The Albany News. (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 19, 1896 Page: 3 of 8
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ST. LOUIS. MO.
JUNE I89e.
IT WILL SEAT 14,000.
ST. LOUIS AUDITORIUM THE
LARGEST CONVENTION HALL.
How th6 Proceedings of the Convention
Will Be Handled — Number of Dele-
gates and National Committeemen
Routine Work.
T. LOUIS is a hot
city in .Tune, but so
was Chicago in 1888
and Minneapolis in
'1892, as Republican
delegates will tes-
tify. Over-crowd-
ing and incon-
venient accommo-
dations are more to
be dreaded during
National conven-
tion week than hot weather. St. Louis,
according to all reports, will furnish
better facilities than ever before have
been accorded to a National conventioa.
The immense new auditorium, whera
the Republican National Convention
will be held, will accommodate 14,000.
There will be 909 National delegates in
the convention this year—more than
ever before—and the same number of
alternates. There will be 53 members
of the National Committee present, and
the rest of the vast audience will con-
sist mainly of "rooters" for the several
candidates whose names are to be pre-
sented for the highest honor in the
, gift of the American people.
According to recent estimate, there
will be none too much room. It is
customary to give to the city in which
the convention is held, the largest
block of seats. St. Louis will have
more seats in the auditorium than any
convention city ever obtained before.
It has put in a modest request for
3,500 seats, and will probably receive
2,500 at least. Ohio and Iowa, being
near by and both having prominent
candidates, will probably send the two
largest State Delegations. Ohio, it is
estimated by zealous Republicans of
the Buckeye state, may have as many
as 20,000 Republicans in St. Louis, but,
of course, only a small per cent of them
.will get seats in the auditorium.
Timothy E. Byrnes of Minneapolis,
who has been elected sergeant-at-arms
of the convention by the National Com-
mittee, will have charge of the distri-
bution of tickets for admission. Each
National delegate and alternate wijl re-
ceive two tickets—and as many more
as they can get. The member of the
National Committee from each state
will make out a list of all Republicans
In his state who may want to attend
the proceedings, and the tickets will be
distributed among the different states,
pro rata. Under the system of distri-
bution which Sergeant-at-Arms Byrnes
will employ it will be practically im-
possible for the friends of any one can-
didate to "pack" the convention hall,
despite the fears of such an event which
have been expressed. Mr. Byrnes has
said that, so far as he has the power,
the friends of all the candidates will be
treated alike.
The real work of the convention,
leading up to and providing for the
selection of the National ticket, is
done in committee rooms. Spacious
accommodations for committee work
Lave been provided in the auditorium,
and the newspaper facilities will be es-
pecially convenient.
A novel schome is to be put in opera-
tion in the convention hall. Each
section of the hall where in-
dividual State delegations are seated,
will be connected by telephone with
the chairman's desk, that ho may
easily ascertain the name of every dele-
gate who may claim recognition. The
scheme, it is said, will do away with
the usual annoyance and worry in
recognizing delegates who think they
liave a duty to perform by claiming the
attention of the convention.
The telegraph facilities for dispatch-
ing to every corner of the Nation the
names of the nominees will be ample.
Nine new copper wires are strung from
St. Louis to Chicago and six from Chi-
■ eago to New York. About fifty loops
will be run into the Auditorium.
Wearied delegates can repair for re-
freshment to any number of gardens
and open-air restaurants and cafes,
where the best that St. Louis can offer
will be placed before them at prices
that may make them complain. But
what is the los3 of a few hundred dol-
lars to an enthusiastic Republican,
tired with interest in Ms party's wel-
fare, and perchance, in some instances,
with irons of his own in the Are?
Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, chair-
man of the National Committee, will
call the convention to order. But im-
portant work of the convention will
have been done by the National Com-
mittee even before the delegates as-
semble in their seats.
On the day preceding the convention
a temporary roll of delegates has to
be formed, for manifestly no State can
have the advantage of another in repre-
sentation. Some states will send con-
testing delegations, but only one set
can be seated. It would riot be proper,
on the other hand, to shut a state out
entirely because of contests. Each must
have representation in the organiza-
tion of the convention. General Clark-
son of the National Committee from
Iowa says there will be about 110 con-
tested seats out of the 909, and that the
nomination may really hinge upon the
results of these contests.
