The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-15
IN BATTLE ARRAY
NEWS FROM CHIEFTATNS' CAMPS AZ
ST. LOUIS.

Ex-Governor Bulkeley Announces His
Candidacy for the Vice Presidency-Mor
ton Loses Four New York Delegates
Might Have Lost Twclve-sound Money
Plank Assured-Platt VIII Not Bolt-No
Serious Rupture ProbabIe-Senator Tel
Ter Presents Attitude of Silver Men.
st. Louis, June 14.-St. Louis now
looks like a convention city. 1t has
hung out its bunting in profusion to
bid welcome to the big republican gath
ering. All four of the leading candi-
dates, Mckinley, Reed, Morton and AL
lison, have their headquarters at the
Southern hotel. McKinley's headQuar-
ters are designated by allegoricai rep
resentation OF "ProteCtiOn." 1t repre-.
sents in the foreground five female fig
ures, fat and tiorid, one of them stand
ing and holding aloft in one hand the
stripes and starry shield, labeled Pro
tection," and holding in the other hand
a naked sword, on which she leans. The
other females are squatting around in
rather ungraceful attitudes-one of
them appearing to be seated on tea
canister, which looks as if it would like
to get up on its feet, but was too heaV-
lily laden to do so. In the background
of the picture is a wild prairie, with no
signs of life or human habtation.
In the Ohio headquarters on the first
floor corridor where Mark Hanna pre-
sides, there is q graceful area of fes-
toons and flags and state shields, and
every one of the big crowd Of visitors
constantly passing in and out is made
welcome to a Mckinley badge.
The Maine people have made the fin
est display in behalf of the man of
their choice The Reed quarters are in
the parlors of the Southern, a magnifi-
cent suite of rooms that have been
elaborately decorated with tri-colored
bunting, festooned from the chande-
liers. Banners bearing the seal of the
state and other flags have also been
utilized. The most imposing effect,
however, is made on the outside of the
building. The edge of the porch over
the main entrance bears the words
Reed Headquarters, and at each end
"Reed" appears in incandescent electric
lights, which at night throw brilliant
glare upon a banner suspended across
the street containing a fairly good pic
ture of the speaker and the inscription,
"For President, Thomas B. Reed"
The largest room on the parlor floor
is used for the Morton headquarters.
The walls and ceiling are profusely
draped with bunting, and at one end
of the room is hung the portrait of Mr..
Morton.
Down stairs on the office floor anoth-
er room is fitted UP for those who are
attached to the political fortunes of
Senator Allison. The Allison boom is
not developing the proportions that
were expected of it. The special con-
vention trains scheduled to start from
Iowa loaded with Allison boomers has
been countermanded One of them
was expected to bring 1000 Allison
rooters from Des Moines alone.
In the spacious and decorated halls,
corridors and public rooms of the
Southern the friends and adherents of
the several presidential candidates meet
as on neutral ground, without the
slightest exhibition of political 'animos-
ity. On two opposite sides of the
square hall which forms the landing of
the parlor floor are displayed the cOun-
Reed Gigantic heads and faces) To
some of the intervening columns are
attached photographs of Senator Quay.
Senator Quay's headquarters are at
the Planters hotel. The senator's pic
lures hang on the pillars and stair
cases there, and q row of incandescent
lamps kept constantly alight shows, at
the head of a staircase of the parlor
floor the name of Matthew Stanley
Quay" The headquarters consist of
suite of rooms, In one of which stands
on an easel large, handsome oil paint
ing of himself.
The rush of incoming delegates to-day
has been continuous, but though the in
creased numbers added largely to the
volume of sound, no change was in
dicated in the trend of sentiment. 1t
still ran strongly for Mckinley for first
place and with no very marked choice
for second place.
Members of the national committee
are pluming themselves upon their sue
cess in disposing of the immense mass
of work thrust upon them without hold
ing Sunday session. The committee
disposed in all of 1888 cases. only remit
ting to the convention for settlement
-
sippi, Delaware and Texas and the dele
gates from two of the New York dis
tricts and one California district. The
number of cases was so great that, as
one of the members of the committee
admitted. it was a physical impossible
itv to give all of them a careful judicial
consideration; and many were decided
almost at haphazard. A very large
proportion of the cases will be fought
over again before the committee on Gre
dentials when the convention is organ
ized. and may delay the nomination till
late in the week.
None of the several hundred Platt-
Morton men went to bed last night until
the national committee disposed of the
last of the New York contests. Mr..
Platt himself retired at IL o'clock. His
friends displayed a feverish interest in
the outcome, and were unwilling to
leave the neighborhood of the national
committees headquarters until final
settlement was reached.
Mr. Platt was early astir this morn
ing, and at o'clock his friends and
lieutenants began making their way to
his rooms. He was in consultation with
these during the forenoon. Mr.. Platt
declined to express an opinion with
reference to the national committees
action. Some of the gentlemen who
called on him. however, and who may