The San Francisco call., 1904-07-07
BY s. w. WALL.

CALL BUREAU, HOTEL BARTON,
WASHINGTON, July 6-Charles II.
Mann, who for twenty five years has
had charge of the press gallery Of the
House Of Representatives, has been
employed since the adjournment of
Congress in receiving. answering and
tabulating the applications of news
papers and newspaper men for seats at
the Democratic National Convention
at St Louis. Mr. Mann has performed
this work several times before and has
reduced it to a system. He keeps a
record of the applications and notes
the character, politics and circulation
Of every paper, so that those who un-
dertake to apportion the seats will
have all the information necessary to
guide them under their eye when he
turns over the books. To the press the
general committee has assigned 702
seats. The subcommittee of the
national committee having charge
of the distribution of these seats
is composed of Norman E. Mack
Of New York, Daniel ]. Campau of
Michigan, Charles A. Walsh of Iowa
and J. G. Johnson of Texas. 1t is not
a job any man would seek The fact
that each of them is allowed ten tick
cts for personal distribution in consid-
Grafton OF his trouble will scarcely add
10 the JOY Of it once it is known that
he has them.
Mr.. Mann has on file $50 applications
70 ha mo
from 34S daily newspapers, $3.50 from as
many weeklies, 40 from six press as
sociations and from as many indi-
viduals who sign themselves special
correspondents" Among these last are
Joe Howard Jr. Of New York, Frank
Carpenter Of this city and Charles NJ
Pepper of Chicago-three of the six who
are well known under that head The
task of the committee will be to scale
down the applications. In some cases
this Will be comparatively easy, as, for
instance, in that Of one New York
newspaper that asked for sixteen seats.
The press seats are divided into two
sections, one for the active newspaper
men who will grind out their copy in
the face Of the convention and as its
work proceeds, the other for those who
make notes or who write their impress
sions later.
The total number of the seats in the
big hall is 10So4. OF these 1000 go to
the 1000 delegates and alternates-2012
If Porto Rico and the Philippines are
allowed the six seats each they want.
There are 81 boxes with 420 chairs,
tickets for which go to members of the
national committee and distinguished
Democrats. The national committee
will also distribute tickets to distin-
guished guests for 604 chairs in the
arena. There are 22SS chairs in the
gallery. The Business Mems League
of ST Louis have 1000 tickets in recog-
milton of their effort and money in
bringing the convention to the city.
The delegates have three seats for dis
tribution besides their own. On the
stage for still other guests are 434 seats.
CoRTELYOU's QUARTERS.
Secretary Cortelyou has established
his temporary headquarters as chair
man of the national committee at the
Arlington Hotel. which was the home
OF the late Senator Hanna his pre-
decessor. Secretary Dover will remain
here continuously until about August
1, when the headquarters will be set
up in New York. In the meantime the
members Of the executive committee,
not necessarily members Of the national
committee and provided for by the
initial meeting in Chicago will be
named. The announcement will follow
a brief vacation, during which Mr..
Cortelyou will presumably be out of
daily touch with newspaper men.
The vacation is probably suggested
by the flood Of applications for small
jobs that long since set in and which
now threatens to crowd out every other