It should not be supposed that the
National Committee reserves to itself
the power to decide contests: that
must finally be done by the convention
itself. This much, however, the Na-
tional Committee will do, and its ac-
tion may have an important bearing
on the result in the convention—the
National Committee will meet, and a
sub-committee on contests will be se-
lected. Each member of the committee
will report to this sub-committee the
list of delegates from his state, and if
there be no contests these names will
be placed on the temporary roll by the
secretary of the National Committee.
In states where contesting delegations
have been elected the claims of both
sides will be heard, and the National
Committeeman from the state will give
his version of the contest. The sub-
committee will decide and instruct the
secretary which delegates are entitled
to representation.
The importance of these decisions in
committee cannot be overestimated,
for while they are in no way binding
upon the convention, the action of the
committee, based generally on good
and sufficient grounds, is seldom over-
turned.
The National Committee selects also
by a majority vote the temporary and
permanent chairman of the convention;
that is to say, it selects a name for each
position, to be presented to the con-
vention. A bitter contest, may arise
within the National Committee over
CONKLING STOPPED TO TALK.
That Incident Prevented Wlndom'g Nom-
ination for the Presidency.
From the Minneapolis Journal: In the
political history of the state "Windom
Ten" has been written down as a bur-
lesque incident. When the campaign
for the republican nomination for
president in 1880 was in progress Min-
nesota was an overwhelmingly en-
thusiastic Blaine state. Senator Conk-
ling's daring ambition was to defeat
Blaine, and he was shrewd enough to
see that Minnesota could not be
swerved from Blaine save by springing
a "favorite son." Mr. Windom was
flattered by Conkling's suggestion and
the poison spread to his friends, with
the result that Minnesota went to Chi-
cago solidly instructed for Windom. At
that time Minnesota only had ten dele-
gates to the national convention, and
during the four days' balloting the
reading clerk would announce in sten-
torian tones, "Windom, ten," and much
of the time the announcement would
provoke derisive laughter. Blain6's
friends always felt that if Minnesota
had been loyal he would have been the
nominee, and in their estimation "Win-
dom, ten," was a badge of tricky poli-
tics. The delegation was undoubtedly
sincere, but it seemed at the time like
grasping for a will-o'-the-wisp.
I met an old politician yesterday, an
intimate friend of Windom, who said
he called on Windom in Washington
some time after the event and Windom
said to him, "Did you know I cama
pretty near receiving the nomination
for president?" The visitor conceded
that he did not understand how "Win-
dom, ten," was very near the goal, and
Mr. Windom then explained. He said
Postmaster General James of New York
told him that the Grant forces had
decided to go to him and have the
credit of nominating the president,
even though it was not first choice.
This was thought to be better than to
allow the Blaine forces to win a semi-
victory in a similar manner. Mr. James
said ttat Conkling actually left his Feat
to go over aiid notify the Minnesota
delegation that they were going for
Windom and urge them to do the rest,
when someone halted him and advised
delaying one more ballot. He accepted
the advice. This was fatal. On that
one ballot the stampede to Garfield be-
gan and then it was too late. If the
"Grant 306" had been added to "Win-
dom, ten," it would have carried the
stampede in the Windom instead of the
Garfield direction.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
SOCIAL, DOINGS AtT THE
TION'S CAPITAL.
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The Wife and Daughters of Senator
Pritchard of North Carolina—May
Belle Stewart's Marriuge—Tl»e Foreign
Kmbassles.
Strange Cargoes at Liverpool.
Liverpool receives some very curious
cargoes at times. Cargoes of turtles
and other live and dead animals, casks
of speeches, shiploads of bones from
battlefields, of human mummies from
the Egyptian tombs and of dead cats
from the cat cemeteries in the same
country.
The cargo of speeches had a Yankee
source. An agency, desiring the Ameri-
can oratory should not be lost in
Britain, organized a system by which
every great address delivered in the
continent after that idea was formed
should be recorded by the phonograph.
Songs were recorded in the same way
and it was estimated that the consign-
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(Washington Letter.)
HE fact that Sena-
tor Peter Pritchard,
of North Carolina,
•I is a republican and
from a southern
state, makes his po-
sition one of pecu-
liar interest, while
his friendship for
Mr. McKinley, who
seems to stand an
excellent chance of
being one of the most prominent men
in the country, may make him one of
the leaders in the land of Dixie.
