Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-20
COUNCIL BLUFFS PREPARED TO
ENTERTAIN RECORD BREAK.
ING CROWD.
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS
MADE FOR ENTERTAINMENT
Preliminary Conferences to 30 Hold
Wednesday Evening With Convention
Proper on Thursday-censrsssman
Connolly to Deliver Keynote Speech
Personnel Of Temporary offieiary.
Special to Times-Republican

, Council Bluffs has the honor Of enter
F., tanning a state political convention so
rarely that it can be depended upon
! none who are here Wednesday and
Thursday will rightly nave aught to
say that the duty was not we'll per-
cratic meeting is expected to exceed
! that of any state convention held in
any Iowa city in recent years. but
there will be ample accommodations fo-
Gems in any number have told the local
committee on arrangements that their
homes will be thrown open TO the Wis
iIors.
A band concert at the Grand Hotel
Z Wednesday evening viii be one of the
features OF the entertainment FOR those
who arrive in advance of the main
body of delegates. one thing that is
swelling the attendance this year was
the selection OF double delegations from
thirty counties. q means OF permitting
all who wanted 10 come TO do SO, each
delegate being given half q vote Near
ly all Of the counties in the Ninth dis
,rict made such a provision.
Committees 70 Meet Delegates.
No detail OF the convention has been
overlooked. Reception committees VIII
meet ali trains. This little act of cour-
tesy is decidedly out of the ordinary
in political convention. And there
VIII he automobiles to take the dele
gates and visitors 10 their hotels also.
TIA, incoming delegates and visitors
need make no mistake the members OF
the reception committee viii be proper
~ lodged.
Al o'clock Thursday morning, ac-
cording TO program. the district eau
cuses will be held and facilities for
them have been arranged as follows:
FIRST district. Elite Theater No. I;
Second. Elite Theater No. 2: Third.
Commercial Club rooms; Fourth. Grand
Hotel: Fifth: Ogden Hotel: Sixth, Ma
jestic Theater; Seventh. Roper Thea
ter: Eighth. American Theater: Ninth,
Eagles hall; Tenth. Danish hall;
Eleventh, Nicholas Thea,er. In ac-
quiesence to wish expressed BY the
Polk county delegation, arrangements
have been made for caucus OF the
delegation at the Roper Theater where
the Seventh district caucus will be held
an hour earlier than the others are
scheduled for.
Keynote From Connolly
The auditorium where the convention
will be held. seats 5000 people. and it
is expected from interest thus far
shown in the convention. that every
seat Will be occupied wnen Congress
man Connolly makes his address in the
forenoon % THURSDAY. Connolly's rec
ord IS expected TO be feature of the
platform as boost TO his candidacy
for United States senator in opposition
70 Senator Cummin The Washington
administration will come in for great
measure of approval and it Is limited
that some stirring WORDS from mem
beers Of Wilson'S official family. trans
nltted thru others. will &c given utter
ance from the platform and TO strike
Keynote for the democratic campaign.
Temporary Organization.
Decorations Of downtown buildings IS
under way and many people in the
residence districts Will display flags
as a signal OF welcome TO the visitors.
The auditorium will present an e!abor-
ate effort al display. In addition to
CONGRESSMAN Connolly as temporary
chairman OF the convention. as an
nounced some time ago and long
enough for the casual reader 10 have
forgotten them. the temporary organ
ization will be made UP as follows:
Recording secretary-J. II Grihben,
Newton; John DeMar, Des Moines.
Reading clerks-C. 6 Glecklen.
Mount Pleasant: John Gillespie, Cres-
ton.
sergeant-at- arms-J. ]. Lanin, New
Hampton.
Doorkeeper-Louis Eckhardt. Daven-
port.
chief usher-Page Morrison. Council
Bluffs
Chaplain-Dr A. G. A Buxton ST.
Paurs Episcopal church. Council
Bluffs.
Each member Of the state central
committee will be provided with head
quarters where conferences can be held
and where delegates and friends can
have q meeting place for appointments.
These committee headquarters are all
in the Grand Hotel. the district and
number of each room being as follows:
Judge VI. ]. Wade. national committee
man. rooms 40s-409; n. +. Reed, chair-
man state central committee, room DIV;
CONGRESSMAN Maurice Connolly, canoi-
date for United States senator. room
80; John T Hamilton. candidate for
governor, room EOS; F. c. Norton. Bur
lington, First district, room 200; ]. G.
Van Lent, Muscatine, Second district,
room 210: H A. Cook. Eagle Grove.
Third. room 23O; T. Donovan, New
Hampton. Fourth, room 321; e. r
Moore, A.nam osa, Fifth. room 323. l. S.
Remington, Newton, Sixth. room 32o;
Seventh, room 421: DR.. ]. w. Reynolds.
Creston, Eighth, room 423: J. Hughes,
Council Bluffs. Ninth, room. 425; W. I.
Brannagan, Emmetsburg. Tenth. room
427: Earl Bronson, Spencer. Eleventh,
room SIS.