The age-herald., 1900-06-11
SHE IS NOT so
 SLOW AFTER ALL
Philadelphia Ready for the Re-
 publican Convention.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED
Magnificent Convention Hall Awaits Opening Hour at Noon on June lo Work of the Various Commit
 s-Social Programme

Philadelphia, June 10.-The republican convention city of 1900 has everything in readiness, practically, for the quadrennial gathering of the republicans of the United States ten days in advance of the date fixed for the opening session. The mag nifcent convention hall, on the west bank of the Schuylkill river, is complete and awaits only the hour of noon, June 19.
 The preparations for the coming gather ing were carried on by two large commit tees, one had charge of the arrange ments for the serious work of the conven- tion, while the other was assigned the task of properly entertaining the visiting repub- lcans. While the first committee is rest ing on it's oars, the other body of workers will have no rest until it shall have sent home the visitors. Desirable hotel accom- modations for the next two weeks will be extremely hard to find, as all the larger hosteleries and the exclusive apartment houses have been booked to their capacity. Quite a number of state delegations have rented houses entirely for all of that week.
 The storm center of the convention be- tween the sessions will be the Hotel Wal ton, at Broad and Locus streets. At that hotel the national committee will have it's headquarters, occupying the entire fifth floor.
 Meeting of National Committee
 The meetings of the national committee, beginning next Wednesday, will be held in one of the banquet rooms on the top floor of the hotel. The room is well adapted for the purpose, being large enough to accom- modate the full committee, witnesses and representatives of the cOnteStinQ 6plpPa- tions.
 The Walton also will be the stamping grounds of the Maine, Connecticut, New York, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin and Mis- souri state delegations. The vice-presi- dental booms of the sons of these states will also find lodging at the Walton Ma tional Chairman Hanna and Secretary Dick will occupy suits of rooms at the Bellevue, a block from the Walton, along with Sen ator Lodge of Massachusetts and other leading republicans.
 At the Lafayette hotel will be uuartered the delegations from Alaska, Indiana, Ida ho, Minnesota, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota and Virginia, while the Con- tinental hotel will house the Alabama, Florida Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Kansas, Maryland North Dakota, Texas and Wyo- ming contingents. The Stenton will care for the Colorado, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Mexico delegations. West Virginia and Nebraska have engaged rooms at the Stratford ,and Tennessee, California and Louisiana will hold forth at the Bingham house. Other state delegations will be quartered at various smaller hotels and boarding houses
 Theconvention hall is located in West Philadelphia close to the University of Pennsylvania's group of buildings and is one and one-half miles from the national committee headquarters and the hotel dis trict Transportation to and from the ho- tes is good
 An Ideal Auditorium
 The auditorium is pronounced by national committeeman and newspaper men who lave 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 simi- lar purposes. The acoustic properties of the hall in its enlarged condition have not yet been practically tested, but experts think they are as perfect as can be expected of an auditorium of such size. The seating capacity is close to 16,0 900.
 The press stand Tor 5uU 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 dele- gates, which is exactly in the center of the hall. Back of the delegates are the alter hates seats. On all sides of the hall run ming 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 gallery. Back of the stage and away from the noise of the crowd are loacted numer- ous committee rooms. The telegraphc fa- cilities are ample, the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies and the Asso- ciated Press having spacious rooms close to the stage, which are reached by tunnels under the seats. There are nearly two hun dred wires running into the hall.
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