The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-10
HoW the Convention at
Baltimore Will Work

Although tne nunlNef OF votes tncSc
states and territories may east ag-
! sregates 1921 the architects have
! provided seats for l,20O delegates,
! because some of the states MARY
| Rand among them. send TO Balti.
\ more twice as many delegates as
they have votes, each delegate be-
| ing the custodian Of half a vote
! Back OF the delegates sit an equal
| humber of alternates. and these .
l3 seats occupy the center of the
! iioor between the platform and the
entrance. These four blocks OF
seats will hold much OF the life and
motion of the convention The To-
cation of the representatives of each
state Will be shown NY an elevated
sign
For convenience in handling the
crowds, the convention hall seats
have been divided into IS sections.
OF which 49 are on the floor ana the
rest in the Ghlconies The floor will
seat 1861 and the balconies 440S.
Deducting the seats on the ftoor re-
served for officials, delegates and al
ternates and the press leaves 7.220
for the public, These with the bal
comics make room for ll.62S seats
for the accommodation of Baltimore
ans and visitors who are expected
by the tcn-thousands from all parts
of the country.
The public seats on the main floor
occupy the two ends of the hall and
run at right angles to the delegates
seats, so that when a speaker OIL
The rostrum is facing the delegates
the greater part of the audience
Will get side views of him The
great balconies that have been add
ed temporarily to the armory pro-
lect from the ends and overhang
nearly half these end seats on the
floor, These two balconies are 200
feet long bY - feet deep. At the
front and back Of the hall the mar
row permanent balconies have Uccn
equipped with three rows of seats
tnat will accommodate be
tween four and five hundred The
balconies are IL feet above the
Ground floor in front and securely
supported by beams of wood and
steel The two at the ends of the
hall are banked so that the view
from the rear seats will be unob-
structcd
To facilitate quick emptying OF
the building 1G new doors have been
cut in the granite walls, making
total Of Is. Twelve Of these are for
the use of those who hold tickets to
the balconies. and enable the bal
comics TO connect directly with the
street. The extra doors on the
ground floor are for use mainly as
exits. since no difficulty is anticipat-
ed in handling all who enter through
the wide entrance in the front and
center of the building
Seats for the public arc reserved
only bs sections, which are deslg-
mated by numbers and letters The
larger blocks of seats are number
ed and each numbered block is di-
yidcd into three sIbsectIons. letter
ed respectively "a. "B' and &c.
\ tcketholder who finds his piece
OF pasteboard stamped for instance,
~35-B' viii find his seat among the
1872 chairs grouped under that sub
division These subdivisions include
from ~ to 2l1 seats each and the
most desirable chairs in each d.
vision viii 50 to the earliest com
ers
The convention hail band viii be
in a stand erected over the main en-
trance. space has been gwen for
POO musicians. A telephone With an
electric signal light connects tie
leaders stand with the desk OF the
chairman al the opposite side OF |
the hall so that the latter may sig /
nal his wishes The chairmans po-
sltion is connected by telephone !
also with the six committee rooms
which have been fitted up IN the |
vacated company quarters at the
two ends of the building
80 expense has been spared to
oeautfy the interior OF the hall The
task Of The remodeiers !
was the construction of a false cell
ihg which would improve the acous
tic properties by preventing the |
speakers voices from being lost
among the lofty steel trusses OF the
curved roof. This has been accom-
plishcd by suspending from the rooi