The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-17
THOUSANDS ASSEMBLE TO
WITNESS OPENING SCENE
Great Convention Hall Thronged With People From Every
Section Of United States Ministers From Foreign
Countries Interested Spectators

CHICAGO. ILL, June 16.-Thc doors
thrown open at 1890 o'clock, and the
of the cavernous convention hall were
first OF the visitors, delegates and
alternates began to filter in. High up
in the Orders of the great arching
roof a band struck tlp America" The
decorative scheme in the hall was
purely patriotic, with gracefully draped
flags predominating. The decorations
were confined practically entirely to
The balcony and stage. The floor
showed only the delegates seats and
the state standards-bits OF cardboard
at the top OF the slender iron posts
rising about eight feet from the floor.
Women were largely represented in
the first OF the arriving throngs
Some Notables There.
The band kept the air gay with pat
ariotic music, Dixie" calling out the
first ripple of applause. Then came
The Red, White and Blue" and the
crowd rose to It's feet. The move was
little previous, however, for the
strains of The Star-Spangled Banner"
fr,were soon waited from the balcony,
land there was an outburst of applause
and cheering.
q Senators Hepburn and Borah, OF
Idaho. and Representative Boutell, of
Illinois, We're the first PLATFORM guests
to arrive. On the platform also pre-
Z pared to take up his duties. was Asher,
Kinds, the parlamentarian of the
House OF Representatives.
The first of the notables to appear
on the speakers stand We're Ambas-
sador and Madame Jusserand, of
France, who soon We're followed bs
other members OF the diplomatic corps.
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs.
Timothy L. Woodruff also occupied
10 nj
II was yearly lie o'clock when
.Nmtassaqqr ana AIRS. Bryce, of Great
/, Britain, reached the hall. Conspicuous
u among the diplomats was Minister WI
Ting Fang, OF China. Among the 9TH
nr distinguished persons on the plat
form We're A1r. and Mrs. e. Fl, Gary,
OF New York; Hon. Dan Ransdell, Ser
Frank o. Lowden, Rt Rev, T. j. Null
doom, Bishop of Chicago; Mrs. julius
G, Burrows, Mrs. Mednl Mccormick, Of
Chicago; Rev. DR.. John Wesley Hill.
and wife. Chicago; DR., Albert Shaw.
Former Secretary of the Treasury
Z leslie NJ Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Mclean, of New York, and Benjamin
Idc Wheeler, of California.
Location of Delegations.
In locating the delegations in tho
! body of the convention hall, Ohio was
given the front of the stass as COM
pared with all others which have can
a.ua ~. ne men rom ihe nome state
wy 9sIa u var We're. placed
.,A,su,"'eiS ~ Lf9hl OF ,iae ena.inaa
cial as he faced the convention. Di-
~ lre' ~, pGa1.s we alsle was Indiana
~ 'i'e Ell ~ "t the boosters was liz
:, hp!s' anu JUST BEYOND Was Wisconsin,
Wy ito,it soW o. tIe opposite Of
ise t'atI ~ liis lelt OF ono was Penn
- Mania I'd ~" then on me extreme left
nhle Ne" loEh' plreruF behind ohie,
MeIe Ait.hesot3' SQn4eclieut Colorado,
t,,..', 'S'3''aSha ana Alchisan, sun
AZ 1.. y. sl.er 10 ,ie year year, We're oregon,
? 80. sla, l'aao, Horth Dakota and
nc - view ~ tilr delegates
W., M M " ~ ~ lhe nan %eEh placed
~. 49, its' ,naSha, HaWalh Porto
~ nv ~ iill 'PP!nes.
nv DgG 'iose 9Foh me Eea seats
- wy i'iiaois ~, men We're Maryland
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