Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-06-20
Serious Work Of The Big Meet Inaugurated This
Morning. Delegations Parading, Bands
Playing, Etc. -
PREPARATIONS AT The GREAT COLISEUM
Roosevelt Will Receive Not q Single Dissenting
Vote. Accurate Forecast Of The Platform
To Be Adopted

4 q "A
/ speakers and officers Of the eonven
ton Is at the east end of the han an,
directly faces the main entrance. 4
broad aisle leads the way from The
entrance 70 the platform. In semi
circle az the base Of tlie platform desks
have been provided ror members d
the press. The platform for newsFa
per men IS three feet above ths leyel
Of the delegate floor and the platlorn
for speakers Is 1four feet above this,
Provisions have been made for seatiHe
members of The national committee
on a platform provided for the presia
ing officer and secretaries.
AT the rear OF this, at an elevation
of three feet is still another platform
which will be reserved for the ae
|commodation Of distinguished guests
Delegates themselves will be accom-.
modated with chairs on the floor Of
the hall arranged in the shape OF q
fan SO that all delegates will face the
presiding officer. The places to be
occupied BY the delegations from TIE
several states and territories. includ,
ing Porto Rico and Hawaii, are desig.
mated by standards. The seats have
been arranged in such a manner as
TO make access and egress easy. and
The exits are sufficiently numerous to
prevent any discomfort or crowding Of
those who have business before the
convention.
Roosevelt Convention.
CHICAGO. HIS, June 2O.-The re.
publican national convention which as.
sembles in Chicago tomorrow may be
truthfully termed Roosevelt Con.
vention." II is doubtful II dissenting
vote will be cast against the nomina.
ton of the president. The selection
Of the candidate for vice president will
afford the only contest in the conven.
tion and even this Is not expected to
be very spirited proceeding. Several
sections Of the country have put forth
favorite sons for the honor, but il Is
pretty well understood that the middle
west will furnish the man.
The convention will consist ol 9SS
delegates. OF this number 70S are
under instructions to vote for the
president, and OF the remaining $50 a
large number are tacitly instructed. A
remarkable fact is that not a single
delegate Is under INSTRUCTIONS to vote
for any other candidate.
The states and territories which
have solid delegations under instruc.
tions TO vote for the president are:
Alabama. 22; Alaska, 4; Arizona. 81;
Colorado, 10; Delaware, d; Florida,
TO-: Hawaii 8: Idaho. s; Indian Terri.
tory. 8; Iowa, 26; Maine, ~; Mary
land, IS; Mississippi, 20; Montana, 81;
8: New Mexico, 8; North Da.
kota. s; Oklahoma, s; Oregon. g.:
South Dakota, s; South Carolina, IS;
Utah. s; Vermont, s; Washington, 10,
and Wyoming, 9.
or the states and territories which
have partly instructed delegations arc:
with is delegates. has s III.
structed; California instructed Of its
20, Six Of the IA delegates from Con.
necticut are instructed. Only OF the
26 delegates Of Georgia are instructed
Illinois has IS delegates. and 26 oil
these are instructed. All but 2 oil
the 30 delegates from Indiana are|
Instructed. Kansas, with 20, and Ken.
.ucky, with 26. have only each that
ire not instructed Ten OF the ISL
delegates from Louisiana are instrrct.
ID, and only IL Of the 80 delegatesI
rom Massachusetts, are instructed. tut
he other 20 are vouched for as frieni.
y.
Michigan sends is Of the rs d lie.
rates under instructions, and of ne
otal delegation Of 20 from Minnesota
70 are instructed. Fourteen out Of
9 are instructed in Nebraska, and 1
'ut Of s in New Hampshire. New
ersey did not instruct at all, but N.
orsed Mr.. Roosevelt for nomination.
u the rs delegates from New York
4 are instructed TO vote for the pre-