5T.LOUIS.MO.
June isse.
IT WILL SEAT 14,000.
ST. LOUIS AUDITORIUM THE
LARGEST CONVENTION HALL.
Bow the FracaidlDii of the Convention
Will Be Bandied — Number of Dele
{■(« and National Committeemen—
Routine Work.
T. LOUIS Is a hot
city In .Tune, but so
was Chicago In 1888
I and Minneapolis In
1892, as Republican
delegates will tes
tify. Over-crowd
ing nnd incon
venient accommo
dations are more to
be dreaded during
National conven
tlon week than not wea'.ner. bu
according to all reports, will furnish
better facilities than ever before have
been accorded to a National convention,
The immense new auditorium, where
the '-Republican National Convention
will be hold, will accommodate 14,000.
There will be 900 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 pvesent, and
the reat of the vast audlenco, will eon
alsl mainly of "rooters" for the several
candidates whose names are to be pre
eented for the highest honor In the
gift of the American people.
Accordtpg to recent estimate, there
wlll.^erncne too much room. It Is
customary to give to the city In which
the co|(|entlon is held, the largest
black |of seats. St. Louis will have
more seA^s in the auditorium than any
conveo>fbh city ever obtained before.
ft hai put in a modest request for
S.500 sehts, and will probably receive
2,500*-least. Ohio anil Iowa, being
near*W and both having prominent
candidates, will probably send the two
largest State Delegations. Ohio, It Is
estimated by zealous Republicans of
the Ilucfceye state, may have as many
•a 26,000 Republicans In St. Louis, but,
of coulee, only a small per cent of them
Will get seats in the auditorium.
TImofby E. Byrnes of Minneapolis,
who' hat! been elected sergeant-at-arms
of yrg convention by the National Com
mRtef, *wlll have charge of the distri
bution, of tickets for admission. Each
NationSl delegate and alternate will re
ceive two tickets—and as many more
as tlToy can get. The member of the
National Committee from each stale
Will m^ke cut a list of all Republicans
ft Irii state who may want to attend
th$:proceedingB, and the tickets will be
distributed among the different states,
pro Under the system of dlstri
butkjp swhich Scrgeant-at-Arms Byrnes
wllLemploy it will bo practically im
possible for the friends of any one can
didate to “pack** the convention hall,
despite the fears ofsuch an event which
have teen expressed.* Mr. Byrnes has
■aid flfet, eo far as he has the ppwer,
the.friends of all the candidates, will be
tfcHtcd- alike.
’i’he real work of the convention,
loading up to and providing for tte
Miration of the National ticket, Is
done4 committee rooms. Spacious
nccojomodatlons for committee work
ho® been provided In the auditorium,
nnJ^the newspaper facilities will be es
pecially convenient.
A novel scheme tata he pnt In opera
recognizing delegates who think they
have 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
cago 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 loss of a few hundred dol
lars to an enthusiastic Republican,
fired with Interest in his party’s wel
fare, and perchance, in some instances,
with irons of his own in the fire?
Thomas H. Carter, of Montana, chair
man of the National Committee, will
call the convention tv order. Bat 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
ba 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 not be proper,
on the other hand, to shut a state out
entirely because of contests. Kach must
have representation In tho organiza
tion of the convention. General Clark
son of the National Committee from
Iowa says there will be about 110 con
Vic importance of these decision*) in
committee cannot be overestimated,
for while they arc in no way binding
upon the conveniion, 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
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 Fassctt. 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
—is accorded than in a National con
vention.
CONKLING STOPPED TO TALK. ■
That Incident Prevented Windom'e Num
Inatldn 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
eee 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
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION HALL AT ST. LOUIS.
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 ttseU
the power to decide contests: that
must Anally 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 u
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
t THE FAMOUS WIGWAM CHICAGO:"
(Where Lincoln was nominated in 1860.)
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tifl^ i| me convention - h«U. ” Each
•ecUon of the half where in
4lTiMl flute delegations are seated,
will be connected by telephone with
the chairman's desk, that he may*
easily ascertain the name of every dele
gate who may claim recognition. The
•choice, It is said, will do away with
the usual annoyance and worry in
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 dectde and Instruct the
secretary which delegates are entttled
to representation.
torian tones, “Windom, ten,” and much
of the time the announcement would
provoke derisive laughter. Blaine'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 ap old politician yesterday, an
Intimate friend of Windom, who said
he called on Windom in Washington
some time after the event and Windorr
said to him, "Did you know I cairn
pretty near receiving the nomlnatio:
for president'” The visitor conceded
that he did not understand how "Win
dora, 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 tho Blaine forces to win a semi
victory In a similar manner. Mr. James
said that Conkllng actually left his seat
to go over and 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 fat<-i. On that
one 'ballot the stampede to Garfield be
gan and then It was too late. If tho
"Grant 306" had been added to “Win
dom, ten,” it would have carried the
stampede in tho Windom instead of the
Garfield direction.
