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Show REPUBLICANS " BEET. Ilia Prelim oary Session of tka Hi-v Hi-v lionai Committee, AtKOWHUHHNVI-:!IIIO?l UOOHI'.ltH riltnhiirr,t. I.soli, Nan Franrtci sod Chicago RpriiHfd, Tork Dflcrailnn on the Way. Wabhinotom, Ufa Tbo Repub eaa National O'Otmllten asfemtited at 2 o'clock today t btglo tha hearing ol cities dp-lnus nf entertaining the next Hf uolicau Nil Ion a I conveutlou. Tbo original purpoe waa to meat lo m jrrow, but th Inll n of onthi.l-lla advoratea of cltlea .erklng tbo convention conven-tion niaJe II destrablo to hwar prelim'-nary prelim'-nary Bperchee, advancing Ibe cla m of the clllcs tday. A on Of lb i nicer ni-cer uf tha corutnltW-e atated, today would bo given lo "working oil steam." after which Ihe oummlttee will get down to buslnsae behind cleej door. Mjatuf trio national commllteemi'n have arrive! au I lba corrl iur of the Arlliigtuu botul la a tim center of u eurglng cmwd of couvenllun "boom ers and othera. Tba parlre of tha hotel are being used at iieadiiUAitere of variuiis cltita. 1'lttMuirg ba- the point ul vantag- lu the first pulur of tiie tuulu corridor, t lie claim, uf l'lti.l'iirg will be pre sxiiIaJ tv llrpresi'tltntlvre iMlltll, Wm. A. Hluno end C. Muf;a. lu au aaj diiitig parlur Ht, Louis Itus beadquaiter, with leading mm similarly iuy lu advancing tha inter-rtte inter-rtte uf Ihe oily. baa Frencl'oo' he-tdujuarii-re a.e on the third flu:r, tut the delegatton le doing He win It In the lobtnes, etnung tba i-uairaitteuii.au, rather tlmu in brahuarters. The Ctikng.j iieieuatlon al-u laacitive dnwn la) is, without lieaouarlera. The beat iiiarlera of the Ohio drlejartuii, wnic. I looking after Ike luloresl of (Governor .MfKin.fy, are cnutanily crowded, Tne delcgetieu bs a perm-enunt perm-enunt orgaiiixitiuti, wltb lteireeutn-live lteireeutn-live tlrofivauor as cuslrmau aud Kupre-sfDtativa Kupre-sfDtativa N irtbwny a vice chairman. It I raid that A Heed and Allison ate In Wa-blngtou, U is proper tbal Mo Kluluy ehuul I be likewise represented inr'.utch hi friDiidr. New York was nut reprerieiitrd by a ilfift AtiDti up In noon, altbuugli I'. C. 1'iatt and K i reutativt ltug were outhagruuud. it was tlaied thtl a speolal tieiii tewing tha New Vurk uelegntlou was on It- w-y. It I hardly believ)d New York will make a triuua elfort fur tba oonvou tinn. The HI. Loua di-Ieatlon Imld a meeting during tha fuicroun and authtirued Hmuel Kenuaid, the bead of th buttuets meo'a a-oi lalluii, Ht. IjouU, to annnuuca authoritatlvaly ttiat Ilia colored delvatea to the national convention wouid receive ox-aully ox-aully lba aaine auceramudallous, faaill-tlee faaill-tlee and treatise at at the hotels and public place aa tba white delegate, aud alto make ft guarauleo thai Ihe ho tola would nut advance th ratea during tba conveullwn. riuiue of tbe oontvRtliig elite evidently evi-dently are not to favor of the move-tuvul move-tuvul to bear ihairoielm today lustead uf tomorrow aud puuite evidence uf their prutests we made when Coluael Hwordr, ergeaut-alarm, uf iho ua-lioaal ua-lioaal committee aaid at noon, that pusslbly Ihe prugrara might I hi changed egela and th bearing of Ibe cities deferred de-ferred until tomorrow, lb New Yore delegation lias been delayed and was feel lug that lb buarlug would bo pi a mature. The large banquet hall whero the hearlug 1 to lake place has been elaborately elab-orately decoraud fur tbeeocesioo. At 2 o'clock only a few oominittea-Dim oominittea-Dim had reached lha ball aud It was some lima after thai lha meetlog opened behind closed doors, oue uf the first tntuge decided, La ng lh date ol bear log of the ouuveutiuu city rivalr. At !.Hd o'oleck ouly X0 uteoi hereof tbo oommltiee war present and It was S p.m. be ore it was vailed to order aud Chairman Carter announced Ibat tba hearing of tba olalme of Iho cltlea would fe postponed until tomorrow. |