The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-30
SIOUX FALLS AMBITION.
To Please, Not Mace the Populist
Convention DeIerates


oioCA FALLS, S. D., April 29.-(Spe-
cial:)-A t1.) mass meeting of citizens OF
SIOUX Falls has been called for tomorrow
evening in the Auditorium for the nur-
pose OF making final arrangements for
caring Tor the Populist national eonyen
tion, TO be held in this city Nav g. Va
rious estimates have been made Of the
number of visitors to the city at that
Tune, these varying from 5000 to 1900.
a leaolng hotel man, sas the result of ex-
tenslve correspondence with pronnanen+
Populists and others throughout tho
United States, predicts that the latter
| figure will be reached
Inc railroads have granted a rate Of one
rare Tor the round trip, and several of
the roads having lines running into the
CITY are preparing to run excursion trains
from points in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebras-
Ia and South Dakota, and these excur
SION trains are expected to bring in the
gFealer portion Of the visitors who will
be In town during the convention. The
milwaukee, Railroad company will run
special trains between here and Canton.
on ITS main east and west Inc, the trains
10 De run as the traffic requires. The
delegates from Nebraska, Kansas. Tex
as and other states who are to attend
the dollar dinner at Omaha on the even
ing OF the Sth will be brought to Sioux
Falls by special trains. A committee is
engaged In making list of private resi-
dences in which the overflow can be
taken care of. AS yet the work of this
committee has not been completed but
the meeting tomorrow evening will speed
lily br1lig the work to a conclusion, when
it will be known exactly how many yis-
1tors the city can entertain.
The hotels are increasing their facilities
by renting adjacent buildings, and other
buildings, among them a commodioUs
one formerly conducted as a hotel have
been leased by citizens and are being
fitted up for the accommodation Of Wis
itors. Owing to the great crowd-consd-
ering that Sioux Falls has a population
of only about 15,0O0-which will be here,
extra beds will be placed in many of the
rooms at the hotels and elsewhere Prices
viii not be excessive, and, so far as the
citizens ekln prevent it, those who will
conduct temporary lodging places for the
accommodation of visitors will not, even
IL so disposed, be permitted to charge
| their guests unseemly prices. 1t is well
understood that practically all of the
visitors will expect to pay somewhat
more thar the customary rates but there
appears to be no disposition to take undue
advantage of the visitors and charge
them eXorbitant prices, as it is realized
that such a course would reflect upon
the hospitality of the city and give it
unfavorable advertising
The chief aim of the citizens who are
anxious that the good name of Sioux
Falls shall not be tarnished is to
entertain the visitors in such way that
they will, upon returning home, sing the
praises of this ambitious little city, in
stead Of having cause for criticising it
for the manner in which it entertained
its guests Therefore no efforts will be
spared to see that every visitor has a
place TO sleep, plenty to eat, and that
they are otherwise well treated.
The tent which has been secured in
which to hold the sessions of the conven-
zion will be shipped here the coming
week from Chicago, and will be erected
several days prior to the date fixed for
the convention. The interior will be dec
GRATED in a manner suiting the occasion,
as will also the exterior. The tent will
be erected at point only a few blocks
from the business center of the city. The
visit here few days ago of officials
of the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany, and the preparations now being
made for q large increase In the capacity
of the local telegraph Office, insure good
and prompt service for the press asso-
ciations and newspapers which will re-
ceive reports of the proceedings of the
| convention.