Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-17
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In reality the ordinary National con.
vention is directed along lines cut and
dried so carefully beforehand that a
slip would create CONSERVATION. Par.
ticuarly has this been.true In the Re-
publican party for a number OF years.
Moreover. there's nothing hazy or
vague about the business of the con.
vention. It's all laid out as carefully
and as completely as the program Of
a theatrical performance. and often
much OF II has been rehearsed before.
hand.
Thousands Present.
The convention that opens tomorrow
ia to be held in the great Coliseum at
Chicago, the scene Of many large gath.
erings. The convention hall will seat
some $4,000 people. The delegates
and their alternates will number more
than 1000, while with the scores and
hundreds of clerks, messengers, ser
Peants.at.arms, etc, something more
than 1900 people will be officially con
nected with the convention. There
will probably be six or seven hundred
newspapermen there, and after all
these come the spectators. Seats are
sold. Reports are to the effect that
BOOu seats nave DtcH StlllHB LOT more
than a hundred dollars each.
The business of the convention itself
Is usually pretty well laid out by the
National committee. In the present
case there has been comparatively lit.
tie chance 10 settle definitely just what
the details will be, because of the fight
between factions. There will be fight
ever both the temporary and perma.
nent chairmanships from present indi-
cations, and each faction. is working
out its own program. The faction
which controls the convention will put
its program to working, the other will
be trampled under foot.
How Organization Is Effected.
The National committee selects the
temporary officers of the convention,
the chairman. secretary, clerks, and
the like, and, briefly speaking, plans
the machinery of the big organization.
!, there is a fight between candidates.
II is usually scrapped out before the
National committee. II the Presiden.
tial nominee is settled upon before.
hand, as Taft was four years ago,
there is no difficulty about putting the
machinery together and letting 'er go,
hut tomorrow there's nothing of this
kind. The fight Is too keen.
The 1913 delegates and the 1918 al.
ternates are seated In the convention
hall. The delegates sit up front, and
behind them are the alternates in a
special section. Behind the alternates'
section Is the great, eager public. The
alternate has nothing to do unless his
corresponding delegate fails to show
up, faints, gets sore and quits, or other
wise falls by the wayside. Then the
alternate gets his chance. In Chicago
tomorrow there will be five regulars
and one alternate for Hawaii Dele
gate Kuhio is on his way to Hawaii
he will be in on the Honolulan tomor.
row, and A. Q. Marcallino of Oahu Is
sitting In his place.
Delegations Seated.
The delegates are seated each dele.
cation under its own State or Terrific.
rial banner, so that busy secretaries
in the deafening roar of the conven.
ton may have no trouble Identifying
the vote and the voters.
At noon tomorrow, with the dele.
gates assembled, Victor Rosewater,
chairman of the National committee,
will climb up on the platform, bang on
the desk, call the convention to order
and make few opening remarks. Az
ter this there is a prayer, Even the
matter Of prayer Is organized before