Show t 1 II J HoW N g Millions illions Are A re Spent w For National Rational Convention un n n n t 1 r country Is getting ready rendy rend 1 TIllS THIS to spend rather Inure more thun a af f mutton million III II lion in nominating n a candidate for the pre d K deney In ten less than 1 a week Hk pk from now n w I 1 nt nl In It dm the three or four Jaye lay Ia be br beginning ber r ginning Juno Jan 21 when the lh Ih national Kc Rr j publican convention In IH to 10 he be held In or four tour days 1 beginning July 8 6 at al least Irani Irn t as ae II much will be tIe agent i nt for a n aft 1 ft fr like purpose r by b the Ihl l convention to be hI held In St t Lout AM As AMft ANthe ft the Democratic convention likely IIII l tl ti t ho be the th l moro more exciting of ot n f the IW l w f ant 11 r l may lust last longer mOT mor morn money will probably pro ably bo be spout in III St SI louls OUIA than thu In ht hi hl hlf f 1 r 1 go It U cost eMt t two to o mil lIun dollars to place the tho IMO t a leading p e con t o 8 before be tore Iho tile pee peo people peel lle f ut l Ii this his t big id mini aim t will wIl I be ld t larger RIt if It should ho hn hotly contested These II i may lay but hul here ore are a 0 f w r 1 toels to hear Dear them out I It t In III tilt the first Bret place It will take between b I stud and men II and ami women to run 1 tho the and report import Its Ita proceed Kayo a II writer In III the n 1 I 5 City Star This Thle army will 11 be di dl divided vided Into OVI dM es of ut which tho the will li bu tenet moat 4 numeric ally UK tie welt IB 1114 They Th y J will number about 2000 MOO half being mac c ci i trial wal and wl half hair To Toe f e lio be exact co to for tor an uc U the th con conI I In le j concerned rnell there th re will 1 ho bo front from the states on nn liver aver average ngo age fo to tour four endi from limo tho MX Ix territories of ot Alaska Arizona New Nets Max 1 s leo Ito end and Porto oleo lUu or cr SI 24 t In Ina Int all a making a 11 total of ot or 01 ti n grand grund to too todal o t till dal nC tit delegates and tit it 1032 1932 1 Tho The next clans tint the conven convention tion of ot the tho convention r at which IH In moro more mind sometime s tee less than thun a n thousand Thu Thua 6 a al 1 le the tho hUll bus huss s manager of or the tho convention For Kor J political lad localise the room main hers bare of tit hl hll stuff servo mostly without pay IY ho li la allowed to appoint ns ne ninny many nil na n ho be chooses and the various i a commit Icemen iIi liR ti H and other po ito political pt pr r On lI may inny demand Ills Ille IlleN i N convention Blurt Includes deputy ser Helmets II nil kneed on 01 th the tho of ot punt poet t ll t there will willIo willbe 10 Io 00 M ushers in f r BM Jeu and t V h nil all told and there may nay h Ito he mars r Is t No Next t come ome the IIII men and r r anti me enK r f sill rill hI bP about 11 n thousand of ot off f r them In III nil all between een oo and ami 1700 00 press pr II res ss 1 rant arc Irl alway reserved In III the conI Ion con r I hall with tie that thet nt It l tenet n t halt nt f th the retire the In the will do I their work l than In III the hell hll nt the till hotels hotel III II In a eta eti 1 1 bly the number of nr V working talk fulU nt mil limo V may moy not be he moro more f than or too 00 but hut tit III t 1 u n t F n I reee ere given out always a II very pry ty proper S lieu going to w of or country K and eale VL Last routes time rum t jUi and it le III very H e oun Indeed It II et I tl ns t the ha 45 I Ith 5 th in number one oar from eneli Cosh their V q 9 unit and I Ithe y the working e ton forc force i nf tit t the nt Inc ns trop from hili hie I convention ro t I tic the employee at lit tho the f 11 various varon 8 mud Y nil all not These o latter world swell the since to MO roo at nt ut lit u a 1 convention y before which candidates ele to tobe tobe be hE placed In lit nomination na ns may moy be the therace race