Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-12

meeting place. Some of their work
may be done at the Belvedere in rooms
allotted them by the national commit
tee, and some in the rooms assigned TO
them at the convention hall.
Next to the rooms engaged by the
national committee, the largest reser-
walton at the Belvedere has been made
by Thomas Taggart, national commit
teeman from Indiana. For the mem
bers Of his committee and his friends
Mr.. Taggart has taken 80 rooms IN the
main buildings, with accommodations
for Go persons more in the Annex and
the Blue Parlor" on the second floor
as state delegation headquarters. 9th
er national committeeman in whose
name large reservations have been
made at the Belvedere are: Roger c.
Sullivan, Illinois; Homer S. Cum
mings, Connecticut; ]. B. Kremer,
Montana; A. J. DAILY, Alaska; Alvah
Adams, Colorado; Edwin o. Wood
! Michigan; Clark Howell, Georgia; J.
NJ. Guffey, Pennsylvania; Willard
Salisbury, Delaware. Urey Wilson of
Kentucky, secretary of the national
committee, and Herman Ridder of
New York, its treasurer, also have
their quarters here.
Representatives of the candidates
for the presidential nomination will be
early on the ground, and all of them
engaged their headquarters months
ago. Several of them have taken
suites of offices in the down town bus
mess section, as well as large blocks
of rooms in the principal hotels. The
Clark campaign committee has offices
in the Munsey building, corner Cal
vert and Fayette streets. Governor
Harmon's managers have a suite in
the Equitable building, across the
street and the Wilson committee has
leased an entire small building of No.
10 East Lexington street.
The Underwood forces are the only
ones that expect to have a whole he
te! TO themselves. They have reserved
all the rooms and parlors in the Eutaw
house, one of the older hostelries at
the corner of Eutaw and Baltimore
streets. This hotel was badly damaged
by fire a few weeks ago, but it is ex.
pected that repairs will be finished
before the convention opens.
, The hotel headquarters of the VII
son, Harmon and Clark workers are in
the Emerson, at the corner of Calvert
and Charles streets, in the heart of the
business district, and only half a block
from the Munsey and Equitable build
, ings. The Wilson committee has the
banquet hall and parlor on the mezza
: nine floor and IA bed rooms. The Har
mon men have Is sleeping rooms and z
parlor on the mezzanine floor for theiI
meetings.
Two Of the notable figures in Balti
more during the convention will h.
William ]. Bryan and Alton B. Parker
the former thrice and the latter one,
the choice OF democratic presidential
convention. Colonel Bryan comes as
delegate from Nebraska and judy,
Parker as a delegate from New York
The Nebraskan and his brother have :
suite at the Belvedere adjoining tn,
rooms Of the national committee, and
, the Nebraska delegation also has quar-
'ci = III the Sdfle motel. Judge Parker
t VIII stay at the Emerson, where the
, New York state delegation will max,
It's headquarters, although not all the
30 delegates from that state have beer
: able TO obtain accommodations there
: Tammany hall has taken 25 room:
: at the Emerson, having abandoned tht
r plan OF coming to Baltimore on a biz
steamer and using the craft as a hote
during the convention. Other ceIebri
, Ties from the Empire state who hav,
e suites at this hotel are Governor Dig
2 nited States Senator O'Gorman ant
2 charles a. Murphy, the Tammany hal
leader. Colonel George Harvey ais,
I has announced his intention Of stavin,
: there. The rooms of the New YorI
p leaders are expected TO become one =
] me important skirmish grounds of con
Venilon week, since this state send
the largest delegation and its repre
sehta'ives come uninstructed INIT
4 developments in the convention hal
2 ITSELF are conclusive the deliberation
{ OF the New York leaders and comic,
: ehces at the headquarters of Mr.. Br,