| Show t oeo ott ottI W t 9 09 o o 1 0 a aj I j TIE TIel NA NATIONAL NATIONALe e DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION i AT KANSAS CITY o By Alfred R Rowley i 0 it t bo 1 o o o m s o c e tt p i w it 0 1 0 0 In our political hie bla r I I he t nut firer 11 le II to bo be held p the knI 51 I valley Aller The has hal been In i 1 a ant so that time Ume ha haen haa haarO oal lIal convention but butry rO en 11 when they the th ry p I have Its delegate t of Wate This r i ee r th men bo are to top rase leader for tor the theof p I ot of 1900 will gather i iJ J r a i is M some ome subtle II 1 1 f that the star Itar of oft t 11 I rA to be taking Us Its serf JI TIlt roe more r j i t tr I ot of Itan a City r a t I secure Hut t J ny puce ed Their j a t I otter of oC II a fine eon con conI 1 t I I n II entertain th nil tom com l j of eo eon In Ind on July d n u II will begin ur I d i date but Chairman r a q t t 1 r P J 1 nl fur tor making the 01 i i i i ilent seat lent persona will J be ready for tor Ute use But the story of how ItOI hah baU MI has Nun from It Its ashes is too Im portent to h be d In a single par It will be a unique chapter In convention history To ro local pride le II lethe the credit due will end local pride In every etry city Ity large and small but Kansas Itan City seems to hay have this quality In an unusual degree It If you 40 not believe lIeve this thill listen lIton to the story ot of how this Ihl wide awake aake and oom lit littie tie city of at population happened to 5 the second largest auditorium In the country countr The largest of course III Madison Madlon Juare Garden In New 1 ork City but by the way war be careful not say laY so 10 In City On the banks bank of the th Kaw Jeal tbt they admit no such luch thing The people of City In h the lih liberal sense ot of the term built and own the big hall The stock I is held 11 by all aorta ud and conditions ot of peo pie from millionaires to bootblacks bootblACk There are few tew citizen who ho do not hold at least Iut one share hare To make up UI the which It oo cost t went the pennies ot of the poor as al well as the dollar of the ru rieb b The Idea of Ii a great hall hail suitable to hold all sorts ot of gatherings came Iame about tit b d 6 tr r rV ru V u HAIL Il Aa 1 II n nI rib A I t T t ti 1 i l lI lar I ar i RUINS OF I t l roI r ns ms ot of course courle are areg I g it Ih burden Lurden of a national Hansas K r 1 cIty It tool took II a bold 1 sou This new newn 1 n t tb Kaw has hal II a t y a more than k earl rj crowd Is ZO 50 ZOL L b nv crowd whIch d 1 n on Kiln City July 1 I r sn 1111 s crowd It ir I perhaps more rj LI r iI ot of n II young wife I ri ZO o member of the 1 i r meet with her and andr andl l I r j that she lied had but nine 1 t t City CIU no now j r II ir thE same ame situe I es she h think of barking a C h vh Ih la II going to provide a l member m of oC the po g ire i who chooses to I f teas the tact last dollar In her 1111 r m r f them may have hae only r but tho they well I Lary o r 1 lia at It y secured the eon con I t f d till the chief hlat quail x OI I r 11 convention hell hall halls h t s h n age to the utmost f j 1 I I t nut ut this nthan it fl In c th the I of f April Just n 14 n r the date lIate lie set for i Ii hall hail was vas entirety entirely I to 1 I nt k a n ro remarkable ox ex 11 pluck enter If was trio a rt II an Will by eN eNO O E t f t n waning Industries 1 lUll ii 1 uIn ba will start Into r We e tr 1 wt t ot of the 11 Of II a ato Ilca to curt tutt tr u t g j 0 LF 11 a icy J 0 G trap t T Tu t u ItU rr h 11 L I tUlu at ape apet t I L in t rub It ItI for L 4 I T I H t 7 t ri to Z II t tz a k a by L I h i I tit th I L bOI t PR e In Ca y 1 i j t t 4 I f p I lt tl r tilt r Pie I as Theo b by there means will of i n 11 t s Ir ClIn I to J f ft Nip t ds 1 coat lapel some e I 4 al slogan Such nB as e esis ip I I i I 1 sis t or flown it a w I Q tHOM tHOMp tHOMI p I 1 a 1111 N greedily I 11 a to re c N r s I Before the Ir had cooled u I q to pour pour In rule eul t III smoked Of s gangs r d the reo t II I th he rk 0 a has haa been rushed 0 r and a I r Jones I I 1 that I when the th time ir the dele g atu to at or II oto to through the annual ball ot of the Priests of Pallas which In 1897 1597 lead far Car out outgrown outgrown I grown lie Its quarters This ball was the annual event In Kansas City and al always always ways occurred during durin the tall fall festivities ties It was attended b by the best peo o oI pie of oC the city and many from neigh neighboring neighboring I boring towns town It came to the point ot of giving up this enjoyable event or find findIng finding Ing a place larK large enough to hold It and aud with this Idea In mind the Corn Com club took the matter up The Ant dl discussion brought out the tho fact that the hall was AI needed for tor many more purposes than mere merB dances and till the Iro prospect of and other entertainments that that would bring together largo large companies pf people le soon lIoon stirred those thee conservative bust busl nee then lOen to enthusiasm Subscriptions to the fund began hegan right there and In Inno Inno no tune II a committee was Wa appointed to get money to build the largest hall ot of Its kind In the west A subscription headquarters was busl flees men loft their own Interests