The National tribune., 1906-07-26

Archbishop John Ireland OF st. Paul,
Chaplain of the gallant 5th Mimi. and
a member OF Acker Post, 81. of st.
Paul, will be in the line of march. He
has been appointed Aid-de-Camp to
Gen. Tanner. and viii ride IN the car
riage with Commander-in-Chief Tanner
in the grand parade.
'sNo Gouging on Rooms.'
made the discovery to-day that some
of the Minneapolis people who have
rooms to rent believing that the Com
merciaI Club had underestimated the
attendance and would be put to" for
accommodations for the crowds certain
to be here. were endeayoring to raise
prices on the Accommodations Commit
tee. They argued that people would he
glad to pay ANY old price" for rooms
when they found that they were scarce.
The argument did not go.
your rooms in the locality you name
are not worth more than 81 a nighs
each person, with two in a room. IL
they are the size you say" declared a
member of the Committee on Accom-
modations to the lady who was going
to try to ''gouge" some guest OF the
city. and after a little hemming and
having she concluded that 81 a night
was about right.
feel very sure that those who secure
rooms of the Accommodations Commit
tee in advance will be very well treated.
Write the Committee and inform them
exactly how much you can afford to
lpay, and whether you are willing to go
into a room with others or not. OF
course, everything nearly will be cots in
case several are placed in a room, and
the Committee is careful to ascertain
the size of the room before accepting it
with too many cots in 1t. Inform the
Committee whether you want to be right
down in town or whether you are will
ing to go out a little distance to get rid
of the noise and the dust. The center
of the city is easily reached from almest
every point
A member of the Commercial Club
advanced the opinion to-day that hun
dreds Of the veterans would come ex-
pecting to find lodging with relatives
and friends. 1T Is a great time for
people to hunt up long-ago friends" he
declared with cynical smile. Now.
that man was mistaken. The veterans
are a long way off from being dead
beats. If they are poor, and lots of
! them are very poor, they simply ask
| for free quarters, and they have money
enough in their pockets to carry them
| through, but you will find mighty few
of them making a convenience" OF
their friends. even If they have them in
the city. Every National Encampment
has left the Encampment City hundreds
of thousands of dollars richer for It's
presence.
The Commercial Club.
The Commercial Club of Minneapolis,
| which has shouldered the responsibility
of getting ready for the National En-
campment, as l have stated, has not
taken up the task as willingly as could
be wished, and 1 do not believe that as
an organization they have been very
L. IL A1-r
Secretary of the Club, Mr.. Wallace G.
Nye, stated to The National Tribune
representative that the National En-
campment had been forced on Minne-
apolis, when it really did not want it.
but that it was going to do all that it
could to entertain its guests. Mr. Nye
has been Secretary of the Public Af-
fairs Committee of the Commercial Club
for four years and by reason of his po-
sition the details of the arrangements
for the Encampment have fallen to him.
He Is a native of Wisconsin, his father
having served as a soldier in one of the
famous Wisconsin regiments. He is, I
believe, nephew of the late "BilP' Nye.
Mr.. Nye is business hustler, and along
commercial and financial lines is un-
doubtedly exactly the man for the place
in the Commercial Club. but think he
has gotten the notion that National En-
campments are dead loss to city, and
that Minneapolis only wants the things
that will bring her money. greater glory
and wider renown. He will know more
about a great many things when this
Encampment is over. He is a member
of the Sons of the American Revolution
and of the Sons of Veterans.
The President of the Commercial
Club is Mr.. Fred r. Salisbury, who was
born in the West and has lived in Min
neapoiis the greater part OF his life. He
is one of the prominent business men OF
the city and is a member of the Loyal
Legion.
The Chairman of the Public Affairs
Committee of the Commercial Club IS
B. F. Nelson. He is not a Norwegian.
as his name would indicate, but is a
native of Kentucky. and served in the
Confederate army during the war. Soon
after the war he came to Minneapolis.
and has built up extensive interests in
lumber and paper manufacturing. That
Mr.. Nelson is a very public-spirited
man. as is indicated by the fact that in
addition to his position as Chairman OF
this important Committee, he is mem
ber of the Board of Regents of the State
University Vice President of the State
Agricultural Society and a director in
large number of financial and manu-
featuring corporations.
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