The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-12
TIE EXPOSITION BuupINa

eenth and Market streets. mile OF a mile
and a quarter from the principal hotels.
Street car lines run on both sides. and the
cars reach every point IN the city directly
OF by transfer, They are trolley roads. Tor
ST Louis Is grlGir0Eed with that much
abused electric system The ears are with
out question the finest I'm the United States.
They are twice the length OF the ordinary
cars. and their equipment Is Ike that II a
Pennsylvania railroad passenger coach.
Hotel Accommodations Doubled.
ST. Louis has improved her facilities for
entertaining crowds n another direction.
To accommodate the delegates 10 the
convention ia June next st. Louis has the
the Southern hotel, which Is one Of the
largest hotels IL the West, and one of the
best equipped. the new Planters house
QUIT on the ste of the old Planters hoteD.
which cost 100000, and which has 40
rooms Chese two hotels VIII accommodate
1,iel people EACH; the L.nIell hotel, which
Is nearer the convention nall than any OF
the other large houses, and which will
hold $50. the 81. Nicholas. a new "bijou.
hotel. opposite the pcstofiiee, accommodate
iug so. the new Terminal hotel. which is
part Of the Union station. which has room
for 800. and dozens Of smaller houses. in
Guiding the Laclede. the ST. James. Moser's
ton. There are several new hotels in the
west end which are occupied chiefly by
families In the winter but which WI be
ayala,}le for the delegates and their friends
IN convention week The West End. the
Grand Avenue and Beers hotel are among
them.
The chief rallying place for the polit
cans VIII be the Southern. the Lindell. the
ST Nicholas and the POINTERS. for at these
VIII be the headquarters of the chief dele
cations and OF the principal candidates.
The Southern has an ideal rotunda for a
convention crowd. IL opens on four streets
In fact. il occupies the ground space of
the greater part OF a city block. The shout
ers and the flag waivers and the blowers Of
horns VIII find ample space here for Their
demonstrations. while from the gallery
hundreds can look down on the spectacle.
II has a lively history. this South IN
hotel Bult By Thomas Allen. who was the
principal owner OF the Iron Mountain road.
70 went up Ia fire one night with the sat RI
fee Of many lives and wrote on the smoke
darkencd sky in letters of flame perpetual
advertisement for Kate ClaXton Rebuilt,
Il became famous as the scene of that crime
Of international interest. the murder of
Arthur Prefer by his friend. Walter Max
we'll Later ex-Goy. Tom Reynolds dashed
himself 10 death from the galleries which
look on the rotunda.
Rotunda RalIying Places.
The Planters house viii be another rally
.nE place. though rs rotunda is not so
SPACIOUS ]. has big open hallway on The
second floor reached by a broad stairway.
and this viii lie "a place where many meet
both day and n'eht. The Lindell also has
a good lobby. and the ST. Nicholas viii be
the scene of many conferences. Already
Reed and Mckinley have headquarters en-
a n ht her Il sff,f..
has auxiliary quarters also al the other
hotels
The southern VIII shelter the New Eng
land delegations Most Of them have en-
gagged quarters there. The Southern die
cations VIII 20 ~ the smaller hotels The
Wester-lers VII De found chiefly az the Linz
dell though the liberal Pacific coast dele
gation Viii probably be AT the Planters
house. The Colorado delegation VIII 20 to
tho southern hotel. The national commit
tee. TOO. VII be at the Southern. The ex-
pcusgs Of the national committeeman viii
be paid by the people of ST Louis.
That Is part 81 the bargain the ST Louis
delegation made with the national commit
tee in Washington CITY. TIE convention
was not put up az auction, "a some Of the
newspapers said bat It is true that the COM
mttee fixed price for The convention and
that ST Louis agreed % pay Il. That price
Included
The expenses 81 the members OF the ma
tlonal committee and their families
\ hall acceptable 10 the national com
m.ttec.
All tickets and other preliminary PRINT
inc.
4 sts0,r-apt.c report " the procce llngs
aDl the g., location % g.
\ rutrtrter that there would be no adj
vance '- b.tel rates
@atra-tee ~ reasonable railroad fares
AMI uealiv. a guarantee. the terms OF
which are known go "a Very Jew. thlt a rart
~ The deot Of the national committee be
paid
W hen II VAS reported SOME weeks ago
that the comm ttee would ao, give the Cons
veutioo ca a cits that woa.i not guarantee