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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-22
In CONVENTION TINE
How News of the National
Events Is Handled.
COSTS BARRELS OF NONE
And Takes the Brainiest of
the Profession.
COSTS BARRELS OF MONEY

Washington, June r7.-One of the chief
considerations with national committee
in selecting a convention city is to fix
place with ample telegraph facilities.
There are hardly more than dozen cities
which have facilities equal to the require
ments of the newspapers at convention
time. And. of course, with certain limit
only these can hope to enter into compe--
tition for the location of the convention
Of either of the great parties.
The reporting of a national convention
is one of the severest tests to which news
paper enterprise is ever subjected. 1t can
be imagined that the machinery for doing
the work is complex and complete The
reporters occupy a position of almost as
great Importance as the delegates, and
are nearly as numerous. At the republic
can convention in Philadelphia seats fere
provided for 500 working newspaper
men. The Kansas City convention hail
viii have eco press seats.
Some of the great metropolitan journals
practically establish duplicate plants for
the gathering and transmission Of news
in a convention city. They set up head
quarters fitted up like a newspaper office,
with desks and benches and special wires,
and they create a routine as perfect and
as sy stematic as that which exists in the
offices at home At the republican con-
ventioll in Minneapolis eight years ago
one New York author had its managing
editor, its city editor, and a staff of writ
ers. which practically depleted the home
office ofsits most effective working force.
This was the frat attempt of anything of
this kind. In Chicago one New York pa
per published a daily edition on the spot,
which was virtually a duplicate of the
home edition in New York. This same
newspaper has already made arrange
ments equally ambitious for Kansas City,
leasing two residences for the force it
intends to carry out, and it has also en-
gagged headquarters which will be COM
plete in every department. There are not
many newspapers, of course, which will
undertake as ambitious a scheme as this,
bTt every one that expects to make any
show at al Will be very thorough in it's
preparations.
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ENCOURAGEMENT.

I hereby announce m ysef as a candi-
date for the Office Of County Commits
sioner before the next Republican con
Venuon, in the Second commissioners
district JACOB MAFEE.
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The graat newspaper work Of a conven-
ton usually begins on the Sunday pre-
cedng the day of the meeting.
Reporting the convention is in charge OF
the Washington correspondents. who are
count & their familiarity with public men
and with political currents. For the ma
tional conventions held in the west one
of the trunk railroad lines generally
placed at the disposal OF the Washington
corps a newspaper train. which carried
them to and from the convention city.
This train is turned entirely over TO the
correspondents. and they decide who are
entitled TO travel on it and make all
other regulations. It is so timed as. 20
reach the convention city az least two
days before the gathering meets, and 1t
usually carries at least one hundrsd men.
The report OF the routine proceedings
Of a national convention is the>least diff
hcult wo=k which q seasoned correspond
ent has 10 undertake. Skill and expert
euce count IN keeping watch OF the pre-
iiminary work. only the obvious result
Of which appears IN the convention hall
There are few things more nlystifying
than 10 attempt 10 follow the ianumera-
BILE combinations and deals which are eaa-
tinUaliy being formed. The delegations
fcurn forty four states are constantly
meeting. TIE men who di-c>t policies ard
Who shape ambitions never cease tacIr
wo-k- Where there is a contest for tas
presidency or a question about platforms
schemes are formed IN secret. comhina-
tons are made. Effective strokes are
planned and ali this IS going on under
the surface. while the cheering conyen-
lion thronys crowd ignorantly and tumult-
VCusly through the hotel corridors. VIA:
IS visible IN a convention city is OF least
consequence. The men who keep sway
from the bst'v- saaag. who gather in lit
Tie groups iE ses.st ed rooms. are really
he srbi;ers OF politkcaI 5estiaiss. and
these ans the men who have % - Asot
constantly In mind The reporter who
knows % these things. who IS acquainted
personally with the leaders 2ad mara
gers, who can draw de6ucssozs from what
he sees or hears or mercy suspects. Is tbs
Only one who can write inteEHgenrly OF
~hat Is going on al national convea-
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NATIONAL HOLIDAY.

