Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-06-13
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st. Louis Hotels Decline to Ao-
commodate Colored Delegates.
Their Action Causes Much Indignation,
and Threats Are Made to Take the
Big Convention Eisewherc-List
of Contested Delegations.

on contested seats to the republican
national convention will have problems
10 solve from Is states aud one terri
tory. Fx-Congressman Thompson, of
Ohio, having in charge the contests of
Mckinley delegates from various states,
authorizes the following statement:
There are contests in the following
states:
Alabama-Four delegates at large, First,
| Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and
Ninth districts, making 20 delegates in all
Calfornia-The Third and Fourth dis
tricts. four delegates.
Delaware-Six delegates at large, six
delegates.
Florida-Four delegates at large, First,
Second districts eight delegates.
Georgia-Four delegates at large, First,
Ninth and Eleventh districts. ten dele
gates.
Kentucky-First district, two delegates
Louisiana-Four delegates at large, First,
Second, Third and Fourth districts II dele
gates
Mississippi - Four delegates at large.
First, Second, Third, Fourth. Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh districts. is delegates.
New York Sixth, Eighth, Ninth,
Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth dis
trcts, IL delegates.
North Carolina-Eighth district. two
delegates.
Pennsylvania-Third district, two dele
gates.
South Carolina-Four delegates at large.
First, Second Third. Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Seventh districts, IS delegates.
Tennessee-Sixth and Ninth districts,
four delegates.
Texas-Four delegates at large and every
one of the 13 districts, 80 delegates.
Virginia-Second and Third districts,
four delegates. T.
Arizona-Six delegates at large, six deie-
gates.
Mr.. Thompson is confident that the
committee will recognize the claims of
the McKinleyites as the regularly
elected delegates.
The agitation over the color-line ques-
tion which started Sunday was inten-
sified Monday. Maj. Rainwater, chair
man of the local arrangements COM
mittee, still stoutly maintains that the
colored delegates will be taken care OF
just the same as if they We're white, but
no place has yet been secured. Quarters
had been engaged at no less than three
hotels for colored men, but when the
delegation leaders arrived the arrange
ments were repudiated. The hotels
have all announced that the col
ored men could not be accom-
modated because of lack of room.
G. w. Hill. national committeeman
from Tennessee, is quoted in an after
noon paper as saying:
Unless quarters are provided Immediate
ly 1 shall telegraph the colored members
of the Tennessee delegation to stay at
home. 1 do not intend that they shall
r come to ST. Louis and either go hungry or
, eat in place in which they would not
n stable a horse at home"
Judge Long, national committeeman
from Florida, is also in an indignant
:, frame of mind over the alleged negec-
of the comfort of the coiored dele.
gates.
He says he spent all of Monday look
ing for rooms for them, but found the
doors of all the hotels closed against
them. He declares that unless the MAJ
ter is remedied by next Wednesday
when the national committee meets, the
facts will be presented to them and a
motion made to adjourn the convention
?, to some other city. The members ot
8 the Business Mems league are alive tc
the gravity of the situation and promise
an early solution of the trouble.
There will be but one roll call in the
= convention, and that will result in tbs
nomination of Maj. Mckinley" These
> were the words of Judge a. c. Thomp
= son, of Ohio, at Mckinley headquartert
Monday evening. In truth, the fac
that there is more than one candidate
y seems to be lost sight of on all sides, ant
y about the only points of contention ar,
. who will get second place and what thu
:, platform will say on finances.
Al Inl 10 IN
Kinley, the vice-presidential nomina
!, ton is engaging most attention. Th
. man most frequently mentioned for thu
!, place by the southern delegates wh'
- have arrived is Hon. I'll. Clay Evans, o
- Tennessee. Tennessee and Alabama ar
- instructed for him, besides IA delegate
" from Texas and six from Kentucky.
Joseph b. McCullagh, editor of tn
Globe Democrat, said Monday: Rec,
>, =, can have the vice-presidency withou
II asking for it. 1t is his if he will onl.
L Quit refusing it. He has all along main
~ tanned that he wants first place o
&c none. But still consider it quite pos
! sible that he may accept second place
c. He is not now any more violently OF
o. posed to accepting the vice-presidentia
y nomination than Logan was in 1884"
1t would be hard to predict just no,
!. with any degree of accuracy who wi
u be selected by the national commtte
> for temporary chairman of the convei
q tion, so few of the committeeman hav
y as yet arrived, and there are none of tn
Is prominent leaders of the party herr
Among the men who have been meI
toned, however, are Gov. Merriam, c
it Minnesota, and II. Clay Evans, cand
Id date for the vice-presdential nomin;
rs ton, of Tennessee. Mr.. Evans is ais
Of talked of for permanent chairman, q
h, also are Gen. Grosyenor, of Ohio; SeI
lie ator-elect George i. Wellington, {
IL Maryland; Senator Foraker, and ais
Id Mayor John A. Caldwell, of Cincinnati
asI Now Ask Indemnity.
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