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H: aa Old l«oa& Hf'iklp,
IV
, The Soar family, of Ambaatnn,
Derbyshire, England, have a curious
heirloom in the shape of a loaf of bread
that is now over six hundred years old.
The founders of the family, it appears,
were great friends of King John. When
I that monarch died he made several land
grants to the Soars. One of these tracts,
it appears, had always been chnveyed
with a loaf of hreadalongwlththe“wtlt
ings,” and the deed and the loaf are
both kept to this day as sacred relics.
Bryton Early—I thought you were
going to save so much money, by re
signing from the club. Minos Coyne
—Well, Just look ho'flr much I’m not
in debt.—Life.
:
; EEPUBLICAN PARTY.
| SOUND DOCTRINE OF PROTEC
j TION THE WAR CRY.
I -
j The Democrat* Will Mot Be Permitted
J to Dodge the Issue That Is Engaging
| the Attention tf the American Pco
| P'e* _*_
Englishmen appreciate the fact that
the Gorman tariff’s lease of life is lim
ited. In the Manchester Courier and
Lancashire General Advertiser of No
vember 7, 1895, we find the following:
“A significant feature of the elec
tions is that, not only do the Republic
an victories foreshadow a Republican
President next year, but they render
it probable that the Wilson tariff will,
in the near future, give place to one of
a more stringently protective charac
ter. This result is especially pointed
to by the election In Ohio, the home of
Mr. McKinley. The tariff question en
tered largely Into the electioneering
issues, the Democrats sunporting the
Wilson bill, the Republicans asking for
further protection, and the candidate
of the latter party was elected by a
large majority. For the first time,
Utah takes part as a state in the elec
tions, and the tide of Republican vic
tory has, apparently, reached as far as
the Salt Lake City. The victory of
Tammany Hall is not a matter upon
which the United States can be com
plimented, and the prospect of an un
favorable revision of the Wilson tariff
is one which is not satisfactory to our
selves."
London Views Our Wool Market.
Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze & Co.,
of London, comment upon the fact so
well known here, that the United States
In 1S95, in addition to the unprece
dented imports of raw wool, also im
ported “manufactures of wool to the
extent of over sixty million dollars
(860,000,000) as against less than seven
teen million dollars ($17,000,600) for the
preceding year.”
This increase in the American im
ports of woolen goods is roughly cal
culated as equal to 130 million pounds
of raw wool, which is exactly the
amount of the increase in the world’s
supply of the year 1895. If American
wool had been used to manufacture the
Increased amount of imported woolens,
more than one half of the entire Amer
ican clip would have been consumed
in their production.
The increase in the imports of wool,
including that used in the manufacture
of woolens imported in 1895, over the
average of the previous four years was
over 257 million pounds (a quantity
within 37 million pounds of the Ameri
can wool production for 1895), an in
crease of about 114 per cent. The effect
of this extraordinary increase in im
ports upon American prices is now be
ing very seriously felt.
Taxing Commercial Traveler*.
The colony of New Zealand has im
posed a tax on commercial travelers from
other places. The apparent object of
this new form of protection is to secure
business for the local agent, and to pre
vent travelers from abroad selling di
rect to distributing houses. As an al
ternative, the object of the tax is to
raise revenue. Needless to say the
Real Free Trade
Gflod3 Imported Free of Qutg
*-« 431,213,966
*TO'0«,o<rt
GOJds Froo of Duty
«384^)73,IS0-i
»maao.oat
Goods F rea oj'OuUj
taoojM^ao
SoodsFreo of Duty
HSMMQ.000
Goods Frw^OuJy
tttOMMO
Boots free Dirty
4
measure is very unpopular with those
whose prime interests are concentrated
outside of New Zealand, but the colony
believes in affording protection to her
home industries. The tax is $250 a
year with a penalty of $100 per day for
non-payment.
llraml the Shoddy Goods,
The Ohio Legislature has a bill pend
ing in the House that is attracting at
tention from the fact that It is out of the ,
i beaten track. The Canton, O., Re
. pository, March 25, 1896, said:
I "The title of the bill is ‘To prevent
fraud in the sale of woolen, shoddy and
cotton goods,’ and is in the same line
of legislation as that requiring the In-’
spection of dairy and food products. It
provides that ‘any person or persons
who sell, or offer for aale, any cloth
fabric ot any kind, In the form of cloth
ing ready made or otherwise, shall
cause the same to he tagged, or labeled,
so as to show the composition of said
fabric, whether the same be wool, shod
dy, cotton, or if a mixture what propor
tion of each ingredient enters into the
composition of said article; the label
shall be written printed, or stenciled
thereon, In the English language, the
true name of such article or the Ingre
dients entering into the composition of
such a fabric or article.' All persons are
prohibited from exposing for sale any
article that Is not so labeled, and on
conviction a fine not exceeding $25 nor
more than $100 is imposed for the first
offense, and for the second or subse
quent offenses a fine of not less than
$50 nor more than $200 may be imposed
In addition to not less thas 10 days’ im
prisonment nor more than 30 days.”
