| Show THE democratic WIGWAM the great structure in which the democratic national convention is to te be held is ia one of those feats of rapid building for which the lake city Is noted perhaps in no other place would so great a task have been undertaken on a pled pledge a to have it completed and property pro properly perfy appointed within so short a time the nature of the case was such euch that hurried work had bad to be done and this an and other dother circumstances combined to make chicago the point for holding the convention convent lori although previous to the meeting of the national committees of the two parties it had made no bid to them nor they to it for the reason that it already had the worlds fair and that was considered honor and prominence enough for at least one decade thy manner in which the consummation named was brought about Is s told in an intel inter resting manner by a recent number of the chicago times while admitting that the reason for the choice of that city by some of the committee may have been the fact that it has such great railway and hotel facilities and that long experience had fully qualified it for the satisfactory entertainment of any number of guests it is still claimed that the primal reason was because greatness is thrust upon some cities just as it is upon some men and chi chicago CS g 0 is a conspicuous 08 ins instance ta nce of the former it is also stated as a fact that the national convention felt that a candidate placed in nomination there would start off in the race with a peculiar prestige a certain indefinable and favoring Iri influence fluence which no other city could impart st lous lou hoodooed hoodoo ed us in 1888 said one and he be express expressed eA the views of many in 1884 grover cleveland had been nomi nominated i abed at chicago and it WB against the wishes of nearly one half of the committee that st louis was i selected in ift 1888 we dont want ant to I 1 take any more risks we ro going in to win and we want every ad vantage possible poa eible to secure this was the position of a majority of the committee and although milwaukee indianapolis India napolie st Paul Pau Kansas Kanev city omaha and other cities made a gallant fight for it and chicago did what she bhe could to help along to realization the aspirations of her neighboring city on the lake the latter city was wae obreen it had been a hot fight milwaukee supporters up portera more persistent than any others stuck by her to the last four tn teen ballots were taken on the first chicago had one milwaukee 8 kansas city 18 that was the highest vote Mis massouris souris second city received on the eighth ballot indianapolis lB received 22 and on the eleventh milwaukee received the same number future vision visions of the campaign that hao had begun the day the convention con venton ended its labors nor did it end till thi the grand victory of november reflections such as ae these could only result out one way on the fifteenth ballot chicago received twenty seven votes and was wae declared the winner but the local democracy now that it had its prize did not know what to do with it the old exposition building famous for its national conventions and especially notable as the place tin in which was named the successful baand ard bearer in 1884 as well as the de feared knight from bar harbor in that same eventful year had been ordered razed to the groundland ground and its destruction would be complete before convention time but the convention was coming and inythe ing the auditorium would result in providing seats all the other cities had bad agreed to sittings for no less leaf than the auditorium was declared out of the question 80 the committee of arrangements determined ter mined to build a hall for the especial accommodation of the conventions L ich would flews 0 not less lea than people to more effectively carry forward the great undertaking the committee of arrangements appointed two other committees finance and building the next great consideration was raising the necessary money and dc ing it without loss of time it being estimated that would be required altogether with the building complete and equipped it was considered and reasonably that the sales of tickets would return the expenses of the con az tre 1 N mry ap n INTERIOR OF THE WIGWAM there were 60 votes in the committee 26 necessary necee eary to ft a choice there was wae a deadlock and no way to open I 1 it seemed at hand then brice carlisle gorman and henri watterson Wat tereon got together to talk over the situation the result of the conference was waa a telegram from chairman brice to pot potter er palmer what will chicago do for the convention ven tion if it cornea comes to you potter palmer consulted with a few of the leading hotel men man and wired back to mr brice will do as ai well as we did in 1884 that settled it visions of the gen arous trous entertainment accorded the dele sates in that year so BO memorable to democracy so BO full of promise for its ite bud bad to be arranged for potter palmer called together a number of prominent democrats and the result was the appointment of a committee of arran arrangements arrange with judge john P alt altgeld as chairman chair maD james 0 strain j j secretary and A F beeberger treasurer the committee located its head quarters qu artera at no 25 palmer house and here secretary strain i Is to be found looking after a thousand and one details or of the approaching convention the committee was nonplussed nonplus sed at the outset to know what to do for a hall the auditorium was wag considered but that would not do A chicago convention means that