The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-10
RINGMAS7ER ON HAND.
Hanna Reaches St. Louis
and Republican Chican-
ing Begins to Hum.
THE TROUBLESOME GaL0RED DELEGATE
Vain Efforts to House and Feed
Him-Waiters Nowin
the Way.
! TROUBLESOME c0L0RED DELEGATE


the Woy.
ST. LOUIS, June 10, 1Ss6..There were
a score CIR more of old friends and ac-
quaintances at the station to welcome
the Head Centre of Major McKinley's
campaign. Mark Hanna, when the Bee
Line train from Cleveland pulled in at
7:3c. With him were General w. Nc
Ainley osborn of Boston, the Majors
cousin; Myron 7. Herrick and Colonel
Sylvester Everett, delegates from Cleve-
land; w. M. Hahn, of Mansfield, and
Oscar R. Meyer of Portland, Oregon.
Mr.. Hanna was soon the centre of a
group of other distinguished Republic
cans, which included Samuel Fessenden
of Connecticut; M. j. Bowling, President
of the Minnesota State League; Henry
c. Payne of Milwaukee and ex-Gover-
nor F'ifer and Captain Tanner, the latter
the Gubernatorial nominee in Illinois.
There We're greetings and handshakes
and then. after a hurried breakfast, Mr..
Hanna betook himself to his private
room in the Mckinley headquarters. on
the parlor floor of the Southern Hotel,
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. Then a
messenger was sent in quest of j. N.
Huston of Indianapolis, who, it is under
stood, is authorized to speak for Charles
w. Fairbanks of the same city. re-
garding the presentation of the latter's
name to the National Committee as a
candidate for the temporary chairman
ship of the convention. Mr.. Huston,
however, was not to be found for the
moment, and Mr.. Hanna turned to the
task of greeting the crowd that besieged
his apartment.
With the arrival of Hanna and his lieu
tenants, and the assembling at noon of
the National Committee for the purpose
of adjudicating the contests and prepar-
ing the temporary roll, the prelinlinaries
of the National Republican, Convention
may be regarded as having commenced in
earnest. The arrivals or the late trains
last night and those of the early morning
We're 50 numerous as to take by surprise
the hotel people and tine local Committee
of Arrangements, who, going by the re-
ports from different parts of the country,
had been led to believe that it would
ne late IN the week before the visitors
"ouiu pe very hluch IN evidence. BEFORE
the pfeakIass nour was over TINS morn
ing, however, fer pages of freshly writ
ten autographs had been added to the
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,nents of . rally az n~olitiral chieftains
Desnite the ass,lra noes Of the Citizens,
Committed of Arrangements thar annie
accommodations will be placed at the com
mand of the colored delegates and Their
associates. the National Committee is TO
be requested to look into the situation
and to appoint a subcommittee with ir-
ssructions TO report not later than noon
tomorrow. Three resolutions to this eff
feet have been drawn and one or more
will be submitted just as soon as the roll
OF men present mas been
called Inc champions OF the
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ana Wlinam M. Hahn OF ONO Inc
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