The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1911-06-16
.-,.more as Logical City for 1sls
D,uocratic National Convention.
uon Robert Grain, Chairman, Bal
Dy 40 Committee, 1912 Democratic
National Convention.

By Hon. Robert Cram, onai n nai.
2, .,more Committee, 1912 Democratic
NATIONAL Convention.
S'noint. Baltimore Is the logical
e S;tv Of the Union for the holding OF
~ ~ Democratic National Convention
~ - 1912. The city presents special
iinndncements in providing for the
iaft and pleasure Of the delegates
"a ~ their friends. New York alone
A loantad. Baltimore has as good no.
e, Communications as any city in
&C. .s country. The new Emerson no.
49, which will open in the month of
sontamber of this year, will be one
- III great hotels of the world. The
n,,radere is one OF the real modern
- hotels in the country, and ranks
nu,onq the first The New Howard
nd the Caswell are only few years
IA and cannot be surpassed, and the
ctaford. the Rennert and the Herman
- three of the best hotels in the
Country. With the Hotel Lexington,
mo Eutaw House, to say nothing OF
M thirty other hotels in the city,
a1onq with more than a hundred of
mo better class private boarding
horsas it can readily be seen that
avarv visitor to Baltimore during the
Convention will be housed with com
tort Baltimore is recognized as hav-
inc the best retail markets in
America, and it is unnecessary to say
that all the visitors will be fed in a
pfxy1n yry1f oh mill
never forget.
baltimore is ideally located for the
holding of the Convention. 1t is just
forty-fve minutes distant, by trains
running every hour on two roads,
from the Nations capital-Washing
ton. An electric railroad, unsurpass-
cd in equipment and roadbed, run
ming its trains on a thirty-minute
schedule. connects the heart Of Balti-
more with that of Washington in sew
pntv minutes. The city of Annapolis,
rich in national historic associations
and interests, is reached in thirty
minutes by trolley. At Annapolis is
located the Naval Academy-the most
beautiful of all the properties MAIN
tanned by the National Government
where millions of dollars have in the
last few years been spent
Atlantic City can be reached from
Baltimore in three hours on daily
through trains. Philadelphia is two
hours away, and New York is four
hours from Baltimore. Richmond
and Old Point, Virginia, can be reach
ed on magnificent steamships leaving
Baltimore daily. There are many
beautiful bay and river trips which
will delight visitors who have time to
take them.
1t can readily be seen that visitors
to the Convention will be afforded
great opportunities at slight expense
and few hours travel, of reaching
Philadelphia, New York, Atlantic
City, Annapolis, Washington, Old
Point Comfort and Richmond. The
great battlefield Of Gettysburg-the
one place to which every American
citizen should at least make one Wis.,
it and stand where Abraham Lincoln
stood and made the most famous
speech ever uttered by any man in
any language-is less than two hours
distant from Baltimore.
Baltimore has the great convention
hall of the country. w. II. McElfat-
rick, Of New York, designer of hun
dreds of theatres and amusement
halls throughout the country, has the
following to say about Baltimore s
great convention hail:
Baltic, Nd, Feb. 10, 1911.
Hon. Robert Grain, Chairman,
Baltimore, Md.
As per your request l have just
completed thorough inspection Of the
Fifth Regiment Armory. AS | under
stand the situation, you wish my I'M
biased opinion on the following
points:
|. Its seating capacity.
2. Its acoustic properties.
3. It's adaptability for holding the
next Democratic National Conven-
ton.
The main or ground floor being
200x309 feet, comprising 10000 square
feet of floor surface, clear of any OBJ
structions, will seat comfortably over
$4,000 people, allowing ample space
for promenades, aisles, etc. This
does not include the present bal
comics, which seat about 800 more
BY erecting temporary raised plat
forms or balconies, each 80x200 feet
at either end of the building, this
can be increased by 7,4O0 more seats
Ii found necessary, making a total
comfortable seating capacity of more
than 10000 people BY crowding the
seats in the balconies, this capacity
could be materially increased.
c "a
ton of this immense hall is especial
" adapted to permit OF arrangements
by which the acoustic properties can
be made almost perfect for hall OF
this size.
| consider this building specially
adapted for the holding Of the con-
vention for the following reasons:
1. The main or ground floor being
on level with the street permits ex-
cellent mean of ingress and egress
insuring the safety or the audience in
case of an emergency. On this point
1t is also well to state that the en-
tire building Is not connected with
any other structure; each Of the four
sides facing the street
z. As large conventions OF this
KIND require a great many committee
rooms, | have found that there are
eighteen large rooms on the ground
floor, at present occupied by the Of
ices and as company rooms of the
Fifth Regiment, each one Of which
IS splendidly adapted for the use OF
the various Offices and special COM
mittees. There are several additional
rooms on the second floor and also
large space in the basement, all OF