St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-17
THE TWIN CITY HOTELS.
They Are Big Enough to Accom-
date All Corners

uaCe All corners.
eyes, | have noticed the stories that
are going the rounds of the newspapers
that impugn the West hotel, the courtesy
of its management, and the city of Min
neapoliS as WE'LL" said Col. J. T.West to
GLOBE reporter yesterday in reply to
query.
"While the GLOBE is satisfied that
| they are ISLANDERS pure and simple, it
might be Interesting to the public gen.
| orally to publish the true facts, colonel, -
observed the reporter.
There is not the slightest foundation
for the charges" returned the colonel.
1.-The New YORK Sun claims that the
newspaper men of the country cannot
| get accommodations in my hotel; aud
| others are quoted as having received
discOurteouS replies to their applica-
lions; while it is charged, furthermore,
that some applicants cannot receive an
swers of any kind whatever. Now, let
me show you. Everything has been
systematized, and L can turn to every
or any letter in this file without trouble.
See, here are the rooms that have al
ready been assigned" and Col. West
| pointed to check list of several pages.
| what ali idiot | would be to offer an
affront to any one. SO long as am in
| public business. It's to my interest to
| please and not to offend. And above
all others, have aimed to give the best
to the newspaper men. I'll show you
that the very best rooms in the hotel
are taken by newspaper men. The
great trouble is, everybody wants this
hotel to accommodate them, and. while
the West is one of the largest houses in
| the country, it cannot give entertain
| ment to the United States.n
Col. West then handed the reporter a
! list of newspaper men that had been as
signed quarters in the palatial caravan
sary. Among them were the Asso-
Grated Press, TIE United Press,
Hunts News bureau. of Chicago !;
| World, Herald, Press. Express, Times
and Sun, of New York city; the Even
ing Telegraph, Press and Times, of
| Philadelphia; the Globe and Herald, of
Boston; the Tribune, Herald and Times,
of Chicago; the Commercial Gazette
and Star-Times, of Cincinnati; the To-
| ledo Blade, Indianapolis Journal, the
| Pittsburg Press and Pittsburg Leader,
| the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun.
Buffalo Courier, Cleveland Leader, Ohio
| State journal, San Francisco Chronicle
and about sixty other papers from lesser
| cities have rooms assigned, and many
have parlors and bath rooms, too.
| Moreover. Col. West exhibited TO the
reporter his letter file in reply to every
| communication that had been received
to date. inquiring for entertainment
during the Republican national conven-
! ton in Minneapolis, and every one is
| cOucbed i'll courteous language. There
| could possibly be no other construction
| put upon the correspondence. They
| show desire to accommodate even at
| inconvenience, and the effort to fur
nish quarters to the press is done at a
sacrifice, aS the record proves beyond con
| trayentlOn. The letters on file, to be more
explicit, include the correspondence
with the delegations of all the states in
! the Union, and Hon. John s. Clarkson's
| correspondence may be cited in illustra-
| ton. His letters indicate that he is
perfectly satisfied with the quarters
| supplied the Iowa delegation. The
books show that he is to place ten men
in one large room on the second floor,
while he himself has taken two rooms
on the sixth floor for eight people.
Other delegations of twelve have been
| satisfied with one room, but the same
number of newspaper men would re-
quire a half-doZen rooms, while the
| rates would be the same per guest in
each instance. Among the distinguished
politicians who have been accommodated
dlC OOis L lotl. SudunCOy NJ. DeDGW, COl,
| Hiscock, and Col. Elliot Shepard.
The correspondence that has created
| the greatest furore is that with Chester
| s. Lord, the managing editor of the
| New York Sun. Both Mr.. Lords let
| tiers and the copy of the hotels replies
were shown to the reporter. The par
| ticular letters that have occasioned the
| howl were written by Mr.. Lord Jan. 3
| and Jan. 9. The first politely asked Col.
| West for larger number of rooms for
the accommodation of four men than
| Col. West felt that he could consistently
| give. Consequently he at once wrote
! Mr.. Lord asking if he could not do with
| half the number, explaining that rooms
at the West were i'll great request. Mr..
Lord, in response to this, courteously
asked to provide comfortable accommo-
dations for four men, and this was
| promptly done. The four men get one
large room with bath room. This
seemed satisfactory to Mr.. Lord.
| The Iowa delegation has one room for
ten men: the North Dakota delegation
| have accepted one room for thirteen
| people; Arkansas one room for twelve
| people, ard so on to the unwritten end.
The correspondence On file in the
Office at the West shows that Dwight A.
Lawrence, of the New York delegation,
asked for thirty-eight rooms and four
parlors. Col West at once fixed him
out to his expressed qualification. Mr..
Lawrence made personal application.
He was in Minneapolis with the men,
bers of the Republican committee nearly
month ago. In the list was the cor
respondence for headquarters and rooms
the correspondence between Col. West
and the committeeman from Maine,
New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachu
sets, Rhode Island, New York, New
Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscon-
sin, Iowa. Arkansas, Idaho and North
Dakota, and the, tone is of the most
courteous character in each and every
instance. and no one could possibly
have taken any exception thereto.
Every letter or telegram received by
u.s. said the colonel, relating to accom-
modatioDs for the convention is on file
In this office. and has been answered by
the hotel people or referred to the local
hotel committee, of which George A.
Bracket is the chairman. When we
could not attend to the wants of appli-
cantS We sent the letters to him. and
other satisfactory quarters were Sc
cured. Here is letter from the SER