The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-06-13

early on the ground. and all Of them
|engaged their headquarters months
Iago. Several of them have taken
suites of offices ir the downtown busi-
ness section. as we'll as large blocks
of rooms in the principal hotels. The
In the Munsey building, corner Calvert
I'D Fayette streets. Gov. Harmon's
% ayers have a suite in the Equita-
b. building. across the street. and the
Wilson committee has leased an entire
small building at No. 10 East Lexing-
ton street.
The Underwood forces are the only
ones that expect to have a whole hotel
to themselves. They have reserved all
house. one of the older hostelries at
the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore
streets. This hotel was badly dam
Jagged by fire a few weeks ago. but It fs
expected that repairs will be finished
before the convention opens.
The hotel headquarters Of the Will
son, Harmon and Clark workers are
in the Emerson. at the corner of CAL
vert and Charles streets. In the heart
OF the business district and only half
a block from the Munsey and Equita-
BILE buildings. The Wilson committee
has the banquet hall and parlor on
the mezzanine floor and fourteen bed
rooms. The Harmon men have fifteen
sleeping rooms and a parlor on the
mezzanine floor for their meetings.
Notable Figures.
Two of the notable figures in Balti-
more during the convention will be
William ]. Bryan and Alton B. Park
er. the former thrice and the latter
once the choice Of democratic presi-
Dental convention. Col. Bryan comes
as delegate from Nebraska and
Judge Parker as delegate from New
York. The Nebraskan and his broth
er have suite at the Belvedere ad-
Joining the rooms of the national COM
mittee. and the Nebraska delegation
also has quarters in the same hotel.
Judge Parker will stay at The Emer-
son. where the New York state delega-
tion will make its headquarters. al
though not all the ninety delegates
from that state have been able to OBJ
tain accommodations there.
| Tammany Hall has taken twenty
five rooms at the Emerson, having
abandoned the plan Of coming to Bal
timore on a big steamer and using the
craft as a hotel during the convention.
Other celebrities from the empire
state who have suites at this hotel are
Gov. Dix, u. s. Senator O'Gorman and
Charles A. Murphy. the Tammany
Hall leader. Col. George Harvey al
$50 mas announced MS luL0ntlOH OI
staying there. The rooms Of the New
York leaders are expected to become
one of the important skirmish grounds
of convention week. since this state
sends the largest delegation and its
representatives come nninstructed.
Until developments in the convention
hall itself are conclusive the delibera-
tions of the New York leaders and
conferences at the headquarters Of Mr..
Bryan are expected to attract the
greatest attention.
The most unique-and ii the wealth
er is very warm the most comfortable
quarters in Baltimore have been en-
gagged by William r. Hearst. For the
use Of himself and his friends the
New York editor has taken the big
roof garden on the Hotel Emerson.
Hotel Emerson-Minnesota Ver-
mont. North Carolina. Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, part of West Virginia.
The handling of the convention ar
lrangements, separate from the purely
political end. is in the hands Of
large number of local committees,
which have their quarters on the first
floor Of the Equitable building. Here
a large suite of offices filled with en-
ployes will be devoted to the work Of
making the convention visitors COM
Portable and at home.