MCKINLEY WILL WIN ON FIRST BALLOT

William McKinley.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, June 11, 1896.

MANLEY ADMITS DEFEAT.

Says McKinley Will Win on First Ballot.

REED'S HOPES ARE ABANDONED.

Other of Reed's Followers Indignant at This Statement, Which They Say Is Premature

—St. Louis Hotel Men Relent on the Negro Question.

   ST. LOUIS, June 11.—Mr. Manley of Maine said: "In my judgment the convention will nominate McKinley on the first ballot for the presidency. It is useless to attempt to deny that this will be the result. The action of the national committee in its overwhelming vote on the Alabama case settles conclusively how the respective states which the members of the committee represent will vote in the convention.

   "Mr. Reed's name will be presented to the convention and he will be voted for, and I am authorized to say that under no conditions or circumstances can he or will he accept the nomination for vice president, if it should be tendered to him. The great majority of the New England delegates will be loyal to Mr. Reed, but the convention is for Governor McKinley and will nominate him."

   While the declaration of Mr. Manley contained nothing that has not been looked for for many weeks, yet it caused a flutter of excitement when it was known that the manager of Mr. Reed had announced that there was no further hope among the leaders of the forces of the man from Maine.

   Other supporters of Mr. Reed said that the declaration would cost Mr. Reed at least half of the votes that would have been cast for him had nothing of the kind been said, and several of Reed's supporters asserted that the declaration of Mr. Manley ought to be followed by a statement from Reed that his name would not be presented, so that those who were yet under obligations to vote for him would be released.

   It was said that in the face of certain and admitted defeat delegates could not be expected to vote for Reed and that probably all of New Hampshire's votes, all of Rhode Island's and all but one in Connecticut would be cast for McKinley, even if Reed's name was presented. There are some delegations from the South which will take similar action.

   It was also stated that the declaration of Mr. Manley would weaken the other candidates, as it would be sure to influence the wavering to vote McKinley. Senator Gear, who is representing Iowa on the national committee, said that notwithstanding the declaration of Mr. Manley, Senator Allison's name would be presented to the convention and voted for. W. A. Sutherland, member of the national committee from New York, and who is the only prominent representative of Governor Morton's interest in St. Louis, said sententiously: "Governor Morton will be presented to the convention, and we hope to nominate him."

   At the meeting of the Republican national committee, Secretary Manley read a letter saying that the Southern, St. Nicholas, Laclede and Lindell hotels would live up to the agreement made by the Business Men's league relative to the accommodations of colored men at the hotels.

   The contested cases were then taken up, the first being the delegates at large from Alabama, presented by D. D. Shelby of the McKinley delegation. There were 13 counties contested.

   Governor W. H. Smith was heard in opposition. He said he spoke for the Moseley delegation and characterized the others as the McKinley delegation.

   Powell Clayton of Arkansas moved to seat the Buckley (McKinley) delegation. Senator Gear of Iowa moved to substitute the Moseley delegation, and Mr. Sutherland of New York moved to refer the whole matter to a committee of three to sift the evidence and report. This motion was voted down without division. Senator Shoup of Idaho moved to seat both delegations, with half a vote each. This was also voted down, and the vote was taken on Senator Gear's motion, which was defeated, 7-38.

   The motion of Mr. Clayton was then adopted without opposition. It was generally considered that it was a McKinley victory, although several committeemen not favorable to McKinley voted against the Moseley delegation. The delegates at large which were seated were the following:

   P. D. Shelby, C. W. Buckley, J. W. Jones, W. P. Pettiford, all of whom were instructed for McKinley.

   From the First district P. D. Booker and A. N. Johnson were seated.

   There was no contest from the Second district, and the contest in the Third was postponed until Friday on account of the absence of some parties to the contest.

   Hon. W. F. Aldrich, one of the contestants from the Fourth district, appeared for the contests in this district. He and Fletcher Corry were the contestants against Thomas C. Dunn and W. G. Stevens. W. G. Stevens (colored), one of the contestees, appeared for them. Dunn and Stevens were instructed for McKinley, while Aldrich was instructed for Reed and Corry for Morton.

   At the conclusion of Mr. Stevens' remarks Mr. Youngblood moved that the

Stevens-Dunn (McKinley) delegation be seated and the motion was carried unanimously.

   The hearing on the contest from the Fifth district was postponed until today and it was announced that the contest from the Sixth district had been withdrawn, leaving Iverson Dawson and Daniel Cooper as the delegates from that district. They are not instructed, but are understood to be for McKinley.

   The entire day's session was given up to the Alabama contests which involved the seats of the four delegates at large and all of the nine districts except the Second, making 22 seats that were in dispute. The contests were all decided except those from the Third and Fifth districts.

   The points at issue in the Sixth and Eighth districts were settled outside of the committee and the contests in both instances withdrawn.

   The issue was presented to the committee in all other cases.

   Of the 18 delegates whose cases were decided either by vote of the committee or by withdrawal, 16 are for McKinley and two for Reed for president.

Mark A. Hanna.

HOTELS FOR THE NEGROES.

Many of the St. Louis Hostelries Agree to Take Them.

   ST. LOUIS, June 11.—The St. James hotel has openly refused to entertain negro delegates and cancelled a $6,000 contract it had made for feeding and housing delegates.

   Several weeks ago the officers of the Tippecanoe club, under the direction of M. A. Hanna, made a contract with Thomas B. Miller, the proprietor of the St. James hotel, to take care of a certain number of delegates for five days during the convention. The club officers then wrote to certain Southern delegations that rooms had been engaged for them at the St. James. When Mr. Miller learned that the club intended to fill the rooms with negroes he objected.

