Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-11
EVERYTHING N 0RD[R
Philadelphia Now Well Prepared to
Entertain the National Repub.
lican Convention.
Msjority Of the State Delegations
Have Already Engaged Their
Headquarters.
Politicians and Party Leaders Be.
ginning to Drift into the
Quaker City.

Philadelphia, June u.-Everything is t
now in readiness for the national repub- /
lican convention to assemble and name (
its standard bearers for the campaign
OF 1900. Joseph II. Manley, chairman of /
the national subcommittee, and Henry
C. Payne, of Wisconsin, his colleague in Z
this work OF making the important
here Saturday evening to take complete /
charge of ALI the local details.
1t was the intention OF National
Chairman Marcus A. Hanna 10 accom- I
pany Messrs. Manley and Payne, but
Saturday afternoon Senator Hanna
wired that he would remain in NASH
ington until Tuesday, when he WILL
come with other members of the nal
tional committee. to attend the meeting
OF that body on the day following.
Col. Charles Dick, secretary OF the ma
tional committee, Will came from Wash
ington today and open his headquarters
in the new court house on sixth
street. and besides attending TO the
work of the national committee Will All
tend to the preliminary work incident 10
the campaign, which is to be gotten UNI
der way Immediately after the convent
tion'is5 concluded.
Col. Dick was preceded by hiss right
hand man, Comptrolel*o the Currency
Dawes. who will have charge of consid-
cradle OF the campaign work in the
stu 1eC IN hour TIN.
campaign, MIR. Dawes said
Never before We're the republicans of
the western states so we'll and 80 strong
~ organized as they are at the present
time.
THE administrations present policy
on all iaHle." he said, seems 10 br
gaining strength as the time of the cons
9Ventior draws near. We hsal les OF
discomfort OF the vital points that ~ ere
adversely discussed some time ago and
it appears To me that there is an almost
unanimous feeling growing in favor of
the republican party, and confluence is
expressed on all sides OF its conduct in
the present perpleXing situations.
THE coming convention Will be u brill
liant affair and its deliberations viii
meet the hearty approval of republicans
in all sections of the county.
Mr.. Dawes had no comment whatever
to make on the vice presidency. saying.
that there Mare scores OF good namss
mentioned in different parts of the
country, but that up 10 the present tine
1t was his opinion that the place Was
still open
National Committeeman Richard c..
Kerens of Missouri. whose Vote il Was
that gave the convention To Philadel-
phia, was in the city Saturday. IN re-
gard To the vice presidential fight il is
said that Mr. kerens, who is known to
be a strong supporter of Cornelius N.
Bliss. Of New York. former secretary Of
& the interior, saidto a friend that all
the names mentioned for the second
place We're thosaa of good men, and that
Congressman Dolliver of Iowa Vas par
ticularly strong, by reason Of his good
executive ability and his fame IS an or
ator.
Senator Mason Of Illinois. 50 the stony
goes, has buried the Ratchet with his
political foes out his way and has se-
cured quarters with Walter Davis, who
Will lead the forces from that state al
the national convention. Mason, it is
said is outapoken iii his preference for
Cushman x. Davis of Minnesota fol
vice president its reported that he
vii! be with the band after his choice
has received complimentary Vote from
the convention.
j. Hampton Moore president Of the
Allied Republican Clubs, announced
that arrangements for the reception tc
club visitors during the convention VIZ l
are practically complete All the com
lnittee however. will hold meeting.
dailynext week TO perfect details Com.
munica.ions from OUT OF town clubs de-
sirous of participating in the parade ar,
now coming in.
President a.. J.. Davis, of the famous
Tippecanoa Club of Cleveland. Of whiei
President Mckinley and Senator Hanna
are both mem bers. called upon Etesf
dent Moore and announced that tit
club will leave Cleveland in a spscia
train next Saturday evening and vii
reach this city on sunday.
No city that has had national polit
ical convention can boast of a record 0
such hospitality to clubs and deiega
lions from other states as is promise,
by Philadelphia organizations to tn
guests for whom special entertainment
is being prepared The Philadelphi;
clubs propose that the visiting organza
tons shall have cause TO return hom
with reports that will give this city d,
uncqualed reputation as the host of
national convention. Aside from TIL
preparations made by the allied club
committee for the great parade and TO
entertainments, including trip on tn
Delaware river for distinguished guests
many of the local organizations will in
dvidually give visiting clubs a roya
time
Representatives VOORHEES, and StuIt
OF the allied clubs subcommittee o
entertainment have figured out tina
with the 100000 for the national con-
mittee, the nearly $4,000 for preparin
the hall and the amount to be expende
by the local clubs on entertainment TIL
cost Of the convention to the hospitabl
+ citizens will be not less than 5000 600
The Leeds Club alone proposes to Ell
pend 81, 600 upon the Blaine Club OF Cir
cinnati. The main feature of this er
tertainment will be banquet and val
deville performance in the State Fer
cibles' armory the night before the cor
vention.
Several Of the large hotels made pull
lie their lists Of national conventio
guests Saturday afternoon, and incider
tally the fact became known that
change has been made in the Bellevl
Il and Stratford arrangements which ser