The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-06-16
Business Houses and Clubs In tic Center
Of The City Gally Decorated.
HOTELS ARE RAPIDLY FILLING UP.
The EIkns Boom for The Woe Presidency ssna-
.or Soou Thinks II Is Tine 10 Launch Il.
Wok Of The Nautnal Cemmltss.

Philadelphia. June 16.-A warm well
come awaits the Republican hosts who
will attend the 18th national Repubii-
can convention i'm this next week. To-
day inaugurates the serious work OF
the convention and witnesses the be-
ginning OF the real excitement attend
ing an event Of such magnitude and
Importance. Delegations and clubs be-
gan to make their appearance in town
and visitors of all classes and condi-
tions are coming in on every train. All
the clubs and most OF the business
houses In the centre of the city have
been gaily decorated I'm honor OF the
occasion and when night falls Phila-
delphia will be blaze of electric light.
Thousands OF incandescent lamps are
being festooned about the City Hall and
by Monday night IL will be the most
brilliantly Illuminated spot In the city.
AS the visiting clubs arrived at the
various railroad stations today they
were met by committees of the allied
Republican clubs OF Philadelphia and
vicinity and escorted to their head
quarters, all of which had been selected
in advance. The feature OF the enter
tainment arranged for out-of-town or
ganizations will be the ''open house"
at every club in the city from today un-
til the convention ends. Everything
has been arranged for the big parade on
Monday night and the mass meeting at
the Academy of Music on Tuesday
night.
The army of newspaper correspond
ents will be cared for by the two news
paper clubs.
The hotels are rapidly filing up. The
centre OF interest is the Hotel Walton
where the national committee is still
in session passing upon the various
contests.
THE ELKINs BOOM.
Don't you think IL about time to
launch the Elkins vice presidential
boom?" asked Senator Scott OF West
Virginia of fellow member OF the ma
tional committee today and then con-
tinued by expressing his own opinion
For myself" he said, II consider the
time quite ripe and 1 have wired our
delegation to get an Elkins banner.
string II TO their car and come in with
an Elkins shout. l think they will do
this and probably you VIII see the
boom well foated when they get here
tomorrow. And 40 you know the con-
vention could not do better than take
my colleague In the senate for this
important office. think he would make
a strong candidate and an excellent
vice president"
THE COMMITTEES WORK.
The Republican National committee
began business today by taking up. the
contests from the Norfolk. Va. district.
In this district Ex-Congressman George
r. Bowden and William s. Holland
claimed TO be the regular delegates.
while this honor was contested by III.
III. Libbey and A. II. Martin. The COM
mittee decided in favor of Bowden and
Holland
During the hearing in this case Sena-
tor Quay came into the committee room
and received quite an ovation. He was
applauded by many. and all the COM
mitteemen greeted him with a cordial
hand shake. He remained only a few
minutes.
Philadelphia. June 16.-The sub
committee appointed by the Repubi-
can national committee TO investigate
the Delaware contest has concluded TO
recommend that neither the Addicks
nor the Dupont delegates be placed
upon the temporary roll OF the con-
vention.