The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-04-15
A BIG TIME.
THE WHOLE NORTHWEST Elk
PECTED TO GO TOGETHER.
Grand Excursion Train-The Trip
to the St. Louis Conventions.
We have just received the following


letter:
HON. IGNATIUs DoNNELLY:
Dear Sir:-I beg to advise you that
at meeting of the Western Passenger
Association. held at st. Louis, on the
End inst, the subject OF the arrange
ments for the sale Of tickets for the
Populist National Convention and Sill
yer Convention to be held in St.
Louis, in July, was brought up for dis
cussion and it was found that for lack
of definite information as to the da te
Of the conventions, no action could be
taken at that time, and the subject
was passed with the understanding
later date. At previous meeting
an understanding was reached as to
the rate, which is to be made the
same as for the Republican conven-
tion to be held in June, viz: One fare
for the round trip, or SIG from St.
Paul and Minneapolis, $l4.27 from
Winona and ponding rates from
other points in the Association terri
tory. AS soon as the dates OF sale and
limits Of the tickets are fixed upon, l
will take pleasure in advising you.
We should be pleased to arrange for
the transportation Of yourself and
delegates and for others who may
wish to accompany you to St. Louis,
believing that with our past expert.
ence in handling large bodies Of peo-
pie and our uneXcelled facilities for
taking care of St. Louis business, we
can give you satisfactory service.
AS you know we have our own
tracks all the way to St. Louis and all
regular and special train service. being
under the direct supervision of Bur-
lington Route officials, is given the
most careful attention..
We can also offer you unexceptonal
facilities for the storage of sleepers
during your stay in St. Louis as the
attached diagram will show. Our
storage tracks are located just outside
the Broadway Passenger Station of
the Burlington Route, which will be
opened for the exclusive use Of visit
ors occupying sleepers, and are within
seven minutes ride from hotels and
the heart Of the city.
The Pullman Company will charge
$45 per day per car for time absent
from starting point If the sleepers are
to be occupied during the stay in St.
Louis, or ii the sleepers are given up
at destination, their charge will be on
the basis of berth rates, ($3.00), for full
capacity Of the car.
TO properly accommodate your peO-
pie, pres ume you will require special
train service, and il our line is select
ed, we will furnish you with special
Jrain from either st. Paul or Mime
apoliS, to be run in such reasonable
time and at such hour and upon such
date as you may designate, the safety
of your party being, however, the first
consideration.
On arrival at St. Louis your train
will be Immediately placed on tracks
reserved for you, If it is your intention
to occupy the cars, where they will re-
main during the convention. If
special train service is desired for re-
turn, the schedule will be arranged as
you may determine.
1 beg to assure you, on behalf Of the
Burlington Management, that every
thing possible will be done for your
com fort and convenience, and in view
of the we'll es tablished reputation it
has for successfully providing the publ
lie with what it advertiSes to do. you
can have no hesitation in assuring all
who accompany you on this journey,
that:the arrangements for equipment,
train service and your general travel
ing comfort will be scrupulOusly car
ried out. Yours truly,
w. j: e. KENYON.
G. P. A.
St. Paul, Mimi, April 10, 1896.
1t is proposed that all the delegates.
alternates and visitors, from Minneso-
ia, Wisconsin, Iowa, the two Dakotas,
Montana, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon, who propose to go to either
the Free Silver or the Populist Con-
vention, at St. Louis, July %, 1896.
shall meet at Minneapolis or St. Paul,
and take a special train or trains to
the conventions. One or more bands
of music will accompany the train or
trains, which will be gorgeously dec
Grated with flags, notices, etc; and
stoppages made at the principal
towns and speeches delivered from
the platforms of the cars. We will
wake up the whole line of travel until
the old-party Rip Van Wrinkles will
think Beelzebub has broken loose.
We would like to see the Northwest
descend on St. Louis as the Goths and
Vandals descended on ancient Rome,
but to rejuvenate it not to destroy it.
We ask all those who think of going
to write to Hon. P. J. Seberger, Bust
ness Manager Of THE REPRESENTA-
TIVE, 642 Boston Block, Minneapolis,
Mimi, and berths will be secured for
them in the order of their applica-
ton. In this way we will learn in adj
vance how many are going to ST.
Louis and can make our arrange
ments accordingly.
Parties who desire to do so can re-
main in the cars at night, during the
session. The train would be timed so
as to arrive in st. Louis on the morn
ing of July 81, so that all who desire
to do so can attend the Initiative and
Referendum conference.
Those two conventions, will, we
solemnly believe, name the next presi-
dent of the United States. They will
constitute the most important and
picturesque event that has transpired
in this nation since the Republican
national convention met in 1860 and
nominated Abraham Ii lincoln for presi-
dent.
We ask all Northwestern Populist
or Free Silver newspapers to give no.
tice of this great excursion train.
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