Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
OZARKS SETTING
OF ROBINSON RITE
Democratic Vice Presidential
Nominee to Be Notified
in National Park.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. dFl.--Ncstling
n the picturesque Ozark foothills i'll
Americas first national park Hot
Springs is the scene of the first noti-
fication ceremonies in Arkansas for a
presidential or vice presidential NOM
inee.
Here. where the pine covered hills
Of the Ouachlta and Ozark national
forests stretch in grandeur for miles
and miles III any direction, arrange
ntentS have been completed for the OFF,
cial notification Of Senator Joseph T.
Robinson Of his nomination for Vice
President Of the Democratic party
August 30 Claude G. Bowers OF New
York. who sounded the keynote Of the
Democratic campaign at the National
Convention at Houston will make the
formal address,
The site selected for the ceremonies
is a natural bowl at one end of Gem
trail avenue. the main business street,
with North Mountain rising on one
side, East Mountain on another and Hot
Springs Mountain on the third,
Seats Provided for $4,000 Persons.
In front of the Arlington Hotel.
where Central and Park avenues and
Fountain street converge, a speakers
platform is erected. On the lawn Of
Arlington Park and the side of Hot
Springs Mountain seats for $4,000 per-
sons have been placed, with amplitiers
scattered about 10 bring distinctly To
the crowd the words of the speakers.
A national chain hook-up will broad
cast the proceedings.
Hot Springs National Park was Gre
ated by act of Congress in 1882 as
result Of survey which President
Thomas jefferson ordered in 1904
Thus to the founder the Democratic
party it perhaps owes its creation.
Party lines have been brushed aside
in the arrangements A prominent Re-
publican Martin A. EiSele is a member
Of the local arrangements committee.
which also includes: w. H. Martin.
former United States district attorney
for eastern Arkansas: w E. Chester,
president of the Arlington Hotel Co..
and F. Leslie Body. manager of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Twenty-Five or more bands must
qualify for participation in the cele-
bration by playing The Sidewalks of
New York" and the Arkansas Trav-
eler."
Seven Arches of Triumph Erected.
Across the three principal downtown
streets seven arches Of triumph have
been erected. Alternating banners
bearing the wording Our Own Joe,
Our Next Vice President. the Ameri-
can eagle and welcome sign hang
over Central avenue
In selecting Hot Springs for the no.
tification ceremonies, Senator Robinson
took into consideration the scenic
beauty Of the region as an attraction
10 visitors its accessibility and also
the facilities existing here for handling
q crowd of the size anticipated The
Winter visiting population here is about
forty thousand every year and the city
has hotel accommodations for this num-
Der without opening private homes.
Hot Springs is about seventy miles
from Lonoke. Robinson's birthplace. A
large delegation Of the nominees boy
hood friends, early political supporters
and associates plan 10 attend the exer-
cises, Among these men is y. c. Rice, /
RobinSon's boylood school teacher, now /
a farmer near Lonoke. He was at the I
reception in Little Rock when Robinson +
returned from Houston.