Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-06-09
READY FOR G.. o. P.
Auditorium at St. Louis Is Prac-
tically Completed.
VIII BE Dedicated Next Wednesday,
Preparations for Convention Being
Pushed-Other News.


Pushed-Other News.
St. Louis, June 6.-There is little to
be done in completing the Auditorium
in which the republican convention Will
be held, and Contractor Mcclure will
turn it over for the Business Mems
league whenever it is convenient for
that body to accept it.
Chairman Gaiennie, of the league, is
making extensive preparations for the
dedicatory exercises next Wednesday
evening. 1t is expected that at least
10000 administration tickets at one dol
lar each and 500 vice presidential tickets
at five dollars each will be disposed of,
and the amount will go towards making
up the deficit in the subscriptions prom
Used.
Scheme of Telephones Falls Through.
The scheme to place system Of tel
ephones in the convention auditorium
hall has been abandoned. 1t fell through
apparently from negligence of those
having the auditorium arrangements in
charge. 1t would have cost nothing.
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Of the Bell Telephone company, agreed
to wire the hall and put in the necessary
instruments free of charge. He says
it is now too late, and thus contem-
plated innovation, that had been looked
forward to by delegates and press rep
resentatives alike with growing feel
ings of comfort, must go over to be
introduced at some later convention.
Best Operators for Convention.
Preparations for handling the tele-
graphic reports of the ST. Louis con-
vention are already practically COM
plete. The Western Union Telegraph
company has assigned it's most expert
operators from the various large Offices
throughout the country to the conven-
ton work, and the wire facilities will be
ample for any emergency. There will
be one change in the Geographic serv
ice in this years conventions. The tel
egraph companies, at the solicitation of
the newspapers, will send out no bulle-
tins from the convention halls until bal
loting begins; after that hey will SIM
ply announce the results of the ballots.
Excluded from Delegate Floor.
Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes announces
that newspaper correspondents will be
excluded from the delegate floor only
during the time that the convention is
in session. After adjournments or be-
fore order is called he presumed that
no objection would be made to them be-
ing on the delegate floor. The United
Press and the Chicago Associated Press
will be exceptions to the rule, as their
tables will be on the delegate floor.
Marching Clubs to Be Present.
A small proportion of the visiting
marching clubs participate i'll the grand
parade of convention week, with the
Merchants League club. One of the
finest displays will be given on the
streets of ST. Louis that it has ever been
the good fortune of its citizens to wit
ness. Manager Farnham received Fri
day five letters from as many different
states, telling of the coming of young
campaigners. The clubs referred to
are at Grand Forks, N. D.; Madison,
Wis; Columbus, o.; Wheeling, w. Va,
and Denver, Col. They will make their
headquarters at the Merchants League
club.
Col. c. B. Wing, Of Cincinnati, one of
!McKinley's strongest supporters, and
Fred Bader, president of the Young
Mems Blaine club, of that city, We're III
st. Louis Friday arranging the details
of that clubs visit there during con-
vention week.
The Lincoln club which, next to the
Blaine, is the largest republican organ
ization of Cincinnati, will send $50 of
its members to help arouse enthusiasm
for Mckinley.
Arrivals at st. Louis.
Among the arrivals Saturday morn
Ing were Hon. j. G. Long. of ST. Angus
tine, Fla, and Hon. A. c. Thompson, of
Galliopolis, o. Both gentlemen are
pronounced McNnleyites. Judge
Long is u member of the national COM
mittee, and stated that he expected a
meetingof thatbody next Monday in st.
Louis. Sergeant-at-Arms Sword, of
the national committee, Saturday
morning said that he had no informa-
ton of any contemplated meeting of
the national committee on Monday, and
did not believe sufficient members
would be here by that time to consti-
tute quorum. The latest advices from
Mr.. Manley indicate that he will be
here Monday night. Several other
members are expected to arrive on Mon
day, but 1t is believed that only infor-
NAL conferences will be held. Those in
O position to know state that the meet
ing of the naional committee will be
held next Wednesday as originally
planned.
Proctor for Vice President.
Cleveland, o., June mckinley has
snapped horses. He has given up all
idea of persuading Thomas B. Reed to
be his running mate, and as the result
of several conferences with Mark Han
ma and others, he has decided to use his
best efforts to prevail upon Redfield
Proctor, of Vermont, Harrison's secre-
tary of war and at present United
States senator to accept that position.
Negotiations with that gentleman have
been pending for some time and as the
result Mark Hanna states that Senator
Proctor will arrive in Cleveland this
morning and go with him at once to
Canton to talk over matters concerning
the campaign with Mr.. Mckinley.
Why Reed Declines.
AS to the declination of Reed, it is
learned here from sources close to the
Mckinley managers that he said to
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