Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-06-07
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Large Annex.

visitors.
Large Annex.
Adjoining the Coliseum on the
south is an annex three stories high
10 feet deep and with frontage Of
about 100 feet on Wabash avenue. 1t
is connected with the main building
by several broad entrances. s%
In the basement Of the annex, at
the south end Of the main building
and near the speakers stand is the
telegraph and telephone room, where
scores of special wires have been in
stalled for the use Of the news gath
ering associations and newspapers in
sending stories Of the convention to
every section of the country. In the
basement of the main building Is a
completely equipped temporary hospi-
tal in charge of rs Of Chicago's lead.
ing physicians and surgeons, who
have volunteered their services for
the occasion
The upper floors of the annex have
been fitted up with the administrative
rooms of the officers Of the cOnven-
ton. Here are the private offices Of
the chairman, secretary, treasurer
and score OF minor officials. The
convention postoffice for the prompt
distribution of mail to the officials
and delegates is in this section. There
is large meeting room for the repub-
lican national committee and numer-
GUS rooms for use of the committees
of the convention.
Elaborate Decorations.
In the decoration of the cnvention
hall the managers departed from the
long established practice of practical
ly relying exclusively on flags and
bunting to obtain the desired artistic
effect. This year, the scheme of inte-
rior ornamentation is more elaborate
and artistic than ever before, accord
ing to experts. The plan was design
ed by C. R. Hall, superintendent Of
the Coliseum, and julius Floto. an
archtest White and gold dominate
the color scheme. while American
flags, shields and bunting are used to
complete the working out of the dec
orative plan.
| Eight thousand yards of white
| CLOTH. 1000 yards of gold cloth, 5000
yards Of red, white and blue bunting
and $50 American flags and shields
were used in the interior ornamental.
ton of the convention hail. The bare
brick walls and steel Orders which
support the roof. are concealed by 26
panels of white cloth, each % by so
feet. Each panel is decorated with a
deep flounce of gold cloth. Hanging
from the roof in the center, under the
large glass ventilators, are large bars
of gold cloth. which add to the artis-
tic effect without obstructing light
and air. The balconies are tastefully
| festooned with red, white and blue
bunting, caught every ten feet with
punches of small American flags and
| shields.
The Officers.
On the wall back of the speakers
stand is hung a large oil portrait Of
Abraham Lincoln, which has been in
six national conventions since 1t was
painted in 1864. 1t was loaned to the
convention by its owner, George
Prince Of New York.
The officers of the convention are:
Temporary Chairman--Senator War
| rem G. Harding, Ohio.
Temporary Secretary-lLafayette 3
Gleason, New York.
| Sergeant-at- Arms-William F. Stone
Maryland
Chief Clerk-Edmund J. Wachter,
Maryland.
Official Stenographer-George l..
Hart, Virginia
Chief Neutrality-suspicious. j. Hanson,
Maryland.
Chief Usher-Wm. Nelson Pelouze,
| Illinois.
The arduous work of making the
preliminary plans for the convention
was in charge Of the subcommittee
on arrangements Of the republican
national committee, composed of the
following: