The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-30
DENVER PREPARES
 FOR B|C CROWDS Convention Hall is Completed and People Are Arriving HOTELS WILL NOT RAISE Long List of Entertainments Is Planned for Visitors and Many Will Be Invited To Remain in Denver
 More Than a Week.
HOTELS WILL NOT RAISE

Denver, Col, June 29.-(Special) )-The
 ball has opened in Denver and the pre- lfminaries for the democratic national con-
 yontion are we'll under way. On June 25
 the members of the national committee began to arrive and all the preparations preliminary to the convention were speedily attended to-
 Indications point to the greatest l. tendance that has ever been known at a democratic convention. So general is the
 impression that the attendance will be a
 record breaker that extensive preparations have been made for caring for the crowds in addition to what were planned at the
 beginning of the campaign of entertain ment.
 Exceptional interest is taken to provide
 against the impression gaining credence
 among the delegates or visitors that Den yer or her citizens are looking for any advantages from the convention beyond
 what comes from beng known as great
 convention city, No extortion will be
 permitted and rates in all hotels and res taurants will remain where they were before the convention crowd arrived ! Every effort will be made to convince the visitors that Denver can care for the crowds in a satisfactory manner and pro- vide entertainment for visitors that will 1 please and not overtax them financially. The new auditorium is already completed
 and the decorations are going up rapidly. l There are 14,000 folding chairs, all present. 1 ing a view of the immense assembly hall
 that is equally satisfactory. The raised
 platform that is located Tn the center of
 the auditorium is the exposure of all eyes
 within the building, none of the seats, even those in the galleries, being unsuited for hearing and seeing.
 Democratic leaders have already arrived
 and have begun preparations for the con-
 vention. It is planned to carry on the work of the convention with all speed rossible and there is no likelihood of the
 session extending beyond three days. The
 weather conditions will be superb, as IS always the case during the first half of July, and the sessions of the convention
 will be conducted with comfort to all the
 delegates and visitors.
 An effort will be made to persuade the
 leading delegation from distant states
 to remain over few days after the work Of the convention has been dispatched and take trips through various parts Of | the state. The places of interest Tn the 1 state are so many and varied that special 1 trains will be taken to view them. l Mining camps cattle ranches, immense l irrigation porjects, wide valleys devoted to fruit and horticulture and measures Of l coal more extensive than can be founi 1 elsewhere in the country are some of the l sights that are to be seen. The demon- 1 stration of how q 10-acre tract of land, bJ ! intensive farming, can be made to yield more than quarter section by ordinary
 methods is also an interesting sight pe- ] culiar to Colorado.
 If the convention enables the people Of | Denver and Colorado to place before the world the manifold attractions of the state | tc good advantage, the plans of those who | secured the convention will be fulfilled.