El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-03
Roosevelt Was Nominated
There, Also Taft; Ready
For Another.

Z OF AuOGu6T.
Chicago, III, June 3.-For the third
time since the erection. Is 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 Col Theodore Roosevelt
Tor president in this building and in
| 1905, under the same roof, William IL
Taft was chosen as the party's stand
ard bearer.
The Coliseum is on Wabash avenue,
between 18th and 10th streets, less than
a mile from the center of ChicagO's re-
( tail shopping and hotel district and is
accessible from all parts Of the city by
elevated roals and surface lines The
Coliseum IS 800 feet long, 40 feet wide
and 20 feet in height, built of stone,
brick, steel and concrete and is fire
proof
1t stands on the site of the old Libby
prison, which was brought TO chicago
from Richmond, Va, in sections, and
rebuilt the year Of the worlds fair by
Charles +. Gunther, and used to exhibit
d valuable collection Of Civil war rel
les 1t is of modern ROmaneSQue COM
bined with English castellated type Of
architecture and cost 100000. IT has
been the scene of many notable as
semblages. 1t has Il large exits and
can be emptied in five minutes In an
emergency.
Seats More Than 1900.
The suD-commlJtee on arrangements
of the Republican national committee,
under the direction OF Col Harry >
New. has expended $4,000 preparing
the building for this years national
convention Of the Republican party.
The building mas Hiss seats, of which
1888 are on the main floor and $500 in
the balcony.
The speakers platform is built
against the south wall of the structure
and extends across the entire width OF
the building. 1t IS 40 feet deep anu
contains 1882 seats, which viii be Oc-
cupied by the chairman, officers and
distinguished guests.
The seats back of the chairman's Ia
bic will be slightly elevated, directly
beneath the chairmans table Is
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 half
circle around the front of the platform
are seats and tables for 400 working
newspaper men and correspondents
from ali parts OF the country.
The Seating Arrangements.
Directly in front Of these are the
seats for the 1918 delegates arranged /
by states. This space will be enclosed
by a railing and closely guarded by q
large force Of sergeants at arms. Back !
OF this are the seats for the 1OlS alter
mates, enclosed by q railing On both
pied by the delegates and atIernateS
are $500 elevated seats for visitors. At I
the north end OF the building a special I
band stand Will be erected In the bal
cOny, which extends around the four l
walls of the building, there will De I
5000 seats for visitors.
To avoid confusion in seating the !
crowd, each entrance viii be placarded. /
showing the sections for which it viii l
be used and each ticket VIII bear the I
letter of the entrance for which il is I
intended. BY this plan delegates and /
visitors viii enter the door nearest the {
seats assigned them.
The platform, aisles and all open 4
spaces will be covered with mating TO 4
insure the maximum Of quiet while the 4
convention is in session. Five hundred I
public telephones and large number 1
of telegraph instruments are being in
STALLED in various parts OF the building J
for the accommodation Of delegates and /
the public. Adchitect Arthur g. Brown /
has arranged the seats in such man I
ner that the chairman's platform may /
be seen from every section Of the large ]
hall Sergeant at arms William T.
Stone will be assisted by a force OF I
500 deputy sergeants at arms door +
keepers, ushers and attendants a spe- 1
cial telephone system is being installed ]
which will enable sergeant at arms /
stone, from his desk on the platform, I
Immediately to communicate with his I
assistants IN any part Of the nall
In the two story annex, adjoining the ;
main building on the south, are the Of I
fees Of the Republican national com /
mittee, private rooms for the use or 4
the chairman, secretaries and sergeant /
a arms, quarters for the committees I
on permanent organization, creden- J
tials and resolutions, and fully I
equipped pOstoffice.
In addition to this, there are rooms 4
for the press where scores Of private 7
telegraph wires VIII be instaii5G- On !
the second floor there viii be a gully I
equipped emergency hospital IL charge |
of a corps Of physicians and Red cross I
nurses There will be numerous retir- I
ing rooms for men and women IN the 1
annex
Lunch Counter in Basement.
In the basement of the main building ]
there will be a lunch counter with sew |
eral thousand seats The building viii I
be deliberately decorated in the nation 4
al cOlOrs. The exterior Of the structure /
will be profusely draped with red, 4
white and blue bunting. surmOunted !
by hundreds of large American flags. /
Practically every foot Of available /
space in the interior viii be draped /
with bunting and flags over the !
speakers platform will be q 80 foot /
presidents flag thanked by two large 1
American flags. The space on both 1
sides of this center piece viii be heav-- 4
" draped with festOOnS Of bunting and /
batteries of small flags ana shields !
The walls sof the building awlu be !
draped with bunting and Tags. The {
rail of the balcony also viii be draped |
with festOOoRs Of bunting, with small /
flags, shields and Wreaths at every /
steel arch. The large bandstand at the /
north end of the building will be elab- 4
orately draped with flags, bunting and /
wreaths.