The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-30
BIG FIGHT TO
BE MADE FOR
PROHIBITION
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OSnAfh0cu from rage !.
to be greatly encouraged by the fact
that already five New York men have
been mentioned as aspirants to the vice
presidential nomination. They believe
that with the New York delegation di-
Vided among that number of candidates
an outsider has a far better chance OF
securing the prize than would be the
case II the delegation from the Empire
state were standing solidly for a single
man.
List of Chaplains.
Chairman Taggart .of the national
committee announced today the chan
iains for the last three days OF the con-
Vention, and the complete list as now
made up follows:
Tuesday, July I. Right Rev. James j.
keane OF Wyoming; Wednesday, Rev.
Christian z. Reisner, d. d., OF Grace
NJ. e. church, Denver; Thursday, Rabbi
Samuel Koch Of Seattle, Wash. Fri
DAY, Rev. z. II. Ramsey of St. PauIs
N. +. church. South Denver.
Secretary Urey Woodson, OF The ma
uonal committee, did not announce to-
DAY The names of the assistant secre-
taries. reading clerks and tally clerks
OF the convention, a press OF routine
work having rendered him unable TO
MI out the list from the large number
or applicants. The number is limited
10 fifteen.
Notice of Contests.
Notices o. contests have been filed
with the national committee involving
Iorly-nVe seats, but of this number
the contests actually filed relate TO thir-
teen seats. Six of these are from the
District of Columbia, the contest hav-
ing been Med today, and seven are
from the First, Second. Fourth. Fifth
and Sixth Pennsylvania congressional
districts. The First and Second dis
trlcts, however, have only one seat
each in dispute. Notices of contests
yet to be filed come from Chicago and
brooklyn. In the Chicago cases the
First 10 the Tenth congressional dis
trtcts are involved, the contesting dele
cations being led by Robert e Burke
or Chicago. The contesting delegations
from Brooklyn will come from the Sec |
ond TO the Seventh New York congress |
sional districts, inclusive. and relate to |
the McCarren Murphy fight.
Two delegations at large were elected !
IN Idaho but no notice of contest |
against the seating of the delegation |
headed by former Senator Dubois has |
been received. Contests may be filed |
at any time before the meeting of the /
national committee on July 6.
Scenic Effect Sacrificed.
The committee on convention ar
rangements paid visit today to the 1
Auditorium, which was pregnant in re-
suits as FAR as increasing the seating /
capacity of the hall is concerned, but !
which brought woe TO Architect Will |
lison. That gentleman, with a keen
professional eye TO the beauty and fin
ished character of his work. had ar
ha /
way as 10 produce the most pleasing
effect on the eye of the spectators. In
50 doing, however, he had left con-
siderable amount Of vacant floor space,
much Of which was in extra width Civ
Ell 10 the aisles. When the members
Of the committee visited the hall to-
day their eyes at once fastened upon
the extent of empty floor and Roger
Q. Sullivan Of Illinois. at once asked |
why more chairs could not be placed.
1t would injure the scenic effect"
replied Architect Wilson.
Mr.. Sullivan in a single energetic
sentence gave vent to the opinion that
what the committee desired was seats
seats, and then more seats and that
scenic effect could take its chances or
betake itself to any place it chose TO
go.
More Seats Certain.
The other members OF the commit |
tee, whose lives are made a burden
by the unceasing demand for tickets.
cordially supported the criticisms and
Of Mr.. Sullivan and the net /
result was that the seating capacity of !
the hall was at once increased from the
original number Of IL ,53S to more than
u, 200 The members of the committee /
are now porting over blueprints in the
effort TO see II they cannot still fur
Their increase the possible number of
The alterations suggested
today also resulted in allowing seven
ty-five additional seats for members
Of the press.
The local committee on convention
headed by Mayor r. "
Speer and c. w Franklin. and c. NJ
Day members of the Denver cOnven-
ton league, held a conference today
with the national committee relative
to the number of seats to be allowed TO
the people of Denver. They were given
the assurance that the city would be
amply provided for.
The national committee. which for
several days has been roosting in
eramped quarters on one of the upper
floors Of the Brown Palace hotel. to-
lay moved into the more cOmmodiOus
quarters on the paTlOr floor. which il
will occupy until after the convention
has adjourned