Semi-weekly herald., 1908-07-09
News Of the Week
from the big Dem.
ocratic Convention

be entertaining the largest crowd in
tts history. Thousands are here from
all parts of the country to take in
the big convention and In for big
time. Hotels are filed to overflowing
and 1t will tax the full capacity of pri-
vate residences to provide sleeping
quarters and then hundreds, possibly
thousands Of late corners will be un-
able TO secure a pillow upon which
to rest their head. although the ar
rangement committees are doing ev-
erything in their power to get visitors
located.
All day yesterday private trains kept
arriving at the union depot and the
jam was simply terrible at times
With those arriving tonight 1t is esti
mated there will be nearly one thou.
sand Pullman cars in the Denver
yards. Bands are parading the stree.s
and every indication points to "Irot
Time in the Old Town" the rest of the
week
The city is beautifully decorated
wiftEpatriotic colors and emblems, red,
white and blue bunting waiting in the
breezes In every direction. and the
city may be said to be in full dress
attire. The electrical display is one
. of the finest seen in a convention city.
wires being stretched across Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets which come
in for the most lavish decoration
scheme. yariegated lighting effects be
ing arranged for all street intersec-
tions. All public buildings OF the city
and state come in for special atten-
tion. the capitol from its eminenca
being probably the most effective and
when the lights are turned OH this
evening the scene will be one well
worth coming hundreds OF miles to
see, even II one is tired
Electric signs are everywhere, evi-
IDENTIFY all the merchants indulging In
this feature and every business house
Is decorated as never before. In fact.
the main thoroughfares of Denver
are one mass of color.
At the hotels the Jam is simply
terrible and one has difficulty In
FJ'orking his way through edgeways,
thef Brown and Albany hotels being
the central points. All the big guns OF
the Democratic party have arrived and
desire to get glimpse of this or
. that celebrity seems to be the aim
OF thousands who have no idea of
being able to gain admission to the
auditorium The demand for tickets
is so great those in charge are in de.
spair Not one out of twenty-five can
be provided for. Tickets will be given
out for the different sessions instead
of season in order to accommodate
as many as possible. This will help
some as those who have come from
long distances will hardly be satisfied
without seeing the big convention in
session. but there will be thousands
disappointed.
DENVER, July 6.-Denver's magni-
ficent new auditorium was formally
opened to the public last evening. the
dedication feature being a musicale,
and over 1000 persons gathered there
at o'clock drawn by a two-fold de.
sire of hearing the music and of seeing
for the first time the splendid building
p,ssala trim for the national Demo-
cratic convention. It goes without
saying that those present were highly
giatified. The decorations were on n
much grander scale than generally
supposed.
Below the main shield hung a nam
moth portrait of George Washington,
IA by 16 feet In dimensions. Red,
white and blue bunting was draped
from the sides Of the shield to the
bottom Of the portrait of the Father
OF His Country" Directly under the
last shield, on each side OF the Wash
: ington portrait, was suspended two
portraits, one OF Thomas Jefferson and
The other of Andrew Jackson. On
each side OF these pictures were large
American flags draped. These flags
are 40 by 60 feet in dimensions. Be
yond these pictures. at each end oi
the walls and hanging above the gal
lery. is suspended pendant. 10 fee
in diameter. upon which bunting 1,
draped. Upon these pendants tige,
is painted. The back of the platform
is banked with palms. Twenty gtuffe1
American eagles. with extended wings
are sue Ended over the platform eaci
bird carrying in his bill red. white aus
blue silk ribbons that were drapet
back to the wall.
The auditorium balcony extends al
the way around the hugo building. b.,
the galleries are limited at each END
eAe front of the balcony and thc front
orthe galleries and boxes are drape
with bunting. $1,000 yards being ne,
essary TO complete this pa.t OF IN
decorative scheme. At intervals {
i've feet shields, three fee: high. Al
placed.
Thousands Of yards u bunting wei