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Tbe tI t1 Is a Popular Newspaper, and li recognized as a good Ad- j vertislqg Medium ... .. . .... T'e eatntel Establishment turns out upto.date work. Estimates solicited on any Class of Printing. SEND A TR~AL ORDER AT ONCE. l THE NATIONALS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT KANSAS CITY. By Alfred R. Rowley. ,j -*9*9*9*9 For the first time In our polltei his. tory a national convention is to be held west of the Mississippi valley. The Democratic party has beebin existetne alnce 1832 and during that time has held 13 national conventions, but only on the two occasions, when they met In-St. Louis. have Its delegntes gone west of the Father of Waters. This year, however, the mes.J-ho are *t name the Democratic leader for the presidential contest of 1900 will gather in Kansas City. Perhaps there is some subtle sig nificance in the fact that the star of DIemocracy appears to be taking it way wstward. The more obvious rea son Is that the people of Kansas City were determined to secure the conve- tlon and that they succeeded. Their terms included the offer of a fine con vention hall. the adequate entertain ment of the national Democratic com mittee and the payment of $50,000 In cash. The convestion will begin on July 4. That is an unusual date, but Chairman Jones and his fellow committeemen irve good reasons for making the choice. These reasons, of course, are political. In assuming the burden of a national convention Kansas City took a bold step. It was audaclous. This new metropolis on the Kaw has a popula tion of only a little more than 200,00k cSi' 00 RUB~· Or i The ordinary convention crowd is 30,. 000. But this convention crowd which is to swoop down on Kansas City July 4 is to be am extraordinary crowd. It may number 100,000, perhaps more. Did you ever know of a young wife who had invited the 20 members of the sewing circle to meet with her and then discovered that she had but nine chairs in the house? Kansas City now finds herself in much thb same situa tion. But does she think of backing out? Not she. She is going to provide chairs for every member of the po litical sewing circle who chooses to come if it takes the last dollar in her purse. Some of them may have only canvas camp chairs, but they will gerve the purpose. When Kansas City secured the con vention, she possessed the chief qual fication- fine. large convention hall. As It to test her courage to the utmost, fate decided to wipe out this advan tage. On the night of April 4, Just three months before the date set for the convention, the hall was estirely destroyed by fire. Seldom has a more remarkable ex bibition of western pluck and eater prise been seen than was afforded by the way Kansas City met this reverse. While the fames still lapped greedily at the structure the movement to re build the hall was begun. Before the twisted iron girders had cooled popu lar subscriptions began to pour In. While the ruins still smoked gangs of workmen commenced the reconstruc tion. Since then the work has been rushed night and day, and Chairman Jones is fully satisfied that when the time comes for calling the delegates to or der the great auditorium, which is to seat 20.000 persons, will be ready for* use. But the story of how this convention ball has risen from its ashes is too Im portant to be dismissed In a single par agraph. It will be a unique chapter to convention history. To local pride is the credit due. Ton will find local pride in every Amerlean city, large and small; but Kansas City seems to have this quality Hotel Donxaud A. R. DOYN.tIV., 'Prp. First class accommoda. Lion for Commercial tra velers. Sample rooms on the premises. Lafourche Croe'ing - - La In an unusual degree. If you do not believe this. listen to the story of how this wide awake and comparatively lit. tie city of 200.00) population happened to have tie second largest auditorium in the country. The largest, of course, is Madison nquare Garden. In New York city; but, by the way, be careful not to say so i. Kansas City. On the banks of the Kaw they admit no such thing. The people of Kansas City, in the liberal sense of the term, built and own the big couvention hall. The stock is held by all sorts and conditions of pro alo. from mllilioua!res to bootblacaa -mlere are few citizens who do not hold at least one share. To make up the $250.000 which it cost went the pennies of the poor as well as the dollars of the rich. The idea of a great hall suitable to hold all sorts of gatherings came about through the annual ball of the Priests of Pallas, which in 1807 had far out grown its quarters. This ball was the annual "event" In Kansa City and al ways occurred