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WEEKLY EAGLE.
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The proprietors reserve the right to re-
ject and dis, continue any adverus ements
contracted fox either by themselves OF
their agents.
Entered in the postofice at Wichita as
second ass matter, and entered Tor
Eastern business office, 1.-THE Tribune
Building, New York city; Western bust
ness office, 9TH Rookery," Chicago; Inc
S. c. Beckwit.1 Special Agency, sole
agents for Foreign. Advertising.
Readers of the Eagle when in New YORK
City or Chicago can see copies OF the
paper at the office of our agents at the
address given above.
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EXCURSToNSr

To Various Places. Available Via
THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY.
Ticket Office, III Main Street, Wichita,
Kansas.
Denver, Colo. Y. p c. L. of the
United Presbyterian church: $40 for the
round trip; tickets on sale July % and q
limited for return to August f2l. 1900.
Cincinnati. Ohio; b. y p L of Amer
lea; S2io5 for the round trip; tickets on
sale July 10. Il and p limited for return
10 July i. except that by deposit Of
ticket with joint agent at Cincinnati on
or before July IA. and upon the payment
of fee Of 50 cents. return limit may be
extended to leave Cincinnati up to and
including August 10, 1900.
Detroit, Mich; $3.50 for tho round trip.
account Knights Of Pythias: tickets on
sale August .. -26 and e. limited for re-
turn 10 September s. 1890. Limit viii be
extended to September Il by depositins
ticket and paying fee Of 50 cents.
pes Moines Iowa: S1L75 for the round
trip Music Teachers convention: tick
cts on sale June IS to %. inclusive, lin
tied fer return TO June %, 1901.
Yellowstone Park excursion. season
1890; tickets on sale June 18th to Septem-
Der 18TH 1900 For information and rates
call on o. address the agent Of the Mis-
scusi Pacific railway. Wichita. Kan.
-Four special excursions TO Colorado and
Utah common points. one fare plus 3
for the round trip; tickets VIII be sold
on the following dates: June q. July
10 10 inclusive. July Is and August :. 1900.
Final return limit OF all tickets. October
81. 1900 The following are the stations
10 which the above rates refer: Glen
wood Springs, Denver. Colorado SPRINGS
and Pueblo Colo, and Salt Lake CITY
and Ogden, Utah.
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Bears The 4, Tie Kind i9s Haze llssys be--H
Of NDNZHtZl

SIR Snagss-"My dear, isn't tte grocer &C
the next corner a Celtic gestlemanfr Mrs
Snaggs-"No, indeed! He sells for car
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Tsrogxh Sleeping and czssir Car SERIES
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CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Alxays Bought
signature ss.a, 80 Of &zzNsz:<

There are some women VINO are reminded
that they are superior creatures every tine
! man takes 81 his hat 70 them.
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NATIONAL CoNvEE.
TON.
Kansas City. 40.

TON.
Kansas City. NO.
One fare for the round trip via the Great
Rock Island. Wichita TO Kansas City and
return. Tickets on sale July 2 and 4;
return limit July =
Passengers holding complete round
trip ticket from Kansas City 70 a point
beyond having a value OF s. or more may.
upon deposit OF ticket with joint agent
and upon payment OF Joint agency fee Of
50 cents. have return portion extended uDt
to exceed the limit OF rouad trip ticket
purchased in Kansas City. but ia no case
later than September 81. +. DRAKE.
L. W. THOMPSON. DIP. A,
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TAKE THE FRISCO LINE
afternoon train 10 St Louis and all points
east Train leaves Union station Al i:oI
d IL
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The arrangement for the accommodation
Of newspapers in the convention hau are
elaborate The seats OF the press CORE
spondents are the most convenient and
accessible IN the hall. They are arranged
on Two sides of the platform, facing the
delegates. with ample room between
chairs and benches. 50 that the messenger
boys. who are constantly running for
copy, can dart IN and out without hin
drance- Underneath the platform rooms
are arranged for telegraph operators and
other rooms. WITH tables, where report
ers, If they desire, can withdraw from
the hUbbub OF the convention 10 prepare
their copy,
Each OF the telegraph companies eStab-
fishes an office in the convention han.
and there may be heard the continual
click OF instruments sending the words
OF the speakers ard the record OF the
proceedings 10 every part OF the United
states, 50 that almost before a thing is
fairly done with. Il IS recorded IN news
paper Office, OF which some are thousands
OF miles away. Each OF the two bs-
telegraph companies has atty operators
working away IN the temporary Office.
They are the star men OF the profession.
selected from Washington and New York
Offices as A rule, with slch other helo as
ean DE found. Each operator Is capsbla
O. sending from I.99 to aee words an
hour, and the number q words sent 90,
during = convention sitting viii range an
the way from Ieo.e9e to sao.caa AT righs
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some of the operators are transferred to
the central office in the city, so that the
wires are kept crowded to their full ca
pacity almost for the. entire twenV-four
hours. Each of the companies ,st each
of the conventions will probably average
from 100000 to 100000 words day. Sew
enty-fve messenger boys will be kept
busy darting back and forth between the
operating room and the reporters tables.
The telegraph problem is always seri-
Gus one with each of the companies. This
is especially so when the convention is
held in western city, for there they have
to contend against the handicap of time,
the great mass of telegraph matter be-
ing sent east to the great cities along
the Atlantic seaboard, which are from
one hour to two hours behind. When the
convention was held in Minneapolis in
1892 it was found that the facilities were
inadequate. Complaints were thick that
newspaper dispatches were delayed for
hours, and in some instances the dis
patches sent al night for morning papers
were not received until some time the
next day. 1t was an emergency which
had to be met quickly, and after the first
night the Western Union company ship
ped forty extra men from Chicago TO
Milwaukee, so as to hasten matters in
relays.
The cost of reporting a convention is
something enormous. A metropolitan jour
nal which has a force of twenty men is
put to an expense of at least $1,000 day
for the week of the convention. In some
cases the expense far exceeds thot figure.
The amount of special matter sen TO
paper of any consequence varies from
900 to 30 900 words, and the average cost
of this at press rates by wire is half
cent a word. 1t costs to keep man at
the convention about SO day, and where
special headquarters are secured the ex-
charge for rent must be added.
The incidental expenses can hardly be
But it is safe to say that the
cost to the newspapers of the country
Of reporting eacl national convention is
at least $2oG. 600.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-06-22

