The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-02-10
TIMES BUREAU,
AT STATE CAPITAL.

n SlAIE CAl'ITAL.
Indianapolis. Ind, Feb. 1o.-Thomas
Taggart has returned from a trip TO
the east, where he talked politics in
Washington. Baltimore and New York.
While he declined to say much about
what he heard or learned in the east
about the political situation he did say
a little.
THE situation is about the same as
it was when I was down there a fe y
weeks ago." he said. There has been
but little change in the situation re-
garding the Democratic nomination for
President. Some things has saiu and
some have happened that have muddied
the waters for the Wilson boom to
some extent. but as far as l could see
none of the other booms had made any
progress
He talked freely about the arrange
ments that are being made at Balti-
more for holding the Democratic ma
tiona1s convention in that city.
THE armory in which the convention
will be held is a very large structure"
he said. While 1 was at Baltimore at
tending the melting of the committee
on arrangements for the convention we
looked over the plans prepared by the
architect for making changes in the
armory to suit our needs. The plans
are very complete. The hall will have
a seating capacity of 1880, which is
more than the Democratic conventions
have ever had before. AT Denyer the
seating capacity of the hall was 1900
st. Louis, 10000. Kansas City 5000 and
Chicago 5000 This will give us plenty
of room. At each end of the hall there
will be large sections for visitors. ac
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stage will be places along the side wall
midway between the two ends. Around
the stage will be placed 42o seats for
working newspaper men. No one viii
be permitted in this space except the
newspaper men who actually are work
ing on the story. All others must take
seats elsewhere The stage will be six
feet above the floor level, and the press
seats will be two feet above the fioor
level.
Telegraph offices and telephone
offices will be back of the stage and
messenger boys will pass under the
stage from the press stand to these
offices. Facing the stage there Will be a
section of $500 seats for the delegates
and alternates. There will be 1892
delegates and the same number OF
alternates in the convention. The, will
occupy this section. and as they require
about 1900 seats. the other 400 of the
1900 will be occupied by visitors.
I'm the matter of hotel accomm oda-
| tiens. Baltimore is not overstocked,
but it will be able to take care of tina
crowd Look at Denver. as an example
Denver had not SUFFICIENT hotels to
handle the crowd. and many persons
had to take rooms in fats and private
houses The same thing will be done
at Baltimore. They have several good
hotels, and they have also many fats
and apartment houses in which people
can find Accommodations. So there will
be no trouble along that line. The
hotel rates will no be any higher per
person at the convention that any
other time. If a room at the hotel Is
| SO a day ordinarily they will put four
persons in the room and charge eacn
person So. And the same rule will be
| followed with all rooms This is al
ways done at such times. The csom-
mittee is expecting a big crowd at the
| convention. and every preparation is
being. made to take care of it."
There is little in the returns thus
far received from the election of dele
gates to the Democratic state conven-
tion to cause joy in the camp of Con-
| nomination for Governor. From all
| over the state comes news OF the cleo
| ton of delegates with instructions to
vote for Samuel NJ. Ralston. Just what
proportion of. the delegates thus far
elected for Boehne no one can tell al
| this time, but it is safe to say that the
proportion is very small. Quite mum
Der of counties have elected delegates
| When "a had been elected the Boehns
people claimed 81 of them, leaving only
43 for Ralston. But the Ralstone PEG
pie were only willing to concede 6 tc
Boehne. and these were from Parke
county.
| In Hamilton county, the jackson
| township convention refused to adop,
resolutions favoring Ralston's nominal
ton, and the Ralston people immediate
| ly claimed the four delegates from thai
| township. But how these four mer
have issued a statement to the effect
| that Will they were not instructed bs
the convention they will vote for Rails
| ton.
St Joseph county has instructed it;
| delegates to vote for Ralston, and this
is a blow to the opposition. They had
| expected better treatment in that coun-
~ If Is also regarded AS the deatf