Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-17
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Like. KANSAS CITY WAY
Governor Stone and Others In
dorse Work of Convention
Committee.
SHOULD CARE FOR THOUSANDS.
Preparations Are Better Than
Those for Any Former
Convention.
INFORMATION BUREAUS WORK.
Classifying Rooms and Board in
Both PYblic and Private
:. { ~'Houses.
LK.nsas City Times, Apr. Is j

Kansas City Times, Apr. IL
II like the way you Kansas Cityans
go 8bbut things You are taking hold
of this matter of entertaining a demo
cratic national convention more vigor.
ously, more intelllgently and more sys-
tematically than any city that l ever
knew. By&aktnk up this matter of
entertaining the crowds which will
come to Kansas City July 4, thus early
you ought ,obs able TO provide ac-
Communications for more people than
we're ever before provided in any city
where national convention was held"
A ID !. Hamilton. chairman of the
bureau of information of the demo-
cratic national convention committee,
has just finished outlining to Cover
nor w j Stone the work planned by
the bureau, and the above is the gov
ernor's comment upon it.
The bureau of Information held q
meeting Friday afternoon III room No.
l0l, New York Life building, and the
work cut out for it was thoroughly
gone over. 1t was agreed that, in
view of the false reports of extortioll-
ate demands being made for rooms by
kanses City hotels and persons with
rooms to rent, circulated by number
Of eastern papers, something must he
done at once to convince the public
that there would be ample accommo-
dstiOns for all who come to Kansas
City to attend the convention. and
that the rates would be eminently fair
and just.
The bureau has undertaken the task
of listing all available rooms in Kan
sas City and placing in the hands of
the people who contemplate attending
the convention list of such rooms,
giving location, convenience and price
This work the bureau will perform
without charge to either the applicant
for rooms or the person letting them.
1t will act Us the agent of both and
will relieve both nf much worry and
annoyance. The person Offering
rooms will feel perfectly easy as re-
CARDS the rental, for the money will
be deposited with Treasurer w A
Rule. subject to the order of the land
lord when the rooms are vacated.
The applicant for looms will cost him
nothing for he will have paid for
them in advance, and when he arrives
Fin Kansas City lie will have receipt
take possession OF his room without
al hours delay
BUSINESS MEN DO THE WORK.
All rooms listed with the bureau will
be inspected by sub committees of
business men No irresponsible en-
ployes will be intrusted with this
work. Members of the subcommittee
comprising some of the leading citizen
of Kansas City, will solicit the people
of the city to place their Vacant rooms
at the disposal of the bureau. In this
way many desirable rooms will be So
cured which would not otherwise be-
opened for the entertainment. of con.
ventiOI visitors.
Another work OF great Importance
will be taken up by the bureau. 1t is
known thstalready hundreds OF COIL
vention visitors have made arrange
ments privately with relatives and
friends in the city for their entertain
ment convention week. In order To
show how many people Kansas City is
entertaining, the bureau will, SD far
as it is possible to do so, collect stats
tics regarding the number of persons,
who thus make arrangements private
ly for their accommodation. This infor-
nation will be included in the bulle-
tins, which will be issued at frequent
intervals, and will show to the country
the city's capacity for taking care of q
large crowd. The bureau urges all
persons who have made ar engagements
ITO entertain convention visitors to
notify it at once giving number of
lvisitors. The pi.ns of tho bureau
bhsve been Endorsed by the executive
committee of the democratic national
committee, and this committee has
kdgreed to send out the bulletins and
other printed matter of the bureau to
all delegates and sMernates to the
convention, and to all other persons
with whom 1T is in correspondence.
t Last Saturday at s ? m there
we're IS teams waiting on the