The herald., 1896-06-10

| iSesS4s anu teieBrdms asking tnem 10 lei
! me arrange for accommodations for theiI
delegates. Especially did / pay atten.
ton to the southerners. because FORE
saw the difficulty we might have In plac-
Ing negroes the last minute. Many OF
them did not reply. and nov they can.
not get the quarters they might have Sc
cured had they let US arrange 1t weeks
| ago"
Regarding the color line trouble. the
Republic in the morning will say:
FROM present indications 1t may be-
| come necessary for the Business Mems
league to hire hall in which to lodge the
negro delegates who neglected to engage
rooms in advance. All the hotels are
full save one, and the colored men who
nave viewed the quarters provided for
them In that building are disposed t.
! Kick because there is not hot and cold
water in every room. The trouble with
the colored men Is that they Will be sat-
isfed with nothing less than a parlo"
room on the first floor, with a white fan
swinging and a music box under the
folding bed. Judge Long Of Florida was
offered accommodations for his colored
delegates in the Mona house, a small
hotel on Sixth street. The proprietor
| refused to make contract for less than
five days, and Judge Long wanted to
| limit the indebtedness for rooms to three
days, with an option on additional time
should the convention last longer. The
| confidence Of the proprietor in Nick in
| ley wall-over did not extend far enough
to allow him to recede from his rule 70
let no room out for less than five days,
and the Judge was forced to seek other
quarters.
Major Rainwater and Mr.. Kennard
made strenuous efforts to secure quart
ers for colored men in first-class hotels,
but they met with Indifferent success.
hn nrarin 90 a
engaged by white men and by such
colOred men as possessed the foresight
to engage them in advance, and they
absolutely refuse to alter their engage
ments at this late day, even to help out
the Business Mems league. Some ar
rangeinents. satisfactory under the cir
cumstances, will be made to care for the
late-comers among the negroes. They
will be fed and lodged, even If 1t be-
comes necessary to lease building for
them. It cannot be promised that the
building will have Brussels carpets or
the floors, street cars running by the
doors, and other accessories mentioned
in the song about the girl who lived In
Baltimore, but it will be as good as the
late white delegates receive if they have
neglected to engage quarters when
quarters were to be had.
Nearly all the members of the national
committee are here and the others VIII
arrive tomorrow morning. The nrst
meeting will be held tomorrow at IL
o'clock. Chairman Carter arrived TO-
night from Washington. General Clark
son. the member from Iowa, is Ill at
Philadelphia and cannot be at the meet
ing.
Senator Gear has his proxy. E. Cleve-
land has the proxy of Enoch Strother OF
Nevada, and Oscar Meyer of New York
the proxy of Joseph H. Simon OF ore
,v,ott 70 xriI1 ia tkn
up the contested seats and the selection
of temporary chairman and other offi-
GERS of the convention named by the
committee. There has been some talk
today about the selection of General
Fairbanks of Indiana for temporary
chairman and Senator Proctor of YER
mont for permanent chairman. But
there has also been a movement on foot
to make Samuel Fessenden, member OF
the national committee from Connecti-
cut, temporary chairman and to select
the permanent chairman from the west.
Senator Thurston of Nebraska has
been mentioned for the place.
1t is also probable the subject Of ac-
commodations for the colored delegates
will be considered. Chairman Carter
said tonight the matter had been ad-
justed, as he believed, in a satisfactory
manner. When he read the first state
ments Of the difficulty he stated to
friend in Indianapolis that If it was
found impossible in st. Louis to find ac-
commodations for Republicans on ac-
count of color 1t might be necessary to
take the convention to some place where
men could be lodged and fed. Mr.. Car
ter has been informed that there will
not be any further difficulty, although
1t Is understood that at all the leading
hotels no quarters have been available
for colored men, applicants always be-
ing Informed that the rooms had all been
taken, and the hotels informed the
members of the committee today that
for more than thirty days all rooms have
been engaged for the convention week.
Committeeman De Young. In speak
ing of the meeting tomorrow. said:
1.-THE national committee will decide
upon the names of the temporary Off
GERS. They will also take up the con-
tests so far as settling them for the pre-
liminary roll.
THE general idea is now to do away
with the subcommittee, as has hereto
fore been the custom. 1 think they will
probably sit as a committee of the
whole and take up every contest. In
every case at previous conventions
where b-committees have heard the
testimony and makes it's report to the
whole committees there has been an
appeal and the whole committee had to
go over the testimony again. For that
reason. it is believed. it would be best
Tor the general committee to hear the |
testimony in the beginning"
c. w. Fairbanks of Indiana, ex-Gov-
ernor Merriam of Minnesota and G. w.
Knight of California and Senator Proc
tor. Vermont, have been mentioned for
temporary chairman of the convention.
although 1t will be hard to say who will |
be the choice for the place.
Joseph H. Manley member Of the COM
mittee from Maine, who is the manager
Of Thomas B. Reeds campaign, arrived |
tonight He said he was not prepared |
to say how many votes Mr. Reed would |
get on the first ballot When asked II |
Mr.. Reed would accept the vice presi- |
Dental nomination. he said:
Under no circumstances will Mr.. |
Reed take the nomination for the vice |
presidency. He will have the first |
place on the ticket or none at ALL"
ANXIOUS MANAGERS.
CLEVELAND. O., June 9.-The news
mat the color line will be drawn in st.
Louis during the Republican national
convention created a stir at MCKINLEY
headquarters in this city. Hon. M. A. |
Hanna at once wired Judge A. C. Thomp-
son or portsmouth,. Ohio, who is in st |
LOUIS, requesting him to see to 1t that all |
,olored delegates are provided with COM |
ortable quarters regardless of expense
later he again. wired him to the effect
hat Prof. Loeb of the Ohio league had !
'Hered the use Of the st. Louis exposi-
ION building for the colored delegates
me league has leased the building as a
headquarters and meeting place. Mr.
llama received telegram fron, Tohr