Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-06-09
CONTESTS Ar ST. LOUIS.
Many of the Politicians Present VIII
sleep In Cars.

ST LOUIS. MO. June S.-The Commit
tee on Contested Seats IN the Republican
National Convention will have problems
to solve from fifteen States and one Ter
ritory. ExCongressman Thompson. OF
Ohio, having I'm charge the contests OF
Mckinley delegates from various States,
IS confident that the committee will re-
cOgnizc the claims Of the McKinleyites
as the regularly elected delegates.
Whatever sleep large number OF poll
ticians are to get during their convention
sojourn here VIII be enjoyed in the rail-
road-cars which bring them to the city.
Arrangements have been made by the
Terminal Railroad Association 10 store
500 passenRor-cars at different places I'm
81. Louis during the latter part Of this
and all Of next week More than two
hundred Of these coaches--all sleepcrs-
Will be converted into temporary hotels.
Spaces arc being reserved for Them and
positions conducive to comfort and
convenience have been selected. 10 has
been decided by the Terminal Associa-
ton TO allow each of its twenty tenant
lines the storage Of ten occupied sleeping
cars. This arrangement will provide
lodging-places for at least 1000 persons.
within five-minutcs' walk Of the conyen-
tion hall.
THE COLOR-LINE.
There appears TO be considerable diff
fculty in securing quarters for the col
ored delegates TO the convention. and 6.
A. Hin, national committeeman from Ten
nessee is quoted in an afternoon paper
as saying:
Unless quarters are provided immodi-
atcly. l shall telegraph the colored mem
bers Of the Tennessee delegation to stay
M home. / do not intend that they shall
come TO 81. Louis ana either 90 hungry
or eat i'm place in which they would
not stable q horse at home"
Judge Long, national committeeman
from Florida, IS also in an indignant
frame OF mind over the alleged neglect
of the comfort Of the co,ored delegates.
The members OF the Business-Mon's
League are alive TO tho gravity Of the
situation. and promise am early solution
of the trouble about the colored dele
gates. The secretary Of the league says
that the Mississippi convention did not
apply for quarters until all the leading
hotels had contracted for their rooms.
RE says further that every promise OF
the league win be fulfilled.
al-COmmittceman Cyrus Leland.
Jr., of Kansas arrived to-day. lie says
Kansas will have "a fun delegation for
Mckinley "Besidcs' said ne. there are
"if'N MtklultN SOllltiS In Kansas.
Applications for quarters from Alaska
were received to-day by the Bureau of IN
formation. The delegates are Thomas ).
NOVEL; and Charles $. Johnson.
THE GANEL
The gavcl is an excellent specimen OF
wood-carving. done by W. II. Bartcls, or
Carthage III. Mr.. Bartels selected the
wood from a hickory log taken from the
log cabin occupied by President Lincoln
at Salem, H.. in 1892. There are panels on
each side which are filed I'm with in
scribed plates of gold and silver The
silver end bears this inscriptions:
"Alade by ". II. Bartcis. Carthage H.
from a log Of the cabin occupied by Abra-
ham Lincoln i'm 1882 at New Salem. H."
The inscription on The gold plate reads:
National Republican Convention, held
az ST. Louis. June 16, 1896. Nomination for
President"
The gavel IS TO be presented 10 the nomi-
nee AT tho conclusion of the proceedings.