El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-12
Actual Work of National
Democratic Convention
Has Already Commenced.

Baltimore. Nd. June 12-OnIy part
Of the work accomplished by the Dem
/ ocratic national convention. which
/ opens here on June 25th. viii be per-
/ formed in the convention hall The
! results viii appear there, but before
! these results are attained light VIII
I burn far into the night at various no.
| tells and office buildings throughout
I the city, where convention headquar-
/ tiers have been established by the ma
/ uOnal organization ande the orSanlza-
/ tiOns supporting the candidates Tor
1 places on the national ticket
Law UztO Itself.
political convention is a law unto
I itself Without leaders and committees
! to plan their work the great body OF
delegates could make but little mead
/ way, but even the most astute leader
I cannot always know when the dele
! gates viii upset carefully prepared
/ routine Nevertheless, until the dele
| gates ballot and one Of the candidates
/ receives the IWO-thirdS vote necessary
for nomination, those who are trying
TO learn in advance what the result
I VIII be viii watch these headquarters-
A national convention has been Ik-
ened 10 great engine in which the
Z fly wheel IS the national committee. the
governors the committees on creden-
tIals and resolutions and the fuel is
Z the body Of delegates which supply the
motive power, controlled and regulated
I by these three committees
committee Has Mem hers.
The actual work Of the convention
started here when members of the ma
uOnal committee began to arrive. This
committee consists OF % members one
from each state and from Alaska, Dis
| trict Of Columbia, Hawaii and Porto
HlcO- Its quarters are at the Hotel
BeiFeuere, situated In the Mt Royal
district vi thin walking distance of the
convention hall The two top floors OF
the BelVedere have been engaged Dy
the committee. including So bedrooms.
many with sitting rooms attached In
audlllon, the committee has taken the
Motel banquet hail for its sessions In
this room the committee goes over the
papers filed by the cOntesting delegates
and prepares the temporary roll of the
convention This roll viii be used
when the convention is first called TO
order After the committee on ere
dentals is appointed those who are
dissatisfied with the ruling of the na-
tlOnal committee viii take their claims
DeI0re the new committee.
me committee on credentials, and
Jle 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 commit
tee, and some in the rooms assigned TO
them at the convention hall
Next 10 the rooms engaged BY the
national committee. the largest reser-
Eat1on at the Belvedere has been made
BY Thomas Taggart. national commit {
teeman from Indiana. For the mem
Ders Of his committee and his friends
M IaSSarr has taken so rooms in the /
main buildings. with accommodate On.s I
Tor % persons more in the Annex. and [
the blue parlOr' on the second floor
as state delegation headquarters.
Where Candidates VIII Hold Ont.
4eepresentatlTes of the candidates for
the presidential nomination will be J
early on the ground and all of them I
engaged their headquarters months /
aSo- Several Of them have taken suites I
OF oIIlces In the downtown business
secuon, as well as large blocks OF 4
rooms IN the principal hotels The
Clark campaign committee has offices
IN the Aunsey building, corner Calvert /
ana tayette streets. Gov. Harmon's I
managers have suite in the Equitable /
1 U1lLuILS' across the street, and the
LsOn committee has leased an entire
small building q No 10 East Lexington
street
The Underwood forces are the only
ones Inat expect to have a whole hO-
tel TO themselves. They have reserved
an Jle rooms and parlOrs in the EutaW /
mouse, one of the older hOstelries at
the corner Of Eutaw and Baltimore [
streets This hotel was badly damaged
py IRE few weeks ago. but il is ex-
pected that repairs viii be finished be-
IoEe the convention opens.
The hotel headquarters of the VIII Z
son Harmon and Clark workers are IN
the emerson, at the corner Of Calvert
ana CHARLES streets, in the heart of the
business district and only half a block
rom the Munsey and Equitable build
inss- The Wilson committee has the
banquet hall and parlor on the mezza-
nine floor and IA bedrooms. The Har-
mon men have Is sleeping rooms and
paIlor on the mezZanine floor for their
meetings.
Two of the notable figures in Balti-
more during the convention viii be
w imam j. Bryan and Alton B. Parker. .
the former thrice and the latter once )
the choice of "a Democratic presidential 2
convention Col Bryan comes as a del
lElLe from Nebraska and IudCe Parker {
l5 a delegate from New York The Ne .
oraSkan and his brother have q suite
AZ the Belrcccrc adjoining the rooms
pr the national committee, and the Ne Y
oraska delegation also has quarters in ,
the same hotel Judge Parker viii u
stay at the Emerson, where the New q
York state delegation viii make its J
leadquartcrs. although not all the 80 I
delegates FROM that state have been J
able to obtain recommendation there. l Z
Tammauy Has - Rooms. :
Tammany hall has taken % rooms at n
he Emerson. having abandoned the Z
,lan OF coming 20 Baltimore on a bis p
steamer and using the craft as a hotel a
Turing the convention Other celebrl- p
les from the Empire state who have &
suites at this hotel are Gov Dix u s "
senator O'GOrman and Charles ~ Muir q
lhy, the Tammany nan leader Col q
George Harvey also has announced his ],
Intention of staying there The rooms Z ID
# the New York leaders are expected I,
% become one of the important Skin "
niSh grounds OF convention week. since ID
his state sends the largest delegation Il
nd It's represents come unin- Z s.
tructed. Until developments in the a
CnFention hall itself are conclusive -he y
CELEBRATIONS of the New York leaders w
nd conferences at the headquarters q
II Mr. Bryan are expected TO attract q
he greatest attention a
Heart Quarters a Roof Garden. n
The most unique-and If the weather u
s very warm the most comfortable r
quarters In Baltimore have been en- c