The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-11
Convention Vanguard Al
ready at Philadelphia.
MEET OF NATIONAL
COMMITTEE FIRST
Members Arrive For the Session
This Week.

cans of the United States. The mag
nificent convention hall is complete in
every detail. and awaits only the noun
of noon, June 10.
The preparations for the coming
gathering were carried on by two large
committees. One had charge Of the
arrangements for the serious work of
the convention, While the other COM
erly entertaining the visitors. While
the first committee is resting on its
oars, the other body of workers viii
! have no rest until after it shall have
sent home the guests.
All the larger hOstelTies and the ex-
! elusive apartment houses have been
booked to their capacity. Quite a num-
/ Der of state delegations have rented
| houses entirely Tor all of next week.
The storm center Of the convention
! between the sessions will be the Hotel
! Walton. where the national committee
will have its headquarters.
Committee Meets This Week.
( The meetings of the national com
mittee will begin next Wednesday,
The Walton also will be the stamp
! ing grounds of the Maine, Connecti-
cut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wis
cOnsin and Missouri 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 at the Bellevue, along
with Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
and other leading Republicans.
Convention Hall is Grand.
The convention hall is located in
West Philadelphia, close to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvahia's group of
buildings, and is one and q half miles
from the hotel district. Transportation
to and from the hall is ample. The
auditorium has been pronounced by
Republican national leaders and news
paper correspondents who have attend
ed many national conventions to be the
most magnificent in appearance and
most complete in detail of any strUc-
ture built in this country for similar
purposes. The acoustic properties Of
the hall in its enlarged condition have
not yet been practically tested, but eX-
perts are of the opinion that they are
as perfect as can be expected of an
auditorium Of such size.
The seating capacity is close to 10000
The press stand for 500 working news
paper 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 ex-
actly in the center of the hall.
Spectators Seats on All Sides.
Back of the delegates are the alter
mates seats. On all four sides of the
hall running from the main floor we'll
up to the roof, are banked row after
row of seats. There is only one gal
lery, which runs the entire width Of
the hall at the rear. The band will be
located in the center of the gallery.
Back of the stage and away from the
noise of the crowd are located numer-
Gus committee rooms. The Geographic
facilities are ample, the Western Union
and Postal Telegraph companies and
the Associated Press having spacious
rooms close to the stage, reached by
tunnels under the seats There are
nearly 200 wires running into the hall.
The committee of citizens having in
charge the arrangements has raised
nearly $4,000 for the convention.
No committee has had a harder task
than that assigned to the press COM
mittee. It had 500 seats in the press
section at it's disposal, to be awarded
Ito newspaper men actually doing
work for the daily papers and using the
wires" More than 1000 applications
were received. Those papers fortunate
ters extremely pleasant. There is
scarcely q poor seat in the 500.
Wiswell Busy Man.
The busiest man for the next two
weeks will be Sergeant-at-Arms Wis
well. His headquarters are located in
the old court house, and there a big
corps of clerks, stenOgraphers and type |
writer's is working to its fullest ca
pacity. Eacn delegate viii receive two
tickets besides his own, and each al /
ternate will receive only his own ticket. |
Each national committeeman is to re-
ceive FIVE seats. -Four thousand go to {
the city Of Philadelphia, and the re- /
mainder viii be distributed among in /
vited guests and the national commit |
tee. President Mckinley will receive a /
certain number for his private distri- |
button.
Two Contests Before the Committee. |
The national committee viii hold its /
first session in this city Wednesday, |
when the organization Of the conven-
ton will, in all likelihood, be taken up |
and passed upon. The greatest task as |
signed TO the national committee will i
be the matter of contests. The COM |
mittee is expected to take such action |
as will make the work of the creden- |
tials committee easier. With the ex- /
ception of the Eleventh Pennsylvania |
district, every delegate |
to the convention has been elected.
AS far as known here, notice of con- |
tests have been given as follows:
Alabama-TwO entire delegations.
DelaWare-TWO entire delegations
Ceorgia-First and Eighth districts.
Pennsylvania-Nine district.
TeXas-Delegate s-at~large and First, /
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and /
Ninth districts.
Tennessee-Deleg ates-at-large.
Social Events For the Week.
The social programme for convention
week VIII be about as complete as il I
can be made. All the Republican clubs |
in the city have formed a general or
ganizatiOn, and are working as a unit
Monday night there viii be a monster |
parade, in which $4,000 men 1
are expected to march. Excursions
have been arranged for essery day to
points of interest round the city, and /
the nights will be given up to banquets, +
smokers. concerts and other forms of
Tuesday, June 70, in the evening.
there viii be a monster mass meeting,
which viii be addressed by the best
orators among the leaders in the party
Prominent senators viii be rendered /
dinners; the most bril-
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