The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-10
NO CONCESSION.
NATIONAL CosI1nTT1E.
Nearly All Members Are Present-A
Meeting Today.

Meeting Today.
ST, LOUIS, June 9.-Nearly all the
members Of the national committee are
here and the others will arrive to-
morrow morning The first meeting
will be held tomorrow at IL o'clock
Chairman Carter arrived tonight from
Washington. General Clarkson, the
member from Iowa, is i'll at Philadel-
phia and cannot be at the meeting.
Senator Gear has his proxy. E. Cleve-
land has the proxy of Enoch Strother
of Nevada, and Oscar Meyer, of New
York, the proxy Of Joseph H. Simon
of Oregon. The committee will to-
morrow take up the contested seats
and the selection of temporary chair
man and other officers of the conven-
ton named by the committee. There
HAS BEEN SOME TALK
today about the selection of General
Fairbanks Of Indiana for temporary
chairman and Senator Proctor of Yer
mont, for permanent chairman. But
there has also been q movement on
foot to make Samuel Fessenden, mem
Der of the national committee from
Connecticut, temporary chairman and
to select the permanent chairman from
the west. Senator Thurston of Ne
braska has been mentioned for the
place. 1t is also probable the subject
of accommoda lions for colored dele
gates will be considered Chairman
Carter said tonight the matter had
: been adjusted, as he believed, in a
satisfactory manner When he read the
first statements of the difficulty, he
stated TO a friend in Indianapolis. that
| if 1t was found impossible in st. Louis
to find accommodations for Republicans
on account Of color il might be neces-
| sary 20 take the convention to some
/ place where men
COULD BE LODGED AND FED.
Mr.. Carter has been informed that
there viii not be any further difficulty,
although it is understood that at all
! of the leading hotels no quarters have
been available for colored men, ap-
] plicants always being informed that
] the rooms had all been taken and the
! hotels informed the members of the
! committee today that for more than
thirty days all rooms have been en-
! gagged for the convention week.
Chairman DeYoung in speaking OF
| the meeting tomorrow, said:
1.-THE national committee will decide
upon the names of the temporary Of
! ficers. They will also take up the con-
tests, so far as settling them for the
preliminary roll The general idea is
now TO do away with the substitute
/ committee. taking up each case and
reporting to the main committee, as
has heretofore been the custom. ]
think they will probably sit as d CON-
! mittee of the whole and take up every
contest. In every case
AT PREVIOUS CONVENTIONS
where subcommittee have heard the
testimony and made its report to the
/ whole committee, there has been an
appeal and the whole committee had rc
go over the testimony again. For that
reason II is believed il would be best
for the general committee TO hear the
! testimony in the beginning c. w
Fairbanks of Indiana, Ex-Governor
Merriam of Minnesota, and G. w
I Knight of California and Senator
Proctor OF Vermont have been mention.
ed fer temporary chairman Of the con-
vention. although It will be hard to say
who will be the choice for the place
Joseph H. Manley, member Of the
committee from Maine. who is the
manager of Thomas B. Reeds cam.
4 paign. arrived tonight He said he
| was not prepared to say how many
votes Mr.. Reed would get on the first
ballot. When asked if Mr.. Reed would
accept the ice-presidential nornina-
/ ton he said: Under no circumstance
viii Mr.. Reed rake the nomination fol
presidency. He will have the frs
place on the ticket or none at ALL