The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-06-05
Coliseum Will Open Its Doors for
the Third Time for Re-
publican Convention
COMPLETE ARRANGEMENTS
FOR HANDLING THE NEWS
Equipment Even Provides for an
Emergency Hospital With Red
Cross Nurses and a Corps Of
Attending Physicians

CHICAGO June 2.--For the third
time since it's erection 10 years ago
the doors of the Coliseum will be
thrown open June Is for the occom-
modations of a republican national
convention. In 1904 the republicans
nominated Colonel Theodore Roose-
welt for president in the building and
in 1908 under the same roof William
H. Taft was chosen 'as the party's
standard bearer
The Coliseum is on Wabash avenue
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, less than a mile from the can
ter of Chicago's retail shopping and
hotel district, and is accessible from
all parts of the city by elevated roads
and surface lines. The Coliseum is
305 feet long, ITO feet wide and 10
feet in height, built of stone, brick,
steel and concrete and is ire-proof.
Sight of Old Libby Prison
1t stands on the site of the old
Libby prison, which was brought to
Chicago from Richmond, Va in sec
tions and rebuilt the year of the
worlds fair by Charles F. Gunther
aud used to exhibit available coHec-
ton of civil war relies. 1t is of mod
ern Romanesque combined with the
English Cestellated type of architec-
ture and cost 100000. 1t has been
blages. 1t has II large exits and can
be emptied in Ave minutes in an
emergency.
The subcommittee on arrangements
of the republican national committee,
under the directions of Colonel Harry
| S. New, has expended $4,000 prepar-
ing the building for this years ma
tional convention of the republican
party The building has 11,1SS seats.
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and 5000 in the balcony.
| The speakers platform is built
against the south wall of the struc-
ture and extends across the entire
width Of the building. 1t is rs feet
deep and contains 1882 seats, which
| will be occupied by the chairman, Of
! icers of the convention, members of
| the national conlmittee and dis
tinguished guests.
Noiselcss Telegraph Instruments
| The seats back of the chairman's
| table will be slightly elevated, directly
beneath the chairman's table is a
space for four noiseless telegraph in
struments and their operators, by
| which news of the conventions pro-
ceedings will be flashed to- the world.
| On both sides and extending in a half
circle around the front of the plat
| form are seats and tables for 400
working newspaper men and corre-
spondents from all parts of the coun-
| try a
Directly in front OF these are the
seats for the 1913 delegates, arranged
by states. This space will be enclosed
by railing and closely guarded by a
large force of sergeants-at-ar Back
of this are the seats for the 1913 al
| ternates enclosed by a railing. On
both sides and in the rear of the space
occupied by the delegates and alter
mates are $500 elevated seats for Wis.,
itors. At the north end of the build
| ing special band stand will be erect
ed In the balcony, which extends
around the four walls of the building,
there will be 5000 seats for visitors.
| To avoid confusion in seating the
crowd each entrance will be placard-
ed, showing the sections for which II
| will be used and each ticket will bear
the letter of the entrance for which II
is intended. BY this plan delegates and
visitors will enter the door nearest the
seats assigned them.
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