Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-29

- steamers for all ,lake points
o,e within three blocks. The Audi
torium is within six blocks; the
Victoria. Eichelieu. Leland, and yelling
ton Hotels are within five blocks; the Ire
mont and Commercial are within nve
blocks: the sherman within SIX; tue briees
within seven; the Grand Pacihc WITHIN
seven: the Great Northern within slA'
Rurke's. McCoy's, Cores, Brevoort, Winu-
sor. and Kinsley's within SIX and eight.
me Tribune building is within five blocks
the post-ofiice within seven the Board OF
Trade within eight blocks. The business
centre of the city is within from ole block
to n,ne blocks west, from one TO SIX BLOCKS
eo,,tb. and from one TO five blocks north.
THE MEN WHO ARE AT THE HELM.
The men who guaranteed to build this
wipwam and who will see to 1t that every
arrangement necessary TO the successiul
carrying on of national convention is
made and VINO will at the same time not
forget to talk Chicago all the time, are toie-
rablv prominent: some oil mole than tnat.
For instance: c:.
y n. Winston, of tho Finance Commit,
foo was Cleyelands Minister to Persia, ana
though he did not tarry long among, the
shadows of Laila Rookh he was so well re-
ce,yed that the Shah never writes 10 inns
country that he does not esk 70 DE ielheiI-
bered to his friend Winston. during the
building Of the wigwam MIR. WINSTON nas
heen on the ground every day. lie is
great walker: he lives on the North Side;
and hs takes fve-mile constitutional
every morning. He has this stroll so lalu
ont that be arrives every morning at III
O'clock at the wlgwam and lnspects the
work that has been done the twenty-four
hours previous. He is man OF taste, ana
many of the little touches which VIII make
the hall convenient Will be due 10 DIS sus-
gestioDs. A. u,
,nittee. Is. as every Illinois man knows by
this time. the Democratic nominee ior
Governor Of this State.
Erskine n. Phelphs. the merchant MI.
lionaire in the boot ana shoe line, mas lusI
returned from a trip around the world.
ana "A he Is one of the Finance Com.
mittee he has arrived IN the mex OK
time TO be consulted. To Hr. Phelps VIII DC
assigned the duty of looking after the
comforts of the bue-5loods who Will ne
in attendance on the great occasion. he
is a member of every club IN Ch1csgo. sew,
eral in Boston, and few in New YORK ana
philadelphia. he was formerly chairman
of the State Central Committee. lie was
the organizer and the first ana second
president of the iroquois Club, the whltec,
shirt and-stand-up-collar organization OF
the Democracy in this section.
Potter Palmer, TO use familiar express
sion. one that has done service until 1T Is
veteran. is one of the advisory committee
in all things.that pertain 10 Democracy ID
this sectioo. and in national affairs as well.
Few men know more about national con-
vention and how 1t ought 10 be run than
Mr.. Palmer.
Charles Kern. county treasurer, is one
of the workingInen of the committee ana
n member OF the committee that has to
raise money. He is an ex-sherlf OF TINS
county; was an old friend of Mr.. Hen
dricks. from whom he learned his first po-
htical lessons. Kern has no use for any
Democracy that is not a iull yard in width
and ali wool. with rock-ribhed and but
tressed trademark on II. He is an old
campaigner in convention matters.
James Strain Is secretary OF the COM
mittee. He has done good deal OF the
heavy pulling for his party for some years.
Tie is one Of the sort OF Democrats who
hesitates between his religion and his poll
tics. II depends on his humor 70 which
ne is most attached. beng Of that tenn
perament which leads man 10 occupy all
his time and attention III whatever he is
engaged.
John p. Hopkins is lawyer Of big re-
pute in Chicago and an active man in his
party under any and all circumstances.
The other members of the committee are
W. d. Kerioot, leo AUSTRIAN, George
hoffman. Jr.. Jesse Sherwood, L. n.
Letter, ID. @. Cregier. James Woods, John
". Linehart. Charles u. Schwao. j. w.
Richards. William Mccoy, Redmond
Pripdiville. J. Irving Pesrce, John A.
King. Daniel Cookery. Peter Klolbassa,
John Cudahy, Charles III. Wacker, W. Q.
Se,pp. John ii. Prentiss, and Carter ii.
Harrison. -
The Building Committee is composed OF
+. III. Winston, Joseph Donnersberger,
John j. Hopkins, Washington Heslng,
Harry Wilkinson. The chairman OF the
Committee of Arrangements is John T,
Altgeld; A. f. Seeberser is treasurer. r. IL.
Winston is chairman of the Finance Com
mlttee, and James Strain Is secretary. The
headquarters of the committee is Room 20,
Palmer House, and to that place all appli-
cations for information should be ad'
dressed. The office has telephone, No.
3.7S7, and a stenographer, and plenty OF
easy chairs.
The reception of all delegates and clubs,
the quartering of the same, and the ex-
tending of all courtesies will be IN the
hands of the Cook County Democratic
Marching Club, an organization which,
like the Talladega Light Guards IN Ala.
bama, is most supurb.n The leader o.
this company is Captain Farrell. who las
brought its drilling pints." as Mr.. DolaI
expresses it. to high degree OF perfec'
ton.
WHERE DELEGATIONS AND CLUBS WILL PUT UP
Up to the present time assignments hav,
been made of delegations and clubs ant
prominent individuals as follows
National Committee headquarters
Palmer House.
has taken the whole of the parlor floor
and the New jersey delegation has engaged
ten rooms. A large number OF the lam
many-Hall people will also be located a
the Auditorium. The following men hay'
engaged rooms: The Hon. 5. ). Taylor o
| Pennsylvania, John Coulter, Senator Wal
| lace OF Connecticut. Henry Watterson. an'
John Boyd Thatcher and wife.
Grand Pscifc-Minnesota delegates, 81
Missouri delegates. 40; Mississippi dele
| gates, 80; Nebraska delegates. rs; Arkansa
| delegates. %. The following have also en-
| gagged rooms: General Charles W. Blair
| of Kansas; Judge n. 81. Rose, of Arxan
sas: Governor James +. Boyd. OF Ne
| braska; j. G. Prather, of Missouri; MI
| obael Doran, OF Minnesota Charles u
| Howey, of Mississippi. This hotel WI
take care of something ike LOU ueIegates
Inc May convention people OF New 1orl
will have their headquarters here. The
have engaged rooms for 500 people. Iher
will be also quartered at the Grand Ia
cific: Montana delegates, IL; Wyoming
u; District of Columbia, 10.
Newspaper aud Washington CORE
spondents have selected the Leland.
Leiand-Tammany Hall, New York, 500
Wisconsin delegation, 100. The followiL
also have engaged rooms for the conven
ton: Samuel j. Tilden and family, of Ne'
York; the Hon. Virgil +. Kline, OF OHIO
A. W. LYMAN, of Helena. Mont. John II
Farrell, of Albany; John III. Carson an
party, the Hon. l.. I. Neal, Of Ohio, and
w. Thurman, of Chic.
Tremont--Sam Randall Club OF Phila
delphia. 800; Joel Parker Association o
Newark, Y. D.. 200. and Calumet Club Q
Baltimore, 200.
Great Northumberland Club of But
falo. 500; several prominent men OF va
rious delegations have asked for rooms TO
themselves and families The manage
ment OF the new Great Northern an
nounces that they will have room for 100
people.
Victora--Hendricks Climb Of Indiana
Hendricks Club OF Dakota, j. b. Arthu
and party, and John Thompson.
Southern--Twenty-hv five prominent peopl
IL.