The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-10
THE coLoREp DELEGATES.
Quarters VIII He Provided for Them
but Not I'm the DfE Hotels.

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doubt that the leading hotels here have
entered a combination to entertain no ne
gro delegates. The walters are all white
men and have announced that they will all
strike If called on 10 serve negroes at Ia
BILE. Chairman Carter said tonight that
the matter had been adjusted, as he be-
lieves. In a satisfactory manner. When ne
read the first statement OF the difficulty he
stated to a friend in Indianapolis that II 1t
was found impossible in St. Louis TO find
accommodations for Republicans on ac-
count of color IL might be necessary 70
take the convention to some place where
men could be lodged and fed. Mr.. Garter
has been informed by members OF the local
committee that there will not be any fur-
ther difficulty, although ii Is understood
that at all of the leading hotels no quarters
have been available for colored men, ap-
plicants having always been informed mat
the rooms had all been taken. the hotel
men informed members Of the committee
to-day that for more than thirty days all
rooms have been engaged for the conven-
ton week.
Regarding the color-line trouble. the Re-
public in the morning will say: From
present indications 1t may become neces-
sary for the Business Mems League TO hire
a hall In which to lodge. the negro dele
gates who neglected to engage rooms In
advance. All the hotels are full save one,
and the colored men who have viewed the
quarters provided for them in that building
are disposed to kick because there Is not
hot and cold running water In every ROOM
The trouble with the colored men is that
they will be satisfied with nothing less than
parlor room on the. first floor. with a
the folding bed. Judge Long, or rloriua,
was offered accommodations for his colored
delegates in the Mona House. a smsil n9tsi e.
on Sixth street. The proprietor refusea 10
make a contract for less than five days
and Judge Long wanted TO limit the lndeDt-
entinn nu ouf aSitnnai time should the con-
vention last longer The confidence OF tne ie
proprietor in a Mckinley walk-over did
not extend far enough to allow him TO
recede from his rule to let no room out
for less than five days and the sucge was
forced to seek other accommodations
Major Rainwater and Mr.. kennard made
strenuous efforts to secure quarters for col
ored men in first-class hotels, but they met
with indifferent success. The proprietors
say their rooms are all engaged by white
men and by such colored men as possessed
the foresight to engage them in advance
and they absolutely refuse TO alter their
arrangements at this late day, even to help
out the Business Mems League Some ar
rangemenJs satisfactory under the circum-
stances will be made. however, TO care
They will be fed and lodged, even though
1t becomes necessary to lease building Ior
them 1t 1 Sannoy NOT 9s carpet on the
floors, street-cars running by the doors;
and the rest OF the accessories mentioned
Baltimore, but il will be as good as the late
white delegates get II they have neglected
to engage quarters when quarters were TO
be had"
M. III. De Young. of San Francisco, own
er and editor of the Chronicle. of that city
and a member of the national committee.
said to-day that IL was not part or the
duties of the committee to secure hotel ac-
commodations for any delegates, either
white or black. He would oppose any ef-
fort to bring the matter before the com-
mittee.
National Committeeman James Hill. of
Mississippi, negro, thought ne had Sc
cured rooms at Hurst's Hotel, but when
he returned there last evening from the
headquarters of the Merchants Republic
an League Club he found the doors baired
against him. as IL were. He was informed
that the clerk had made a mistake In as
signing him room as every room in the
hotel had been previously engaged Mr..
Hill took in the situation at once He
quietly paid his bill and took street car
for the home of William p. Dye. He is
still there, and will continue to make that
the convention in the event that the Bus
mess Mems League does not succeed in
opening hotel for him.
James Cox, secretary of the Business
Mems League, denied emphatically that
negroes were being disseminated against.
He said that committeeman Hill of Missis-
sippi. had no right to complain If he could
not find hotel accommodations. A letter
had been written 10 him more than a month
ago telling him that unless early applica-
tion was made all the rooms at the hotels
would be taken In this letter the Busi-
ness Mems League offered to engage rooms
did not reply to this. Furthermore" con-
tinued Mr.. Cox, Mr.. Hill has not been 70
come here here we will find him good re rooms rss
and board. All this talk about the color
line is nonsense. We made the promise TO
take care of the colored delegates and will
do 1t. If they refuse to come and let us
know they desire lodgings then the fault is
not ours.
Those men who are having trouble in
getting rooms for colored delegates have
only themselves to blame" said $: M.
Kennard, president Of the business Mems
pledged ourselves to take care of the col
ored men, and we are going to do IL. But
those who waited until the last minute will
have to take what they can get so long as
IL is clean and good. White men cannot
get accommodations at the hotels now.
They are all filled up for convention week.
But we will take care of the colored men,
we said We would.
You may say positively" said Major
Rainwater, that we can get places for the
lodging and feeding of all the colored dele
gates who apply. | know this. and can
has has " not OF done. I win refer him to places
where he can put his colored delegates. and
good places, too. / do not care what diff
ficulties may stand in the way. the pledges
we made to the national committee when
we asked for the convention will be carried
out to the letter. For weeks past / have
bombarded the national committeeman
with letters and kilograms asking them to
let me arrange for the accommodation of
tention to the Southerners because fore
saw the difficulty we might have in placing
the negroes at the last minute. Many OF
them did not reply, and now they cannot
get the same quarters they might have Sc
cured had they arranged weeks ago. Every
one of them will have good place TO sleep
and plenty to eat. Dozens of restaurants
will feed colored delegates during con-
vention week"
General Coleman, of the bureau OF infor-
nation, is preparing a complete list of all
the houses and rooms that have been reg
istered with him for the accommodation
of strangers. This list he will submit TO
Chief OF Police Harrigan in order that the
police may make personal inspection OF
each place. General Coleman has taken
this action to assure himself that no one
coming TO st. Louis during the convention
will be thrown into bad company. There
more than two hundred houses regis
tered at the bureau. besides hotels and
halls. Daily others are registered. while
ties OF visitors also continue TO come in.
All VIII He Cared For.
CLEVELAND. o., June 9.-The news that
the color line will be drawn I'm ST. Louis
during the Republican national convention
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