rase fit Ell Bt Nt this thie year nr I WHO AUK AIm lU UY IY In tabular form thone thoe who will devote the major of at their time lime and energy to the invention convention HI IU u n during Ito Ite continuance may ma b biJ be represented a as mid and 8 2 2900 Deputy I n 2 Doorkeeper pcr lf I K h r er r men irn lt nm lw women m P a e n rr PA 1 re article h K r nI snot um pct eel I J tW f dA I com oom t and nil Inter roe n MO SCOT MOrIA T rIA t l M t tI For Tor I r many yens tho Iho direct of ot the national convention have hac ben been paid by hy the cities In which the Iho conven done have been held read reador read or ore au generally are familiar with the thin ii bide riot put In ht for the conven convention tion by hy New York Chicago Ilo phia HI tit and other please the tho hills of 01 la late to yearn have hoo ranged tram from 1 Y IS 15 CANDIDATE i f eoa tas Asp 9 vy y t T J 1 I f i a r o d dV db dh V b h Re 99 ri n OT fil U rIn a i J s George II B orl lyol 1 ii tl II r most recent addition to 10 the nil ne Seen fleer SeenI tAr of ot time tho Department D of I and Labor t It 11 I others him hini tot for chairman but ho ID he bitterly up posed by b Joe Jop Cannon and on l lothers I I to 10 ST and have B been largo large enough to pay ay nit nil the tho Je I i of ot the lime convention proper with n II email a a The heaviest t item item of expense to 10 be bl mot met by hy tho the convention city IB in the of the convention hall This year both bolh convention will ho hp held hehl In ht that I have been used lined 1110 for Mm elm liar before h torl but bu t tome crone the lull hall I ban hae to 10 hI be built flan the ground up liP In lu n 1000 1 OO City had to da do this Hila for tor forthe the Iho Democratic tic com convention cut Inn The Tho Bret Ott convention hull wall une sa burned three before tho the convention date and nn the new one wan wait ready on time non Ien when whon there here la Is a n good genii convention hall In It always tune luti lutito to 10 be rl UN and name eons timed tide this means the entire rebuilding of ot tho the Interior Tho The seating coaling II nil have hap to 10 be b remodeled mind and the tho lighting hn hoe to bo be modified Special BI rooms for tor tel tal writing rooms for tor corres corros correspondents end A n have to be to and n hundred other thing have to be he done which would not occur to Ig t the tho ordinary mind hut but which men who 1 hll are convention wire know to ho Ito positively things are nil looked after atter by hy bythe the Iho convention at arms lie die loads lends lon an nn life lite for tor week In nd 0 of ut the withering gathering itself anti come times time hoe has of ot carpenters Plumbers anti oth other r working for tor him many da Uke Ids convention staff elat the B ner r nl nerves without pay pey though hid hla are met hv by tho the In lo eel rAl fund foul and the pay nf ot the Ills hi antes amro force fores conies from rain the thu now na tie oleo do dothe the limo of the national committee Ie When ns on n hap happen pen renn tins tIll of or the conven olwen convention cp tion tinn city ally do In not flat Iho mho convention proper the In he made up liP from the Iho regular campaign c funds of ot time the rho The hotels hotel anti other re refreshment reo freshment plume get the tho bulk of the tho money spent by lIy those thoMe oho 1 lio ho attend th the convention ABOUT tOMB tOMIO lO m AS 8 VISITORS The average at nt national convention has been Iy ly e hy by experts and probably by most of them thorn Ono PH tic Of ot anti even eson sonic pomo H seem IIII to the novice by bythe h bythe the crowds which Hock to tho the than but tho the majority of ot the tho convention crowds croll l II Ic made up of or loon local peo people pie Rearing thU IhlA In III mind anti taking Into the violin view of the tho roll rail railroad road men who ought to lo know knoll It ll Is safe Bate to put down doun till the attend linn am II lit 10 for tor finch each delegate and