Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-09
THE DEMOCRATIC CONvEN.
TON.
Preparations at Cincinnati for
. the CrOWd-HOteI Assign
meats.
Cincinnati Commercial.l

Cincinnati Commercially
The indications are that the city
will be filed with strangers during
the week that the democratic nationa.
convention is in session, beginning
about the 18th instant and lasting
probably till the 18th instant. Some
of the hotels have already made con
tracts for accommodating delegates
and others, that will tax their utmost
capacity, while others have rooms tC
spare. 1t is rather singular that many
Of the delegations, especially from the
southern states, have made no ar
rangements for hotel accommodations.
expecting that when they arrive they
will have no trouble in obtaining all
the accommodations that they desire,
This is a mistake. Cincinnati will be
crowded as it never was crowded be-
fore in any one week, and those who
come late must not be surprised il
they fail to find places to sleep.
Some of the hotel keepers whose
rooms arc all engaged are looking
around in private boarding houses for
additional accommodations for those
who apply late and are unable to find
what they want. Cots are in great de-
mand, and even steamboat berths are
being gobbled up in anticipation of a
rush Of visitors from various parts Of
the United States. 1t is expected
that there will be a greater attendance
during the convention than there
was in 1876, when President Hayes
was nominated.
At the Walnut Street house quar-
tiers have been engaged by William
McMullen, a noted local democratic
politician of Philadelphia, for the
Randall club of that city, aboutseven-
ty-fve strong. They will leave Phil
adelphia on the 10Th, and arrive here
Monday, the Dist, about noon. They
will wear white hats and gloves, and
will occupy the first and second floors
Of the hotel. They have engaged
Curriers' band of twenty-five pieces,
and a band stand will be erected in
front of the hotel.
w. P. Mitchell, of New York, in
view of the visit of the Tammany
crowd, has secured accommodations
for twenty-five sachems at the Walnut
Street house, who will howl for the
sage of Gramercy park when occasion
requires.
In addition to heabOyethe Walnut
street house has laid off rooms for
about 100 outsiders, not delegates,
from Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.
Everything the hotel has available
has been already engaged.
Accommodations have been secured
at Hotel Emery for the following del
egations:
Alabama eleven rooms, parlor 322
as headquarters; Louisiana eleven
rooms, parlor 104. Both of these
delegations will arrive on Sunday, the
10th inst. Massachusetts, eight rooms,
parlor 208; Arkansas six rooms, par
lor 300; Georgia ten rooms, parlor
4O2; Texas nine rooms, parlor 1872; en-
gagged by Sidney B. Jones.
In addition to the above, the West
ern Union telegraph company has en-
gagged five rooms for the use Of the
president of the company.
Howard Carroll, of the New York
Times, has engaged three rooms at
the Emery for himself, s~tenographer
and attendant, and will occupy parlor
3O5.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean will have
one roOm-parlor 231.
The New York Herald company
will have two rooms and parlor 3l2.
Part of the California delegation
will room at the Emery. They will
have four of the best rooms and par
Tor 4O8.