The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-06-11
St.L0uis D0ns Garbfor
Democratic Gathering
Great Demand for Seats and Tangle Over Tickets.
Governor Major and Senator Owen Boom
ed for Vice Presidency

ST. LOUIS, June 1l.-This city began
to prepare in earnest today for the COM
ing of the Democratic host. Flags and
bunting cover the fronts OF buildings.
Lithographs decorate store windows,
and barrels Of Wilson buttons were seen
In the lapels OF pedestrians.
Hotel Hobbies began to hum with the
new business and the very atmosphere
seemed charged in expectation OF the
quadrennial political carnival.
Long before the night chill was out of
the air Senator Thomas Taggart and
National Committeeman E. +. Goltra
were making q survey Of the Coliseum,
where day and night forces OF workmen
are busy.
A balcony extending out from the old
one and running entirely around the
auditorium, except over the platform,
Is being erected, and this extension Is
calculated to solve to some extent the
old problem Of getting more than pint
into a pint bottle. The subcommittee
on arrangements believe the Coliseum
will get away with the crowd. but ad-
NIT that the trick will not be done
without a lot of disappointment.
Big Demand for Tickets.
For, in spite of the oft-heard remark
that this convention of the Democrats
Is to be little more than ratification
meeting. the subcommittee has been
swept on Its feet by the heavy demand
for tickets. Every mail brings requests
for patches Of them.
The hotels report that the demand
for accommodation exceeds the most
sanguine expectations. While ting JET
ferson is apparently 70 be the center OF
convention hall. as Senator Taggart re-
marked this morning-the other hos
telries are to get their share.
As an example of what Is expected. II
was announced today that the Southern
Hotel will be reopened tomorrow with
its present equipment as makeshift,
for the accommodation of convention
visitors After the convention II VIII
be refurnished and opened formally
pairing quarters for delegations and
visitors who cannot get into the hotels.
Delegates began to drift into town TO-
day. One by one they sought out the
national committee headquarters on the
first floor of the Hotel Jefferson. Ma
tionaI Committeeman Norman e. Mack.
Of New York: L. F. Goltra, Of Mis-
souri,: Charles Doeschenstein. of Illi-
j. Bruce Kremer, of Montana: e, II,
Moore. OF Ohio; William F, Sapp OF
Kansas. and Senator Taggart have
been seemingly doing nothing but shake
The busiest man in the city Is Gov.
Elliott w, Major, who is nursing a
Vice Presidential boom. Although he
has AN apartment in the Hotel Jeffer-
son, his boomers had to go TO the
Planters Hotel to find headquarters.
He Is doing a lot of handshaking him
self but his candidacy Is in the i'm
mediate charge of w. T. Kemper. presi-
dent of the Commerce Trust Company
of Kansas City; Justice w. w. Graves
of the Missouri supreme court. Col.
Horace s. Rumsey, excise commissioner
~ 81 Louis and ID. c, MCClung, chair
man of the Democratic State commit
tee.
Thomas Arthur. chairman of the DEM
ocratic State committee of Montana,
arrived with the declaration that his
States eight votes had been pledged
to Vice President Marshall on a hukc,
and that Governor Major probably would
get them.
II is reported here that Charles #.
Murphy. Sheriff Al Smith. and State