Senator Pritchard's family live in a
pretty red brick house on Q street oa
the same block with the residences of
Senator Butler and Senator Warren,
while the home of the postmaster gen-
eral is but a step further on, and that
of Senator Baker almost opposite. The
I house is a modern one, small, but cosy,
furnished simply, but in refined taste
and breathing an air of quiet home
comforts. The family is not a large
one, there being but two of the children
at home, Miss Ida and the baby. Miss
Pritchard is a very pretty young girl
of the blonde type with a faultless com-
plexion, blue eyes, and a plump, round
figure. She is very well grown for her
age, but has not yet made her debut,
her ooming out to take place next win-
ter. The baby, little McKinley, is but
two and a half years old, but is a bright
boy for his age and can talk well, evinc-
ing an intelligence uncommon for a
child of his tender years. The present
Mrs. Pritchard is the second wife of the
senator, their marriage having taken
place four years ago. Pritchard has
his law office in Asheville, but his sum-
mer home at Marshall, in the same
state. Mrs. Pritchard is a tall and
well-formed blonde, a woman of hand-
some appearance, quiet in her dress and
taste, but having a real fondness for
politics.
The event of the past week was the
wedding of Miss May Belle Stewart,
daughter of the senator from Nevada,
to Mr. Frank Payson, of Baltimore.
The marriage was a very simple affair,
but few being present, as it was the
wish of the family that no display be
made on the occasion. Miss Stewart's
gown was of white satin. The wed-
ding was a very quiet one and just after
the ceremony there was a breakfast at
the beautiful home of the fair bride.
The groom is a well-known business
man of Baltimore, being a member of
the Acetylene Gas company, and his
father an importer of means. The cou-
ple will make Baltimore their future
home. Miss Stewart is the last of the
daughters of the senator to wed, his
others being all married. She is a tall
blonde, who has spent much of her time
abroad and her education was con-
ducted by means of a tour of the world,
during which she was accompanied by
her mother. The home of the senator
is one of the most imposing in the city,
and is built in imitation of an ancient
Norman castle. The family of the sen-
ator will spend most of the summer in
town, as Senator Stewart is very busy
on his paper, The Silver Knight, which
he is running in the interest of the pop-
ulists.
The next wedding will probably be
that of Miss Letitia Scott, niece of Mrs.
Adlai Stevenson, to Lieutenant Charles
Bromweli. It was intended at first to
have a big military wedding in this city
this month, but as the groom is sta-
tioned at West Point and can not ob-
tain for some time his transfer the mar-
riage is indefinitely postponed—it may
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HALL AT ST. LOUIS.
these selections. Sometimes, as in
1892, the minority may withdraw their
candidate, and make the selection of
temporary chairman unanimous, as
they did for J. Sloat Fassett. Again,
as in 1884, a majority and minority re-
port may be presented and the fight
brought to a head in the opening of
the convention.
As the Democratic National Con-
vention in 1892, after Mr. Cleveland's
friends, who controlled the Committee
on Resolutions, had prepared a tariff
plank under Mr. Cleveland's supervi-
sion, the convention, which afterward
turned to and nominated Cleveland,
broke away at one word from Henry
Watterson and rejected the tariff plank
as presented by the Cleveland commit-
tee. No better example of the Ameri-
can principle in politics—that the sov-
ereign will of the people must govern
—•a accorded than in a National con-
vention.
ment which came over by one of the
Atlantic liners to Liverpool some time
ago was worth 50 pounds a cask. The
cargoes of dried cats from Egypt are
sold chiefly as fertilizers. One cargo
which came over in 1890 consisted of
the remains of nearly 2,000,000 cats,
found in a mummified state In a cat cem- '
etery and supposed to have lain there
4,000 years. They were sold by auction
and realized 5 pounds 17 shillings and
sixpence per ton. A few perfect speci-
mens brought good sums as curiosities,
but the bulk went for manure. A large
quantity of rags is brought to Liver-
pool, the refuse of European cities; oil
nuts of many kinds come from Africa;
hair Is the staple of many cargoes;
cowry shells come in thousands to be
ground for enamel and even blood is
imported from the River Platte cattle
centers to be used as manure.—Lon-
don Answers.
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MRS. SENATOR PRITCHARD.
occur in June or come off in September.
