The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-13
SOME S|DE[|GHTS
ON 0 CONVENTION
Democrats Will Have Costly
Quarters in Which to
Do Their Work.

Baltimore. June 13.-Only part Of
the work accomplished by the demo-
cratic national convention, which
opens here on June rs. will be per-
formed in the convention hall. The
results will appear there, but before
these results are attained lights will
burn far into the night at various ho-
tells and office buildings throughout
the city. where convention headquar-
ters have been esta ablished by the ma
tional organization and the organiza-
tions supporting the candidates for
places on the national ticket.
A political convention is law unto
itself. Without leaders and commit
tees to plan their work the great body
of delegates could make little head
way, but even the most astute leader
cannot always know when the dele
gates will upset carefully prepared
routine. Nevertheless, until the dele
gates ballot and one of the candidates
receives the two-thirds vote necessary
for nomination, those who are trying
to learn in advance what the result
will be will watch these Headquarters.
A national convention has been lik-
ened to great engine in which the
fly wheel is the national committee,
the governors the committees on Gre
dentials and resolutions and the fuel
is the body Of delegates which supply
ulated by these three committees.
The actual work of the convention
started here when members of the ma
tional committee began to arrive.
This committee consists of fifty-two
members one from each state and
from Alaska. District Of Columbia,
Hawaii and Porto Rico. Its quarters
the Mt. Royal district within walking
distance of the convention hall. The
two top floors of the Belvedere have
been engaged by the committee, in
cluding sixty-five bed rooms many
with sitting rooms attached. In addi-
tion, the committee has taken the no.
tel banquet hall for its sessions. In
the papers filed by the contesting
delegates and prepares the temporary
roll of the convention. This roll will
be used when the convention is first
called to order. After the commit
tee on credentials is appointed those
who are dissatisfied with ruling of the
national committee will take their
claims before the new committee.
The committee on credentials, and
the resolutions committee which
drafts the platform. as yet have no
regular meeting place. Some of their
work may be done at the Belvedere in
rooms allotted them by the national
committee, and some in the rooms as
signed to them at the convention hall.
Next to the rooms engaged by the
national committee. the largest reser-
vation at the Belvedere has been made
by Thomas Taggart. national commit
teeman from Indiana. For the mem.
bers of his committee and his friends
MIR. Taggart has taken fifty rooms in
the main buildings, with accommoda- :
tions for sixty-five persons more in the
Annex and BLUE Parlor" on the sec.
ond floor as state delegation head
quarters. Other national committee
men in whose name large reservations
have been made at the Belvedere are:
Roger c. Sullivan. Illinois; Homer S.
Cummings. Connecticut: j. b. Kremer.
Montana: A. j. DAILY. Alaska: Alvah
Adams. Colorado; Edwin .. Wood.
Michigan: Clark Howell. Georgia: j.
d. Guhey. Pennsylvania: Willard
gaulsbury. Delaware. Urey Wilson Of
Kentucky. secretary Of the national
committee and Herman Ridder of
New York. Its treasurer. also have
their quarters here.
Representatives of the candidates
for the presidential nomination will he