The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-03
PREPARING FOR REPUb.
uCAN CONVENTION
N CHICAGO
COLISEUM WILL FOR THIRD TINE
BE SCENE OF GATHERING TO
MAKE HISTORY.

rht,,ao June 3.-For the third
jp,e since its erection thirteen years
tho doors Of the Coliseum Will
~. thrown open June IS for the ac-
uumodation OF Republican ma.
,o.al. convention. In 1904 the Re
.,,,isaus nominated Col. Theodore
Roosevelt for president in the build
us aud in 1908 under the same rCoI
William II. Taft was chosen as the
l,1 ! standard bearer.
I'M, coliseum is on Wabash avenue
o.Nrau Fifteenth and Sixteenth
fa,ts. less than mile from the CEN
.,r ol Chivaeos retail shopping and
NOTED district and is accessible from
ua,ts of the city by elevated roads
d surface lines. The Coliseum is
.rs tcrI long, 20 feet wide and 40
,,t II height, built Of stone brick.
ana concrete and is tlre-proof.
i, stands on ;he site of the old LIB
nliSun which was brought to Chi
20 from Richmond, Va, in sections
;ad rebuilt the year OF the world ;
i.J. hy Charles +. Gunther and used
exhibit a valuable collection OF
,4n war relies. t is of modern Ro-
auosuie combined with the English
,.,tyllated type of architecture and
, S>ou .uuu. II has been tn"
eup OF many notable asscmblases
II has eleven large exits and can be
,npliod in five minutes in an emer-
A,nry.
The subcommittee on arrange
,neurs of the Republican national
committee under the directions OF
"a. Harry S. New has expended Sio.-
oon preparing the building for this
,,ar's national convention of the Re-
publican party. The building has
linn seats of which 1888 are on
Il main floor and $500 in the bal
,ouy.
The speakers platform is built
AGAINST the south wall of the struc-
tire and extends across the entire
width of the building. 1t is 20 feet
deep and contains l,932 seats, which
will be occupied by the chairman, Of
i.cers of the convention, members OF
tie national committee and dstin-
gushed guests.
The seats back of the chairman S
table will be slightly elevated. Di-
r,r,ly beneath the chairman table is
q space for four noiseless telegraph
Instruments and their operators, by
which news of the conventions pro-
eeedings will be flashed to the world.
On both sides and extending in a
half circle around the front OF the
platform are seats and tables for 400
working newspaper men and corre-
spondents from all parts of the coun-
'ry
Directly in front of these are the
Seats for the LOIS delegates ar
ranged by States. This space will be
enclosed by a railing and closely
guarded by large force of sergeants-
alarms. Back CT this are the seats
Tor the 1,07S alternates enclosed by
railing. On both sides and in the
rear OF the space occupied by the
delegates and alternates are $500
e.evated seats for visitors. At the
north end of the building a special
"ahdstand will be erected In the bal.
e"ny. which extends around the four
walls OF the building. there will be
-'n seats for visitors.
To avoid confusion in seating the
'o"d each entrance will be placard
90 showing the sections for which il
"'il be used and each ticket will beal
NE letter of the entrance for which
Is intended. By this plan dele
d'es and visitors will enter the doc,
"'arest the seats assigned them.
Inc Platform. aisles and all oper
VIII be covered with mattin.
INSURE the maximum Of quiet Will,
Ne convention is in session. Fiy.
lhGr"d public telephones ard larg
''a7eT of telegraph instruments ar
installed in various parts o
-" hnildins for the accommodate,
'-iesates and the public. Archi
Arthur G. Brown has arrange,
Eats in such a manner that tn
-.a'fman's platform may be seel
every section of the large hall
seant-at-arms William F. ston
- De assisted by a force of so
pu'E sergeant-at-arms. doorkeeper:
continued on Para A.