Show A HEARTY WELCOME t I 1 I 1 1 PREPARING ITO I 1 1 TO ENTERTAIN I 1 VISITORS TO convention As A abe CIOs all major lio will do III 1114 f bure er E akine JI cheil via on intel the journalists journal ltv and ilia clubs cluba national democratic convention Z GA ven tion which meets it at chi chicago on the of june bids fait fair to develop in a more maik maikel ed degree than hiis has ever before been witnessed what may inar te termed the social side or of political poli lical wo tho the delag delegates mates nates managers igers ard prominent visitors including u coudill cl of course tile the newspaper men are to bo be ent eat on a scale of sumptuous that it is to be hoad llop kl will not with the proper performance for mance of their duties either in nominating 0 a for the presidency or in in reporting the tha proceedings at tile the big ini wigwam gaiu naturally mayor hempstead wash bm ne although a republican will fi figure w e largely as a prime mover in t alie plans for the diven diversion ion of distinguished distinguish ea guests nests ile iia is a young aung marlof mau of ability social stan standing ing li and fid unvarying politeness and those who meet probably bay remember tho occasion with pleasure air through his hi coni tesy and influence any who ito so desibio will be enabled to view the charitable bonal and reformatory for institutes and if they to go still further they may explore under tinder detective gnit lance and the slums wherein vice and crime thrive beneath tho the mantle of night if excursions of this sort fort are not to their taste the mayor can arrange 0 for their reception at the public library and water works or lie can call give them an all exhibition hibi tion of two things flings in which chicago takes great and justifiable pride the perfection of tho the police patrol system and the wont wonderful lerf ill activity of the file department in re responding bondin to an alarm Alth although ligh not at the head of tho the system the tha mayor egin can also give his cal callers lers soule some valuable suggestions gest ions i cg eg arding trips to the beautiful parks parka on the north south and west sides and of conise on oil their own motion those who c can in find time will run rull down to tho the spot where tho buildings of the worlds columbian exposition are beginning to dot the landscape along tile lako fi shore but outside the alie realm of general sight seeing and in the n narrower ir rower limits of homo home hospitality and club receptions the prominent part will of com course se iya taken by a democrat and the one assigned to the congenial task is erskine 11 phelps the millionaire merchant who ho is said to belong to all the clubs in chicago and to of the most mosi select in boston new yolk and philadelphia adel ile he is the founder of s silk stocking democratic organization known as the iroquois club anti and actively championed Clev elands calibe in the campaign preceding ids hia electon election to the presidency some months abter after ar ci Clev elands elid iii n augu ration a story became current in chicago which was traced back to mr Ell eugene getie field and as lie he declined to say who told him it has ever i inco been presumed that ho be concocted it it is is to the effect that one evening while mr phelps sat in the reception i ooma of tho the iroquois club the tele telephone rang the calawa call wis answered by a waiter who said r phelps some one wants to talk to you the merchant went to the phone and liis his sido side of tho the conversation rin rii like lika this dellol Hel lol yes it is ifs 6 L I 1 you ou dont mean it well well this is u an unexpected honor come over and ha a a bottle of witie wine then with his face elate lie he turned to his friends anti and exclaimed exclaim cil gentlemen the tha president has accorded me ai a great distinction I 1 urn am nominated for minister m i nister to england may I 1 consider you all my iny guesta for the remainder of the eT evening ening you may two hours later in response to a telegram to washington cams came the crushing in intelligence that the phelba chosen by mr cleveland was a new eug england land lawyer then everybody went vent hume home whether or not the tale is true and I 1 am inclined incline id to doubt it the chicago mr phelps has remained one of the lenders of his party and EO far as hospitality to visitors its is concerned will be distinctly in evidence durin during convention week E 4 fano 23 A i MATOK tho iper representative of whom za will have eats seats f in the wigwam during tho the proceedings can call ex 0 t many hours of cass case after their nightly depoi it ts are filed at the telegraph office in ill soulful communion with the good I 1 fellows of tho press and white ababel clubs comparatively few people are abaro that tho he former or organization 0 aniza now occupying elegant qu quai aiters tere ind and among its members acme of tho the most alst brilliant anil ami brainy men tit in america owes its existence to the humorist who signs his hh articles mark lark twain aud and whose numerous bank accounts are kept in tho the name of if mauuel L clemens ono night ierne me z acara cars aco st tsu iveral veraa T vi writt rit gave mark at a swell di dinner at adwill restaurant he chafee chafed and ahen vi hen the cigars i ars were pasca 1 c coys this is altogether alto etler too loo for me dont you know tome onto adjacent kellar TO ro theres sawdust on tho the floor joy in the atmosphere and to bacco smoke thick to bo mistaken fair or P london lot f fog og 0 they did at tile subsequent session seq ion the conver bation till tin till fled on 11 tile tho theia r recent ileath death of louis Ble acham baseball reporter of the chicago tribune Tri linne poor old fellow i cicil one of his friends f his entire a assets consisted of the tha suit lie he wora and a y ag agel dollar bill we found in in one of ills his pockets kiik glared its a shame lie he cried that you dont organize Forina a ino inos s clab aln b create a i f fund ilu 1 arrange tot to take like care of tile the sick to aid the unfortunate and to bury tho dead make your rooms brig bright glitana and pleasant aud and get all tile the boys to join next kest ilay a preliminary meeting was held at which the press clel had bad its birtel hylt twain stio suggested the idea franc B D wilkie NV ilde the first lii st president tr now deceased boomed it with all the energy of his assertive na nature and the members aro are now quartered in sump til ous apartments 8 have thousands of dollars in bank awl and stand ready always to give their friends a good time as in the case of the coming convention in a certain sense the hariel club is also albo a creation of tho newspaper news element the gr g character of its fittings skulls skeletons gs eleton hangmen hanen s ropes murderous weapons and s so on is known of all men yet noted people from various parts of the union have hava been its guests and have made merry to the rattling of bones and anav v hile seated around a coffin shaped table no ko less an all authority than colonel elliott F r shepard of tho the new york mail 1 Z V I 1 f go I 1 or lk 7 THE CLUB and express lias has partaken partaker par taken of white chapel hospitality and thereafter editorially tori ally declared that the club is nil all tight right so the politicians and journalists bidden to its midnight feasts may venture down the tha dismal alleri alleyway w ray called called calhoun place to tho door of kciuk and enter wit without about fear capsas DP DC 70 UE |