The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-04

'.iSe It's t'eCtlon, thirteen years ago,
the doors OF the Coliseum will be
thrown open June Is for the accom-
mediation OF Republican National
Convention. In 1904 the Republicans
nominated Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
FOR President in the building. and n
1908. under the same roof. William
II. Tart was chosen as the party's
staudd I'd bearer.
Inc Coliseum is on Wabash Avenue,
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Streets, less than mile from the
centre OF Chicago's retail shopping
and hotel district. and Is accessible
from all parts of the city by elevated
roads and surface lines. The Coli
scum is 305 feet long. 10 feet wide
and 30 feet in height. built OF stone.
brick, steel and concrete. and Is iire-
proof
l; stands on the site OF the old
Libby Prison. which WAS brought to
Chicago from Richmond in sections
and rebuilt the Year of the Worlds
Fair by Charles F. Gunther and used
To exhibit valuable collection of
civil War relics 1t is of modern
liomancsque combined with the Eng
lish castcllated typo of architecture.
and cost 100000. 1t has been the
scene OF many notable assemblagcs. Ii
has eleven large exits, and can be
cncy.
The subcommittee on arrangements
of the Republican National Committee,
under the direction of Colonel Harry
:. New. has expended $4,000 preparing
the building for this years national
convention of the Republican party.
The building has Hiss seats. of which
1855 are on the main floor and $500
in the balcony.
The speakers platform is built
against the south wall OF the struct-
ure, and extends across the entire
width OF the building. 1t Is seventy
five feet deep. and contains 1882
seats, which will be occupied by the
chairman. officers of the convention,
members of the national committee
ana DISTINGUISHED guests.
'fhe seats back OF the chairman 8
table will be slightly elevated. Direct
Is beneath the chairman's table is a
space for four noiseless telegraph in
struments and their operators. by
which news of the conventions pro-
ceedings will be flashed to the world
On both sides and extending in a half
circle around the front OF tho platform
are seats and tables for 400 working
newspaper men and correspondents
from all parts of the country.
Directly in front OF these are the
seats FOR the LOIS delegates arranged
by states. This place will be inclos ed
by railing and closely guarded by a
large force of sergcants-at-arms. Back
of this arc the seats for the LOIS al
tcrnates inclosed by n railing. on
both sides and in the rear of the spa &c
occupied by the delegates and alter
mates arc $500 elevated seats for visi-
tors At the north end OF the build
ing special bandstand will be erect
cd In the balcony. which extends
around the four walls OF the building,
there win DO 1900 seats for visitors.
To avoid confusion IN seating tho
crowd. each entrance vii, be placardcd
showing the sections for which II Will
be used and each ticket will bear the
letter OF the entrance for which it is
intended BY this plan delegates ana
visitors VIII enter the door nearest the
seats assigned to them.
The platform, aisleS and all open
spaces Will be covered with mating to
insure the maHimus of quiet while the
convention is in session. Five hundred
pubic telephones and large number
OF telegraph instruments are being In
stalled in various parts OF the build
ing for the accomm odation OF delegates
and the public. Architect Arthur CT
| Brown has arranged tho seats in such Il
manner that the chairmans platform
| may be seen from every section of the
large hall. Sergcant-at' arms William
T.. stone Will be assisted by "A force
or 500 deputy sergeants-at-arms. door
keepers. ushers and attendants. spe-
| cial telephone system is being Install
ed. which will enable Sci geant- at-Arm
| Stone. from his desk on the platform
Immediately to communicate with his
| assistants in any part OF tho hall.
In the two-story annex. adjoining
the main building on the south. arc