Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-25
READY FOR R[RGD[S|S
Cedar Rapids Pre.convention Ar.
rangements for the Great
Gathering August z.
Parlor City Will Out Do Herself
For the Comfort Of the
Delegates.
Auditorium, Shelter and Sleep
ing Accommodations For
Big Crowd.

Cedar Rapids, July 25.-In response
to a request for fuller particulars re-
sarding the arrangements for the con-
vention in this city August I, the Cedar
Rapids Republican says:
First of all The Audiorium-The chairs
have been placed in the auditorium and
the 1,64l delegates will be accommodated
on the first floor. Without using the
stage. In Dies MONIES last year two dis
tricts We're seated on the stage. Ire
Cedar Rapids auditorium mas floor room
enough for all. This has been demon
strated By placing The chairs. Mr.. sar-
eeant, the member of the state central
committee for the Fifth district, and
MIR. Clayton, for the sixth district, have.
inspected the seating arrangements and
have approved them entirely. ON the
stage will be seated distinguished guests
and the newspaper reporters who do
actual reporting for the daily papers.
1t is the desire of the committee to give
them lots Of space TO work in
AS u Visitors-The visitors Will be
confined to the galleries. 1t has not yet
been determined how many the galleries
Will hold. OF the visitors seats. first
Of all, a limited number viii DC reserved
for Cedar Rapids. az the host city The
men who put up the money for the eN-
penses of the convention are. of course,
entitled TO such consideration. Taat is
the usual custom But these VIII be
limited rs much as possible ii being the
desire OF Cedar Rapids to entertain 9th
ers rather than to entertain themselves.
The remaining seats Viii be divided
among the ninety mine counties accord
ipg 10 their number Of delegates. They
Will be punched in counties and the
counties of each district turned over to
the member OF the state central com
mittee for that district Outsiders 10 Sc
cure seats should apply 70 the member
of the state central committee for their
district and not to the committee On ar
rangenents IN Cedar Rapids. The latter
has nothing 10 do With the seats that
| belong 10 the districts. The committee
on arrangements realizes that ali the
I people who will come 10 Cedar Rapids
can not get into the auditorium. There
are not any two buildings liz Iowa that
could hold all The Fifth district alone
could fill any auditorium. or Cedar Rap
ids alone has enough people desirious Of
eonig 10 the convention 10 fill the hall.
But ali the entertainment Will not be in
the convention hall Cedar Rapids will
provide jubilee street singers, band con-
certs and so on. The desire of Cedar
! Rapids is to provide a good time for
| all.
To Shelter the yisitors-It may oe hot.
| or it may be wet during the convention
days. The hotel lobbies ard corridors
can not shelter all from either the sun
/ or the rain Therefore the committe on
arrangements has provided spacious
/ awning in front of the leading hotels.
/ This awning, of heavy canvass, Will be
| $50 feet long and 40 feet wide, reaching
/ to the center of the wide First avenue.
and one block in length This whole
I space Will be floored. II will be provided
+ With seats and chairs, sothat politicians
and visitors can sit down oceas ionaly at
/ least The erection Of this awning
4 brightly lighted. Will cost almost as
much a has heretofore been spent by
+ cities for the entertainments OF whole
( Convention.
I AZ TO Sleeping Places-cedar Rapids
( is wiling to concede that it has not no.
j tel facilities sufficient for so large a
convention. Ii might find places for all
the delegates. but not for the visitors.
ne ps2pie OF me cry AaN -,
7 agree! TO thfo" open thsif MONIES. ny
cry availabie reom VII oe.4is,su. ns .
I special committeeIand as the delegates
land visitors arrive they NiS be assigned
rooms just Is II the whols eisS Wsle' one
vast hotei. fio,el a2Ns WI silo" .iis
4 stianserS . thef s1Ni'itnis p'.iefs ma y
distance = 'ii9fe 'iisin = As y 'i''cAss.
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o"sst y ulits'}tA' -
bas bsen asrsea anon There Viii be
annie eating faol.itits III the rastali-
ra,1,s Of The civ rhe committee IA ar
Y,osen,.r,,s ( dail, receiving requests
/ Cor rooms All these are fled Ii IS OF
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