The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-06-28
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Baltimore, June Especial train
after special train, in almost solid
procession on every railway enter
ing Baltimore, disembarked their
human freight in Baltimore all day
yesterday and this morning, and noon
today finds practically all of the del
egates here, as we'll as tens of thou
sands of other visitors. The hotels
are crowded to capacity, especially
those in the neighborhood of the con-
vention hall, but hundreds of boarding
houses and private residences have
been thrown open and it is declared
by the local committees that all who
come can be accommodated A large
number will be accommodated with
sleeping quarters in. Pullman cars,
while some of the visitors will go to
Washington at night to secure less
crowded accommodations Today, how
ever, Washington is full of people,
thousands of eXcursionists stopping
over in the capital city to "see the
sights" before coming on to the con-
vention city.
Contest Are Decided.
The democratic national committee
met today to take up contests and
other matters. The ouarrels between
the Philippine delegates and the fac
tiOnal trouble in Illinois are the only
important contests before the COM
mittee and they will probably be
decided in short order
Marching clubs and other noise
making organizations are parading
the streets and raising the usual pam
demonium that is necessary part
of a national political convention.
All the presidential candidates and
favorite sons have their roomers,
but the Clark forces are succeeding
in making the most noise. The
"houn' dog, song" is heard every
where, and the owners of hand organs
and other instruments of torture are
reaping a harvest of coin from the
Clark boomers by grinding out the
Missouri ditty. Missourians are here
in force to give verbal support to
the man from Pike county
Mrs. Pitzer A Delegate.
One Of the most interesting of the
delegates here is Mrs. Annie Ham
ilton Pitzer of Colorado Springs,
Colo, national delegate from the
second congressional district of that
state. Mrs. Pitzer is a sister of Mrs.
Champ Clark and naturally a strong
supporter of her brother-in-law. Mrs
Pitzer is firmly convinced that Speak
er Clark is to be the nominee
'Never in my life" declared Mrs.
Pitzer, have l made speech, but
it is quite possible that if I saw
Champ losing out in the convention
| would get up before all those peo-
pie and tell them what knew about
this big, honest brother-in-law of
mine"
AS Mrs. PitZer is native of Miss
ouri and descended from an old
southern family, and as southerners
are famed for their chivalry, such
action on Mrs. Pitzer's, part might
easily lead to stampede. The
supporters of the other candidates
would breathe a lot easier if Mrs.
Pitzer were at home In Colorado
Springs. Mrs. Pitzer has been active
in politics ever since Colorado
became a suffrage state and has
served as a member of the DEM
ocratic state central committee.
Houn' Dog Special.
Three "houn' dog special" arrived
today from Missouri, and Champ
Clark special came in this morning,
bringing the California and Hawaii
delegations. Several Underwood
specials arrived from the south, and
Wilson specials were also much in
evidence at the Union Station.
Arrangements for the newspaper
men are very complete and editors
and publishers of papers even of
country weeklies, have been given
the preference in the assignment of
seats in the armory. The main press
gallery for working correspondents
of the press association and big
dailies will accommodate 462 CORE
spondents, and other press galleries
will hold many more. Three hundred
and fifty telegraph circuits have
been installed in the press stands,
affording direct wires from the con-
vention hall into newspaper offices
throughout the country.
Governor Wilson's Crowd.
New York, June 24-New York
state adherents of Governor Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey assem-
bled in New York today for con-
ference on ways and means of Sc
curing the nomination of their can
didate. The principal purpose of the
pre-convention conference is to try
to abrogate the unit rule under which
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany will
control the entire delegation from
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