The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-16

mittee's subcommittee on arrange
ments for the Kansas City convention
held a brief meeting here today. The
! members came especially to investigate
the oft-repeated charges that the kan
Sas City hOtelkeepers are demanding
extOrtiOnate rates for the entertain
ment Of convention guests.
Before the subcommittee left Kan
sas CitD this evening, National Chair
man James K Jones issued the follow
ing signed statement:
THE three or four leading hotels have
already contracted practically for their
full capacity On account of the in
creased expense in preparing for the
convention, the managers of these large
hotels felt themselves compelled to re-
quire contract for a minimum time
after four days. the time to begin at
the option of the delegation making the
contract but they did not increase their
regular rate
In the other hotels, nearly forty in
number. and the 5000 or 10000 rooms
listed bv the local committee on public
comfort accommodations can be had
at reasonable rates. and payment is
only required for the length of time the
rooms are occupied.
Better Accommodation Than Before.
The local committee on public COM
fort has SO systematized its work that
1t appears to me that it is possible for
any man to be taken care of better and
at more reasonable rates than has been
the case at any former convention.
The general work of the bureau on
information and committee on public
comfort is in charge of A. D. L. Ham
ilton, New York Life building, Kansas
City, Mo, who viii give all information
tracts fof all persons wishing to attend
the convention. Comfortable rooms
may be secured by correspondence with
MIN. Branch headquarters of this bu-
reau viii be established at all railroad
stations in the city and members Of the
committee on public comfort, wearing
badges, viii meet all incoming trains,
and viii also be stationed at all hotels
TO assist visitors in securing just the
kind Of quarters desired"
Fear About the Hall.
The subcommittee also carefully in
vestlgated the progress being made in
the building of convention hall. Some
doubt was expressed by members of the /
committee that the great haH could be
1omE leted by July 1, and there was
talk of urging the local committee to
nave night shift Of mechanics put to
had been in conference
with the local committee and the su- I
Dervising architects they no longer !
doubted, and accepted the assurances /
-hat-the nall viii be finished in time.
Tickets Are Apportioned.
The meeting of the subcommittee /
vas behind closed doors. After the ad- ?
OurnmeDt it was stated that the only
business Of public interest transacted (
vas the appOrtiOnment Of tickets of ad- 4
the convention among the
delegates and alternates Tt was de-
'ided that each of the $50 delegates
mould receive, besides his own seat.
our tickets of admission to all the ses-
ion OF the convention, but that no ex-
IA tickets would be given to the al
their Derquisites being liza
ted to q seat in the convention
Some Of the members favored giving
ach alternate an extra ticket. but this
proposition was voted down.
Judge Wilson of Colorado displayed !
sample Of the Democratic camUaign
uttOn here today. II is in the form
L a clover leaf The Inscription.
trangely enough, is in gold letters, and
as follows.
Democracy } lands for bimetaIlism. /.
ot recommendation, People, not
rusts, Republic, not empire"
chairman James K Jones presided.
he others present were j. G. johnson
T Kansas. vice chairman of the ex-
cutive committee; c. A. Walsh of
)wa, secretary of the national commit
&c; ID. T. Campau of Michigan. Adafr
Hson OF Colorado, William J. Stone (
[ missouri and john L Martin.