Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-04

| tucky VIII also be mentioned for the
vice-presldency and that his name will
be We'll received, especially among
| Hearst men
| ST. LOUIS. July 2.--Outward and
| visible signs are already abundant
| lhat when ihe Democratic national
| convention assemblies here next week
| ~. LOUIS Will be called upon To en-
| ifrtain The largest crowd ever gather
ed within the city's gates. At all the
large hotels every available room has
been reserved in advance. and 1t is
diiiicHlt 10 figure how accommodations
VIII De provided for the swarms of Wis
itors who have not been wise enough
10 look ont for a place to sleep before
| their arrival here
The thousand regular delegates to
the convention will be distributed
among the leading downtown hotels,
all OF them within short distance of
the coliseum. where the convention is
TO be held. Within one block, at the
JehefSon Hotel, the national commit.
Tee and several of the state delega-
tions viii be located The headquar-
ters of the Tammany delegation will
be at the Southern Hotel. but a part
of the New York delegation viii be 10.
Gated at the Jefferson. The Southern
will also be headquarters for the Mary
land. Massachusetts. Pennsylvania,
Indiana. Michigan and Georgia delega-
lions
On account of the fact that the dele
cations from the most important
states will have their headquarters
there. and because of its far-famed no.
tunda. the Southern. in all probability
VIII he the center of political activity
when the convention is not in session.
The Planters Hotel will accommodate
the West Virginia delegation but the
most of its rooms have been pre-empt-
ed toy United States senator's, govern.
ors and other distinguished politicians.
The Hearst headquarters are at the
Planters. The national committee
| men, as before stated. are located at
| the jefferson, and that hotel will also
| shelter the delegations from Nebraska,
Kansas and Wyoming
1t is not expected that the great
1umber of delegates will be here be.
| fore Monday morning The majority
of the rooms at the hotels have been
engaged with this understanding. The
outside visitors, however. are already
putting in an appearance in large
| aumbcrs. 1t is expected that the
crowd will be twice and perhaps
| hrice as large as that at the recent
al ieap %
! This expectation is based on the fact
| hat the Worlds Fair will naturally at
.ract thousands of visitors who might
not take the trouble to attend the ma
Jional convention If it were not for
| the opportunity of taking in two big
| shows for the price of one admission.
| Then. again. the politicians generally
| will come TO the convention because of
;he probability that the gathering will
develop into a spirited contest Of the
good old-fashioned sort with plenty of
pratury, sharp debates and political in
| irgue.
The belief here is that the conven-
| tion will not be able to conclude its
| labors before next Saturday. at the
| earliest. and there are many politi-
| clans who are inclined to the opinion
| hat the session of the convention Will
| he even more protracted.
| The vendors of badges and buttons
| bearing likenesses of the several can
didates for the presidential nomina-
| tion. and without whose presence no
| political convention nowadays would
seem complete. are rounding up in st
| Louis in anticipation of a good har
| vest. II is estimated that several car
loads of buttons have been shipped to
the city by Eastern manufacturers dur
ing the week BIN" the original
button man. who won fame and for
tune by accurately predicting the nom
nation OF Roosevelt for the yice-pres-
idency at Phipadelphia four years ago
is on hand with large corps of as
sistants As a result OF the money he
made during the last presidential cam
| paign BIN" whose full name is Max
Bimberg. was able to build severa'
playhouses in New York city and to
become ful-fiedged theatrical mag
nate His rapid rise. however. has not
changed his picturesque personality
in the least. and he looks Just the
, same now as when he himself peddled
buttons on the streets and in hotel
lobbies,
BIN" has been pretty good
, guesser on the way things have come
out at previous conventions. and the
, wise politicians are wondering as 10
whether he Is still a good prophet
Their interest In founded ON the TACT