As most of the society people will be
out of town at that time the ceremony
will of necessity be a simple one. The
couple will then sail for Europe, mak-
ing their home for two years in the city
of Brussels and then returning to
America. Miss Scott is a brunette and
has won many friends since her coming
to the capital. Her mother, Mrs. Matt
Scott, is a lady of great kindliness o!
manner and the home of the family is
one of the prettiest in town.
Baron von Kettler, of the German
embassy, has. been appointed minister
at thu Mexican capital. His departure
will be greatly regretted here,where he
is one of the beaux of the town'. Tha
Chinese minister, who has been absent
for some time in Peru, is now on the
water en route for this country. The
minister is accredited to several other
nations besides that of the United
States.
The southern ladies of the city have
decided to hold a fair, the proceeds of
which will go to the fund donated by
Charles Broadway Rouss, of New York,
for a Battle Abb6y in the south. Mr.
Rouss gave the sum of $100,000, with
which an equal amount must be placed
by southern people, and for this reasoxi
during the month fairs are being held
all over Dixie. The capital is very anx-
ious to secure the building, and sev-
eral other cities are making a fight.
The fair to be held in Washington will
be at the National Rifles' armory and
will be participated in by representa-
tive ladies from different southern
states.
The family of the French ambassa-
dor, M. Patenotre, are about to take up
theirresidenceata cottage at Cape May
for the summer. It is rumored that an
addition to the family is expected next
month. On Monday last a lunchcon
was given at the embassy in honor of
the christening of the baby who was
born last year at the home ci Mr. El-
verson, in Philadelphia.
The wife of the new Russian ambas-
sador, Madame de Kotzebue, is not ex-
pected to reach town before fall, and
the ambassador will spend the summer
MISS IDA PRITCHARD.
at some fashionable resort, where he
has taken a cottage.
Madame Dominguez, formerly the fa-
mous beauty, Helene Murphy, of New
York, sailed recently for Paris, where
she will be joined next month by her
husband, who has been appointed to a
new post. The new minister to this
country is expected to reach here in a
few weeks.
The amount or the fund being raised
by the General Miles Testimonial asso-
ciation as yet amounts to but $20,000,
while the sum of $100,000 is contem-
plated. It is the wish of Mrs. Miles to
live near her uncle, Senator Sherman,
whose home is on K street.
Mrs. Senator Blanchard left town
yesterday for her home in Louisiana.
Mrs. Truxton Beale, formerly Hattie
Blaine, daughter of the late Secretary
Blaine, has named her infant son
Walker Blaine Beale for her brother,
who rfied some six years ago when act-
ing as his father's assistant in the state
department. Mr. Beale is at present
traveling in Europe in the interests of
the Studebaker Wagon company, and
Mrs. Beale, his wife, is with her mother
in the north, the Blaine mansion in this
city being rented out to Mr. Westing-
house, of air-brake fame.
The present Japanese minister, Mr.
Kurino, is shortly to be replaced by Mr.
Hoshi, a young gentleman who has the
distinction of being the first Japanese
to graduate from the English Univer-
sity of Cambridge. It is thought that
Kurino will be transferred to the post
of the minister of Italy, and may also
be called upon to fix up a set of treaties
with other European nations. Mr.
Hoshi is expected to be at his new post
in a very short while.
Cy Warman, of "Sweet Marie" fame,
is now making his home in Washington,
but will return to Denver within a few
weeks. His wife, who is a woman pf
great beauty, is the sweet Marie men-
tioned in the song.
That Fashionable Hand.
ITavry—"What are you doing with all
those books?" Reggy — "Studying
them, dear boy. They're the latest
things on hieroglyphics and cipher
writing." Harry—"How does that in-
terest you?"' Reggy—"Why, you see,
I've commenced a correspondence with
Miss Frills, and am still at work de-
ciphering her first letter."—Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Immortality.
Man's life needs immortality to com-
plete it.' A single'span is too short to
realize the fruit of honest endeavor,
and heaven with its completion anil
perfection fits onto this life with its
inadequacy and imperfection. The
spiritual is the natural blossom npon
the natural; the celestial is the fruit
of the terrestrial.—Ret. H. P. Dewey.
Good Place for l?a»kers.
The interest on money is so high i»
Siam that when a man once gets in
debt the most he can possibly hope fo*
by the hardest kind of work 1b to p»#
the interest on what ho u«res.
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