The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-06-11
M'KINLEY ON
FIRST BALLOT
This Is the Judgment Of Nr. Nanley,
Of Maine, as to the Presiden-
tial Nomination.
REED REFUSES SECOND PLACE
The cOlored Brother Fares Badly in the
Nay Of Hotel Accommodations
Hotel keepers Violating
Their Contracts.

st. Louis, June l0.--Mr Manley. OF
Maine. said this afternoon:
In my judgment the convention will
nominate Governor Mckinley on the
first ballot for the presidency. II is
useless 20 attempt to deny that this
viii be the result, The action Of the
national committee In its overwhelming
vote on the Alabama cases settles con-
clusiyeIy how the respective states
which the committee represent will
vote in the convention"
Mr.. Reeds name will be presented
and he will be voted for. and must
say that under no conditions or cir
cumstances can he. or viii he accept
the nomination for yice-presldent If It
should be rendered him. The great
majority OF N~w England delegates
viii be loyal to Mr. Reed. but II is evil
dent the convention is for Mckinley
and e will nominate him"
That the color line has been drawn
by some OF the hotels Of this city there
can be no longer any doubt The St.
James hotel today openly refused to
entertain some negro delegates and
cancelled a 5000 contract It had made
for feeding and housing delegates. Sew
eral weeks ago the officers Of the Tip
pacanoe Club under the direction Of
NJ A. Hanna. made contract with
Thomas p. Miller. proprietor Of the
St James, to take care Of a certain
number Of delegates for FIVE days dur
ing the convention The club officers
then wrote to certain Southern delega-
tons that rooms had been engaged for
them at the ST. James. When Mr..
Miller learned the club intended to
hll the rooms with negroes he objected.
III l permit you to bring negroes
here" he said, "all my help will leave.
1t win put me in a most embarrassing
Upon the arrival Of Mr.. Hanna from
Cleveland today he was told of what
had occurred.
II am sorry for Mr.. Miller" said
TO his agent, but he signed a
contract, and unless he lives up to 1t
ne will find himself involved in a most
unpleasant legal complication"
AS all the leading hotels are crowded,
he Tippacanoe Club is in a quandery
Is to what it will do with the colored
delegates whom 1t promised to take
are Of
Hanna's emissaries had also rented
he big exposition building for use dur
ng the convention, and 1t was sug-
rested that cots be placed in 1t for the
Use OF colored men, but when the man
lgement Of the building learned OF
his, 1t told the club that negroes could
rot be quartered there. 1t was finally
agreed, however. that the colored dele
rates might be fed there.
Tony Faust, who holds lease Of the
litchen at the exposition building. said
lie could not furnish either food or
ooks to do the work. An officer of
he club said tonight that the cooks
would be imported from Cleveland.
dany Of the colored men. of their own
.ccord. had gone to the homes of col
red people living here, and obtained
'oard and lodgings, Some of them,
however, refuse to do this,
DIR. John Grant. of Sherman, Texas,
Who leads the contest for the McKin-
ey delegation from the Lone Star
tate, is mad over the treatment which
Ie is assured the proprietor, George E.
iriswold. of the LaClede Hotel, ex-
ects to give the colored members of
lis delegation. Grant has a contract
With Griswold for quarters at the La
'lede for his people. black and white
like, and this end Of 1t the hotelman is
ding to keep. The black delegates
iill not be allowed to eat in the dining
all. Meals will be served in their
ooms, and there will be no lack of
ttention to them, but the discrimina-
lon win exist Just the same.