The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-24

whether there are one. two, three or four
men In Il. No one who desires a room by
himself can object. therefore. II he Is
charged 500 or S25 day for It.
1t has frequently happened when there
have been great gatherings of people here
that great many have been left to walk
the streets or spend the night In chairs,
But this experience Is confined to the
people from the interior OF the state, who
come in to spend a single night st, Louis
can accommodate an almost unlimited
number of people If they will only Indicate
In advance that they desire accommoda-
tions Visitors to a large city on occa.
sions of this kind readily recognize the
advantages of boarding house life over
life at hotel Some years ago the man.
ayers of St Louis fall festivities adopted
the Idea which originated. | believe. In
New Orleans. of establishing bureau of
information. which could be made q
directory Of houses where lodging could
be obtained The bureau did not con6ne
itself to regular lodging houses, but en-.
couraged householders In general to &c
commodate visitors during the brief period
of the festivities The result was that
visitors we're distributed all over the city
and accommodated much more agreeably
than they could otherwise have been
This plan has been adopted for convention
week, and 1t will doubtless greatly relieve
the pressure ON the hotels letter ad.
dressed to the manager of the bureau of
information will secure rooms without
trouble or expense to the applicant.
Arrangements for the reception of dis
tinguished arrivals are being made by the
L.; al he los,
cratic organization in the city The Hen
bricks association, 1t will be remembered,
made arrangements to receive the presi-
dent on his visit to st. Louis last October
and to attend to his entertainment, and,
being thwarted in this purpose, the asso-
citation organized torchlight parade and
serenaded the president at the Lindel
hotel The members of the association
will go on. duty as an active reception
committee during the week of the conven-
ton There will be details at the depot
at all hours to receive visiting clubs The
members of the association will wear high
white hats, carry canes with a Grover
Cleveland medallion for a handle and
wear on their left breasts big badges
They will be easy recognizable at long
range
The headquarters for caucusing during
the week will be in the rotunda Of the
Southern hotel, the largest and finest
rotunda west Of New York The Planters
house has a good big rotunda and the
Lindell hotel will also be gathering place
in the evening All of these hotels are
more than fun now.
The arrangements for the decoration of
the convention hall are about completed.
The north nave Of the exposition building
is being separated from the rest Of the
building by wooden partitions The big
platform will be at the east end. In front
of it will be the hall floor for the dele
gates. North Of this will be smaller
platform, on which will be seated the
newspaper correspondents. Arrangements
have been made for 300 of them, but this
number may be increased to 400 From
the floor occupied by the delegates and
alternates, l.640 in number. will rise
toward the west regular tiers of seats
Tiers of seats will also be arranged in the
gallery This will make the seating ca
pacity about IL 500, in addition to which
accommodations for {, 800 will be provided
in a sub gallery now being constructed
There will be plenty of seats-in fact, the
st. Louis managers are inclined to crow u
little over the Chicagoaus, who only claim
q seating capacity of $500 for their audi
torium in which the Republican conven
tion is to be held The distribution of
tickets will be in the hands of the eXecu
tive committee, and the majority of them
of Course will be distributed to the sub
scribers to the entertainment fund. Each
delegate and each alternate will be pro
vided with four
The finance committee. of which r. P
Tausey is chairman has been actively at
work. and about $35, 900 has been prom
ised for the entertainment fund This
will be more than doubled in the coming
month,
Chairman Francis is known among his
own people as the st Louis mascotte, 6
title conferred upon him by his political
friends III recognition of his uniform sue
cess personally and as the representative
of the city whose mayor he has been for
three years In four years Mr. Francis
has sprung from political obscurity to the
top round Of local popularity At the
same time he has gained some national
fame, and his friends confidently predict
for him brilliant career us q member of
the cabinet OF q representative of his
country at some foreign court
Mr. Francis is less than 80 years Of age
He is kentuckun by birth, but when he
was still quite young his father moved "a
st lnuls and put him to school at the
Washington university The Francis
family was not rich ana when he gradu
aLed from The university be went to work
rs shipping clerk The ups and downs
of life are well illustrated IN the careers
of Franris and hls uncle, d p Rowland
Rowland IN 1870 gave Francis his first
employment nj small salary Francis
less than seventeen years after appointed
his uncle to the position of commissioner
of supplies under the city government
Young Francis business career was
almost as striking and unique as his ca
reer in politics has been he gradually
made a director In the Merchants EX
change, and then vice president and pres
dent of that body
His FIRST appearance in political life was
when he was made Il delegate TO the Chi
cago Democratic convention Of 1884
In the following spring when the Dem
oCratlc city convention was IN deadlock
over the nomination for the mayoruIty
David Z Francis name was sprung n the
last moment and accepted s. compr0
mlse by the friends of the prnclpal can
didates
Francis took his seat, and tac ntroduc
tion Of younger methods into the admin
istruton OF municipal ailaira seemed to
mtuse rev life INTO the city
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm