Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-06-06
THE GATHERING CLANS.
How Minneapolis is Entertain
ing The Convention.
The Flour City Grandly Decked With
Flowers-Gov. Mckinley to Make
aspeeoh This Evening.
Special to the Leaf-Chronicle.l

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people that is known as the Republi.
can party are assembling for the pur.
pose of placing in the field their rep
resentatives for the presidency and
vice-presidency. 1t was in 1856 in
the Quaker City that the first body oil
Republicans came together for this
purpose. Primaries were practically
unknown in those days, and conse-
quently the gathering that named as
its standard bearers Fremont and
| Dayton was little more than a
mass-meeting. Chicago was the
scene of the convention OF 1860, and
which sent out to the country the
magic names OF Lincoln and Ham,
lin then came the Baltimore con-
ventiOn of '64' which named Lincoln
and Johnson, that in Chicago which
nominated. Grant and Cofax, that of
Philadelphia in ~ with Grant and
Wilson, the Cincinnnti gathering of
'76, which sent Hayes and Wheeler
to the White House, the memorable
convention in Chicago whel, after Il
fight of unprecedented bitterness, Gar
field and Arthur were made the nom-
ilees Of the party. Once more in
Chicago, in 1884, when the magnetic
man from Maine, with John A. Lo-
gan, were named to 60 down in de.
feat, and finally again in Chicago in
'88, when the present incumbent
was chosen. To-day the great North
west, represented by one of its lead.
ing cities, city which, although
young, is already famed for its
wealth, industry, energy and the
hospitality of its citizens, entertains
the delegates to the tenth convention
of the Republican party.
So far at least as present indications
are concerned-and a large majority
of both delegates and visitors are on
the ground-the Flour City, with the
assistance of her twin sister, st Paul,
and of the numerous summer resorts
in her immediate vicinity, has fully
redeemed the promise to provide
ample accommodations for one and
all. Everybody who has so far come
in has been housed and will be fed,
and still there is room for plenty
more.
AT the West Hotel are quartered
the delegations from Arkansas, Con-
necticut, Idaho, Indiana, a portion Of
Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, portion of New York,
including all the delegates-at-large
from that State, North Dakota, a
portion OF Ohio, Rhode Island, Wis
cOnsin and California.
The Nicollet Hotel is entertaining
a majority of the delegations from
Colorado, Ohio and South Dakota, as
well as the delegations from Dele
ware, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico,
Oregon, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
In ample quarters at the Holmes
Hotel are the balance OF the Iowa
and New York delegations, as well
as those from Alabama, Georgia,
Montana, Vermont, Utah, Wash
ingtOn and Wyoming.
The Louisiana delegation is di-
vided between the Victoria and the
st. James, while the latter house
also entertains the second half of the
South Dakotans, and the Victoria
gives shelter to the Colorado, Ken
tucky, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
Tennessee and Texas contingents.
At the Brunswick are the Missis-
sippi, West Virginia and South Caro-.
lima delegations. The Floridians are
at the Window.
The four delegates from the Dis
trict OF Columbia have the Beaufort
all to themselves so far as delegates
are concerned.
The sturdy men of Michigan have
gone over to the Ryan of st. Paul,
while the delegates from Alaska,
Arizona, Maryland, Minnesota, Ne.
vada and Virginia are quartered
about in private houses and build
ings. The Baltimore Club has pre-