The santa Re vii sell honessekers'
tickets On May Z snd .. June c ard -
JAY 2 snd j. asd August aad 3 All
principal points iu Arizafsa- Indian Terri
tary, Louisiana. New Iexlc9. okias fas
and Texas. and points So calora84 east
q Roxy Fora. ~ ems fare p.as g. For
further Information call - % adarsss
L X DELANEY. Pas AxL
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All these various reports when written
are turned in to the man in charge, and
he is responsible for the arrangement and
accuracy Of everything that goes over the
wire. Usually some writer of wide repu-
tation is engaged to prepare a general
review showing what has been done and
what is likely to be done. In some cases
a newspaper will have several writer's to
record their impressions, some OF their
productions being valuable only for the
names with which they are signed.
The work of the press association is
the most exacting of all. This must, above
all things, be accurate, and 1t must be
complete. At the same time it must he
uncolored by political or local prejudice,
for it goes out to newspapers representing
all parties. in all parts of the United
States The men employed to do this
work viii he the best TO be found in the
Offices in Chicago, New York and Wash
ington. First of ALL they viii have to
furnish a verbatim report OF the proceed
ings Of the convention. This, of course.
is the work of stenographers. who have
places just underneath the speakers plat
form. Other men who are familiar with
political affairs Will be assigned to the
task Of following the work of committees,
OF describing incidents, and of formulat-
ing an unbiased view of the situation.
Each press association at the national
conventions viii probably send out at
least 5eoo0 words every day. and each
association will have its special wires and
operators in the convention hall ready TO
send on the moment everything as 1t oc-
ours
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r. Z. BLECKLEY.
p and T A. Wichita, Kan.

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVEN-
TON.
Kansas City No
July 1. 1860
For the above occasion the Santa Fe
has made rate Of one fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale July >. 3 and 1: final
return limit July 2. 1870 The santa Re
has three through daily trains Wichita
q Kansas City. leaving Wichita u.os a.
m. S'fe p. m and s.5e p. m. For further
particulars can on OF address
/. r. DELANEY,
Ielephone los- Pass. ASsnt.
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The staff of a metropolitan journal at
national convention is as carefully or
ganized rs if it were a permanent affair
instead of the creature of a week. Prepa-
rations are made weeks in advance. The
best men on the force are selected and
sent to the convention city in a special
car. each man being assigned TO his work,
and one of the most responsible men on
the paper being placed in charge of all.
Some of these are detailed to report the
proceedings of the convention. The rou-
tine is left TO the press association, but
the striking features of the proceedings
are covered in individual style by the
men peculiarly adapted to the work. One
win write a general picture" another
will describe especially dramatic incidents,
another will follow the political develop
ments as they reveal themselves. Others
will watch the doings of particular dele
cations in which interest happens to be
centered. Outside the convention han still
others will follow up the innumerable
conferences which are constantly going
on. watch for deals and arrangements
which are likely to be sprung at any mo-
ment to affect the current of events,
and pick up the characteristics incidents
and stories which lend color, and which,
while having nothing to do with the
weightier politics of the occasion, help 10
round out and complete the picture.
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Santa &c Excursion.

BIENNIAL CONVENTION NATIONAL.
Republican League q the Unitsd
States. Held at ST. Paul. MIN. July
II to 70. 800
For the above occasion the Santa Fs
have made a rate u enc fare pisa 9 for
the round trip. Tickets on sale July q
Is and Is. final return limit July r. 800
For further information call en- - al
dress +. r. DELANEY.
Phone - AGENT
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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-06
Street Car rune over child.