not low less thair 20 people demand accommodation an estimated expenditure in remodel bention itself and more it should be understood at this point that when the chicago committee concluded terms term with the other the arra gement was that the former were to provide for seating beating person including the delegate but since the building has been under under way the plans have been beeb changed somewhat and a gallery with a capacity of persons 8 has baa been put in all this room goes to the local committee and if the convention should last as long as that at minne adoli that Is i four days dayi with every seat eat sold bold everyday every day at more or low leu fancy I prices bricea it can easily be own oren that the chat chalices ices are much bettor better for a duplus than a deficiency the building committee energetic silly ally took hold of the gi gigantic gantle task taek of erecting to in time foa the convention a bu building alding no go large so ao wel arranged and capable of sustaining as well as accommodating commo tommo dating dang such a vast concourse of people the site on michigan boulevard just north of battery D between madison and w was engaged for the purpose person of A AM M allen alien architects and contra contractor a young man full of vim mud and spirit was found a man of ideas of tho the right sort and the ability to execute them his plans were adopted aad his figures accepted and he was authorized to complete the work so that june 21 the convention hall ball should be in complete readiness for the convention nearly men man have been employed one way and another on the building AVAId jug the wigwam which promises to be historic for its connection with toe the success and growth of the democratic party has hao a frontage on michigan avenue of feet Its depth is tent feet or a total ground size of square feet the building will be 60 feet high well lighted and ventilated the interior to is one vast amphitheater ampi theater the area or pit will be seated with arm chairs and here the delegates will sit they will face the west or michigan avenue side directly in front of the chair will sit the official ere rs and flanking the chair on a ther side will be the press representatives 0 i each side in all directly there will be chairs chain in the wigwam and fifty boxes the cost coat of the building exclusive of decorating anu and lighting will be the recent flurry burry which down downed edYl the contra centre pole of the wigwam has haa necessitated some changes changer and these were of course made after our accompanying pictures were drawn they were not however so BO extensive as to materially change the general appearance inside or at all outside the front elevation being as here given the pole has been kept out of the reconstruction st and in its place are several others distributed around in such mannor manner as to render everything perfectly safe which the build log as am a whole is now pronounced to be by the committee in charge democratic iamb a THE view back of the chair will be seats for special guests and rising above these will be private boxes two tiers high surrounding the pit or arena seats will gradually rise in form to the walls there will be seats divided into four sections and divided by broad commodious aisles encircling the entire interior the upper tier of private boxes on the west forming a portion of it will be the immense gallery this is fourteen feet high at the front and rises to eighteen feet in the rear the delegates de lettes will Wit enter erthe the hall all through doors opening from johl ar avenue into passage ways on either or aid fl idof 0 the platform leading to io aisles aislee which h surround the pit the main entrances will be at the end of the building on both the north and south ends of the building will be broad walks leading to the rear and at the th rear corners will be thirty two foot stairways leading to the interior the entrances to the gallery will be independent A large room directly under thi the platform in the rear of the ch airmans desk will be fitted up for the use of the western union and postal telegraph companies and at both ends will be commodious rooms one for the use of the western associated press the othar for the united press altogether SOME OF THOSE WIRO WHO WILL BE THERE there will be more clubs in attendance upon the convention than ever before graced a national convention says the times boles clubs from iowa and gray clubs from indiana hill clubs from new york and cleveland clubs from all over the country will vie with each other in the work of creati creating ing enthusiasm for the theft respective idols all the arrangements are not net as yet completed for the reception of delegates and visitors but this much Is settled the superb democratic marching club of Chicago with its incomparable leader and drill master captain james H parrel farrell will meet and escort all clubs that come to the convention to their respective respect re hotels the marching maro hing club is now a brigade strong and as many of the clubs are lively to arrive simultaneously the brigade 12 will doubtless have to be divided in order to meet and aad greet them all but none knows known better than captain farrell how to accomplish the desired results and give to the visiting organizations a tto taste of real chicago hospitality several clubs already have notified captain parrel farral of their intention to be present and the haud some apOe appearance arance of the local dub headed by a band escorting the visitors to their temporary homes promises to be one of the features of the convention not the least interesting PA |
