Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-19
INTEREST SHOWN
IN CONVENTION
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES MAKE
OUTCOME UNCERTAIN
BIG GATHERING AT DENVER is
MUCH DISCUSSED
Democratic National Assembly Will
BE One of the Most Expensive
Ever Held, Costing More
Than 100000
Special to The Herald.

SpeClal 10 4he k1ctaAus
DENVER, Colo, April 1S.-Not in
the entire history of the Democratic
party has there been such interest
taken in a. convention as is manifested
in the one to be held in this city on the
9Th of next July. The interest not only
centers around the nomination OF the
president, but concerns all the otner
affairs and honors of the convention
The prospect of having several candl-
dates in the field for the nomination
for the presidency, and half score
more for the office of vice president,
gives the meeting a quality of uncer-
tainty that is attracting attention from
all sections of the country.
Denver citizens are eager to discover
some new feature that can be intro
duced to make the guests feel that the
latch string hangs out and the welcome
TO the city is most cordial. A tund Oh
100000 has been supplied to the ma
fional Democratic committee to help
nav the expenses of the convention.
This money has already been forwarded
to Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
national Democratic committee, and
there is a further sum on hand Tor
decorations, music and various other
forms of entertainment of the dele
gates at the convention. The delegates
and visitors who come to the conven-
ton will receive the greatest entertain
ment that has ever been rendered any
gathering in the history of American
politics. Denver is straining to break
all records made at previous entertain
rnents, and the quality and extent OF
her hospitality will be something that
those who see it will never forget.
Beautiful Decorations
Sensational attempts will be made to
ornamental decoration. Those who re-
call the sensation made at the Kansas
CITY convention in 1900 by equipping
the delegations with thousands OF
American flags will realize the posi-
bilities that exist in clever plans or that
nature. Neither money nor expense
will be spared to insure the GROWING
sensations in all political history in the
decorative scheme of this convention.
Rivals in the political field who are
casting about for influence in the con-
yention seem to be assuming an atti-
tude of hostility toward one another
The managers of Bryan, johnson, Gray
and the rest are becoming belligerant
in their aggressiveness as the real
work Of the campaign opens up and
the jockeying for position at the start
is becoming an interesting spectacle
There is to be another meeting OF the
subcommittee in charge of convention
plans for the national committee in a
month from now. This meeting will
be held in Denver and will be attended
by Norman Mack of New York. Roger
C. Sullivan of Chicago, r. M. johnson
of Texas, Urey Woodson of Kentucky
II. e. Osborne of Wyoming. James q
Dahlman of Nebraska, John T. Nc
Graw of West Virginia and Clark
Howell of Georgia. This committee
will attend to the finishing touches of
the arrangements for the convention
and will in no sense be concerned in
the work of selecting temporary
chairman of engineering any of the
deals that are being nursed by the as
pirants for office.
Low Rates Made
Lower rates have been made by the
railroads to Denver from points in the
various sections of the country than
ever before. The rates for SPECIAL
trains will be especially low and it is
expected that thousands of people Will
come to the big meeting who are not
delegates and whose only business In
Denver at the time will be to see the
machinery of a great national conven-
ton in motion. The rumors of lavish
entertainment of the delegates that
have reached the outside will not only
be verified by actual experience but
Will De eXcoeueu Dy tine reality.
There have been more reservations
for newspaper men made at the hotels
of Denver than for any national con-
vention that has ever been held in the
United States. The press section OF
the great convention hall was intended
originally to contain room for an UNI
usually large number of men, but from
present indications it will have to be
enlarged. The largest press associa-
lions have already made their arrange
ments to have quarters reserved for
them in the convention hall and the
telegraph companies will have their
wires, operated by noiseless telegraph
instruments, within a few feet of the
delegates and Immediately in front OF
the reporters.
From present indications this will
not only be the costliest convention
ever held--the arrangements including
the expenditure of more than 100000
but the interest, judged from the
preparations newspapers are making
TO report it, will exceed that of any
political gathering held in this gener-
alton.