Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-28

take seats at will The section for alternates will be placed immediately behind the delegates.
 Tickets for the general ,,uolic are in the hands of the printer. but they will not be given out for distribution until few days before the eonven- ton opens. This action is taken to prevent counterfeiting. Each ticket will entitle the holder to a seat in a certain section and admission to the convention hall through a designated entrance. This system precludes a mad rush of spectators for choice seats and enables the ushers to do their work without confusion.
 When the convention opens Colonel Martin will have 100 assistants ser geant-at-arms, 100 special officers, 100 doorkeepers, 100 ushers. 100 pages and 100 messengers. This will be his working force.
 Secretary Woodson will have eight or ten assistants. While the scs~e. tary is overseeing the routine duties of his office, Colonel Martin will De handling the vast crowds. Confusion will be reduced to a minimum. The assistant sergeant-at-arms will be everywhere, each assigned to q special section. Special officers will be stationed at points where their service can be commanded at a mo. ments notice; ushers will be at hand to conduct spectators to their seats. and messengers will be at the beck and call of the delegates and officers of the convention.
 Just inside of the section reserved for the newspaper correspondents will be the desk of Colonel Martin From this point of vantage his eyes can sweep over the entire building. Any congestion or confusion at 2 certain point will some under his ob servation immediately. and a snap of his finger will bring an assistant to his side in an instant to be dispatched to the secene.
 One may wonder how Colonel Mar tin is able to control so many assist ants whose positions are merely hon orary It Is necessary only to say that every person who accepts a po- sftion as assistant is given to under. stand that he is there for work. and as Colonel Martin is careful in his se- iections, he experiences little trouble in implantiag a realization of duty in the minds of all of the men under him If they do not attend to their duties properly they are not re. tained
 While there is no official distinction among the assistants sergeant-at- arms so far as title is concerned Col, onel Martin always selects ten men as lieutenants, They are not known by this title, because Colonel Martin does not believe in unnecessary titles or distinctions in a Democratic conyen- tion. However, these ten men are chosen because of their cool heads judgment, and their experience in handling crowds, and they are near him through the entire convention. ready at all times O carry his orders to other assistants and special off cers.
 An important official connected with the convention is the superintendent of doors. He has charge of the door keepers, but he reports to the ser geant-at-aTms. A short time before the beginning of each session of the convention the doorkeepers are form. ed into line and marched to their sta uons. The men are previously drilled, and each day they fall into line in different positions. They never are marched to their sations twice in the same formation, therefore. it is an accident if they are stationed at the same door twice i1 succession during the. convention. This system reduces to a minimum the possibility of friends of doorkeepers being passed without tickets.
 There is another important official, known as chief inspector He is the riSht-hand man of the sergeant-at- arms, and he reports to his chief all Irregularities that come uader his oh, seryation. An offender if he can not explain, is forced to retire from the hall. and the matter is handled with practically no disturbance to the pro. ceedings of the convention.
 Near the desk of the sergeant-at- arms will be the desk of his private secretary Colonel Martins private secretary Is his sDn-in-law. William N. Drumm, a lumber merchant of St. Louis. He is in thorough touch with Colonel Martins system of handling his part of the convention work. hay ing occupied the same position at the St Louis convention
 Upon Secretary Drumm's desk will be a telephone connection with the bandstand. When the sergeant-aI arms desires to communicate with the bandmasters all he will have to do will be to deliver his message to Sec reary DTumm. Under Colonel Mar tins system the band master does not have to depend upon signals that pio-h4 h. r.,srf-,Fa-ry,.1szl buzzers that might become defective al the wrong time. Should the ser gea1t-at-arms wish to instruct the bandmaster to render a certain mu- sical selection he will issue an order to Secretary DTumm. who immediate ly will get into communication with the musical director over the tele- phone
 The office of custodian of property is held byMacDonald Martin. At ev- cry session of national conventions masly lost articles are found in the the seats by assistants. delegates and visitors. All such articles should be delivered to the custodian. whos.- duty it is to endeavor to restore the property 10 the owners
 The postmaster of the city ini which the convention is held acts as postmaster of the- convention. 4 Dostofiice station is established in the convention hall and delegates and officers can receive their mail without delay
 Arrangements for handling the con vention would not be complete with put medical department and a hos pitai ward At the Denver conven- lion there win not be such great de mand for this department as at pre- Vious conventions in humid climates where delegates and spectators are easily overcome by heat. Up here in