The morning times., 1896-06-14
Enthusiasm Only EXampled by That Of the Blaine
Hosts in 1876.
SKETCHES OF LEADING CANDIDATES
Facts and Figures of the Great Convention Hall
and the Delegates Who Will Fill It-Wlat
Mckinley Men Are Counting On
What Foraker Has to Say
About the Platform.

has a Republi eau national convention
been so dominated by single Iersonalitl
as will be the great gathering of Republican
delegates that will formally open here mex
Tuesday and low before the McKinle,
tidal wave. Those who have been study
ing the political sky say that the Mckinney
enthusiasm will sweep the convention
like the cyclone that tore through the
city the other day. The great distres
aud sorrow that have overtaken the cit.
would chill tie enthusiasm OF an ordinary
convention, nut SO deep does the Mckinley
feeling seem 10 run that there is little
expectation that the eloquent signs OF Tho
recent disaster will be abie TO check its
manifestation. 1t looks as If the city a.
well as the convention will be i'll the hands
OF the Ohioan's supporters.
The convention hall, which has cost
$4,000, has been especially built for
the occasion in the big City Hall Park,
within short Instance OF the Union depot,
and but five minutes car ride from the
leading hotels. The building will cover
more than an mere of ground. 1t looks
like great four-story marble building
with an extra story or canopy rising from
its top III the shape of a Tiuge roof.
This canopy is 20 made that the glass can
he raised, giving the hall perfect deht and
ventilation iii addition to this, there
is a series of-ventilating fans. Ths sides
of The hall have many windows, and there
are more than one hundred exits and en-
frances. 1t is built entirely OF wood,
but brigade OF Tiremen will be constantly
on hand With their engines steaming.
The hail wiil seat 1901 persons. The
Minneapolis convention hall had about
IL 900 seats. There VIII be no rosts in
the hall. The seats will he arranged
In the shape OF rectangular amphitheater
They will rise UP on four sides OF the
square pit which forms the ground floor
and which is occupied by the delegates
and the aiiernates. The floor and the
lower bank Of seats will seat about 5000
people. The upper bank will seat 5000
Three thoCsant! five hundred s.dmisSion
tickets are TO be given to the Business
Mems League OF ST. Louis, through whom
the moneg for building the hail was Sc
cured. Each of the 9lS delegates Will
have three tickets, ana each al The alter
mates VIII have one The best Chance
for visitors T. tie convention to get ticket,
will be through their delegates. There
will be iand of 1000 pieces in tie hail.
and these will also have badges and tickets.
Every indication points to an immense
crowd al tie convention, as aItc ady the
badged aud uniformed boomers are ar
irving i'll baullions, Col. Richard c.
kerens, OF the national committee, and
there Will be at least $50 COO strangers
in st. Louis at that tune. and there IL 4
probability that this number Will rc o.
ceeded. There will lie at least 20. 90
from Missouri. !r1m 2o,JUy - 2.-,Og
from Ohio, and from 1900 10 10000
people are expected from Iowa to shout
Tor Allison, and amoug these Will he
1,0CO men who VIII ride into the dty cn
white hOrscs. There viii he sO.to0 mcn
from Indiana. and n large dele CATION IL, m
Maine, and there viii be thousands of Re
pubiicans from New EIigiaul "a shout Tor
Thomas h. Reed About 5000 u.cn are
expected frcn Chicago. New YORK WILL
also send 5000.
one feature of supreme Importance TO
every visitor to st. Louis is its ne W railway
station. which is the Ia rgest in the world
and by far tie most beautiful Under It's
roof are three and a half miles ,f tracks
All engines a Se left outside. so that the In
terror Is snlokeless.
The Southern Hotel catches the most i'm
portaut personal and State headquarters
There will bc found the headquarters of the
delegations from Massachusetts, Illinois,
New Hampshire, Maine. Minnesota Cclorado
New York, Nebraska, Ohio, aud there will
he the rooms OF Gen. Algcr of Michigan,
Sheriff Peasc Of Chicago, j. II. Manley of
Maine, Col. Saunders OF Colorado, Col.
Swords of New York, William Mckinley
of Ohio. Senator Allison of Iowa, Col.
Mark HInna Of Ohio, and D. A. Lawrence
Of New York.
The Planters Hotel is shcltering these
delegations, among Others: Pennsylvania
Indiana, Washington, California, Wiscon-
sin, Kentucky, West Virginia, Arkansas,
Missouri, idaho. Montana, Tennessee and
Union Republican Club of Philadelphia
The delegates when seated will number
91S, divided as follows: Alabama %,
fsxJ.
Connecticut IL, Delaware 8, Florida s,
Georgia 26, Idaho 6, Illinois 4S, Indiana
80, Iowa 26, Kansas 20, Kentucky 26,
Louisiana 16, Maine IL, Maryland I6,
Massachusetts 80, Michigan rs, Mime
sofa is, Mississippi IS, Missouri "a, Mon
tana 6, Nebraska 16, Nevada 6, New
Hampshire 3. New Jersey 20, New York
~, North Carolina %, N orth Dakota 6,
Ohio 46, Oregon g, Pennsylvania Ga. Rhode
Island 8, South Carolina Is. South Dakota
8, Tennessee "a, Texas 80, Utah 6, Vermont
8, Virginia "a. Washington S, West yir-
Einia 12, Wisconsin "a. Wyoming 6, Dis
trict of Columbia 2. Arizona 8, New Mexico
8, Oklahoma 8, Indian Territory 2, Alaska
1.
The number necessary to dominate will
be 46O. Mckinley will have 10 fight the
field. The only hope OF the anti Nc
Kinieyites lies in defeating his nomination
on the first ballot. They think if they
can do that a break will come to some
dark horse. For the first time in many
conventions, the candidates opposed to
the leading inan do not expect tie lightning
TO strike them, they simply wish To defeat
Mckinley. Neither Allison, Reed nor
Mort0n, the leading opponents of Mckinley,
is said really TO look for the nomination
Each will bc satisfied IL he can do his
share toward ma king combination strong
enough to defeat Mckinley. Long be-
fore the first ballot the ants will know
their strength. as it will be hard to escape
q test vote in the organization of the
convention, in the making up Of the COM