New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-11
FILLING Up THE HOTELS.
AN EARLY RUSH TO THE CONVENTION
CITY.
,, u.xvA REACHES ct. LOUIS AND TAKES
CHARGE OF MKINi-l:Y's HEADQUARTERS
cOssrp or THE POLITICIANS.

CHARGE OF MKISl-i.I'S UEAp|l AK Inns
GOSSIP OF THE POLITICIANS.
G, Louis. June l0-w!th the arrival this
morning Of Mark A. Hanna ana his party ana
the assembling az noon ~ the National COM
mittee. for the purpose Of adjudicating the con-
tests and preparing the temporary roH' IN" pro-
liminaries Of the National Republican ConFe"-
ton may be regarded as having begun In earn
est The arrivals on the late trains last nifht
and those OF the early morning We're - Numerous
% 70 take by surprlsa the hotel people ana 'he
local Committee o. Arrangements. VINO. gong
by tho reports from different parts OF the couh-
try had been led 20 believe tina, II would D. late
IN tho week before the visitors would be much IN
evidence BEFORE the breakfast hour was over
this morning. however. four pages n freshly
written autographs had been added TO tho con-
venton register at the southern. about tho same
number were recorded al the Planters and the
L,ndell. aai in the rotundas were the same ever
changing crowds. the same discussions. whisper
ing confabs and bu,t1n-holing and other Incl
dents that are invariablc Accomplishments OF
rally OF political cheftains.
DESPITE the assurances OF the Citizens Commit
tee Of Arrangements that ample accommodation
will be placed at the command OF the colored
delegates and their associates. the National
Committee II was thought at one time. would be
requested To look into the situation and 10 APP
/ point a subcommittee with Instructions TO re-
port not later than noon tomorrow. Three reso-
lutions TO this effect had been drawn. The cham
| pons OF the colored men are Judge Long. Of
I Florida; Senator Carey. OF Wyoming and VIII
lam NJ Hahn. Of Ohio. The Florida committee
man s In n position T. give the comf@tte~
chapter Of personal experiences for, on Monday
and Yesterday he trampcd for hours seeking
quarters for the prescribed visitors. only t. al
| NIT that h had been bafIled at every turn One
! leading hotel. recognizing the gravity Of the
eituation. offered to aside portion Of one Of
| its wings for the entertainment OF the full corps
Of colored delegates t. give them separate en-
trance ana to eerve meals To rooms. but when this
| agreement came To- the ears Of the walters. there
was a vigorous protest and negotiations were
! declared OF for the present.
While most OF the National Committeeman on
the ground are chary OF expressing themselves
! r. advance OF the meeting there is an impress
sion abroad that the body may refuee to take
! cognizance of the matter on the ground that
| 1t IL out OF It's province and belongs exclusively
to the jurisdiction OF the local committee. IN
this event Judge Long will submit resolution
setting forth that. inasmuch as IT is evident that
some Of the delegates cannot secIre Gccommoda-
! tons I'm st. Louis. ii Is both necessary and de-
srable that the Convention be held in another
! city This it Is thought. would have I'M
mediate effect toward settling the difficulty
There were a more old friends and ac-
! quantances at the station to welcome Major Nc
Kinley's campaign manager Mark Hanna. when
the train from Cleveland pulled in at 1870. With
him were w. Mckinley Osborn. Of Boston. the
Majors cousin Myron T. Herr!ck ind Colonel
Sylvester Everett delegates from Cleveland: w.
NJ Hahn, OF Mansfield. ana Oscar II. Meyer. Of
Portland, Ore Mr. Hanna was soon the centre
| Of d group of other distinguished Republicans
which included Samuel Fessenien. Of Connecticut:
| NJ. j. Bowling. president of the Minnesota State
| League; Henry {. Payne. Of Milwaukee. and ex-
Governor Fifer and Captain Tanner the latter
the Guberna tora nominee In Illinois There were
! greetings and hanGshakings. and then. after q
hurried breakfast, Mr.. Hanna bctook himself 10
| his private room In the Mckinley headquarters
| on the parlor floor Of the Southern Hotel and l.
lerred with Judge Thompson. to whom he had
| teegrpphed last night, asking that quarters be
secured for the colored folk no matter what the
| cost Then messenger was sent In quest Of j..
| y. Houston. OF Indianapolis who 1t Is understood.
! is authorized 10 speak for Charles w. Fairbank,
Of the same city, regarding the presentation OF
the latters name to the National Committee as
a candidate for the temporary chairmanship OF
the Convention. Mr.. Houston however, was not
to be found for the moment and Mr.. Hanna turned
to the task Of greeting the crowd that beseged his
apartment
Prominent among the callers were Carrot A.
Hobart. delegate-at-large from New jersey who
is regarded a Vice-Prcsdential possibility G..
X. Manchester. secretary Of the New-York City
Republican Committee. and T.. Il. Rentfro, q
delegate OF Texas.
David Martin. the Philadelphia anti-Quay
leader and member OF the National Committee,
registered at the Planters Hotel at II O'Clock
and then went over to the headquarters at the
Southern Hotel. He expressed the opinion that
the platform would declare for sound money
without stradde or equivocati0n. The Eastern
Republicans, he added. were not anticipating
any bolts or disruption of the convention. and at