during the tall festivi ties. It was attended by the best peo ple of the city and many from neigh boring towns. It came to the point of givlng up this enjoyable event or find ing a place large enough to hold it. and with this idea in mind the Com mercial club took the matter up. The first discussion brought out the fact that the ball was needed for many more purposes than mere dances, and the prospect of shows, circuses and other entertainments that would bring together large companies of people soon stirred these conservative busi ness men to enthusiasm. Subseriptisms to the fund began right there, and 1n no time a committee was appointed to get money to build the largest ball of its kind in the west. A subscription j headquarters was established, and busi NB of the waning industries whlch the coming presiden tial campaign will start into new life is that of the manufac tore of cam palgn buttons. The season will open briskly at ! Kansas City, o where hundreds of leather lung- L ed fakirs are preparlnlg to dlock with their wares. There will be Bryan buttons by the ton. Probably the llvellest trade, however, will be in the buttons showing the geniaLl faces of vice presilhiu tial possibilities. Then there will Iw motto nuUtons by means of which the cnrv.r can proclaim to tlp w-orll fr:'.r: his coat lapel some favorite tiiwtnl satIrlon such as "8mash thet Trusts:" or "Down With lmperialsmn" Mess men left their own interests to take up the newhorn idea. It was de cided that 2..UWO shares should be sold or subscribed. Then, when there seemed ro be a lull in sullserptions. new ideas wSre sought to keep the interest gol. CEO. K. BRADFORD. Rayne, Acadia Parish, La. Surveying, Leveling. Plantation Drainage, Maps. Etc...... Twenty Years' Experienoe In U. S. Re.Surveys. Will take work in Lafoorbe perish. Co.l respondence Solicited......... Twenty thousand buttons were printed and numbered to be sold as certifcates t' of stock In the great ball. The comn 4 mlttee went about In tallyhos, mere a nadlng the stockyards, the board of B. trade and all places where men were Ar gathered, hawking off their buttons I with great rapidity. e It was not long until the supply of h buttons was doubled, and It seemed that every man, woman and child in e the city was wearing a convention hall SNE of the biggest delega. d tioe will be that of Tim e many Hall. The braves e from Manhattan are to go to sever e al speclall chaj tered trains. o They will turn t ut in unusual a numbers despi,* the longdistance e which they must travel One rea son for this is that the New York state con f vetion has been - this year slated for New York city. which ear ed the Tn;.umany Tigers much es ,pease. The 'ammany statesman is at all times a picturesque indi vidual, but when he arrays him self in the blasing raiment which seems to him appropriate for con vention wear he is truly an impres sive personage. ftken. The people were thoroughly aroused to the uodertakin· and it be same a necessity to the peaceful per sit of life to wear a button. Restaurants induced their mis by setting aside a day when the wearers of buttons would be dined free. Barbers took turns one week shaving free any man wearing the emblem of his stock to convention all. Business men had placards printed and fastem d them above their desks--"Tou can't talk to me unless you wear a button." Trvel lg salesmen found it ncessmry to wear a button in order to do business. The saleswomen Ia large establish ments were provided with buttonm and every customer who did not wear a button was reminded that one was ane essary to make purchases. The streets soon glistened with the white celluloids, and the bearer of the dinner pall and the occupant of the brougham were equal In this-they owned stock in convention hall and wore buttons to prove it. By this and many other schemes the money was raised and the hall built. On the night of Peb. 22, 1800, it was opened. Fully s0,000 stohhoiders Is the hall beard the first crash of ousea's band from the giant sounding board in the north end of the ball When the concert was ended, the hairs and cea vas coverin were removed from the arena foor In 14 manutes, and 1,000 ouples daonced far Into the early morn log to SBoas's Inspiriting music. Thus In eight months after the inception of the Idea the ball was built by the pee. ple of Kansas City and in use by them. Their struggle to build something that. would be an ornament and an advan tage to the city, a monument that " would give the town a good name and a wide ame, was indeed crowned with success. The first ball cost ,0.00. The building fronted 200 feet on Thirteenth street and 814 feet on Central street. It was constructed of natural stone, cream brick and terra cotta. The first story was of stone In the style of the - renaissance. The second story was in peristyle form, of brick and terra cotta. The root was of copper and compoel- sd tion. The lower or arena oor was oe cupied by a polished floor 218 by 125 feet, lined with boxes. Between the boxes and the outer walls was a qace so arranged that horses, cattle or the meagerie of a eclreas could be com- * fortably stored. The main etreane was Ii wide enough so that any sort of con veyance could drive from the street dl- o rectly to the arena floor, asu in the case t of horse shows. Above and encircling d the sides of the building was the arena balcony. Above this was yet another balcony. 