The Portland daily press., 1892-05-14

IL any Of the state delegations have a
hard time Of it it will not be because
the local committee has failed in it's
duty. 1t will rather be because a few
Of the states neglected to apply for
quarters. The sons Of these delinquent
ccmmonwealths will get good place to
sleep and plenty of good and we'll pre-
pared Minneapolis made -four, but they
win not enjoy the luxury of quarters at
the West or Nicollet or some other
equally good hosiery.
What some of the states lacked in Wig
lance others made up for in the very
prompt way they asked for accomoda-
tons. There was New York, for in
stance, which never gets left when it
comes to securing good place at the ia
be. 1t had hardly recovered from the
surprise over losing the convention when
Dwight Lawrence was dispatched to the
victorious city with instructions to get
the very best there was going. This
eu,znissary came west for purpose, and
it looks as if he accomplished that pur-
pose IN manner that should secure for
him the eternal friendship of Chauncey
n Depew, Warner Miller and the other
members Of the 'tbig four" and the
other good Evers who will ccme along
with them. The seventy-two delegates
and as many alternates from New York
win hold forth at the West.
The West, with its eight stories, ought
to accommodate about 1,000guests, espe-
csally in such times as these. MSGe thnu
half the space in the house viii be taken
by coo delegates and alternates. A COM
paratiyely small part of the New York
crowd will have to be less aristocratic for
few days and Requests at the Holmes, a
very good and CHEEKY house two blocks
from the West and further from the con-
ysntion. The Michigan people are all
right They will number ffty-six, dele
gates and alternates, and they have man.
aged to fix things 30 that about every
man has room to himself.
The big Pennsylvania aggregation
via not mix with the New Workers, at
least they will not have to, for they are
to be housed at the Nicollet, three blocks
away. The next largest delegation, that
from illinois, will dwell with the Penn
sylyanians at the Nicollet. There will
be no chance for friction between the
Sherman and Foraker elements in the
bunch Of forty-six delegates from Ohio,
for the fates have decreed that half this
party shah be at the West, while the
other, half shall feast at the Nicollet.
The thirty Harrison men from Hoosier-
dom will be an element in the great mix
up at the West, where they can confer
Mt the breakfast table with the twelve
Blaine enthusiasts from Maine or try
to convince the twenty-four sons of the
Badger State that Uncle Jerry Rusk is
not in it with President Harrison as
presidential tilnber-at least for this
heat,
The thirty delegates from the Bay State
will be neighbors at the West of the
dozen gentlemen from the Nutmeg
State. The eight cotton men from Rhode
Island and the half dozen sturdy wheat
growers from North Dakota will be
across the hall from each other at the
West. and probably be able to agree on
tariff schedule which will strike the
average. The twenty-six uninstructed
gentlemen from Iowa win have the at
tention of the West hotel crowd until
the ittae-but-oh-my half dozen cowboys
from Idaho slide into town on their favor
lite bronchos, and regale the gentlemen
from the east with some interesting
yarns about those cattle troubles. Gem
eral Powell Clayton, the one armed vet
eran from Arkansas, and his eleven col
leagues, win also bend the elbow at the
Same table with the notables already
mentioned.
The eight sons of New Hampshire
were scheduled for the West, but they
are likely to break bread as the guests Of