Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-02
The Preliminaries Will Be Per-
fectly Arranged
FOR THE GREAT GATHERING
To BE in Attendance Upon the Min
neapoiis Conveniion-VaIious
Headquarters Assigned.


leave to the convention the nomina-
tions and devote his entire time 70 get
ting ready the tickets and appointing
his assistants and pages 10 enable the
delegates to get into their places with
out confusion. TIE Blaine ghost 10 not
yet stalking the streets of the Flour
City, and here one hears but little OF
the talk started in New York and
Washington. The principal reason for
this absence of talk about candidates 10
that tire business men of Minneapolis
have constituted themselves into :.
committee of the whole 70 act 90 hOsts.
They are working together, determined
that ever viNtOr shall be cared
for as well il not better than
the visitors 70 other conventions have
been cared for. The general commit
tee, of which George A. Bracket 10
chairman, will take care Ut the dele
gates and aIternxtes, the national COM
mittee and distinguished guests 1T the
hotels. The press committee will take
charge Of the newspaper acc0mmoda-
tlons and the New York Llto Insurance
building, one of the finest business
blocks in the city, has been converted
into big hotel for newspaper cores
pOndents, where they will have ample
room to work and sleep, having . res
taurant and barber chop TO themselves.
with telegraphic service in the build.
ing. The newspaper men OF Mime
apolis have taken especial pride IN this
work, and the press will have such ac-
commodatiOns as they have hever had
at any other convention.
The committee on coommodations,
of which w. E. Steele il chairman. has
hsd the task which was considered
most difficult. but MIR. Steele says that
they will take care of ali who have 10
far applied for rooms, and still have
room for double the number. THIS
committee took the directory, and
wherever they found q house with
more than two boarders they assumed
that it was boarding house, and in.
vited proposals from such - 10 how
many people they could take, what ac-
commOdations, not only ~ 70 beds, but
hot and cold water baths, bathrooms,
etc., prices for lodging and for board
and lodging, and the directions for
reaching the place BY street cars In
this way they had accommooa-
tkOu0 lOI 1lsVVO VCOVl0 V1VvIUCOp
and they are receiving hundreds
of applications from private families
every day. None of these are &C.
| to make an examination and report 70
the committee. Then they are listed
and those who have applied for &C.
commodAtions are notified by letter
giving them the street and number, the
/ 10 vahof <sop - N - frHguN
| the depot, the price they shall pay for
| many shall be in . room, % that there
can be no Misunderstanding and no in
| convenience. The people who have
| placed accommodations in the hands of
| the committee have pledged themselves
| 10 the arrangements made, and should
| any differences arise about overcharges
| the committee stands between the VS.
| itors and their entertainers. The books
| of the committee will show the agree
| ment by both parties. and there can
be but little chance for such misunder-
standing.
No OvercharKing Permitted.
Mr.. Steele refused 70 accept or list
any houses where there was any at-
tempt TO overcharge. One man who
offered his house for lodging at the
rate of 81 for each person was sent
away with the answer that Minneapolis
did not secure the convention to allow
anybody to give it the reputation of
being inhabited by hogs. Mr.. Steele
said today that he believed the accom-
modations now in the hands of the
committee would take care of any
crowd that might surprise them Of
people who came without first provid-
ing for rooms. The hotels 1t Mime
tonka are still 10 draw upon, - we'll as
the st. Paul hotels. All together they
claim 70 be able to care for $4,000 vis-
itors.
Major Backett sometime ago wrote
to men in every congressional district
i in The United States for estimates ae 70
4 number of people likely to come to the
convention. Outside OF Minnesota and
the Dakotas this averages twenty y-three
to the district. The committee have
managed we'll, and at this date 1t looks
~ though Minneapolis would take care
of the convention as well ss il has ever
in writing to delegates about accom-.
modatIons was rather remarkable.
They found that about 500 delegates
aud prominent republicans who were
sure TO he here had already been in
vIted a. guests of private families. The
New Euglanders, The New Workers and
the Buckeyes and Others who have be-
come residents in Minneapolis found
that they bad many personal friends
among the delegates and these friends
aud their wives were invited TO theII
homes.
Beadqaarters.
| The state headquarters will he 1t tbs
different hotels and the delegates, - q
rule, auartered in the same hotel With
their beadg lsrters. AT the West are
Arkansas, Connecticut, Indiana. Iowa
Name. Massachusetts,, Michigan, New
Hampshire, New YORK, North DakosA
Ono. Rhode Island and Idaho.
At the NIcollet are Vermont. New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware. Him
ois, Nebraska. South Dakota, Oregon
Missouri. Colorado, New Mexlco ant
Kansas-
At the Holmes, Alabama, Georgia
Washington, Utah and Wyoming.
At the Brunswick are South Csroiins
and Mississippi.
At the IS. James. LsnIsiATa. fKel
iogg deiegstson4 and North tsroiina
At the Victoria. Maryland. keniuek,
rnd Tennessee. In the Mssons Ten,
sae. California and Arlzona- In th'
Lumber Exchange, Minnesota ans