The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-11

1t was a decided Mckinley victory. Those
voting to seat the Mosely delegation were
Fessenden Of Connecticut, Gear of Iowa,
Leonard of Louisiana, Grain of Massachu-
setts, Sutherland of New York and Carson
of Colorado.
At the evening session of the committee
the Georgia contests were taken up. The
result was the seating of six Mckinley
delegates The contests for the day. there
fore, resulted in seating twenty-five Nc
Klnley men and two Reed men, A contest
from one Georgia and two Alabama dis
tricts remain to be settled.
Senator Proctor, who has been men
toned as candidate for vice president,
says: Il do not want to be vice president
of the United States. My name shall not
be presented for that Office before the Re
publican national convention. Whenever
| am satisfied that such action is probable
1 shall take steps to prevent it. 1 do not
know n great deal about politics. ! do
know something about Vermont politics,
however, and l know that the Republican
ism of my state is five to one for McKin-
ley. He will surely win on the first ballot.
John ID. Jeffery, of Chicago, arrived here
today to take an active part in the press
Ing of the nomination of Ex-Governor
Bulkely, of Connecticut, as a candidate of
the Republican party for vice president.
The ex-governor 5 recent visit to Canton,
| o., followed by the announcement of his
candidacy, gave rise to the,statement that
he would have the support of Major Nc
Kinley for second place on the national
ticket and Mr.. Bulkely's friends are push
ing his campaign with vigor
The advocates of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver will hold meeting this
afternoon to compare views and discuss
the proper line of proceeding when the
convention meets. The meeting will be
informal, and it is expected that it will be
attended by the delegates and national
committeeman present from the states of
California, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Ne
vada, Idaho, North Dakota, South Da-
kota, Washington and Oregon. 1t is the
desire of the movers of the meeting to try
to get united action in behalf of the free
coinage of silver and for positive declar-
alton for the protection of wool and lead
ore. There has been some effort to secure
the corporation of the southern delegates
in this movement, but it has not so far
been successful.
The st. James hotel yesterday openly re-
fused to entertain negro delegates, and
cancelled 81, 900 contract for feeding and
housing delegates.
Several weeks ago the officers of the Tip
pecanoe club, under the direction of NJ A.
Hanna, made a contract with Thomas p.
Miller, the proprietor Of the st. James
hotel, to take care of certain number of
delegates for five days during the conven-
tion. The club officers then wrote to GER
tain southern delegations that rooms had
been engaged for them at the st. James
When Mr.. Miller learned that the club in
tended to fill the rooms with negroes he
objected.
"If permit you to bring negroes here, u
he said, "all my help will leave. 1t will
put me in a most embarrassing predica
! ment."
Upon the Arrival of Mr. Hanna from
j Cleveland he was told of what had oc
Cured
'I am sorry for Mr.. Miller" said Mr.
Hanna to his agent, "but he signed con
tract, and unless he lives up to it he viii
find himself involved in most unpleasan
legal complication"
, When the hotel man was so notified o
this he made written reply to the effec
, that he could not fulfill his contract.
; AS all the leading hotels are crowded
the Tippecanoe club is in quandary n
to what it will do with the oolored dele
gates whom it promised to care for.
Mr.. Hanna said he felt very sorry fo
7 the Business Mems League, which prom
= ised the national committee there woul
y be no color line drawn. ,The league ha
! done everything in its power to preven
= this trouble" he added, "and 1 do nc
=" consider it in any way to blame"
Mr. Hanna's emissaries also rented tn
: big Exposition building for use during tn
convention. It was suggested that col
II q IL. g IL.
men, but when the management of tE
building learned Of this it told the clu
that the negroes could not be quartere
there. 1t was finally agreed, howeve
= that the colored delegates might be fe
D there. Tony Faust who holds the leai
of the kitchen at the exposition said /
o could not furnish either food or cooks
ii do the work An officer of the club sai
= today that cooks would be imported fro
v Cleveland.
:, Many of the colored men have, Of the
- own accord, gone to the homes of colorC
. people living here and obtained boafd an
u lodgings. Some of them, however, refu
u to do this.
ot DIR. John Cant, of Sherman, Tex, WI
II leads the contesting Mckinley delegate
ls from the Lone Star state, is angry over O
an service which he is assured Prophet
:, GriswOld, of the Laclede hotel, expects
-' give the colored members of his deleg
ton Cant hasa contract with Griswo
= for quarters at the Laclede for his peop
black and white alike, and this end of
o the hotel man is going TO keep, but bla
, delegates win not be allowed to eat in t
dining hall Meals will be served in thu
rooms and there will be no lack of atte
tion TO them. This is what makes L
sr' Cant angry.
IS. While the national committee was
= session Mr.. Kennard chairman of I