8till beneath the roof was a promenade allowing a fine view of the - proceedings on the aren boor. The acoustics of the hall were tested a In every possible manner and foond to be perfect. There was not a sdogle stairway in the building, and the as rent trom floor to floor was made by means of Inclined planes. The building rseated 20.000 people and by reason of many exits couMld be emptied at the C rate of 5.000 a minute. In the 11 months of the hall's exist mace many kinds of publle entertai ments were held in IL There were balls, fairs,. horse shows. dog shows, concerts and lectures. Dwight Moody held revivals there. Maurice Oran's grand opera company rang to Its isar gest andiences in the building, and Pa derewskl filled the hall with his admir But the one ambition or the thou sands of stockbolders was to nominate - a presidential emadldate within its wals. They were Just preparing to I this ambition realised when the ire oceurred. For a moment. when the people of Kasas City saw in lames the ball whichb had been their pride, they were dismayed. But they soon re covered. When the fire began, members of the direetory of the convention building were lunching at the Kansas City club, near by. They hurried to the scene. Men stopped them at every step with aubscriptions toward the rebuilding of the bail. Street railway employees shouted to them from their care: "Put Me down for $6! Here's my number," pn-ting to t~lr . caps. ?llcem.,e Aiwayis ce per In tbo e:ld that rY eeaiý i th.at onl.y f .t On&i s rttth. 'P Tºet.e, trnu tO Lame, fr- h anud reliable. Always tlb.het. Ask for Iorr*ys-ta.e no r:b:a. Sreild ADiss 1n I. ." .rs i -I4.. . I·al ?IC .& ('0.. streets sweepers ana messeanger Doys did the same. Before the building was destroyed . William B. Nelson, proprietor of the SKansas City tar, had subscribed $5, 000 to the rebuilding fund. Waiter H. SHolmes and W. B. Thayer contributed like amounts next day. By 5 o'lock, less than two bours after the fire, the t directors had met the crisis by decid. Sloag the three all important questions a that convention ball should be rebuilt; p that it should be as nearly fireproof as posslble; that it should be rebuilt in time for the national Democratic con veation. When convention hall burned, the company had $10.000 cash In bank. By the evening of that day this amount had grown to $16,230 On Thursday, the next day, a mass eeting was held, and the amount grew to $4.8000 by vol untary subseriptions. Another aMas meetain was held on Saturday, sad the subserptions grew to $52,750. The Insurance companies waived all opportunlties for delay and their rights to discount for prepayment and agreed to pay $150,00 at once. The directory sold the ruins of the steel structure to a Junk dealer for $5,000. With the caubsh io bank and the popular absacriptions, which within a week had grown to 1.00oo, the directory had a total of The plan of the new ball Is practicalk ly a duplicate of the one that was de stroyed. An Important diference is A MONO the multitudes who will go to Kansas City dar Ing the convention will be many whom the question of car fare and hotel bills will botber not at alL These are the farmers who nlatend to trek over the praires In old fashioned emi grant schooners. They will start from all sections of Kansas. and many will bea 1 present trom Missouri, Ne braska. Oklabo- r ' ma and even from Arkansas. They will lo4ad their wagons with provisions and bedding and go into camp us outside the city. In the history of national conventions there is -otb lag to equal this novelty. that the new buildlng will be as nearly fireproof as slow combustion processes, a onmomnbustible palot. asbestus and a metal can make It. The only other changes are in the placing of the stage at the side instead of at the end of the elipe and the sloplng of the top gal- A ry, which nla the old hail was flat and was used as a promenade. This will increase the seatin eueaaltv. To oe eostlased. 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