The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17
THE CONVENTIONS PROCEDURE
OUTLINE OF THE SCHEDULED WORK
FOR THE THREE SESSIONS.
Parade Of the visitors-Few Big Dele
cations Yet I'm the City, hut
Many Are Now ON the Way.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.


PHILADELPHIA, June 17--Charles H.
Hernly and Warren Bigler successfully
guided an expedition of $50 distinguished
Most OF the arrivals proceeded at once to
the Lafayette. where quarters had been
engaged for them, although many had to
scatter among other hotels. The Indiana
headquarters at the Lafayette were in
formally opened this evening in honor of
the visitors who swarmed into the room
In number. About three hundred Indianans
are here tonight, and by tomorrow night
the total will be swelled to between 400 and
500. This Is not the thousand or more prom
ised. but the outpouring from the Hoosier
State is proportionately as large as from
any other State. considering population.
distance and convenience.
There will be >meeh. ~ OF the Indiana
visitors at headquarters tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock at which a programme
for convention week will be laid out and
arrangements made for distribution OF
tickets.
Among those who were on to-day's In
. diana special were G.. 8. Hernly, New Cas-
tie; c. r. Cowgirl and Ed Bridges, Wabash;
Robert Metzger and Harry b. Gates, In
dianapolis; A. c. Robbins. Auburn; Walter
Smith, Evansville; John Widdiman, Roches-
ter; George p. Haywood. Lafayette; T. j.
Mccoy, Rensselaer,; Murray Turner. Ham,
mond; John b. Lloyd, Shoals Philip Mater.
.. ii. Bundy, William Ainsden and Marion
3. Hart. Huntington; Eugene H. Bundy,
New Castle: Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Biger,
Wabash. and Mr.. and Mrs. w. p. Masters,
Bedford.
The arriving Hoosiers plunged headlong
into the swim and set about acQuainting
themselves with the real facts about the
vice presidency. 1t did not take them long
to ascertain that the hotel Hobbies were
aboom for Roosevelt. Everybody told them
that the nomination business of the con-
vention was as good as settled, Teddy
having so far relented as to let 1t be known
that he might not after all kick the con-
vention In the ribs II 1t should dare tender
him the honor. and 1t took little longer
for the newcomers to learn that perhaps
the matter had not been "cinched" for New
York's Governor and there might possibly
be a slip twixt the cup of confidence and
the lip of results. 1t was discovered that
much OF the Roosevelt agitation was due
to the efforts Of an organized clique which
a
started by Senator Quay's mouthpiece,
Grady. that fifty-eight Pennsylvania dele
gates had met and entered into a hard and
fast Roosevelt compact. Investigation dis
closed the fact that there We're not twenty
members OF the delegation in town at the
hour the meeting was solemnly advertised
to have been held. The report got a long
start of the denial. however. and the truth
never can catch up with the untruth. The
important feature OF the Roosevelt develop
ment to-day was the changed attitude of
the hero of the movement and relaxation
Of his frowning front. Indeed IL can now
be stated that he will accept IL pressed.
This much the visitors learned during the
course of the evening. They learned
further the deeper they delved that the
White House had not yet given its assent
20 the nomination OF Roosevelt. and that
the friends OF other favoritc sons were nor
~ the least disheartened by tho revival /,
Of the Roosevelt talk. although some of
them were triie disturbed by the an
parent enthusiasm of the boomers and the
noise they made,
The subsldence OF the Dolliver boom was
one of the things that attracted the at
tentlon Of the Statesmen and onookers
from Indiana. When they left home the
1owan was the best favorite. with Cornelius
". Bliss second. Twenty hours later they
found the surface situation changed but al
last accounts they were brought 10 believe
that the big forces ha1 not yet made their
influence felt and that h might bc we'll to