and using the wires.f More thah
1000 applications were received, ana the
work of cutting this number to 800 win
the least possible friction was difficult.
The National Committee will hold lis
first session in this city on Wednesday,
when every member is expected 10 be
present with the exception Of Gen. James
H. Wilson of Delaware. who is in Cuba.
The organization of the convention IN all
likelihood will be taken up and fhal y
passed upon. The greatest task assigned
to the National Committee will be the
matter of contests The committee is eN-
pected TO take such action as will make
The work OF the Credentials Committee
easier.
With the exception of the Eleventh
PENNSYLVANIA Congressional District. ev-
erv delegate TO the convention in the Uni
ted states has been elected. The Eleven<A
Pennsylvania will elect its two DELEGATES
at Scranton Tomorrow. As far as known
here notice Of contests have been given
as follows - ~
Alabama. two entire delegations; Dela-
ware two entire delegations; Georgia
First and Eighth Districts; louisiana
second and Fifth Districts; Pennsylvania,
Nineteenth District; Texas delegates az
large and First. Fourth tifth, Skin
Seventh and Ninth Districts; Tenn ssee
delegates at large.