The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-04-22
WILL NOT Be THERE.
Big Guns Who Made Themselves
Felt at the Last Republican
Convention.
Soliciting Funds to Defray the Expense
Of the Meeting Some of the
Methods to be Employed.
How the Hotels Propose to Accommodate
the $4,000 Visitors Without Advance
ing rato5-The Sliding Scale.

CHICAGO, IL, April n .-Multitudes of
visitors are expected here during the
session Of the National Republican Con-
vcntion, and many delegations are al
ready engaging accommodations for the
week during which the meeting is likely
to continue As the Presidential candi.
dates before the convention will be nu-
merous, and the contested seats probably
equal in number to those of the meeting
of 1850, the deliberation may occupy the
first week beginning on Tuesday, June
Sd, and possibly go over into the second
week. The orators who killed so much
valuable time four years ago, will not
this year make the convention hall re-
sound with their eloquence Mr.. Couk-
ling occupied more time in 1850 than any
was aimed at the loyalty of the three West
Virginia delegates, consumed four hours
valuable time and then was withdrawn.
He will not grace the convention next
June Mr.. Logan, who raised such a
totally unnecessary noise over the
acceptance of the four delegates
at large from Illinois, of which he
was one, and caused q delay of pro-
ceedings thereby for several hours, will
this time be only a spectator among
Others. General Sharpe, of New York;
Mr., Hale, of Maine; Mr.. HAMMOND. of
Texas, and Mr., PiXley, of California, took
up more than their share of time in the
1880 meeting and will now be absent. Mr..
lngersol, Mr.. Storrs and one or two
other brilliant speakers will not be
officially present in June unless as proxies,
owing to the neglect in the district and
State conventions In selecting them.
Thus the great forthcoming assembly NAV
be lacking in delegates Of Glib tongues
and fowery speech, but the business Of
the convention may for all that move
along Just the same and even with the
saving OF several hours or g day or two.
RAISING THE FUNDS.
The Local Finance Committee, which
is branch Of the National Republican
Committee, is actively at work raising
the necessary funds to meet the expenses
OF the convention. The Subcommittee
directed its local branch 10 raise s=j.g.l,
but OF course the local finance people will
not attempt to secure so large sum. d.
cause it will not be required. Three
tourths OF that amount will, it Is thought.
be ample to pay for the hall, Official re-
porting, music, ticket printing, ushe-s,
etc, and to entertain distinguished
guests at the "swelp' hotels. Besides. {,
has been the custom, although Z sad one,
to tall about five thousand dollars short
OF even the necessary expenses, in order
that the successful nominees Of the con.
vention may be allowed to gracefully con.
tribute the deficiency
TICKETS OF ADMISSION.
The local finance bureau has been as.
signed 1000 tickets, which are to be dis.
trlbuted pro rata among the subscribers
TO the expense funds, and on the basis of
$4,000 about one ticket would be allowed
for each S2j contributed. This is the
understanding among the people here,
therefore any one who is anxious to at
tend the convention can no doubt secure
ticket OF admission by sending in $50
to the local committee at No. l27 Dear.
born street; but of course it is expected
That all the money necessary will be
raised in Chicago without difficulty. The
committee has thus far received $3.50.
Probably no less than
TWENTY THOUSAND STRANGERS
will flock to the city, besides the regular
delegates, and they will expect to gain ad.
mission to the meeting in some manner,
There are also 10000 curious citizens
of Chicago who will make attempts to SEQ
the great political show, and of course
large proportion of these $4,000 people
will be disappointed, because the capacity
OF the convention chamber will scarcely
exceed 10000 without a good deal OF
crowding in the press gallery and on the
stage. Tickets of course will be on sale
by brokers as they were in 1880, for many
colored delegates from the South coming
here without friends will be unable to re-.
sist offers OF So or $40 for their extra
tickets, Mr. New says this selling of
tickets is shameful traffic and he intends
TO put stop to it, but it is difficult to see
how he will accomplish this.
HOTEL RATES.
The hotels have not raised their rates,
technically, for the convention week, but
'iSS "uOpb pan DctttT suited 10 tlClr
purposes All the leading hotels have a
sliding scale OF fixed charges for board.
according to location, convenience and
Size OF the rooms. These rates are from
81 to s. per day; the small dark rooms in
the attic going at the lower figure and
the parlor bedrooms with the baths
bringing the better rate. When the
weary travellers present themselves at
the big hotels a day or two before the
June convention they will be blandly
informed by the clerks with the massive
diamonds that all the 81 rooms are lust
taken and only the So apartments are un-
engaged. Then the Palmer House will
abolish its european plan" and no rooms
VIII be let without board, as now. Be-
sidcS this, from three to ten cots will be
paced IN every room and the halls will be
Ihed with temporary sleeping hunks. All
ue regular boarders are being driven out
% mat the Chicago hotels NAV be able to
care ior The many thousands without diff.
flculty.
AN Insane Mans Freak.