| Show I e e e eI 9 I 1 I a F OOM THE il CONVENTION i i rm t OF 1900 i 1 A aJ aJA A BY SEW ELi ELL FORD Y Tb oo oo o Vt v t tA d A n A a m n June lune 1 Abort I 1 I I will II g h I r I Iii n They will pro trA J in the of I Irgo I to h 1 an I Vies nl lv hU ut t to 90 f twill m mI I bollard A As man many r re all ill br b alt 1 s A hundred or orI I 1 wig wll arve nl U a of at the tn H The other will stand rr und talk a grist t shout r I i tl II re is I add 44 to tot t Kl oril r tl qu and tt a I t f affair 1111 b be the twelfth con v nUon held by the Republican party T Aret Oil one WU belt ta Ia Pu as this Ibl on nn wl be That ht w waa In 1810 when JOhn e C Fremont WU waa Dom DomInated nomI mated Philadelphia b has not had a ar aI aM ar ar aN ar at r I I N M r t et 2 I I Ir I r 1 I II l t a aI d a I I GEORGI x If manu t k gunt st I t i It national Convention since Ince 1 1 1812 when hn Or Orant nt erns 18 unanimously re n nominated Like the convention ot of 1572 It Is II ex exP P J ted that the coming otie will br elm elmp p JJ II a grand raU meeting at t lilt the McKinley e indorsed and lId the present chief executive J t named as a to Rno teed himself Philadelphia wanted tide convention Jib much that she In each pi and Is II to lI spend nearly u as much more morein I In I or o f th the cwt n 11 Items Item of t expense l id th the ot et th tho revs hall You Y u may mayy count tin th Ih lingers ot of one lne hand the build buildings ings large and at the name time for accommodating a us na tt p convention has hils on n and New York has haa ht bu Ua tt cities have hWe come to the D 0 lure n that political conventions t l lire are luxuries They do nott not t r pov tr t I It II has haa lIMn been found t l I sa easy to put up a for tor Convention purposes Th These tt j J ry have hae often otten been mUk mUkI I ram ramshackle lackIng r a oy and all i it corn is In them th the a have v and It sudden death J 1 from o collapsed walls wall is 11 almost v that Ute the quaker may be seen from froan lay any point In II the building the speakers platform belli being placed well forward committee hi baI alto also Oven earl care careful tul ful alters the matter ot of handling the bp trow at U the ball and he arrangements are made In Inu Insure sure u order to liMit admission td t the to those or tickets and to obviate all crowding or In seats Rat The f ill I a ac It n D a atI tI in the c easier of t Which wI I rise rIM a big placard bearing the States Also DIllIe nr very much B as sections are lirt ml at tock stock exchanges I Is wet made for tor a small army rot of newspaper men en and nd lII to so that t 11 ot of the convention mI may W to the Us country countr the moment a platform is II and nd candidates Art are The ball II 4 located at and South within Jl minute ride ot of the heart ot at the city Id and surrounded by tb the various build buildings In of hia most not poled Seat at or of learning the of ani Only hilt bait a I eq art iare away I is th the ma University recently opened In fit It the late Dr Pepper and Franklin field the scene of many hard fought ale contests to directly l the street nut But a little farther arthr t rt ar eke dispensaries h ane and other buildings devoteeS devoted to Int Intellectual development National conventions are alwa always cot cost cotI costly I ly It hu hs been blen estimated that the ot of the United States spend more than once In every four years merely on the business of listing presidential candidates Thus ThIll seems improbable until you begin be begin gin to reckon up the various Items Let It U us say y for tor example that will go to Philadelphia Rach one Will spend pend on an average 2 20 In cac tare fare which the round trip and the tact fact that Illat they come com from from Maine and from Texas III ie conservative There le la an Item ot of at once In the three or tour four days that they remain In the convention city wend Wand an average ot of each There you have more Now take account ot of the telegraph tolls toile on the columns Of nes tent sent from the convention to tl very every section ot of the country In IlK 1890 It I ii estimated that the or of Ib the country paid Ald tM for their convention news new 0 and this dot does not In dude the salaries ot of the reporters There TheM are only a few ot of the expenses but you rOil can lIn see how they root foot up T Yes we e pay well for our ex cittel but when is II till the who would curtailing or of n ex What would hI he No w we coUld net spare the bl big crowds the pa pages ot of printed reports the musk the Fireworks or the These are re th the things upon whIch par IMIr than spirit feeds The Th ot of R n great t convention Is fa very simple In theory and ve very In practice In you have han the nine hundred bundred and odd delegates who meet organize Into a body p prepare a platform In which they ther set t forth the political oll Ueal ot of re party and nd proceed to bal balkit ballot lot kit for The man who gets leU leUthe the mt meat lutes VI Ja Ii cho chosen n as II th tits stand tand aM 1 hY a school boy could under understand h ut a national convention Ii Ia very different It is 18 much inure Intra subtle The which OM ofle dt gug mind has bu over oVir oth Ste the evolution ot of an Intangible and 1 I i t tv v 0 M r cb fl a la I I r 1 I ui