The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-29

NO meeting of the committee will
be held until o'clock this afternoon.
but in the meantime the members
VIII have their time fully occupied.
The principal matter taken up today
was the selection of headquarters for
number of the states which have not
as yet secured an abiding place for the
convention week and the making of
contracts covering the rental for, and
the decoration of these places. The
headquarters for these various states
must be sufficiently commodious TO
permit of a caucus being held in the
rooms and because of the fact that
practically all the hotel space has
been already engaged. the committee
today found 1t necessary to arrange
for state headquarters in different
sections of the business district of the
city. Some of these rooms were in
office buildings. a few in the hotels
and others over stores.
There are seven members of the
national committee now here repre-
senting the states of Indiana, Kentuc-
ky. Nebraska, Illinois. Texas, Wyom-
ing and New York. In addition to the
work OF the welfare of delegations
which have neglected up to this time
TO provide themselves with suitable
headquarters, the national commit
teemen from the seven states named
had upon their hands the task of con-
sidering the nature of the decorations
to be placed in their own state head
quarters and in letting contracts for
the necessary work.
In addition to the work entailed by
the headquarters proposition the
members of the committee were COM
PEELED to visit the auditorium early in
the day to decide concerning some of
the minor physical details of the con-
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ed to confront also the never ending
and always increasing demand for
! tickets of admission. This proposition
has really become one of the most Sc
Irious that has troubled any convention
committee in recent years. Although
the adjacent population is much
smaller than is to be found when a
convention is held in one of the larger
cities OF the country. the interest
among the inhabitants of the states
seems to be much greater in proper
ton. Some of the committeeman
said that it seems. in their opinion as
though the entire state of Colorado
was anxious to be inside the auditor
ium when the nominations for presi-
dent and vice president are made.
Many Expected From Pacific States.
1t is expected also that the visitors
from the Pacific coast will largely out
number the attendance from that sec
tion at any convention of either party
held in many years. Large delegations
also are expected from Wyoming.
Montana and Idaho and the word
comes from Salt Lake that a far
greater number of visitors are coming
from Utah than have ever before left
the state to attend any gathering of
any kind.
II has been arranged. in accordance
with the custom of the Democratic
party that all contests for seats on
the temporary roll call of the conven-
tion will be heard by a subcommittee
of the national committee which Is to
meet on July 6. Although it is per-
missible for any contestant to file no
tice of his forthcoming protest as late
as the day on which the subcommittee
will meet, it is not believed by the
members of the national committee
that the number will be sufficiently
2 large to consume more than portion
of the single day set apart for the
hearing of evidence. The findings of
the subcommittee will be turned over
on the night of July 9Th TO a meeting
of the full committee which VIII have
fits report ready for presentation when
the convention is called to order on
the following day.
Word on the seating arrangements
in the convention hall and on the
elaborate system of decorations was