Arizona republican., 1912-06-10
The National Guard Ar mory Where the National Convention of the Party Will Be Held on June g in City of Baltimore.
MONUMENT CITY
 PAID $45O,O00
Description of the Auditor ium as It Will Appear When Everything Is in Readiness for the Recep- tion of the Delegates.

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 BALTIMORE, June 10.-The demo- cratic candidate for the president of the United States vii be nominated in huge national guard armory situated in the residence portion of Baltimore When this city sent it's representatives ! before the democratic national com mittee to bring the national convention here the possession of the ideal con : yentiOn hall was one of the strongest advantages Baltimore had to offer Since that time at the expense of many thousands of dollars the hall has been made to answer the requirements of the delegates who assemble here on June 25 and the throngs that gather to watch their deliberations.
 The democratic national convention will meet in the Fifth Regiment Arm ory which occupies nearly a whole city square in the Mount Royal dis trict, fronting on Hoffman street, and bounded by Preston street in the rear At the two ends of the block are Park and Linden avenues, both of which car ry trolley lines connecting with the business center Two squares distant is the main station of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and only a little far ther. barely five minutes walk, Is the union station where passengers ar
 rive on the other railroads entering the city. Close at hand, within easy ' .r..N,ir. listarc, is ti-e city'S largest hotel
 When the state spent $450,OO0 for i this drill hall to house Baltimore's ! famous regiment. the Dandy Fifth. bie conventions were in mind and the i building was situated and designed with reference to affording such ac- ! conmol2, tons. Exterior embellishment ! was d secondary consideration. me 1 firth regiment armoTy is surrounded by massive walls of grey granite. two stor ] ips high from which rise twelve steel ] 1russes that carry the arched roof to
 ., height of S5 feet. It is lighted oN windows in the side walls and by
 sl, light that runs the whole length 1 of the apex of the roof From the out i st54 the appearance of the structure /. ie not particularly impressive, prop ablN because the principal dimensions arr. later:,I. and too extensive for the ev,. to appreciate unless the oeholueI
 could Iool, down on the building rom m elevation The armory extends Sof
 feet in .ridth on Hoffman and Preston i .traats and is 2&4 feet deep. The great
 drill hail inside, where the conVeh-
 ton will assemble is 800 2oO feet.
 ro ad1ut this building further |" convention Durposes the state appro-
 ,,,-iate,i 25.OO0 The greater part oi
 this sum has been spent to increase the seating capacity by putting in tenn :
 norarv balconies at the two ehus "' tha drill hall Decorations Whlch II,
 cI,,da in. construction of false cell
 ir to improve the acoustic propeftIe''
 .t e eOO Several thousand dollars
 I,a. heao spent in the construction oL
 inc. sneakers platform. on seats anu ,,, re,n5daIines the military conhpallS
 ouarters at the sides anu endS ol 'i'e l,riIdine for use as committee Ioo'ii'
 A. one enters the hall through tli'
 ,,,oi,, oa4cyav on Hoffman street tile
 o,-. firs+ is impressed by the hldsiNi, ,,,+ ,lie!gnces and the seemingly emu 1,.,. vista, of seats. Under the h1ilu9
 ar tho decorators the place has ioSt Us , ! o,ilitar~,- utiIitarian look, trans1orli'eu
 ,,,. +ra ,,,ore than 10000 yards ot ounI-
 i, +b,+ hides the roof beams, drapes
 ,rn walls and covers practically ever
 roo+ of 1l,s, interior except the "illooN .,d f1o,,, .paceS The background +
 sof+ rfIect of cream. gold anu "hl'e
 ,,,,iob makes an effective setting 1o' | tl,o national colors displayed in count less arrangements. and the ihSlsiiiS ''''N roIors or the various states
 l NNipAH bar The seating arrangements here @i' tbn result of long study on the aIci' tects' part. aided by the practleal eN- ? ,o,iapr, ,f men versed in the practlca rroblems of great conventions. il'- I,au ,,iu seat comfortably more thar 15 900 persons. and those Tn charse - ite nren9rtion believe they have worh7'
 ont their problem so that every fhe'' her of +hi. great audience can C'lli.
 mand view of the speakers stan,
 and understand what IS being Sa'O
 Tn hrinc this about the location O
 the speakers platform was the ma''e' of first importance.
 In the Baltimore hall the spsahe,
 rciu stand we'll out toward the mluui'
 of the auditorium, directly opposlt'
 4na main central entrance, midway De tween tha ends of the hall and aoou
 6o feet, or more than one-thlru tii'
 distance from the rear wall or the iii'
 terior This rostrum. the heart or th'
 convention hall is not large enousi tn hermit much pacing on the orator