The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

he convention hall propcr Ielcg.Acs,
altcrnates and spectators 1npy gather
IN mammoth reception roo!r. go feet
square and holding 10000 people. The
thousands attending tic conven tion BY
train viii ailght at 4 special railway
Sic ton whose steps VIII lead directly.
mt one Of TIE main entrances oc the
vast building. ana those : hn come by
motor VIII Una u space of t:yo and q
hat acres in which tn ar cars can IN.
banked -
Holds Twenty Thousand
, sun more people can be accommo-
dated In the Democratic convention
hall, the Fifth Regiment Armory,
misunderstanding to the estimates,
at least. The boomers who brought
Chairman Mack the 100000 mock
appropriated by Baltimore TO cover
/ the expenses of the convention, claim
Cd mat this armory would scat 10000
people, or 1000 more than the Chicago
J Coliseum
This vast building. which will be
| aILaneed according TO the general
az Chicago, is also OF stone, and she
nal proper in which the delegates
VIII 90 their final work. is 300 feet
long by zoo wide. Above the deiegatss'
seats arc two galleries Instead OF one.
Chairman Mack lie considering The cree
e,oh, a, each end of the great hall,
|
capacity of the hall by about 4 ono
seats or more When he gets through
VIII. VIII ms ARRANGEMENTS there Will prob
IHaDiS ne room III the convention for
about fifty spectators from each con.
gressonal district OF the country. ai.
i,,noush Sergeant -nt-Arms Martin, will
,i s;n NOR more remodeling to do here than
VII MS rival stage manager at the
| Chicago Coliseum, he has found in the
big armory twenty-onc company
/ a ho
| arranging for tho Press.
| INC most complicated task of each
| tipnFSntion,s sergennt at! arms will be
INC Installation OF facilities for. the
press. As every daily newspaper of
consequence in the country : will he
represented AZ the two conventions,
| each hall must contain about compress
! seats. each of, the press associations
| VAL send a STAFF of from, fifteen to
thirty men; and some of the big, met
only correspondents. but artists and
even woman writers commissioned 10
wire their "impressionsp.'o OF the actors
the convention hall some big papers
! VIII Install headquarters. where per-
maps their managing editors. city cdi-
| tors and stats of writers sent. on for
the purpose Will set up.ld miniature
I newspaper Office TO "coverrs the great
| drama Some OF these STATS will travel
to Baltimore and Chicago in. special
cars.
| Each press table arranged Cor the
| Telegraph men will accommodate sew
erai writer's and will be connected with
| the press telegraph room byfa Dneu-
| matte tube for carrying the copy. sheet
| by sheet. 10 the wire as East as 1T is
| written. All OF this complicated ma
chinery for handling several million
words of news daily the sergennt-at-
| arms. co-operating With a. special
press committee of newspaper ! men,
lie VIII also arrange all the. de-
tails for the seating of THO vast
/ their CLASSIFICATION into soctions; the
printing and custody of bndges and
tickets, the latter of WHICH. as a pro
tectlon against counterfstters. must
designs; and withheld from .distribn.,
tion until almost the eve of8thet gath
ering. 'r=f 49, s-!
So each sergeant -at7 arms must do
business with newspapers, telegraph
crs. architects. plumbers, electricians
] and trades people OF many sorts. He
must also seek the CO. operation OF the
transportation companies. iiotel men,
!; local police and fire departments
TAll Work, no Pay.
I Although receiving no salary, he lns
an extensive patronage list. Including
/, about 100 deputy Sergeants- at arnls'
/ ers, pages, messengers, clerks. watch
linen and SGharwomen. 5G si
! His Identities. Sdoorkeepers S.tnd ush-
1 ers. Ike himself; 4 serve wi thout pay
hut with good prospect of earning POI
iuaa SHtthe dhisRiaY inf
brought lin contact, VI Sst..
i5sY,tflls Of. hos direct expenses of the
!RepubEcali cnnNen Ion %W,ill i be i paid
lbyi Chica g o. wliiln4th The 81 100000 already
X prestnted by Bal tiDloreansS has been
thJy ftInd E Iii at rD q III AZ req q