to take up the newborn Idea It waS de tided that shares hu II should be besold besold sold or subscribed Then when there seemed to be a lull In the subscriptions ne new ideas Idell were sought to keep the Interest goIng Twenty TEnt thousand buttons were printed and numbered to be sold Bold as certifIcates ot of stock In the great rea t hall The Tho coin went ent about In tallyho sere serenading serenading the the board of at trade and all places where men were Wen gathered hawking ort oft theIr buttons with great rapidity It a was not long lena until the supply ot of buttons button were ere doubled and It mined that every err man woman child In Inthe inthe the city WI was wearing a convention hull token The people were ere thoroughlY to the undertaking and It be Caine 1 a necessity to the pm lUI suit of life to wear II a button induced their eale by aside allide a day when the wearers of buttons would be dined 1 tree frH took turns turn one week shaving tree free any man wearing the of his stock I convention hall men had bed placards printed and fastened them aba above their de cant talk to tome tome me unless you OU wear war A button Travel log Ing sale salesmen men found It necessary to toI I wear a button In order to do business The saleswomen In large e establish establishments ments were ere with Ih and I every customer who did not wear a button was that ono one was nee neeJ J to make purchase The beets won lOon glisten J with Ith the white while celluloid and the bearer of the theMMa I MMa a ll and 11 Ih the occupant of the u r brougham W were equal In owned stork t k In convention hall ball and to prove It Ui Iy this and many other schemes the u raised and the hall built Oil 04 the of Feb l 2 1 1511 It was Wal ned Fully In IntI inthe tI the hall heard the first rat crash of Sousas band giant board net he Ire Irethe the the north north end d of ot the thus hall When the concert was ended the chairs and can an canal Yes al covering were removed front from the arena floor In 14 minutes and 1000 couples danced tr far into the early farly morn mom Dig Ing to Sou music Thus Thull ThullIn In eight months after fter the inception of the he Idea the haft ball WU was built hy by tM the pee pea peale pie le of Kansas Kana City and In hi Uh by them Their struggle to built build something that would be an ornament an ahRn advantage tAg tage to the city a monument that we ild give tvs the town indeed t a oat name anda and a 11 wide tame fame Will was Crowned with The nut first hall The building fronted test on Thirteenth treet and teet on It It Will ot natural aton stone cream brIck and Th The first story was WaR lit of In the style of the ther The wu In r furs of ot brick and Ild terra cotta COUll 6 The root roof was wal ot of copper and compol lower or arena Brena floor was oc by a polished floor 13 by feet lined with boxes bou Between the boxes boxe and the outer wails AliI was war I a splice space so ao arranged that horses hortes cattle or the menagerie of 01 a circus could bt be con coni stored rb The main entrance was wal ride enough so that any sort of coil COli could drive from the street di directly directly to the arena floor as In the case or of horse horae shows Above and encircling the sides ot of the Ule building was Wal the arena balcony Above this Wit was yet another balcony Still beneath the root roof was n a promenade allowing 1 a tine fine view Ie ot of the proceedings on the arena floor The acoustics of at the hell hall were Ire tested Jn hI eer every possible and round found to tobe tobe be perfect There W was not a single lingle stairway In the building and the ae aa cent from floor to floor wu we made by means Jneane of plan planes The bullring seated people and nd by reason ot of many exits exit could be emptied at the rate of oC a minute In the 11 months ot of the halls ball exist cries ence many kinds of public entertain entertainments ments were held In It There were hall bulls fairs bore shows do dog shola concerts and lectures bt Mood held hehl revivals hero Maurice grand opera company sang ng to its tar lar largest gent gest audiences In the building and Pa filled the hall with Itil hi his era en But the one ambition of the thou thousands sands ot of was t to nominate a oan within its 18 walls The They were ere lust Just preparing to tolee see lee this ambition realized ed when the fire occurred For a moment when the people pollie ot City lIa t In the halt had een thu r pride they were wre dismayed flut ut they soon re cot ered When the fire ere brogan members of the tho directory ot of tl the convention buIlding were lunching fit at the Kansas City club near by They hurried to the scene Men stopped them at every epry tp step with toward the rebuilding of Jt the hall Street railway employee shouted to them f m their can Put me down for tor jet 5 Jl Theres res number point pointIng pointing Ing to their caps Policemen street sweepers eIB and messenger bo boys did the same G N NO N NE ot of the biggest O doua will bo that ot of Tam Tammany I many maD The braves from Manhattan are to go In sever ever several l al specially char I trains will turn lurid turnout i I out In unusual numbers despite which they must travel One rea realon rea reason son lon for tor this Is that t the tho Now York state con been this year slated for