Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-06-14
Thousands of Delegates and Visitors Going to the Republican
 Convention.


 by tomorrow night 100000 strangers will be in the city. The most of the big guns, as well as the rank and file af the dele gates, are here and the show only awaits the coming of the big politi- cal clubs who will form the bulk of the audience. From every state the delega tes and Party leaders are ar- rived, oby tomorrow night all head quarters will be established and in full running order. The reception ane entertainment committees have done their work well so that there is little cause for complaint. Nine tenths of the delegates are aecolutl,l dated in the big hotels of the sI@wH- town district, the largest number f being at the Southern, the Planters, | the St. Nicholas and the Laelede. The four leading candidates are maintaining headquarters at both the Southern and the Planters, and So ,000 day is said to be a conserva- tive estimate of the amount the Hama parry is disbursihg for the ac- comodation of the leading Mckinley adherents and the arev sleeping two in a bed at that. The register at the Planters bears the names of Warner Miller, Chauncey Depew, Col. Fred Grant and T. c. Platt, an illustrious quartette containing three yice-presidential possibilities. ". Godfrey Hunter, the hand some Kentuckian who has just missed q seat in the United States Senate is a conspicuous fgue about the rotunda of the Planters, and an- other from the same state is Cover nor Bradley, who is looking after his badly-frazzled presidential boom. The New Jersey delgation, nursing the yice-presidential hopes of Garret l \. Hobart, is also Ht the Planters $. 1 Other guests of manager Weaver in cludes the Pennsylvania delegation, Eamoung the members of which are Ex-Governor Hastings, C. l.. Magee of Pittburg, James Elverson of Philadelphia and Senator Qnay. The Pennsylvania Senator and ex presidential candidate occupies the swe!lest suite of rooms to be found in the city and within easy com munication of the headquarters of t.y 1let,t within reach of Mark Hanna, if nec- essary. H. Clay Evans is holding forth at Hurst's. though the Tennes- see delegation is at the Planters. At Hurst's also is quartered the Alger Club of Detroit. This organi- zation like it's sponser is beating the tom-toms for Mckinley. Besides those already mentioned the guests of the Planters include General Lew Wallace of the Indiana delegation; ex-Secretary of the Navy Richard w. Thompson, of the same state, and who has seen almost as many presidents nominated as some of the delegates have seen years; U. S. Grant, son of the president, who co mes with the California delegation and his colleague John D. Spreckels, son of the sugar king. The big men at the Lindell are ex-Governor Hoard, Robert NJ. La Toilette and Phil Sawyer, all of Wisconsin and all for Nick finley; Ex-Governor Gear and Colon el Clarkson in charge of the Allison headquarters; Redfield Proc tor of Vermont, and General Alger of Michigan. Senator Wellington of Maryland has cozy quarters at the Laclede at which house an entire floor is occupied by the Texas delega- tion, headed by M. W. Cundy. The Alabama delegation and the Tippe- conoe Club of Columbus, O.. mono polize the St. James Hotel, but no trouble is anticipated as both the Southerners and the Buckeyes agree on prpsiden tial choise. The Southern has among it's guests John R Tan her, the Illinois gubernatorial nom- itee, ard ex-G0vernor Fffer of the same state, and host of Mckinley lieutenats. Powell Clayton, the big Arkansas boss, and the delegation from that state, occuy rooms 7O4, 7O5 and roc, at the Planters. Sena- tor Foraker can prepare his McKin- lev nomination speech in his exclusive apartments at the St. Nicholas. should the muse fail to resond the Senator can call to his assistance any one of the one thouand Tippe- canoe Club members who will arrive at the same hostelry tomorrow night.