The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-06-10
To HOLD CONVENTION IN
NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY
Democrats Will Nominate Candi
Gate for President Inside Great
Granite NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
OF the Building.
Associated Press Special.


Baltimore, June 10. The demo
cratic candidate for president O
the United States will be nomln
ated in a huge National Guard al
usory situated in the residence por
ton Of Baltimore, When thi:
city sent it's representatives befor
the democratic national committe
to bring the national convention
here the possession of an idea
convention hall was one OF tn
strongest advantages Baltimore
had to offer Since that time
at the expense of many thousant
dollars the hall has been made tt
answer every requirement of th,
delegates who assemble here OF
June Is and the throngs tina
gather to which their deliberations
The democratic national conyen
tion viii meet in the Fifth Regi
ment armory, which occupies near
Iy a whole city square in the Mount
Royal district, fronting on Hoff-
man street. and bounded by Pres
luu rtiSNE III tut rear At LAit
two ends Of the block are PARK
and Linden avenues, both of which
carry trolley lines connecting with
the business center. Two squares
distant is the main station OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
and only little further, barely
five minutes walk, is the Union
Station, where passengers arrive
on the other railroads entering th e |
city Close at hand. within easy
walking distance, is the city's
largest hotel
When the state spent s450.000
for this drill hall to house Balti-
more's famous regiment, the Dan
dy Fifth, big conventions were
in mind and the building was
and designated with refer
ence TO affording such aecommo-
dations Exterior embelIishment
was secondary consideration.
The fifth Regiment Armory is sur
rounded by massive walls of grey
granite two stories high, from
which rise twelve steel trusses
that carry the arched roof to a
height Of IS feet 1t is lighted byi
windows in the side walls and by
3 sity-ight that runs the whole
length of the apex OF the roof
From the outside the appearances
the structure is not particularly
impressive, probably because the
ana too extensive for the eye to
appreciate unless the beholder
could look down on the building
from an elevation. The armory
extends 1854 feet in width on Hoff-
man and Preston streets and Is
s94 FEET deep, The great drill hall
inside. where the convention viii
assemble is 300 goo feet.
To adopt this building, further to-
convention purposes the state APP
Iaopriated $4,000. The greater
part of this sum has been spent
10 increase the seating capacity by
putting Ia temporary balconies at
the two ends Of the drill hall. I
Decorations, whieh include the con-
struction of a false ceiling to i'm
prove the acoustic properties. cost
$1,000 Several thousand dollars
Has been spent in the construction
of the speakers platform, on seats
and On remodeling the military
company quarters at the sides and
ends OF the buildings for use as
Committee rooms.
Ma one enters the hall through
the man gateway on Hoffman
street the eye first is impressed by
the magnificent distances and the
seemingly endless yistas OF seats,
jnde- the hands OF the decorators
the place has lost its military
unitarian look, transformed by the
more than 10000 yards OF ount-
tag thar hides the roof beams,
trapes the walls and covers practie-
ally every foot OF the interior ex-
cept the windows and floor space
ME background is a soft effect
oF cream, gold and white wnici
makes an effective setting for the
national coiors displayed in count
less Arrangements, and the iasigni'
ana aoIors Of various states
The seating arrangements her
are the result of long study on I'll
architects part, aided by the prac
deal experience Of men versed /
the practical problems OF grea
conventions. This hall will sea
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