I j I k I tJ t YI I 1 III IIII V Vl I l r rr r v ENTRANCE TO RIA AUDITORIUM I that Iha I no serious rlou I have baye ever mUM marred any of the bug Cull co coPat Pat tilt building In h J 4 I h i the dela delaI t I b by Well 1111 1 tr for the tho thoI thel l I s 1 tar fir more substantial than r I u d tr such I I h built fur for the National k It t li rem n and not lIot only 11 Jar Jarr I ulal r I hut hill I IE E C li Th A I int In t It the Ih Lunt which b td ua t 1 ill have I d Ii h l I u n main ex I rend Into ut ot of th culen 0 Iud T r a hi I 1 pare f w e 00 a I relit and n in by If r 1 1 01 j In tie tiers and the ther Y III aI let There W vr au hurl hUM press II r f n Arce a It 11 Is th the to In shape h JIe I 1 J put which Tho of the ral build building In It eady dv 11 be I by bv Ih the ot of an tit Ime u n fI vc tar art A II t I r f 1 a Irn that thai 11 a I 0 s ih r t thle r I I t l r us fr a H s 3 h nose n O ue alit he be oaf t and ral d In steps tv so 10 P 3 1 r unspoken sentiment into Inlo a well defined d the Ille struggle ot of fit tt sr 1 lItal energy rcy against a ma maw qt gt I unstable these thel things thing I enter the doing of t a political con I the deeP laid well matur sd Hi plan piano ot of which have been months In the mold moldIng Ing which hay have Oxon I II I secret secretly I ly III at nl forced upon the surprised delegates and driven through by sheer heer strength t Then seals an It I Is a half balt l lWman woman who only jumps jumpe on a chair and lad shouts and waves her parasol while several ral th utan usually calm self I men art are hypnotized d Into fob tol hr her II Iced the most toe hop hopi i or fr and yet roe highly is III that be bes s n II nl ti hi irman fit of a nation I cal In the Aret place IlIac tb the hun hon honor or r I b brit The It halman I a not nul until the convection I Is T a fur tur a I few brief boa hours he be Is III much observed o Ute lle name Is Ia on onal all al tongues Rut ut th then come the nom nominating orators With their pyrotechnics of If eloquence the fever Interest ot of the Uti and before the bE real realIto Ito It the great buh which has baa set Nt him fur T n uk b the country atry ha bas tta Ih tk amt dt The really rally Important ot of Ute the is the tho Ile begins ala kU work tong before the DOn bonn meet and nd h he I is a of every v ry moment It U Ia lit In see lion Oft thE chairman baa hu alm almost lL no patron patronage at hiss hIli command but ibis other functionary give It out In chunks ilia would be tr far more accurate wife were h he termed t the e lion business manager The sergeant at arme II appointed by bythe 1 the conventions subcommittee ot of the national committee All matters of at gen gentral general eral convention policy are dl discussed and settled b by till to subcommittee but the Ibe carrying out of the tit details tat II to the at arms solely In short the 1 is In the wa way of r dolla doing either 1 a good deal of rood good Or r a good deal chat ot of harm according to hili hb Kral rill the national Iu guard rd or of Ohio of the an u of Ih the live frost troI tb the or 01 Wade and district and lo rotary or of tJI the committee In n ft rn matye red that tbt this at active young foun 11 also allO a member of at a lAW firm Uti an his iII sh share re ot of the work so 0 that tilt two twe partners Me have no noa cause a to nom cona n nIt It If Senator 1 n II s putt puts a veto on the It l request that bb mana yeah yea campaign It Is amort a moral that Mr Mc McKin McKinley Kin Kinley will to undertake the lOul tack tuk It if the senator remains ft a Ui head ot of the committee the torts never timed ruffled Dick will be the t staff Ile He be bethe bethe the 0 n Dick was chief of ft In 1196 although h he W but an see ec rotary ot of committee the lIun Ilam Mel lnla now how consul LoP Lap iI held the title Another roan t st of the Re n committee who will be In the forefront ot of at In inJune June JUlie Is Float lItant I Postmaster General Berry S B Meath who I is chair chairman chairman man ot of committee un on and nd literature air heath Halh Is a well known newspaper e man who ho Is elated for tor higher honors bonon Then there Will be numerous old war hor hones who till be able to recall the early hillot history of the party pi pith th there may Inay be or or r two to who were actual ot of the events which occurred In Philadelphia In and resulted In n the birth r I F t 4 1 1 ic 7 y H i PRESIDENt s 1 I lah hta ta hi responsibilities ar are heavy acne nee Idel the barge noun he pays pal out In local upen expenses el be hu hs to In a measure tor Use the tutu ture ot of several times as aM touch more sad thus the total toA expenses of oC a conn con may mar be greatly increased or decreased by the lI It certainty certaInly may mar be said with truth that he must mut be a man ot of ment great reat capacity and nd unusual ex executive force torce It If the duties ot of the convention ner r Wirt CUlly II the he a have comparatively an easy time but hll hie wor work would woul be only partially done Oll were ht he to atop with bail lIall bailIn In rood good order and making the arrange w for tor the Drew for tor the comfort and con ot of the delegate is II really rallY the meet Important of 01 all Ida tasks This Involve arranging the seats In the bod body