While playing in Church street. near
Butte street. about $40 o'clock yester-
day morning. Rocco Corletto, little
italian boy about three years old, was
run over by trolley car No 49, in
charge OF Motorman w. w. Bright and
Conductor j. w. Stewart. All the fin
gers on the child's right hand were
crushed. and one finger and part OF an
other were cut off.
Conductor Stewart carried the little
Fellow to the operating room in ST.
Vincent's Hospital. where the right
hand was amputated below the wrist,
and two fingers from the left hand. 1t
was reported from the hospital later
that the boy was resting as quietly as
could be expected. The injured child
lives with his parents on Chapel
street.
The conductor and motorman will
appear before Justice Tomlin this
morning, together with several wit
nesses who saw the accident.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-06
ENDORSED FOR MAYOR.
GOOD GOVERNMENT LEAGUD FOR
DIR. RIDDICK.

DR.. James G. Riddlck's candidacy for
the mayoralty received the endorse
ment last night of the City League for
Good Government. The action of the
league was unanimous. The resolution
is as follows
Resolved, That the City League for
Good Government endorse the candi-
dacy of DR.. James G. Riddick for the
mayoralty, and hereby commend him
to the voters of Norfolk, believing that
in his election we have our greatest
hope for Good Government
Among the speakers were Messrs. C.
Tayloe Gwathmey, James L.. Heath, Jr.,
Il. S. Purdie, c. T.. Pettitt, c. L Stengle
and S. S. Lambeth, Jr.
President Nash announced that the
league would be addressed next Thurs
day night by several wellknown speak
ers on municipal government, and
probably on the Constitutional Conven-
ton question. Two or three of these
speakers will probably be from other
cities.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-06
Newsboy Seriously Injured

While carrying his papers last night
on his bicycle. Mr.. Charlie Beck ran
into a pile of sand on Market Place.
unmarked by lantern or other device,
and was thrown over the handle bars
of his machine. knocking him sense
less. in which condition he remained
until carried to the police station and
there revived by officer Holiday.
Mr.. Beck sustained a severe contu-
sion of his left cheek, dangerously near
his eye. The leaving unmarked such
distractions is a dangerous practice
and against the law. One pedal of the
bicycle was broken.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-06
DEMOCRATIC CLUBS
Third Ward Clubs Adds New
Members Seventeen Speakers.
A Crowded House to Henri tho Candidates.
Meeting of Fifth Ward Precincts Clubs
Henr Many Speakers italian and Other
Organizations Tonight.

The Third Ward Democratic Club
held Its regular weekly meeting last
night. and every seat was full. stand
was plainly evident, and when Presi-
dent L. ]. Randolph raped to order the
audience was ready to hear the line OF
orators that reached from the door to
the street. Col. w. W. Sale acted as
secretary very acceptably, and the fol-
lowing new members were elected:
Jos. hamburger, Jas. N. Bell, Nathaniel
Beaman, j. e. Fentress. j. M. Martin,
NJ. w. Talbot, Thos. Talbot, p. T. Yeat-
man, L. p. Mcintyre and w. H. Rob-
inson.
The following candidates were pres
ent and spoke: Messrs. j. w. Cherry.
w. L. Baker, Jas. L. Reid, w p. Dod-
son. B. i. Christian, DR.. S. A. Sutton.
III. A. Tarrall, w. H. venablc, ]. a.
Daily. r. S. Weaver, II. S. Herman,
w. w. Dey, DR.. C. D. ]. Macdonald, ].
NJ. Broughton, j. V. Trchy, DR.. II. L.
Bats and Frank Topham, the latter
representing DR.. j. G. Riddick.
The candidates were evidently feeling
the strain Of the continuous speaking
of this extraordinary campaign, as
some were suffering from hoarseness
and sore throats, but they came up
gamely to the scratch, spoke and de-
parted to fill other engagements. They
were listened to with courteous atten-
ton. and the meeting adjourned at an
early hour.
ENDORSED FOR COUNCIL.
The Citizens Democratic Club OF
Brambleton held a largely attended
meeting at their club-rooms on Park
avenue at $50 o'clock last night. Pres
ident Wassum presided. ABOUT twenty
new members were elected.
Mr.. Wassum, chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the club. reported
that after making the most strenuous
efforts the committee had been able on
~ to secure three names to present to
the club as candidates to be voted for
at the coming election for members of
the Council from the ward, and they
were Messrs. A. NJ Cousins, J. 0. Reid
and G. Preston DENLY.
On motion the report of the commit
tee was received, and the three gen.
tlemen were declared the nominees of
the club to be voted for as members of
the City Councils.
a resolution endorsing the course of
ent Council was unanimously adopted.
resolution was also adopted en-
dorsing the course of Colonel N. c.
Pampln as a member of the Board Of
School Trustees from the ward and re-