The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-11

Hard Task OF Press COMMITTEES.
No committee has had harder task
than that assigned to the press commit
tee. which practically finished It's labors
the past week. 1t had 600 seats in the
press section at Its disposal, which. un-
der the agreement with the national
committee, were to be awarded ito
newspaper men actually doing work for
the daily papers and using the wires"
More than 1900 applications were re-
ceIved and the work of cutting this
number down to 500 with the least pos
sible friction, was difficult. Those
papers fortunate enough to get seats
will find their quarters extremely pleas
ant. There is scarcely a poor seat In
the 500, the facilities for seeing and
bearing being the very best.
sergeant-at-Arms Busy Man.
The busiest man for the next two
weeks will be sergeant-at-Arms Wis
well, who has been here for a fortnight.
His headquarters are located in the old
court house in Independence Square.
The quarters are crowded with clerks,
stenographers and typewrlters and
every one about the place is hustllng.
The sergeant-at-aims is now wrestling
with the task OF distributing tickets.
Everybody wants one and most appl-
cants want enough for all their friends
Each delegate will receive two tickets
besides his own, and each alternate will
receive only his own ticket. Each ma
tional committeeman is to receive
twenty-five seats. -Four thousand go to
the city Of Philadelphia and the re-
maInder will be distributed among in-
pited guests of the national committee.
President Mckinley will receive q GER
tain number for his private diatribu-
tion.
There Will be Warm Contests.
The national committee will hold its
first session in this city on Wednesday.
when every member is expected to be
present with the exception Of General
James H. Wilson, OF Delaware. who Is
in Cuba. At this Meeting the commit
tee will go over the work already done
in preparation for the convention and
will smooth out the little details. The
organization of the convention, will, in
all likelihood, be taken up and finally
passed upon. The greatest task assign
ed to the national committee will be the
matter Of contests. With the exception
Of the eleventh Pennsylvania congress
sional district, every delegate to the
convention In the United States has
been elected. The eleventh Pennsylva-
MIA viii elect It's two delegates at scran-
ton tomorrow.
Social Programme viii be Complete.
Th social programme for convention
week will be about as complete as It can
be made. All the Republican clubs in
the city had FORMED a general drganiEa-
ton and are working as unit. satur-
day, Sunday and Monday, reception
committees will be at all the railway
stations and ferries to welcome the vIs-
lt!ng club men. On Monday night there
will be a monster torchlight parade in
which 25,OOO men are expected to march.
Visiting clubs VIII be given the right OF
line except where it Is the desire to
march with the particular labor orguni-
zation assigned to entertain 1t during
the week. EXCURSIONS have been ar
ranged for every day to points Of inter-
est up and down the Delaware river and
to historical places in and around the
city. The nights will be glvea up to
banquets. smokers, concerts and other
forms OF entertainment. on Tuesday,
June 10, in the evening, there will be n
monster mass meeting in the Academy
OF Music. The best orators among the
leaders of the party viii be the speak
ers.
Prominent senators win be rendered
complimentary dinners. the most brill
liant affaIr of that kind win probably
be the dinner to Chairman Hanna, on
Sunday night. June 16.
Vanguard on the Ground.
The vanguard of the convention
crowd is already here. Senator Scott
OF West virginia; National Committee
man Henry c. Payne, OF Wisconsin. mr.
rived yesterday, while among to-days
arrlvals were Committeeman Joseph H.
Manley, Of Maine, ambassador 10 Mex
ico Powell Clayton, who represents Ar
kansas on the national committee;
Judge w. B. Hepburn, of Idaho, and j.
NJ. Ashton. one of the delegates nt large
from washington. National Commit
tepman Henry G. Rerens. OF Missouri,
who had been here for several days left
for st. Louis to attend the wedding OF
his son, and Will return with the Mis-
souri, delegation on Saturday. Ambas-
sador Clayton will go to washington to-
morrow and will return in time to at
tend the meeting of the national com
mIttee on Wednesday.
National Chairman Hannn and secre-
tary Dick are expected tomorrow.
had NO BRAINS,
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