Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-02

The republican hosts will gather at Chi
cago in the big Coliseum, where Taft wa.
nominated four years ago. where Roose
welt was chosen in 1904 and which wa.
first used in 1896 for the convention in
which Bryan made his famous cross OF
gold" and crown Of thorns Speech" six
teen years ago. When II was completed
upon the eve of that exciting gathering II
was Dragged up as the largest building
under one roof in the world.
1t is q stately castellated structure
built of stone, and Is adorned by round
turrets at the corners and fianking the
entrances. 1t occupies a whole block OF
five and half acres fronting the tracks
Of the Illinois Central railroad between
gid and SD streets, at the former OF
which this railway has special Coliseum
station where delegates and spectators
from afar may leave their trains without
the delay of travelling otherwise through
the city. From this depot steps lead d.
rectly into one Of the main entrances Of
the hall
SO vast is the hall that from one end
to the other you will be able to count
Ill rows OF seats, on the main floor alone
And down here there will be so many sec
tons OF seats that the alphabet has been
used forty-seven times in designating
the chairs. Thus there will be that many
inherent n seats before the gallery Is
reached.
The speakers rostrum, whence will be
heard the temporary chairman. and, after
him, the permanent chairman and speak
ers who place candidates in nomination,
occupies semi-circular platform about
three-fourths of the way down the hall.
At the rear OF this commanding station
Will be three rows of seats occupied by
the fifty-six members OF the republican
national committee, which is composed
OF one member from each state and ter
ritory. and which will be the court to
hear contests, we'll as the board of
managers having charge OF the conven-
ton until Il is turned over to the or
ganfzation chosen by the delegates Be
hind this background OF dignitaries will
rise Il vast bank of seats. twenty-four
rows deep and eight-four chairs wide.
Here will be seated LIST guests of the ma
tional committee, a galaxy of men in
GLIDING hundreds of the country's too
liners. besides some notables from abroad
Immediately surrounding the speakers
platform. in front and at the sides, will
be chairs and desks for 4l6 newspaper
correspondents, only $50 of whom We're
provided for at the first convention held
in this building. in 1895 These figures
will give you some idea of the growth
of journalistic enterprise within sixteen
years There will be more than two
seats for each of the 100 newspapers and
press associations now maintaining tele-
graph correspondents in the press gal
leries of Congress. Some of these papers
will take an entire stan to each conven-
ton. including a managing editor, artists
and dope" writer's, while others will be
represented by single reporter.
From the press section, in the hall.
pneumatic tubes will carry these scribes
copy directly down to a big telegraph Of
fee underneath the speakers platform.
The busy correspondent sitting at his
desk, directly in front of the rostrum, will
have an assistant to sort his copy and
dump ii down the tube. which will shoot
1t out upon a table at the operators
right arm.
This journalistic army viii sit sidewise