Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-06-11
ALL TN READINESS
For the Republican National
Convention at Philadelphia.
Convention Hall the Finest and Most
Complete Ever Built.
Hotel Walton Will 30 Names Headquarters
and Center Of Action.

Philadelphia, June 10.-The Republi-
can convention city of 1900 has every
thing in readiness, practically, for the
lquadriennial gathering of the Republi-
cans of the United States 10 DAYS in
advance of the date fixed for the OMEN
ing session. All the hard work and all
| the anxious moments attending the
preparations for the coming of the Re
publican hosts are over and the city is
beginning to dress up to receive it's
guests. The magnificent convention
hall on the west bank of the Schuylkill
river is complete in every detail and
awaits only the hour of noon, June 10.
The preparations for the coming
gathering were carried on by two large
committees; one had charge of the ar
| engagements for the serious work of the
convention, while the other committee
was assigned the task of properly en-
tertaining the visiting Republicans.
While the first committee is resting on
its oars the other body of workers will
| have no rest until after it shall have
sent home the visitors.
Desirable hotel accommodations for
| for the next two weeks will be ex-
| tremely hard to find as all the larger
hostelries and the exclusive apartment
houses have been booked up to their
| capacity. Quite a number of state del
egations have rented houses entirely
for all Of next week.
The storm centre of the convention
between the sessions will be the Hotel
Walton. At that hotel the national
committee will have its headquarters.
ha ~ Of ha
| tee, beginning next Wednesday, will be
held in one of the banquet rooms of
the hotel. The Walton also will be the
stamping grounds of the Maine. Con-
necticut. New York, Ohio, Michigan,
Wisconsin and Missouri state delega-
tons. The Vice Presidential booms of
the sons of these states will also find
Judgement 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 Re-
publicans.
The convention hall is IL miles from
the national committee headquarters
and 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
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 10000 The building will be
RI no national committee
this week. The committee of citizens
having charge of the arrangements
has raised nearly $4,000 for the con-
vention. One hundred thousand of this
amount was for the national committee
and the remaining 1000 is for the eX
penses Of altering the hall. Mayor
Ashbridge is the chairman of the com
mittee out Of the 5000 seats in the
hall. Philadelphia will get 1000. The
mayor will turn the tickets over to a
secret committee of five persons, to be
divided pro rata among the subscribers
of the $4,000 fund. Absolutely not
one ticket will be given to Philadel-
phan by this committee, who did not
subscribe.
The national committee will hold its
first session in this city, Wednesday.
At this meeting the committee Will so
over the work already done in prep
aration for the convention and will
smooth out the little details. The or
ganization of the convention will. in
all likelihood. be taken up and finally
passed upon. The greatest task as
signed to the national committee will
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 18th Pennsylvania con
gressional district, every delegate to
the convention in the United States has
been elected. The 18th Pennsylvania
will elect it's two delegates at Scran-
ton. tomorrow.
AS far as known here notice of con-
tests have been given as follows: Ala
bama, two entire delegations: Della
ware two entire delegations; Georgia,
LIST and Sth districts; Louisiana, End
and 5th districts: Pennsylvania, 10Th
district; Texas, delegates large and
list, 4th. 5th. 9Th, 9TH and 9th districts;
Tennessee, delegates at large.