| Show BEFORE till THIE I 1 ilij FRAY PR lid AY I 1 st louis is a crowded city today TIEN PRESENT T i they are spending their time col trumbo is turned down ST louis june 15 special not since the summer cummer ot ol 1888 when the democratic Damo cratic hosts rallied here 0 to o inaugurate inaugurato the campaign that ended in grovet grovel cleveland sin surrendering rendering the white house to benjamin Harr feon has haa the mound city been the mecca of so BO mauv many politicians of high and low degree decree as it is ia today holes clubs hodg ing houses and extemporized quarters that cannot be dignified dieni fied with any permanent t name ache are thronged thron ged with representatives of the grand old party arm the bosses of the greatest elates in the union down to the county and ward workers who wha lay the flattering unction to their that the political world revolves on their own axis with scarcely arcely ec an exception all the delegates accredited to the gathering which opens tomorrow to marrow have arrived and in their train are legions of enthus aftic adherents to reed alaison Al fison inley Linley morton and bradley move through the rotundas das and corri corn aars ol of the principal he betels aels is well nigh impossible at the planters canvas banners bannera E z jd cardboard bigus denote the location of the state delegations from Een kentucky tucky pennsylvania new jersey conne canne client washington idaho ten hessee indiana and california the illinois contingent is near by the mckinley chief headquarter at the son soa hern and on floors above are the quarters to now new york ohio maine aine new hampshire and colorado the lindell is sheltering delegations and cluba from rhode aland vermont michigan iowa and wisconsin thoss from kansas and the indian adian territory have taken possession of Hu hursta Hurs rats ts while the tha alabama delegation of the tha tippecanoe club of colum have the st jarnes ijames pretty well to themselves A printas guide is needed as an aid to the memory in locating the abiding blaces ol of tho the leaders who will figure on the floor or stage ot of can convention antion H hall 11 for the next two days SI 31 ark hanna is as aa elusive as the tha prove abial flea for he has a private best parlor in addition to suites of rooms at the be southern the st nicholas and the lindell di ndell and each of these regards the cleveland millionaire as its own especial guest colonel fred grant has one oae of the best rooms in the planters Chaun chauncey zey depew de pew has the white au and d gold room im over the bridal chamber of the same hostelry while warner wamer miller and ex senator platt are across the corridor from the silver tongued orator ii clay evans evana of tennessee possible pos aiDle siule nominee nominea for vice president lisa has a suite of rooms at bursts Hurs ts sandwiched in between the quarters of kaneas kand and d indian territory delegates senator quay and general clarkson have between them the st louis quinze suite of the planters while above them is s cornelius N bliss president of the now new york tariff league governor Bra alev of kentucky is sandwiched in with the entire kentucky delegation en cn the sixth floor of the Flan planters while powell clayton is on the seventh others scattered about the same hostelry I 1 are 11 hamilton amilton fish of new york 0 W fairbanks of indiana chairman john grant of the texas delag dela aaion gation governor hastings bastings of pennsylvania fe lator pettigrew of south Dakota and und Li arrett A II obart N J the latter 83 will well as senator quay has also parlors at the southern keeping them company at this old time resort are josoph H 31 manley anley of maine senator thurston Tb urston nebraska general russell aakjer A and mayor pingree Pi neree of detroit ex governor fifer of illinois sergeant at arms byrnes and the national committee the st nicholas hotel is aleo entertaining a distin t compa y ex mer of Minnesota has the bridal suite of four rooms senator wolcott of colorado has three almost as aa ela elaborate borte nothing short of three rooms satisfies senator dubois of idaho or william wiliiam pitt kellogg of louisiana senator foraker has six rooms on the fourth flor alij a similar number at the lindoll lindell ex governor merriam has also additional aldi lional quarters at this place A short convention and a merry one will accordi ac cordice ur to the present outlook bathe 13 the program N nothing wil I 1 be done tomorrow beyond effecting temporary tempora rv organization and selecting the various committees and an adjournment will then bo be taken to wednesday morning to give tb the 0 committee on platform ample time for its deliberations on oa wednesday morning the permanent par manent tion ion will be presented the platform committee will make maia its report major mckinleyl McKin leya nomination will foil follow aw in short order and not more than two ballots will be required to select his col league on the ticket bv B six of wednesday if all goes well the republican national convention ot oi 96 will be a thing of the past there will be a mass meeting in the auditorium on tuesday evening and probably y a ratification fi meeting on wednesday evening thursday the homebound home bound rush rub will be in order |
