Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-10
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The St. Louis Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 10.-With the
arrival this morning of Marcus G.
Hanna and party of his lieutenants
and the assembling at noon of the ma
tional committee for the purpose of ad-
Indicating the contests and preparing
the temporary roll, the preliminaries of
the national republican convention
may be regarded as having commenced
in earnest. The arrivals on the late
trains last night and those of the early
morning were so numerous as to take
by surprise the the hotel people and
the local committee of arrangements.
Despite the assurances of the citizens
committee of arrangements that ample
accommodations will be placed at the
command of the colored delegates and
their associates, the national committee
is to be requested to look into the situa-
ton, and to appoint subcommittee
with instructions to report not later
than noon tomorrow. The champions
of the colored men are Judge Long, of
Florida; Senator Carey, of Wyoming,
and William M. Hahn, of Ohio. The
Florida committeeman is in q position
10 give the committee chapter of per-
sonal experiences; for, on Monday and
Yesterday, he tramped for hours seek
ing quarters for the prescribed visitors,
only to admit that he had been baffled
at every turn.
One leading hotel offered to set aside
portion of one of its wings for the
entertainment of the full corps of color
ed delegates, to give them separate
entrance and to serve meals to the
rooms, but when this agreement came
to the ears of the walters there was q
vigorous protest and negotiations were
declared off for the present. There is
an impression abroad that the national
committee may refuse to take cogni-
zance of the matter on the ground that
it is out of its province and belongs ex.
clusively to the jurisdiction of the local
committee. In this event Judge Long
will submit q resolution setting forth
that, inasmuch as it is evident that
some of the delegates cannot secure
accommodations in st. Louis, it is both
necessary and desirable that the con-
vention be held in another city. This,
it is thought, would have an immediate
effect toward settling the difficulty.
There were score or more old
friends and acquaintance at the sta
ton to welcome to "head centre" of
Major McKinley's campaign, Mark
HanDa, when the train pulled in. He
was soon the centre of a group of dis
tinguished republicans. There were
greetings and handshakes and then
after hurried breakfast Mr.. Hanna
betook himself to his private room in
the Mckinley headquarters at the
Southern and conferred with Judge
Thompson, to whom he had wired last
night, asking that quarters be secured
for the colored folk, no matter what
the cost.
The delegates from California, Idaho
and Texas declare that though they
are for free silver they will not bolt if
they are beaten by the gold standard
men.
David Martin, the Philadelphia anti
Quay leader, expresses the opinion that
the platform will declare for sound
money without straddle, and says he
believes that Mckinley will be nomina-
ted on the first ballot.
The first session of the nitional committee
lasted less than an hour. eccretary Manley
called the roll and Indian Territory alone
failed to respond. A committee having been
appointed to prepare resolutions of respect to
tho memory OF eX-National Committeeman
w. ]. Campbell, of Illinois, who passed away
since tho last meeting of the body, the list of
contests was read a resolution providing for
the presence at the secret meetings of the
committee of representatives of each of the
two press associations was adopted