niter alter nuts Hay or thereabouts thereabout With tills till nn ne a n basin hul come gome Idea inns mav be hI ob obtained tamed as to the probable amount o ot of on nn the convention It It III ii safe to 10 assume that the average round trip railroad tare fare paid by b the tho who run and report the tho convention will be he 15 16 each ench or some of ot them will pity tay n 0 Rood good dent more for tor they 1111 coma from final all 1111 part ol ot the Ihl that time the visiting at lit attendants peg pay 5 I In lit round trip farce foren each or NOO tOO all nil 1011 tor the The returns to 10 the hotel and outer ibi r purveyors will f t I miKh larger oven If the convention ln In Int t only Iy three days This will ha be h Iti its minimum length no matter matler how holY peace peaceful fut ful HI tin deliberations Figuring the hotel amid aud other expenses of ot time the people tI who sill 11 run r report port and attend the convention con at 10 n a 1 dl lIch each the tho total will be and th the grand total of ot money moner rold to th the rail railroad railroad made road 8 anti and nn tilt th city will be Ac Accepting this thin total which Is In under the probability tro even een should the b h be a 1 short one na liS correct It U will 11 b be ba bal e teen l n that the money put up by b the city ell and the tho railroads to run the convention con proper le III s tees lefts then than 10 per cent of ot the thu returns return In this thin light lent th the Investment seem foolish It is le not possible to estimate thi R 1 I i tt Ir 1 r w 1 aft y yr v r r t tI NA I r A rt I 91 T f 1 L F TilE THE COLISEUM CHICAGO SCENE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION probable cost 10 1 of ot reporting the tho convert conven lino BO Pa simply These Thep The figures cd ed It by Melville U li Stone Stono general menu gri K i hots ho how hol much It east cost the Asso ARO i la lilt Id Press Irp a to report his lne con convention of ot ISM It pUb i ion on an i j s 8 In tie ia nt 14 4 and ond 00 Ou d 3 1 U Total K KA A AI thoro thorn will probably be lie only two bur big conventions thin year ur mid the Ho Ih an convention at le let lesal it will be bt ft n 1 short hort one the thi th re N s II will probably he bu called upon to 10 expend expand not Ines m r than in III convention report ji it g It takes n bout 10 stenographic ro and U 16 I correspondents amid edl Inn to 10 cover tov r o a for the tho A As II 14 III Press and as OR the thc figures given Riven nl llO e show phol the tho cost coat oslo of convention re rp reporting porting Is he In to Ir t ratio to the th length of ot the gathering Nc Nr N rho irl nil 1111 II the thi bur big hl dally lAII 1 of or the Ih dep dept n i upon the AH Asso Am O Ires 1111 f fI u ti th ii I I i tl tle u report though t some mp them h other Noun HoUr and ami th there ie are oro at lit least that send from tIO nm rot to 0 10 or ir If people or of their own 0 in n 11 to tilt the convention city to tt tl do to stunts Iun of vf one aile sort or another At Al n a I low estimate ellma In these pa na pore will spend for portal l ll re reo hone telegraph nils photographs phe etc besides there will be Jeo special x tore ture extra wires Ire the like Ilke hiller quite outside tho tint service of ot nt nl tenet To the Itemized cost of ot n II national convention will be beabout beabout about nn RB al at the least beet exp ni ti proper It I Ifor for by b tho the and the convention city cl S tort fart of ot delegates lIter alter n erRe nt nl al con conent v vent linter ent J In n staff slag newspaper m cot en n national anti AnI others In the th miscellaneous chase 10 Otee people In ht nil All nil nt at It IG MOO tille hiie of JOI 0 0 at nt 0 t 4 e ch lI II Id til lel I other r nt of Ot 34 1000 f nil 1111 visitors tIC hone p who run tun and those who report the 1 three days nt lit JIO 10 a n day do dl each 11 Cot Coit of ot reporting th tile this convention Cost tor for Associated A Prow fru ile ill 10 XI