GROVER’S SUIT.
The III very or Democratic Tariff Deform
■* Grover Olevelaad.
As adopted by true, democracy from
the J. Bull model of the Cobden club,
London.
Protect Ovr Shipping.
The movement to bring to Americans
and -American capital a fair share oi
the carrying trade upon the high seas
and to restore that prestige which this
country, had when the famous clipper
ships were admired in the ports of the
world and which was lost soon after,
is making rapid strides. Last week
the Atlantic Transport Company,
American, purchased the entire outfit
and rights of the National Line, Brit
ish, and the American flag will soon
be run up on the following vessels:
America, Europe, Spain. Greece,
France and England. Let the good
work go on until the American can
ship his goods, himself travel and the
Government can send its mails upon
American ships, and the United States
flag will become familiar once more
in the seaport cities the wide world
over.—Mail, Lowell, Mass.
Senator Mltchell'e Belief.
The people of this country never have
believed, do not now believe, and never
will believe, in my judgment, not at
least In the next three generations to
come, if ever, that a properly devised
system of protection to home industries,
by which encouragement is given to
home labor and home capital, and
whereby the labor and products of this
country are shielded from the ruinous
effects of competition with the cheap la
bor and the products of the cheap and
in many instances absolutely servile
labor of European and Asiatic coun
tries, is one that will tend to reduce the
price of either American labor or of
American products of either farm or
shop or mine. The undeniable facts of
history show conclusively that there is
no warrant for any such belief.—Hon.
John H. Mitchell, U. S. Senator, of Ore
gon.
Reed on Wages.
The truth is that this very question
of rising wages is what makes a good
many men free-traders. People with
fixed incomes think that anything
which raises wages is inimical to them.
Manufacturers who have foreign mar
kets are naturally anxious to have
wages on the foreign standard, and
when a great cocoa manufacturer in
Boston and a great agricultural tool
maker in Philadelphia proclaim them
selves on the side of free-trade we find
in both cases a large foreign trade and
along with it a desire for foreign wages
for their workingmen.—Hon. Thos. B.
Reed, i .
How Chicago Feels.
William McKinley of Ohio represents
something more than the great eco
nomic principle for which his name
stands. While a large measure of the
fair fame that attaches to the great
protectionist comes from his champion
ship of a principle that cannot be eradi
cated from the minds of a large pro
portion of the American people, it must
be apparent to the most indifferent
student of men that he typifies in his
breadth of learning and In his unsul
lied manhood the highest possibilities
of American citizenship.—Chicago
Tlmes-Herald.
Want! Mow Reciprocity,
The Commercial Milling Company of
Detroit said: “Reciprocity would give
the farmer better prices for his wheat
and create more markets and, at the
same time, he a feather in the cap of
the politician who will bring it about."
Freckles.
Talk as you wiil, fiecklcs are no or
nament to even a pretty girl, and on
one who has no beauty to boast of they
are positively hideous. Now is the time
when they are ••ripe,” but there are
several harmless ways of treating
them, thong1!! so many preparations
contain dangerous compounds. Thera
is a safe formula which always prevails
in light cases. Four ounces of lactic
acid, two ounces of glycerine and one
of rose water. Apply with a small vel
vet sponge two or three times daily.
This Union will cause a slight burning
of the skin, which is a part of the pro
cess, but a little witch hazel cream will
allay this._
If yon are thinking of studying music do
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New England Conservatory of Music in
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greatest and most ^elle< t iSt hool of Music,
Oratory and Modern Languages in
America. 'Jhe best is always the cheateat
in the end and the charges are low when
its advantages over other similar schools
are considered.
A Good Year for Fair*.
Fourteen “World’s Fairs” are being1
or will be. held this year. The Hun
garian Millennial is still in progress, as
are also the Berlin Silver Jubilee Ex
hibition and the Geneva Swiss Exposi
tion. Other cities to celebrate on a
much smaller scale are Odessa, Kiel,
Cannes. Mons, Rouen, Johannesburg,
Brisbane, Para, Namur, Paris ami the
City of Mexico. The Swiss national ex
position has been devoted to the setting
forth of Swiss life in a typical village,
the separate houses of which have been
actually transported from the different
parts of the united cantons.—Philadel
phia Record.
Won
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