The daily sentinel., 1908-06-10
GETTING TICKETS
FOR CONVENTION
At Least Applications for Every One Of the 800 Seats
for the Great Denver Gathering How the
Distribution Will be Made

HOW VIII 5eI tith-l iOl hHC
Democratic national convention2
The query has been coming to
Colorado papers from all over the
country from men and women anx-
ious to see William Jennings Bryan
nominated for the presidency of the
United States. To answer the query
The Denver Nsws asked Charles w
Franklin. chairman OF the committee
on arrangements for Information as
to the distribution. According to
franklin seats will be at a premium
long before the convention oD ems.
The seating plans provide for about
u 1850 seats. Under the plans usual
ly followed for national convention
!. five season tickets so to eacn d7le-
gate There viii be l.005 delegates
I to the Democratic convention, .hns
disposing of 5 ,025 Of the 500 seats
in the building. The delegate is eX-
pected to furnish his alternate with
ticket and requires one for him
self. He is enabled to provide three
friends or nj mhers uf his family
with tickets.
Newspapers Get Member.
Next under the dissolution the
4 reuresentaHves of the Associated
/ Press and other news d stributing
/ ORGANIZATIONS aud the principal news
I
for Arrangements have been MADE
for desks for sos newspaper m r
on the platform, bu- as some news
papers Will have several men in at
tendance and there viii be hundreds
from smaller papers for which desk
accommodations have not been re-
served, it is expect that the total
number will not fan far short OF
1900 and may reach 1000.
Each of these representatives IS
provided with a season ticbet This
disposes of approximately 1000 OF
the 1850 seats.
The Denver convention league mas
requested 5000 season tickets, which
will leave only about l.S0O in the
hands of the members Of the national
Democratic committee for distribu-
ton to the thousands of visitors.
The 900 issued TO the Denver
Convention league will be forced to
undergo some severe stretching to
reach all the persons who have an
piled. First, there are about > ~
members of the various committee
appointed by the local committee o.
arrangements, each Of whom shoult
. have ticket Then there are abou
500 names ON THE subscription lis
to the fund OF 1A1 200 pledged e
secure the Convert 0a. All OF thes
\ persons Will be progiied for II in
> local committee. which with the /,
. 500 left to the national committe
gives a total of 3.fG0. II is cXpecte'
that there will be eight sessions o
the convention.
Divide The season Tickets.
The commit ee plans to divide al
season tickets that may be aYailaol
for issue to persons who's dutes d'
not make it necessary for them 10 al
tend all sessions OF the conveauoi
into season tickets and issue one ses
sion ticket o each person VINO ma.
be fortunate euouah TO be consid
srai elieible BY this plan the 3 46i
SEASON tickets would be stretched
into 1850 session tickets and ma,
be possible for the local committee
to cut some OF the contributors o
small amounts Of with session tick
cts and to induce members of th'
various committees to give M thel
privileges for the benefit of the Wis
itors. The total may by his mean
be stretched to 10000 session uckets
Even If this s accomplish sd' taou
: sands of persons viii come to Den
yer who win he unable to see th'
convention in action.
New York state has already prom
issd 1000. Illinois $500. Iowa i,0No
Missouri 1000, Kansas 1900; Ne
braska, the HON Of Bryan, viii fur
nish at least 3.00O Wis tors. Wyomins
$500 to 5000. Big DELEGATIONS vii
come from every state in the South
Texas every summer sends hundred
of visitors to the Chautauqua meet
ing Mt Boulder. When 1t Is consid r
ed that this is the FIRST conVentior
: ever held west of the Missouri rivel
: to nominate a president, it is SAFE t5
: say that he number of visitors from
: the immense empire Of the West VIII
reach 25.o0o.
Several on Same TgciSet.
As many as possible of these Wis.
itors must be accommodated Wfh
this object I'm view the national com
mittee has decided that the session
: tickets viii not be taken up by the
doorkeepers. This VIII make it pos
sible IL the holders Of tickets are will
: ing for several persons 10 see the
same session on one ticket The
Original holder mag enter, stay as
! long as he or she wishes, then leave
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