The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-07-01
THE NEW CONVENTION HALL,
KANSAS CITY.

few weeks have been steering a course
for the hustling metropolis on the Mis-
| souri,. They have in most instances
brought along their families. have load
ed down the old wagons with sides of
| bacon. cornmeal and sweetening, and
the cost of the trip will be comparative
Iy nil. Assuming that they and their
families have to live even at home on
something-or other and their animals
have TO be fed, travelling or standing still.
II is about the same TO them whether
they stay on the farm or jog along over
| the plains. Against the So a head
charged by the Kansas City hotels they
will probably be able to make a show
ing of less than 20 cents per diem for
| each member of the caravan party. The
/ trim will be something in the nature Of
| what the boy on the towpath gets when
| he essays a voyage on the canal-on
| foot all the way-but these tough pro-
ductious of a sterile soil and hard
work don't mind that "a little Bit
! Yes. they are coming in already and
are camped down in the outskirts Of the
| city along the bottoms. where fodder
| is cheap and the necessities of life come
| in every day on the cars They don't
! have 10 crowd themselves all out of
shane in stuffy old hotels and boarding
| houses where no man knows in the
| morning what he will get to eat or how
MANY he will have to share his pillow
with at night No. sir. they are free
| and INDEPENDENT, and the chances are
at least 16 to / that they would pan out
more as a body than the whole OUTFIT
of delegates from all over the Union II
| If came to "a show down" If you visit
Kansas City. don't miss seeing the cap
fafns and cargoes of these prairie
schooners-
And they are going to be in evidence
in the monster parade that is TO take
place. forming a unique feature at the
barbecues and coming out strong in the
attractions offered by the breezy west
TO it's neighbors Of the effete east. II
cannot be otherwise than that they
should entertain great contempt for the
kiq gIoved and soft skinned delegates
who smoke cigarettes. travel by palace
car and lounge around the barroorns
of the great hotels
II Is the first time in its history that
Kansas City has been chosen as a ma
tionaI convention town. but its citizens
do not intend it shall be the last by any
comfortable and homelike for the dele
gates and visitors generally that they
will want not only 20 come again. but
to STAY here all the time. Although the
hotels cannot furnish accommodat lions
for more than one-third the expected
arrivals. or. say 10000, there will be
boarding house accommodations for all
the rest. estimated az 10000 more.
Eao r.rrs 49,
the local committees and bureau Of
public comfort. in charge % Ar A D.
L. Hamilton 10 provide for the visitors.
the advance guards Of whom have al
ready begun to flow in like 4 tidal
wave. Though many Of the delegates
will be obliged 20 board around" the
big hotels. some of them among the
finest in the country. VIII contain The 1
bulk Of the distinguished guests
The national committee. at the head i
Of which Is Senator Jones. viii occupy 4
the pslatiei quarters Of the Kansas 4
CRY club. which, with its reading. re-
ception and sleeping rooms. has been 1
turned over FOR their unrestricted use
II is quite near and IN close conrnnni-
cation with the vast Convention hall
which Is on tke northeast corner %
Thirteenth and Central streets. The
three largest hotels a-e from three 20
nine blocks away. Il 81 e.tinate1 they
can room" 2 80 people and provide Tor
( 0ss1 more a. ''nnsaisrE~ But. while
The attendance al the time vii y vaa;.
/. 81 calculated thai a. least s. per cent
q the visitors sill come from adjacent
states and he IN measure indspsrdens
~ the public hoxtssriss. finding ;hss .
zeoi occasion for claiming the hospital
Ity Of friends. WHAT thts means eriy