Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-18

$4,000 TO $4,000 and have generally
been large enough TO pay all the OK
penses OF the convention proper, with
sometimes a small surplus.
The heaviest single item Of expense
TO be met by the convention city is the
furnishing Of the convention hall This
year both conventions VIII be held In
buildings that have been used for sim
liar purposes before but some times the
hall has TO be built from the ground up
In 1900 Kansas city had 10 do this for
the Democratic convention. The first
convention han was burned three
months before the convention date and
the new one was ready on time,
Even when there is a good convention
hall in existence II almost always has
to be rehtted, and some times this
means practically the entire rebuilding
of the Interior, The seating arrange
ments have TO be remodeled and the
lighting has TO be modified. Special
committee rooms, headquarters for tel
egraphers, writing rooms for cores
pondents and a restaurant have 10 be
installed and hundred other things
have 20 be done which would not occur
10 the ordinary mind, but which men
who are convention wise know 10 be
positively essential.
These things are all looked after by
the convention sergeant.at-arms, He
leads nm active life for weeks In ad.
vance OF the gathering itself and some
times has hundreds Of carpenters.
plumbers and other artisans working
for him many days
Like his convention stan, the SER
gcant-at-arms serves without pay,
! though his expenses are met by the To-
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comes from the same source, as also do
the official expenses Of the national
committee. When. as sometimes hap
pens the contributions Of the conven-
ton city do not equal the convention
expenses proper, the balance Is made
up from the regular campaign funds OF
the party
The railroads. hotels and other re-
| freshment places get the bulk Of the
money spent by those who attend the
convention.
ABOUT 10000 COME As VISITORS.
The average visiting attendance" at
| national conventions has been various
! ~ estimated by experts, and probably
| overestlmated by most OF them Guess
! es Of 10000, 600 aud even 1907 600 somo-
times seem justified TO the novice by
! the crowds which flock TO the conyen-
| ton, but the majority OF the convention
crowdS Is always made up Of local peo-
| pie. Bearing this In mind and taking
| into consideration the views Of the rail-
road men, who ought TO know, II is
safe 20 put down the visiting attend,
nnce 10 for each delegate and alter
nate-say 10000 or thereabouts with
this as a basis, some idea NAV be OBJ
tanned as TO the probable amount OF
| money spent on the convention.
II is safe TO assume that the averag,
round trip railroad fare paid by IN,
400 persons who run and report IN,
convention will be SIS each, or S66 600
some ~ them will pay a good dea
more. for they come from all parts Of
the country-and that the visiting AZ
tendants" pay s. In round trip farel
each, or 500 000-Si66, 900. all told, for IN,
railroads The returns to the hotel ant
other entertainment puryeyors win b.
much larger, even N the convention
last only three days This will be III
minimum length, no matter how peace
ful ls deliberations,
Figuring the hotel and other expenses
| OF the "a, 400 people who will run, repor
and attend the convention at $40 q da
each the total will be S723 900, and III
grand total OF money paid 20 the rail
roads and the city VIII be Ss9s,0O0, Ac
cepting this total which is under tn
probability, even should the convention
be short one. ~ correct. II will b.
seen that the money put up by the cit,
and the railroads 10 run tho convention
proper Is less than 10 per cent OF tn
returns In this light the investnen
doesn't seem foolish.
! II lie not possible to estimate tn