The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-07-21
THE RIo CONVENTION,
A Crush At tho tAatels-The Largest

h'p'a Crowd on Record. A b !.
For q week past the rAriou, hotels In the
city have been busy preparing 10 feed and
lodge the hundreds Of delegates and o.hers
TINT wilt be here this week attending the
Democratic State Convention. Although
the convention will not be called to order
uuth "wednesday morning, q few delegates
hays already arrived, and by midnight to.
night 1t Ia probable that q msjoyity Of the
prominent Hghts Of Democracy In the State
md tho strikers and whippsra.in will be OH
hand ready to receive the delegates 40 thsy
come In. Tuesday the delegates VIII con,e
pouring III. and Tuesday night will witness
such log rolling and wire pulling 90 will
knock the memory Of tho two last suatorial
oontss,a oil and cold II Ia going 10 be a
big delegation; probably the largest ever
held Ia the eta,e. and how 10 p.ovids for all
who will DO here has been pr1ztipg the hotel
proprietors. For over two wee s pnat letters
and kilograms have been pouring In from
delegates aud candidates engaging rooms
and beds. NHS fsr-|5 =. -
The Mcclure House will be the hradousr.
ters OF the atats Executive COMMITTEES, and
the big cruoh will DO at that hotel. It will
be general Headquarters for sverv one-a
palTer House on u ANAL sea!e. The com.
mittes has been assigned tho one largo and
,wu small rooms In the northwest corner Of
tos upper DOR. Several Of tho candidates
will also have their headquarters there. A
clerks tat all the rooms had been engaged,
many OF thom with extra cots an d matires ses
and that by to-day they could only ktstgn
mattresses 10 those who apply for lodsing.
These will b. spread In the parIors aud on
the hall floors.
At tue slamm House the pGrlors will be
filled with cots and the regular boArders
doubled up. A large number have already
engaged rooms, bome Of them for over four
weeks past Some Of the upper balls csn b
utilized for placing COTS In at this hotel II
eoss wilhou. saying that the house will be
Tns Howell House. situated on Water
strset, betweett Twelfth and Thirteenth
s,rssiy, had al its rooms engaged week ago,
bat MI. W. B. Howell the nav and enter.
p!islng proprietor, has chartered the side.
wheel steamer Chesapeake, which has bssn
aid up ,undcr the bridge, and will have her
dropped down 10 point opposite his hotel
In. the s,a,eroonis and cabin lsrgs number
can be lodged, who will secure thclr meals
at the hotel. .U..y apl
| st ths st. Charles, corner Water and -Four.
tenth streets, nearly all the rooms have been
spoken for. The boarding-houses will all
have their quota, atdR number OF private
families will entertain their friends, who will
be here. One thing appears to be certain, and
that IL, that tha city will have 10 do her ut
most 10 entertain the strangers that will b:
within her gates during this week.
A Prospective Row.
il There promises to be jolly row at til.
start over delegates tickets Nearly ever,
county in the State he's appointed twice a
many delegates as she is entitled to, and II
, many instances three and four times a
many have been appointed. Tbs Register,
making mistake In appointing 80 man,
do egste, to the 8tats Convel ito !. and ths
In order 10 be accommodated with seats OF
the door OF the coIventien each count,
, H4Uli have to felec ilst the uumbsr OF dele
. gates to which 1t Is entitled.
The Fairmont lnder thireupon iudulgca !,
few tarcas'!c Temasks about Whaling haE
ipg "bit OF more'n she can ehaws' md lay,
I'VE are cory TO inform tho Register that In
various counties will insist upon sending III
delegations they have named, and II Vice!
I ing cannot accommodate the Convention
: perhaps the Convention csn fad atandin
room in the adjoining States OF OHIO an
Pennsylvania. Certainly III effort to abridc
or limit the number OF delegates will not
successful. Marion county will DO repre-
; sented by possibly l50 delecstea, and the
will all c1pec. to t!nd place on the floor q
Tie Convention. Otherwise there will b
/, music in the air"
, This being the case there will probably b
! music. The proper committee hiss ta,
| trts SYfn a ~
6l2 tickets, Just the number OF delegates the,
. ai:ould DO ii the convention. There will b
= distributed to the various counties accord
!, ing 10 the number they a!s entitled to on tn
, basis o.; the vote Tor Governor jackson. Tt
= vsrious delegations Can then fight ovor tn
tickets, and in counties where Wilson an
! Faulkner are about even. he fun will In al
probability be fiat and furious. Tho PROF
poet is still more entertaining when 1t 1
: thoucht what rumpuB 1t would cause IL il
suoh osseu all the tickets should b capture
: by Faulkner men or Wilson men.
:; The committee having the tick cts In chsrs
, claim, It ia Understood, that 1t IVES compell4
10 arrange matters thus in ortar to hay
things straight in Was .ington Hall Wsdne;
Q day morning, The hundreds Of delegate
! appointed could never be handled In th1
' place il all were allowed 10 sit and vote.
Il How tho Del. gW,es VIII Come.
The value Of the Ohio River road will b
] plainly nhown this week. The river Is g
low that we're it not II the railroad but
7 slim delegation would represent We,zs
I Tyler and Pieasants counties The railros
will bring them II, however, aud p,obab VII
! droyes. Tho Wood county delegation vii
also come 10 over the new road, aud th
j braves from Jackson and C.beit will DO viii
them. The steamer HarryD Knox was Il
have left Raveuswood last night with loe,
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