ot of the hall and the galleries w 10 that all 11 shall ahall bt be satisfied and furnish lag ial the various subcommittee rooms room and the Ilk like There Thre are tickets and bad badge to be printed and though you might not thInk ti ii this III Ia a no small magnitude out the Ibl con can contract tract for tor J printing the tic ate le Is ont one ot of the fiat attended to 10 It hat has already been looked after atler by br the Re Republican Republican publican of at this convention and probably by the cor Democratic functionary oleo have also allo to be mAde hy by the with the ho hob tIM b le as tit to hindquarters for tor the various and with th the railroads con conI I rates of elt tare fare and the running r truine Cordial relationS must t lII be cultivated with the local polite pollee awn ore firE d and the ther are numberless other ot of Ih that Ih the conventions business must se Me carrIed canted through to toI toa a I ITt tul finish h appointing of at per Mr perg g la I by no moan one ot of the least ot of his hili troubles There ore of at th these at least b fled among the various arlou Stales and nn 1 demand for tor places on the staff ot of ott t the 1 conventions manager le Is extremely extreme shall 11 ly Nominally hi he decides who ho hall s II rye 1 but actually hili hia decisions are based ul upon on the recommendations ot of the delegates Each of these Is at aI ml must t pure ure to uk nak for tor more places than can b be given and the anne has 1 a hard haro time to avoid making In rejecting those for tor whom places cannot be found the deputy and th the doorkeepers the help messengers watchmen and en are paid ald for their cervices but bul 11 the himself receives lItIf n I direct pay Ills expenses are borne 1 by bythe y I i the committe but he rot goes through h ull I the work and worry of getting the con on j preliminaries Into shape ha and keeping the lb crowds In good order r dur lug its for tor the bO honor Or there IS In It and the wide acquaintance It will trill RIve him among the prominent men of I his hili own party Because ot of these thOle things thing th the le II lein In great demand every err four our years rs un out Rome of t the liveliest fights In the his hll history to tory ot of the two national 1 have hao Won been waged over the conflicting al Uti titles ot of various candidates The man who will III act as II antar arms for tor the Philadelphia con I le Mr George Gom N of Milwaukee its II has I ability for ml Ind work In the handling r can un he be I la PJ I having been serg u of at the Jie Republican n ns I It at t Chicago In U lit et Minneapolis In I 1113 ane and at t ell St Louis in III 1896 1506 i will 1111 hl have haveth VI th assistance and advice of at Color In I IS S n rd who has ba probably had mor experience In the direction ot of conven bone than any other man to In the cotI try Among other members ot of the nub lie hem national who tho will be bevry bevery very vry eh lu In eYl lo dati during the UIt convention n Is Ie MaJor Charles DIck Disk Dick II be at all times a ahe bur m s and h bt nry moct rh he are when Uie he are a Ju Just At present Dick Is maj major r gen Iten n or of the party part The Conven Convention tion which John C Fr Pre was II mu much unlike a n na national convention In th place there were I than delegates aa and they by no means mean the whole r country the Issues then matte so have been n so 10 long dead that thy have al Olt been forgotten At the bl beginning ot of the Year 1516 there WIre were four In n the eastern the WhiP Whigs the Know Nothings and nt the Republicans The Whigs an and Democrats to tD unite against the Republicans who whon n were rUt feet gaining strength Moat of at the Know J now Nothings joined the In the Wilt wet except in Ohio r l t N a r e nUT nATO DI at on and U tit mute where th the Whigs stilt prevailed the parties were Democratic and Republic Republican an In the Iho south the American party absorbed the Whig strength The first o convention was WIlS anomalous antI lou In American It Its II delegates were wre not chosen hosen by Iy any set rule ano and no regard was Wall paid to the number ot of votes otee to 10 which a 0 State Stale was entitled All the northern States were represented John C Fremont was Wall nominated for tor President An informal ballot was wal tak taken for tor Vice PresIdent It re resulted In s for William L I Day Dar Dayton Darton ton ot of New Jersey for Abraham I I I 1 I MAJOR DICK of ot of Mr Dayton was then unanimously nominated The Tho selection of at Fremont was wa due Ju to tohle hili previous nomination by the tho need needIng Ing Nothings The Th Republican n platform elavery Ia and tie mended that be admitted as a 11 afree free State Slat Perhaps the greatest t surprise over ever sprung on a convention waa the of U Up to within II a few tew months ot of It was a foregone conclusion that Sew Seward aro ard would fould be the nominee e There wa some talk of Lincoln for tor second plane Then ili the i it t r w was invited to go east sad make mako an to the New cane before Seward made hi his an loun ment ot of the taming comIng Lin coIn had declared In U a speech that this nation nallon COUld not exist halt half slave halt half haltI t free I do not expect to see the UnIon dIll die solved said he but I do |
