Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-04-25
Plans for Seats Have Been Sent
To Secy. Woodson OF Demo-
cratic National Committee.
IT WILL SEAT $4,000 PEOPLE.
Subcommittee Meets May G--Nu
Discuss Temporary Chairman
Who is to- Sound Keynote.

Denver. April 24--Pans for the
seats in the new auditorium which is
nearing completion. have been sent by
the Denver chamber of commerce and
Convention league, to Sccy. Woodson OF
the Demrocatic national committee. for
his guidance, in making the seating
arrangements for the Democratic ma
tional convention which meets in Den
Yer, July I. There are 1,177 chairs
shown in the plans and by placing
chairs in aisles or in the space left
Tor standing room 1t will be possible
TO seat 1900 people. This is u greater
seating capacity than that of Chicago
Coliseum. Madison Square Garden. New
YORK, on the Mormon tabernacle in
Salt Lake. Mr.. Woodson, whose home
IN Owensburg Ky, will be assisted In
the work of arranging places for the
various delegations by Col John l.
Martin, sergeant-at- aims. of the Dem
ocratic national committee An assist
ant TO have special charge OF tickets
for the press is yet to be chosen.
on the first floor, 222O in numbers,
all within hearing OF the platform, have
been set aside for delegates odd num-
bered sections of this space will be
occupied by the delegates and even
number sections by the alternates.
ON THE PLATFORM.
on the platform within the hearing.
are reserved $40 seats for dignitarles.
Immediately adjacent to the platform
space IS that reserved for the press,
where 1903 seats have been provided.
with four desks for noiseless telegraph
equipment. In all 3,143 seats have been
provided for the general public, divided
as follows:
Seven hundred on the first floor. ,S99
In the balcony, and j44 in the gallery.
Space has been provided for all tele-
graph companies and for private wires.
which is easily reached from all parts
of the press reservation. The Western
Union and Postal companies drew lots
for the space of vantage, and the
Postal won being assigned to the first
reservation of 1,700 square feet. Other
spaces in the line Of reservation are
then assigned as follows:
The Associated Press 500 square
feet; two other press associations, 500
square feet each, and the Western
Newspaper Union, LOO square feet,
Cables of immense size are being laid
to connect with all public and private
wires, ana 1t is said that the general
Geographic equipment viii surpass
anything that has been attempted by
other cities where national conventions
have been held.
The subcommittee of the Democratic
national committee in charge of the
national convention win meet in Dem
Yer May G, The members are Thomas
Taggart of Indiana, chairman: Trey
Woodson of Kentucky, secretary; j.
L. Osborne of Wyoming, ]. c. Dahlman
of Nebraska. Norman Il. Mack of New
York, Roger c. Sullivan of Chicago,
Clark Howell of Georgia, and r. NJ.
Johnson of Texas. This committee will
make the final arrangements for the
gathering in July.
THE KEYNOTE.
1t is believed that matters concern
ing the choosing of the temporary chair
man, who will make the keynote"
speech at the convention and appoint
the various committees, will be taken
up at this meeting The contract will
also be let for taking the official
proceedings of the convention in short
hand.
The preparations by Denver citizens
for the coming of the Democratic con-
vention viii be largely In the nature
of celebration of abundant prosperity
OF the city. Extensive decorations
have been planned and large sums of
t11npa,y will hp nynpnIaJ II