The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-25
HAS ASPECT Of
CHEESE FACTORY
Cheese colored Cheese Cloth Used to
Decorate Armory In Which the
Democrats Are Meet
Ing.
ARRANGEMENTS
Several Republicans Arc sIeuthIrg
Around tho Hall and Having
Secret confau. With
Bryan.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORY,
BALTIMORE. June 25.-The arrange
ments for tho admission Of the dele
gates and the spectators wero the
worst in the history OF any previous
national convention. AS result there
was indescribable confusion about the
many entrances to the rambling struc-
ture. The force of door tenders was
green on the Job. and tho small army
of police on duty spent good part
OF their time seeking shelter from =
penetrating rain that was falling
when the doors were thrown open at
10 o'clock. The big barn-like building
had been made spick and span for
the occasion The steel girders had
been covered with ochre colored
cheese cloth. while the girders were
decorated with yellow cloth and white
bunting was suspended from the roof
caves.
Directly behind the speakers plat
form was an oil painting Of Thomas
Jefferson festooned with hags and
above 1t the following motto:
May the infinite power, which rules
the destinies Of the universe lead our
councils to what is best, and give
them favorable issue for your peace
and prosperity.
(signed)
THOMAS JEFFERSON"
At the west end Of the hall where
d picture df washington hung the fol..s
lowing motto was seen:
4 May the virtue and happiness OF
the people be preserved and the gov
eminent which they have instituted
for the protection of their liberties
be perpetual"
| At the east was an oil painting Of
Andrew Jackson and the following:
who never sold the truth to serve
the hour"
| Around the balconies was draped
red, white and blue bunting. Yellow
banners bearing the state seats of the
various states were distributed at in
tervals around the balcony rail.
Although the doors opened at 10
O'Clock there were not over $50 in the
hall three-quarters of an hour after
that. This was due to the mix-up at
the entrances, when the tickets takers
could not seem to get the hang OF
their Jobs.
Three Ohio men were the first dele
gates In their seats. A couple OF
Michigan representatives next stroll
ed In and from that time on the men
who will make party history during
the next few days came leisurely
strolling in.
BY the time the rival contestants
toed the line in the temporary chair.
manship fight today 1t was generally
remarked that 1t was something more
than a coincidence that this conven-
ton held parallel to that in Chi
cago last week where a progressive
leader, branded by his opponents as
a dangerous ultra-radical, was pitted
against the best brains and strategy
| that could be mustered by the big
/ conservative business interests In the
country In a fight for control. 1t was
generally conceded that Bryan, fight
| ing against the election of Judge
Parker for temporary chairman, was
battling with almost identically the
same forces of eastern conservatism
represented in this case by different
individual field captains. that fought
4 the steam rollered, Roosevelt forces
at Chicago
1t was conceded that the Parker
forces were personally directed by
those of Ryan trust magnate and
captain of big business, who Is sitting
as delegate from Virginia. Allied
with Ryan are August Belmont, Amer
ican representative OF the Rothschilds.
and his brother Perry, delegates from
New York: Clarence H. Mackay own
er of the Postal Telegraph company;
John r. Mclean. of Cincinnati and
Washington, and William G. Sheehan,
law partner of Judge Parker.
But even more noticeable than the
presence of these democrats Is the
presence here of such republican rep
resentaticE Of stand patism as Patrick
C. Calhoun. the San Francisco traction
magnate and political fore and
Archie Stevenson, big Steve of Col
orado, two of the assistant engineers
of the Chicago steam roller
u The Bryan men charge that these
t-,,- ~.o, have atfuou