| Show CON CONVENTION I HAll AT DENVER 1 One of the Greatest Structures Structures tures Ever Erected for Purposes Intended WILL EASILY SEAT OVER VEL T TWELVE VE THOUSAND Not iNot Built for a Day but to Serve for Many Bi Dig Big f. f i Future Meetings f. f DE DENVER ER Colo Cob July 7 i. Practical I teat was applied to today ny to the tho great convention convention con con- han hall which the tho people of or Den Den- con I J 4 vor have hav erected especially for or the tho Democratic national convention I Lot none entertain the idea as ns did many of the tho legates delegates t before their arrival ar ar- ar rival hero here that tim the convention con is to rn ot in a n great temporary structure baRth hastily flun flung together with frail nn and inflammable materials to I serve orve somehow for ono one occasion of doubtful acoustic properties an and scant t ty q y r z t I f i 4 iJ 43 4 4 V 9 j L E 1 1 li 1 fW U c r j J I I I I It c r rS r- r r. r S T I r j X I I I r 0 AUDITORIUM I IN N DENVER J Jk f in E CONVENTION WILL ILL BE BEHELD lif I t jj o HELD J 1 I k A o. o t t i A. A I fitness s for cv even u n a temporary purpose The first impression the stranger gets from a view of the building is is that of permanency Granite Granito and steel Itt ol brick and an concrete lIu have been use used I without stint This is first of all nfl a vast house for lor meeting of large Jarge conventions no not only this one but many yet ret to gather from rom all aU pa parts ts of the country On tho other hand for tho the people ot of Denver Donver it is 3 to be bc a home theater well weB planned convenient and of reasonable proportions proportions to house in ill comfort au audiences to be bo gathered in a n wi wideawake city cUy of nearly people Centrally Located Tho The building of gray brick and ami granite gran gran- ite ftc occupies the entire Fourteenth street half of the block on the ea east t side of at between Curtis and Champa trets ts on the western ell edge e of the business buRl busi ness Jess section of the tho city and within easy walkin walking distance of the hotels an anti and I railroads It is a massive structure ef ef- ef- ef I in d design si n and anti with a beauty of I Its own There hero if is ia entire absence of tawdry ginger Jiu er bread effects and the tho lines aro arc simple an and stately yet graceful anti and pleating pleasing Within the arran arrangement ar ar- ar- ar ran ement of tho the au auditorium appears to tot t be especially well planned to secure seC the utmost of capacity and the greatest con con- of tho the delegates and others desirous do do- sirous of seeing and anti hearin hearing The ar arrangement ar- ar of the platform and teat seating n differs from that of ot the Chicago cob cob- I ar-I Bourn ireum in that while there thero the platform p was at one end of the auditorium here it is at the side BO so that no auditor is is more than half the length of the hall hail from the thc speaker The reservation for the tho delegates and alternates is it in the t center conter extending clear across the thc hall hail the spaces for or spectators are aro at the ends and In in the ample galleries gallenes i Entrances and Exits Tho arrangement of or entrances is moro than ordinarily effective and it is said that in ca ease case e of emergency the i could be bo emptied and eW every ry p person r on r c put ut on the street treet within two minutes Fire ire apparatus is located in convenient points and aud fifteen streams of water are available a As a matter of the tho building is practically fireproof fire fire- proof the floors are aru of concrete and the Jonly material of an inflammable port is islin lin jn in tho the temporary platform and anul stairways stair star tway ways way erected for this thiH convention an anthe and the he immense amount of bunt bunting uJ used in the elaborate decorations These decorations are nrc more profuse than at Chicago in a harmonious of af national flags s and red white whito and blue streamers of Hags flats are arc 1 j placed at appropriate points point while whilo the thu ceiling ia is covered with red reri white and I blue stare stars each bearing the name namo o of a I state Lights and Decorations Over the rO rostrum trum is an immense portrait por par trait of Washington with Jefferson at atone atone done one side and Jackson at the tho other while Whilo from the tho mi middle dle of the opposite wall l facing tho the speakers i is another large ar o portrait of the late president ox-president Grover Cleveland Clevelan A cr very largo large nuni- nuni ber Der of incandescent electric lights are aro used in m in lighting n tho the hill hall the number considerably over representing a n total candle Dower of above Tb These are in in addition to a system ot ceiling sunbursts fourteen in number number num- num ber Mr and each containing ci eighty ht sixteen candle lamps A red light indicates tho the of each exit Tho exact number of seats scats in the under present arraD arrangements iv Ii 18 Z but ut in int a pinch linch more than i can bo be accommodated On The Jie ie first floor alono alone there thero are aro regu regular regu regu- lar seats platform t Accommodations tho Lilia th pl there arc are 44 I oJ fIats Boats reserved resOr for members of the na na- tiona committe and for quests guests of honor The number of seats on th the rostrum is Directly in in front of the rostrum are tre six table for noiseless tele telegraph instruments of or the Associated Press and other press pres associations and the telegraph an and telephone companies and andall andall I all these have ad additional space i in tho the basements Desks an and scats seats for newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- I paper correspondents an and special writers writ writ- ors ers are arranged in io a half circle about the rostrum in in such a manner as to give each cah writer an unobstructed view of speakers an anti and within easy hearn hearing distance dis dis- tance There are seats in this thin section see sec tion each scat sent in ha foot feet having a spare space two wide but arrangements nr ar arc made to accommodate accommodate ac ac- ac- ac 75 to more press agents if necessary The desk of John Martin arms ft and the desk of his his private secretary are ue in this section I near the rostrum For Tor the Delegates The exact number of delegates ates to the tho convention is 1002 but in the tho section I reserved for tho the dele delegates ates which is is in I II front of the thu rostrum there are 1072 I seats scats This is accounted for b by the fact that several states tates have havo selected twice their number of delegates giving each a half vote ote The section for alternates has 1003 1002 seats scats no a additions additions addi addi- di Hons having ing been mantle made by states that I doubled their delegations delegations- To the right and left of tho the rostrum a flight ht pf f stairs leads down to tho the basement basement base base- ment meat where liere telegraph instruments and pr private atc telephone booths arc are located tho the rostrum is a tunnel conI connecting connecting con con- I the two divisions cf of If the tho press I Ie e section so that if correspondents have occasion to cross from one side to theother the theother other thc they need not pass between tho the II speaker and the time aud audience This funnel will be used also b by messengers and ancI secretaries Admi Admission sion to tho auditorium can be I had bad only by ticket Officers and at- at r I I ARCHITECT SUBMITTING SEATING FLANS OP TO T t I H REYNOLDS of the Convention on venti on an and newspaper I correspondents must wear badges and arid present tickets Tickets admit only It at atthe I the entrances designated Upon each cach is I printed printe the letter of an nn entrance and tho the number of tho the section where the tho holder must sit lit Seats for the public I are not reserved cd but the seating space I is i di divided e into sections numbered consecutively consecutively con con- cly and the holder of a ticket is entitled to occupy a vacant scat seat in in tho the section numbered on the ticket All that a guest has to do is is to find timid the tho proper entrance and tho the ushers uMbers will vilI do tho the rest By t this his system the tho public i ican can he be seated quickly nn and delay delar in opening the sessions of oc the tho convention is is expected to be oi a avoided cd In the location of the delegations Nebraska Ne No- braska the state of William Jennings Bryan is if squarely in front of the tho rostrum ros ros- trum with In Indiana iana and Texas on the front at itt the left and Alabama at the II ri right ht New cw York is right behind behin Nebraska Ne No- braska an and Illinois behind behin Indiana Iuliana nn and I Texas |
