Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-28
DELEGATES ARE
ENTERTAINED IN
A ROYAL MANNER
City Is Making the Most Of
Its Opportunity in Taking
Care of its First National
Convention
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Convention
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San Francisco, Calf. June 27.-l
San Francisco has opened wide its
hospitable arms and Is entertain
ing the visitors IN every conceiv-
able way. At its first national con-
vention the city feels that 1t may
have the honor of having presi-
dent chosen within its gates, and
is making the most of the oppor-
tunity.
Tomorrow the delegates have
their first meeting and get their
look at the Inside of the great con.
vention hall which stands in the
civic center. 1t Is one of the per-
manent buildings which will be re-
called by visitors to the exposition,
assembly room has been filled with
rows of chairs for the delegates
and alternates, and in the commo-
dius galleries thousands of seats
have been placed. The great pipe
organ which with a brass band will
play during dull moments while the
convention is marking time wait
ing for committees to finish work,
stands down in front and behind
the platform where the speakers
and party notables will be seated.
Electric simplifying devices to carry
the voices of the speakers to the
farthest corners of the hall have
been installed.
Auditorium Satisfactory,
For light, ventilation and general
comfort, the auditorium is prob
ably the most satisfactory place in
which a national convention ever
Assembled.
Miles of special telephone and
telegraph wires have been strung
into the section set apart for the
newspaper correspondents. lead
ing directly up to the base of the
speakers platform. and when
Chairman Cummings brings down
his gavel about noon tomorrow the
fact will be known almost instan-
taneously all over the country.
If the convention holds night
sessions, which seems certain, it
will be at work while the eastern
half of the country is asleep, be-
cause of the difference of time.
Normally San Francisco is three
hours ahead of the Atlantic sea-
board and two hours ahead of the
middle west. Local daylight saw
ing laws, however. have added an
hour, making 1t a. m. In New
York and a. m. in Chicago when
lit is midnight here.
Differences i'm Time.
When the stock tickers in Wall
street begin grinding off their
daily story of fortune and ruin at
10 o'clock in the morning, the
clocks In San Francisco will be
striking and sleepy delegates will
be taking forty winks more. When
the sunny side of Beacon street in
Boston is having its quiet luncheon
between and Q. the delegates In
San Francisco will be crowding the
palm rooms and grllls for break
fast. When the pit in Chicago Is
winding up its tumultuous day at 3
o clock the delegates IN San Fran
cisco will be taking their seats in
the convention for the opening of
the days proceedings. Things will
just be warming up in the conven-
ton hall when the Manhattan sub
ways, the Hudson tubes and the
Brooklyn bridge are in the throes
of home going rush hour, and
when the bright lights of the thea
ter districts all over the east are
just beginning to signal the hours
of the evening recreation the con-
|vention will be thinking of dinner.
1t will still be at work, probably
closing up hard days session or
going into the start of tired night
AS folks east of the Mississippi are
going to bed, and on many occa-
sions 1t will be grinding on, while
Ealf the country Is asleep.
But the news of its doing will be
flashing constantly over the thou
sands of miles of wire than span
the plains and prairie, and on to
the cables and wireless which will
carry it around the world.