The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-11
REPUBLICAN,
CONVENTION
CITY READY
%, the ouadrenuiai Gathering Of
tbe Hosts-Two Large Commit
tees Had Charge Of Affairs.
NEBRASKA TO BUNK WITH US.
auditorium the Most Magnificent in
Appearance of Any Ever Built
for a Similar Purpose,

PHILADELPHIA, June 10.-The RE-
publican convention city of 1900 has
everything In readiness practically for
Inc 1uadrcnnial gatheringof theRepub-
Icons OF the United States ten days In
advance OF the date fixed for the OPEN
.pg session. All the hard work and nil
the anxious moments attending the
p,sparatlons 70: the coming of the Re
publican hosts are over and the city is
BEGINNING to dress up to receive its
guests. The magnificent convention
Asll on the west bank of the SchuylkIll
river Is complete in every detail and
Cwalts only the hour of noon. June 10.
The preparations for the coming gath
ung were carried on by two large
committees; one had charge of 'rlhe ar
rangements for the serious work OF the
convention, while the other committee
was assigned the task Of properly en-
tertalnlng the visiting Republicans.
Committee on Entertaining Busy.
While the first committee is resting on
It's oars. the other body Of workers Will
have no rest until after 1t shall have
Rnt homo the visitors. Desirable hotel
lrsommodations for the next two weeks
witt be extremely hard to find as all the
lIryer hostleries and the exclusive
rpsNment houses have been booked to
thsIr capacity. quite a number of state
d.lpgatIops have rented houses entirely
tor all of next week. The storm centre
Of the convention between the sessions
will be the Hotel Walton at Broad and
Locust streets. At that hotei the ma
tonal committee will have its head
quarters, occupying the entire nth
floor.
West Virginia at the stratford.
The Walton also viii be the stamping
grounds Of the Maine. Connecticut, New
York. Ohio. Michigan. Wisconsin and
Missouri state delegations. The vice
presidential booms of the sons of these
states will also find lodgment at the
Walton. National Chairman Hanna
and Secretary Dick will occupy suites
ct rooms at the Bellevue, a block from
the Walton, along with Senator Lodge,
Ot Massachusetts,, and other leading
Republicans.
West Virginia and Nebraska have en-
gaged rooms at the stratford. The
Pennsylvania delegation headquarters
will be located in the house occupied by
the Pennsylvania state committee near
the Hotel Walton.
Auditorium oompletest on Record.
The convention hall Is located in West
Philadelphia, close to the University of
PeHnsyivania's group of buildings and
Is one and one-half miles from the ma
tonal committee headquarters, and the
hotel district. Transportation to and
from the hall is ample. the facilities in
this respect have been thoroughly tested
time and time again last fall during the
national export exposition, on which
ground the great hail is located
and to whom 1t belongs. The auditor
lam has been pronounced by Republi-
can national leaders and newspaper
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 acoustic proper
ties OF the hall in Its enlarged condition
have not 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.
Seating Capacity Sixteen Thousand.
The seating capacity of the place is
close to 10000. The main floor is pro-
Nded with thirty-four entrance. The
press stand for 600 working newspaper
men Is directly in front of the stage
and four feet above the main floor In
front OF the press stand is the space for
the delegates which Is exactly in the
center OF the hall. In the back Of the
delegates are the aiternates seats. on
oil four sides of the hall running from
the main floor well up to the roof are
banked row after row of seats, There
Is oaiy one gallery, which runs the en-
tire width of the hall at the rear. The
band VIII be located in the centre Of the
gallery.
Back of the stage and away from the
noise Of the crowd are located numer-
Gus committee rooms. The teIegraphlc
facilities are ample. the wsetern Union
aa4 Postal telegraph companies and the
Associated Press having spacious rooms
clnGe to the stage and which are reach
ed By tunnels under the seats. There
are nearly 200 wires running into tho
hall.
The Grounds and Rnll Beautiful.
The exterior view Of the hail ls beau
tI'uI. For months the city forester and
landscape gardeners have been mt work
boolilfying the grounds surrounding
tho hall. The building win br turned
over to the national committee this
week.
The committee OF citizens having
Charge Of thu arrangements, have raised
nearly 100000 for the convention. one
hundred thougand of this amount WIS