Show THE QUESTION of LODGINGS southern delegations in the lurch THEM LIKE biba st louisane Loui sans not at all dismayed they say there is room fop tho whole crowd pictures and buttons flood the town the sentiment daems to be growing that mckinley Me Kinley will be nominated on the first ballot at louis mo june 8 the complication eliat arose yesterday over the hotel accommodation of the negro delegates deepened boday the warmest expression on the matter came today from national committeeman george W hill of tennessee who has sought in vain for rooms for the tennessee negro delegatti delegat ci unless quarters are provided immediately said col hill 1 I shall telegraph the members of the tennessee stay at home I 1 do not intend that they shall come to cither go hungry br eat im a place in which they would stable a horse at home judge long national committeeman from florida eaid 1 I am thoroughly disgusted with the whole matter I 1 have spent all day in looking for rooms for the colored delegates dele eates and have met with no success the doors of all hotels are barred against them mr hill national natio aal committeeman from mississippi told me today that he actually went hungry during the forenoon the local committee promised us quarters for colored delegates but there are none unless this whole matter is remedied by the national committee meets the facts will be presented to them and a motion presented to adjourn the convention to some other city james hill national from mississippi arrived in st louig sunday night and vas busied all today ith finding bead tera for his iele gation so far no suitable quarters have been found when st louis was asking for tho convention I 1 did all I 1 could to bring it here ahe local committee promised that no co lorline would bo drawn we are looking to the local committee to see that that pledge is fulfilled tho secretary of the business mens league bays that the mississippi delegation did not apply tor quarters until all the leading hotels had contracted their rooms he says further that every promise 0 the league will be fulfilled five weeks ago rooms were engaged at the mona house eaid the secre th e league tion after the storm however a letter was received from the secretary of the delegation understand your city is destroyed and the convention will be removed to chicago gleaso release us the proprietor of the mona wrote back denying the reports bat haa TO no reply from J L barr of the mississippi delegation he has therefore contracted to furnish rooms for the HL mcgregor McG rogor contesting dalo galion from texas the tennessee delegation has made no specific arrangements and are ine the reward of tardiness however they will be cared for the convention will bo held in st louis and every promise fulfilled national committeeman chris l cland jr of kansas arrived today he says kansas will havo a full delegation for mckinley besides eaid he there are mckinley soldiers in kansas applications for quarters from alaska wera received today by the bureau of information the delegates fire thomas S novell and diaries S johnson they will bo in st louis on the A splendid bust picture of the ohio statesman now graces all the show windows of down town shops and stores and mckinley McKin loy button vendors do a thriving trade lion wm Gait tree alternate delegate at large from ohio has this matter under hia care and is doing it thoroughly mckinley pictures and literature are scattered broadcast and tho order of the mckinley ribbon will be conferred upon the general public monday nest tho gavel for the temporary chair mans use was made from the timbers of a secession convention hall by confederate soldiers that accepted tor the the permanent chairman chu irman will have even a greater historical interest the gavel is an excellent piece of wood carving dose by W H barcelea Bar telea of of carthage ills who selected the wood a hickory log taken from the log cabin occupied by president lincoln at bew salem ills in 1832 there are panels on either side which are filled in with plates of gold and silver tho donor is understood to be a bimetallist as ho showed no discrimination in the ornamentation of the mallet there will bo but one roll call in the convention and that will result in tho nomination of mckinley were the words A 0 thompson of ohio at the mckinley headquarters ave in truth the fact that there is more than one candidate seems to ba get the second place and what the platform will say on finance judge thompsons Thomp sons quoted statement was in reply to an interview with sir filley of this city printed in an oveline paper wherein he stated a roll call must be competed beffie a nomination could be made aud proposed an informal ballot 1 I am familiar added judge thump son with the mode of procedure in national conventions and I 1 have never in my life heard of such a thing as sn informal babot if when some state like pennsylvania south carolina or texas is reached and gome delegate bees that mckiniry has already votes sufficient to nominate him who is to say that a delegate has not the right to move that major mckiniry be nominated by acclamation it was done at minneapolis four years ago when texas was reached it was evident that harrison had votes enough to nominate and the vote was made unanimous no ona objected to it and no one proposed an informal ballot one of arrivals was hon W S manning of new york who is chock full of mckiniry enthusiasm GOT mckiniry will win on the first ballot said mr manning three fourths of the conventions conven tiona vote will go to him the only question left is the choice of vice president if aeed persists in a refusal some time will have to be taken in deliberating this point who will alie candidate be if aeed refuses refus ts 11 II clay evans should properly get the place but he cannot get it I 1 feel sure the indiana people are shouting for mcalpen but who is be then the Jersey itea want I 1 cannot see that he has any claims this nomination is an open one and will be the only interesting ahing about the convention will there be no fight on the money plank why no the republican party is for gold and all there is to it besides that is cot the main question the tariff is what the party will make its fight on mckiniry is a gold man there is not a line in his speeches that can be construed as favorable to free silver I 1 heard him make his first speech at niles ohio alien he opened the campaign there in 1891 and he was opposed to silver then |