The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-06-20

the number of rooms and beds they are
willing to place at the disposal Of the
bureau for the entertainment of con-
vention visitors, the charge per person
and the charge for meals If meals are
furnished Some of the best homes in
the city are to be opened to convention
visitors.
The hotels have been reserved for
delegates, alternates, state committees,
newspaper men, visiting clubs and the
like, and they will all be full. Tam
many. the Cook County Marching
club of Chicago, the Duckworth club
of Cincinnati. the Louisville Demo
cratic Marching club and dozen other
clubs which always attend Democratic
conventions will be there In as great
force as If the convention were held
much nearer the center of population.
The various headquarters are pretty
evenly divided among the leading ho-
tells. The Baltimore has secured Chair
man Jones, former. Governor Stone, j.
G. Johnson, Sam B. Cook and other
members of the Democratic national
committee, but the Coates has the Ne
braska delegation, which carries with
1t the Bryan headquarters, and the
Midland has Tammany.
The national Democratic committees
headquarters will not be in any of the
hotels, but at the Kansas City club. the
home of Kansas City's leading social
organization. The club is strictly nom
political, but the use of its house, with
In two blocks of the convention hall,
was rendered to the committee by
unanimous vote and was accepted. The
tender included the absolute surrender
of possession of the building-cafe, bill
lard rooms, buffet, sleeping apart
ments and all-but the national COM
mittee hesitated about trespassing so
far upon the clubs hospitality, and will
only make its headquarters there.
Tammany has signed a contract for
$50 rooms at the Midland, to be occu-
pied by the 600 braves who expect to
attend the convention. The Midland
will also be the home of two-thirds Of
the newspaper men who will go to the
convention, and the Elks clubhouse will
Bryan Is almost sure to be-not when
the convention meets, but mighty soon
after the nomination is made. 1t Is be-
lleved that a speech by Bryan during
the convention would start the CAM
paign off with a whoop and hurrah
that would count for much in Novem-
Der, and plans have been laid to have
him there. AS soon as he has been NOM
understanding that the trip Of Ad-
miral Dewey to "Kaw's Mouth" as
Kansas City is called, is less successful
than his descent upon Manila bay
Mr.. Bryan will be notified by wire and
requested by resolution to present him
self at the convention. A special train,
for which previous arrangements will
have been made, will bring him from
Lincoln in few hours.
Mr. Bryan will not find himself home
less when he arrives, for the Nebras-
kans have engaged the most elaborate
quarters of any delegation, and they
will be able to take him In. The
Nebraskans have about 10 rooms at
the Coates and two Of the largest par
lors.
There Is the usual rush for conven-
tion tickets, and, as usual. the demand
is far greater than the supply. One Of
the principal members of the executive
committee of the Democratic national
committee said recently that from one
backwoods county in his state he had
received letter written by the chair
man of the county committee saying
that he had taken the greatest pains to
prune down to the barest and lowest
proportions the list Of tickets which
would be sbsol1telv necessary for