The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-11
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M'kinley's Manager Arrives in st. Louis
Accompanied by Trusty Lieutenants-
Crowds in the City Take Hotel Proprie-
tors by.Surprise-Me eting of the National
Committee Opens the Preliminaries to
the Republican Convention-Hote Ac-
cOmmodatlons Refused to Negro Dele
gates.
st, Louis, June 10,-With the arrival
this morning Of Mark Hanna and a
party of his lieutenants, and the assem-
bling at noon of the national committee
for the purpose of adjudica,ing the con-
tests and preparing the temporary roll,
the preliminaries of the national repub-
lican convention may be regarded as
having been begun in earnest.
The arrivals on the late trains last
night and those of the early morning
were so numerous as to take the hotel
proprietors by surprise, and the local
committee of arrangements who had
expected that crowds would not arrive
until the last of the week. Before the
breakfast hour was over this morning,
however, four pages of freshly written
autographs had been added to the con-
Vention register at the Southern hotel,
about the same number were recorded
at the Planters and the Lindell, and in
the rotundas were the same ever
changing crowds, the same discussions,
whispering confabs, and buttonholing
and other incidents that are the invari-
able accompaniments of rally of po-
litical chieftains.
Despite the assurances of the citizens
committee of arrangements that ample
accommodations will be placed at the
command of the negro delegates and
their associates, the national commit
tee is to be requested to look into the
situation and to appoint sub-commit-
tee with instructions to report not later
than noon tomorrow. Three resolu-
tons to this effect have been drawn.
The champions of the negroes are Judge
Long of Florida, Senator Carey of wy
oming and William NJ. Hahn of Ohio.
The Florida committeeman is in a posi-
ton to give the committee chapter of
personal experiences.
on Monday and yesterday he tramp
ed for hours seeking quarters for the
plOSCIlDeu NISllOlS, Ollly " tIbllilS NAAS''
he had been baff1ed at every turn. one
leading hotel, recognizing the gravity
of the situation, offered to set aside a
portion of one of it's wings for the en-
tertainment of the full corps of negro
delegates to give them a separate en-
trance and to serve meals to rooms, but
when this agreement came to the ears
of the walters there was vigorous
protest and negotiations were declared
off for the present.
While most of the national commit
| teemen on the ground are chary of eX-
pressing themselves in advance Of the
meeting, there is an impression abroad
| that the body may refuse to take cog
nizance of the matter, on the ground
that it is out of its province and be-
| longs exclusively TO the jurisdiction OF
| the local committee. In that event
Judge Long will submit a resolution
setting forth that, inasmuch as it is ev-
| ident that some Of the delegates can
not secure accommodations in st. Louis
| it is both necessary and desirable that
| the convention be held in another city
| This. it is thought would have an inn
mediate effect toward settling the diff
Guilty.