tor New r cork ork city which say sayed PI ed the much u ex expense pense The Tammany statesman Is at all 1111 times limes a picturesque Tl but when be arrays him himself self In the blazing raiment which seems to him for tor con convention wear he I is truly an alve personage Before Detore the building was destroyed I William n It Nelson NeIlan proprietor of the City Star had U 6 to the reb rebuilding fund Walter Wallet 1 11 s and iS lJ Ii Thayer contributed like amounts next day Dy By 3 let less than two hours after the firE the directors had met the crisis by Ing the three all Important that hall should be rebuilt that It should be as n as possible that It should be rebuilt In time for tor the national Democratic con oon convention en When convention hall burned the company had cash In bank By the evening of that day this amount had grown rown to On Thursday e roO the tho multitudes who A will go to Kansas City dur durIng during Ing the convention will be many whom the question ot of car carfaro toro faro and hotel bills will bother Dot a t oil These ore the tho farmers who Intend to trek over the prairIes In old fashioned ta emle e grunt nors They Tiley will 11 start from all 1111 ot of and many will be rf CAN I rl present from MIssourI Ne Nebraska braska I Imn I mn ma and oud oven even I tram from Arkansas Ar I i I They will load I their wagons with provisions and b bedding and go 10 Into camp Just URt outside the city In the tho history ot of national there SI fa noth tag to equal this novelty tt I the the next day n a mill mass meeting was hel heland held and the grow CJ to by vol volI voluntary I Another Ina mace n nI I was held on Saturday and the subscriptions grew rew to 27 The insurance waived all 1111 for tor delay and theIr rights hl to fo discount for Cor prepayment and agree agreed l to bay Gr at on once e The sold lold the ruins ruin of the steel structure to toa toa a Junk dialer dealer for tor MO With the cash cashIn In bank and the he popular the t e directory had a of The plan of the th new haUls hall is practical lya Iya duplicate ot of the Ule one ODe that was as de destroyed An important difference Is III that the new building wilt be n as nearl nearly fireproof a Ilu slow c combustion processes PAint and me meta metal ta tal can make It L The only one other changes are a the I t the stage tsIe nt at the side ld instead ot of at Ute the end of the ellipse on and the sloping uC of the top ga gallery In the old halt hll wee nat flat and was used as al n a This will increase In crease the seating capacity This le II the tory ot of hew the tho new oon renti n halt hall rose ree like the Phenix the h twisted ruins of the old haU haIJ As an what pride 1 r v t rl r u to e 1 d I l Oh 01 CONTENTION HALL 1 KANSAS SAS I I I I C aae accomplish It Is II probably un unequaled unequaled equaled Not for tor a moment did the burning ot of the convention hall Interrupt the p prep preparations p or of Canoe City for receiving the convention and entertaining the delegates TJI totAl hotel capacity ot of City 18 aa teas leu than The tour four 1 Midland the Coat Coate the Baltimore and the oll can from Crom 1100 to 1600 1000 each and only under great tat pre pres presure sure from the first It t was seen Hn that this must be a boarding houk houe conven lion So Ho the committee on public corn com tort fort went to work The city was dl di divided vided Into hats And to each was wall assigned II a l committee committeeman man lunch EAch ee co un h hap un can une e 1 bee ble tor 01 boarding hou house e these statistics have been classified and III ar aran an ed When When the car cort visitors arrive 1111 that will be ry for tor thorn to todo todo do In order to a pre to sleep and eat hi the ove rIty II will be to tomAlee tomake make mAlee t the 1111 bureau of tn in information formation of rooms will willlie willbe lie be under the fir of fella bureau thus insuring they ot of ettor tion and giving II a something to tall fall back on In cast case III he has haa difficulty In securing suitable quarters The bureau ha has sent bh blanks to thou tou sands sandi ot of householders with II a circular asking them to Nl 1111 out blanks with their street treet number ho how the house may be most mOlt easily by car clr line the number of oC rooms pd beds blI they lire are willing to place nt at the dl ot of the bureau for or then the a of oC con conn visitor l charge per 11 person and the charges i It meals are furnished Sort O the best homes In Inthe the city are to I opened to convention I The hotels hMo been reserved for tor delegates Slate Stal committees newspaper the like Ilk and they will all be full tull Tam Tammany Tammany many th the County Count Marching club of Chicago tt the Duckworth club of Cincinnati thi th Demo Democratic ralle cratic club club and Ii a dozen duzen outer other clubs which always alay attend Democratic conventions will pe e there In as great creat force torre a as Ir if the Were e held much nearer the of population The various art pretty retty evenly divided among the leading hotels ho The Baltimore has secured Chairman Chair mn man Jones Jone former Cormer Governor Stone Stolle J JU U 11 John Johnson on Sam Barn D B Cook and other members ot of the Democratic national committee e but the CoatIs Coates has hal the Ne Nebraska |
