Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1912-06-20
DEMOCRATIC HOSTS
GATHER|NGAT BALTIMORE
Quarter Of Million People Have Asked
for Tickets to Great
Convention.

Baltimore. June 2O.--With the meet
ing here today Of the committee on
arrangements OF the democratic ma
tional convention and the arrival OF
the advance guard of delegates and
politicians. Baltimore is beginning to
take on the aspects OF national
convention city. Flags and bunting
are blossoming out over the town and
In the windows pictures Of Clark, VIII
son. Harmon. Bryan and other party
leaders are displayed.
Baltimore is today fully prepared for
the coming of the 1890 delegates who
will make up the convention to be
opened next Tuesday, the same num-
Der of alternates and the thousands
OF other visitors. Reports that the
hotels Of the city are preparing to
gouge the city's guests have been in
vestigated and have not been found to
have basis of fact, except in isolated
cases. It is certain, however, that
there will be great deal of crowding,
and whenever possible a number OF
men will be put in each hotel room
Some OF the delegations. including
that from Tammany Hall, have ar
ranged to sleep in parlor cars during
their stay in the city.
The arrangements committee at its
meeting today will complete all the
final details for the big convention
So far as the convention hall is con-
cerned nothing remains to be done, as
II stands ready for the delegates.
Guards have been stationed about the
big armory building to prevent vandal-
ism by souvenir hunters. Tests of the
acoustic properties made today by
prominent democrats were entirely to
their satisfaction. BY only slightly
raising his voice, speaker can be
heard distinctly in the most distant
sections of the big auditorium.
All of the presidential candidates
have headquarters open today and
their managers are busily completing
plans for the coming campaign. None
OF the aspirants are so confident as to
leave any stone unturned or wire I'M
pulled that would be of assistance in
getting the nomination. The managers
of the candidates are very confident
in talking with representatives Of the
press. and each Is certain that his
man will be chosen on the first ballot
With this sublime trust in the conven-
ton they are also keeping their pow
der dry"
1t is estimated that about a quarter
Of million people have laundering
to see the workings of the democratic
convention, as about that many appli-
cations for tickets have been received.
AS there are only about 10000 seats
dNdiiduic, thcic Will NC duout AfV,VVV
disappointed people. AS each and ev-
cry applicant for ticket is man
without whom the democratic candi.
date can not possibly be elected, the
committee that had charge Of the dis
tribution has troubles OF its own.
Col. John l. Martin of st. Louis
sergeantat-arms Of the national COM
mittee, has been here for some time
and has his plans completed. Practic-
ally all of the assistant sergeants-at-
arms, doorkeepers. pages, messengers
and other functionaries have been
chosen and instructed in their duties.
The Fifth Regiment Armory, where
the convention will be held, occupies
nearly an entire city square in the
Mount Royal district fronting on Hoff-
man street, and with Preston street
In the rear. At the two ends of the
block are Linden and Park avenues
on which run trolley lines connecting
the hall with the business center Of
the city. The armory was built at a
cost of s45O,OOO, appropriated by the
state OF Maryland, as a drill hall for
Baltimore's famous regiment, the
Dandy Fifth" but in its construction
it's future uses as a convention hall
were kept in mind by the architect
with the result that the big edifice Is
one of the finest and best adapted to
convention purposes of any building
in the country. One of the city's
largest hotels, where most of the lead
ers have taken rooms, is within few
blocks of the hail. The main station
of the leading railroad is only two
blocks away, and on sidings near at
hand hundreds of Pullman cars will
be placed as the sleeping quarters of
many delegates and visitors. The
union station is within walking dis
lance of the hall. The immediate sur
roundings of the armory are largely
residences, but there are a number of
refreshment places within a short dis
lance, and the owners would not trade