for outer other new nerve fit ns end for tor n news newspapers III w JO pa papers l f telegraphing I n mud and 1000 Total This grAnd total of ut for II a convention l I Is nt at the t e rate fate of ot a 1 day 11 or about tine one third thirl us as touch much ua IiI It cost coat to carry carr on the file war with 1111 Spa In CHEAP CH AllN IN Tilli EARLY DAYS It wan Mas different In th the early days of ot the republic Only the tho expensed of or opening time tile pone polls and counting the wore were I re In III the election of 01 Washington ton which was WAR none at tit All nil for Cor his hla nomina commit nomination e elinn lion linn for lor there was wan no nn other candidate And next to nothing In the campaign which hud hod to I do with the for vIP vice president only of ot whom there verc cloven Hut with lIh the birth of or political parties the cost of tit nomina and ami began to grow crow ro I h held ld since ainee then WHO IS LINCOLN The national convention of ot th the party put as wo 0 know kno It today W was 1118 B held In 1868 18 S two years lOB lees than half a century ago ogo There was no an great contest over the tho nominee John C V the first ballot bal ballot Fremont Premont being named on I Ilot lot and receiving UI votes ol to ta 19 for tor hl his hla chief f and now forgotten contestant I Justice McLean loLean It was wan In iii that con oon convention that the name of ot Lincoln was Val flint limit heard hear In the east It was mentioned men mentioned when nominations nomination for the tho vice presidency were In order and It elicited the famous Inquiry Lincoln Lincoln Who U is heIt he heIt heIt It Is believed helleved by many renders no nn doubt dOli lit that the national notionAl Republican convention this year y ear ar will be beof b unlike most nf of Its Iti predecessors Its It II work ma 1110 may be he predicted with something up certainty rt hut but this thin Is not the therace race There Phere wee a I spirited contest In to 1860 1660 though Lincoln won on the third ballot but bul uteri there was wail no real contest In to InI I In 1 64 1 the MOll of oC Lincoln vw wM thought nf ot seriously for a n the only roe I moment by hy the ans and In 18 1861 69 I F J I i r f N d alit t ta A 1 l t yr yf 1 ehr h IV t Y 4 rA p f t 11 i I i f at VIEW OP OF THE TIIE COLISEUM The flan list tin 1 convention to nomi nominate onto nate i t candidate for tor the pres prec dency v wn Ivas a hold heid by It the I 72 years yian 1 tin ago ao after aCI I seven ven chief e had been placed In the presidential chair chin the Bret national political convention was 88 h held ld In III 1830 by bythe the thi party puit Delegated front from only ten stas attended however but lit In lUI 1621 the p party lIart rt held u a second convention and nominated William Witham In n the name cattle year the national urt known en Whigs hI held a II national convention a named Henry H nr 1111 Ui lay The th first really lellI and well organised d national nominating convention Invention was held heid hy by h th tho tho Democrats Democrat e In 1832 2 and It t nominated t o mho arc 1 Andiew An Jackson for tor his hll second term It adopted the two rule Title which hns been heen followed by b the time Democratic party In its conventions ever silica Inre Though this thin rule has hili never eer beell be adopted by b the tho the essen essential plan of ot the Democratic 1 national convention of oC 1822 worked BO so WIll well that It U has been followed by 11 all ail tin thi th national s a nomination was is al ns ne much c 01 of n 1 foregone conclusion lie as can possibly po III I b be now In 1872 1812 tho the conven convention lion tion was ns merely a formality a sort Bort of ratification meeting for Grant wee was again the unquestioned choice of ot lute his party ns as he afterward proved to bs be h of or the people joPie In 1870 1810 and 1880 1580 however the tho Ilan national conventions were ere crone i of ot real struggle Blame DInino was waa nl the |