   "If I permit you to bring negroes here," he said, "all my help will leave. It will put me in a most embarrassing predicament."

   Upon the arrival of Mr. Hanna from Cleveland he was told of what had occurred.

   "I am sorry for Mr. Miller," said Mr. Hanna to his agent," but he signed a contract, and unless he lives up to it he will find himself involved in a most unpleasant legal complication."

   When the hotel man was notified of this he made the following written reply:

   ST. LOUIS, June 10.

   Mr. J. C. Dorn, Agent Tippecanoe Club:

   DEAR SIR—I cannot entertain the colored delegates in our main dining room or under the contract with your club.

   Yours truly,

   THOMAS P. MILLER.

   As all the leading hotels are crowded, the Tippecanoe club is in a quandary as to what it will do with the colored delegates whom it promised to care for.

   Mr. Hanna said he felt very sorry for the Business Men's league, which promised the national committee there would be no color line drawn.

   "The league has done everything in its power to prevent this trouble," he added, "and I do not consider it in any way to blame."

   Mr. Hanna's emissaries also rented the big Exposition building for use during the convention. It was suggested that cots be placed in it for the use of the colored men, but when the management of the building learned of this it told the club that the negroes could not be quartered there.

   It was finally agreed, however, that the colored delegates might be fed there. Tony Faust, who holds the lease of the kitchen at the Exposition, said he could not furnish either food or cooks to do the work. An officer of the club said that cooks would be imported from Cleveland.

   Many of the colored men have of their own accord gone to the homes of colored people living here and obtained board and lodgings. Some of them, however, refuse to do this.

   Dr. John Gant of Sherman, Tex., who leads the contesting McKinley delegation from the Lone Star state, is angry over the service which he is assured Proprietor Griswold of the Laclede hotel expects to give the colored members of his delegation. Gant has a contract with Griswold for quarters at the Laclede for his people, black and white alike, and this end of it the hotel man is going to keep, but black delegates will not be allowed to eat in the dining hall. Meals will be served in their rooms and there will be no lack of attention to them. This is what makes Dr. Gant angry.

Bankers Urge the Gold Standard.

   ROCHESTER, June 11.—At the annual meeting of group No. 2 of the State Bankers' association, resolutions were adopted and ordered mailed to delegates and alternates at large from this state to the Republican and Democratic national conventions impressing upon the framers of the political platforms of both parties the vital importance to business interests that the present standard of value, as represented by the gold dollar, be maintained.

NEGROES INDIGNANT.

Demand That the Convention he Transferred From St. Louis.

   CHICAGO, June 11.—A mass-meeting of negroes was held here last night for the purpose of protesting against the alleged insult to the negro race offered by the hotel keepers and other citizens of St. Louis. About 2,000 negroes were present. Resolutions were passed addressed to the Republican National committee demanding that the call for a convention at St. Louis be declared off and that a convention be called to be held at some other place where "the colored people will not be subjected to insult and humiliation."

   A copy of the resolution will be at once transmitted to Chairman Carter of the national committee.

Baseball Notes.

   Manager A. H. Place of the new Cortland baseball team is busy corresponding with others trying to arrange a schedule of games for the season. The game with the Watsons of Weedsport which was to have been played Saturday is declared off and now the only game arranged for is an exhibition game with the Syracuse Stars on June 10.

   The diamond is being put into first class condition and a grand stand [at the fairgrounds] capable of accommodating 500 people is being erected near the diamond. This should greatly increase the attendance at games, as spectators will not be compelled to sit on a plank in the sweltering sun, but can occupy seats in the grand stand and enjoy the games.

Some Very Fine Berries.

   The season of homegrown strawberries is at hand. No fruit is more delicious than strawberries fresh from the vines, and no strawberries could possibly be finer than those grown by Mr. Dell Woodward. We know because we have tested them. Mr. Woodward left a sample of them with us yesterday and we sampled them for tea. We are almost afraid to tell how large they were for fear that we shouldn't be believed, but they were very large and the flavor was unsurpassed. Mr. Woodward has a large field of berries that are just right now for picking.

NORRIS-CALL.

Beautiful Wedding at Home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Call.

   The elegant new home of Mr. and Mrs. Duane E. Call on Tompkins-st. was last evening at 8 o'clock the scene of a very beautiful and pleasant wedding. Their daughter, Miss Lillian Mary Call, was united in marriage with Mr. Thomas Keator Norris. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. L. Robertson, pastor of the Presbyterian church under a floral bell in the east parlor in the presence of nearly one hundred invited guests.

   An orchestra from Ithaca stationed on the porch rendered fine music before, during and at the close of the ceremony.

   The bride was very becomingly attired in white satin with trimming of duchesse lace and orange blossoms and carried a bouquet of white roses. Her beauty was the remark of all. The maid of honor was Miss Frances Call, cousin of the bride. The best man was Mr. Edward K. Norris of New York, brother of the groom. The ushers were Mr. Daly of New York and Mr. Marble of Syracuse. Elegant and elaborate refreshments were served under the direction of Mrs. Griffith.

   The rooms were handsomely decorated with smilax, ferns and cut flowers in profusion. The presents were unusually numerous, beautiful and valuable.

   Mr. and Mrs. Norris left on the late train for New York and will go to Newport for a short time, after which they will return and for the present be at home with Mr. and Mrs. Call.

   The guests from out of town were: Mr. Brainard Norris, Mrs. Nora Norris, Mr. Edward K. Norris and Mr. Daly of New York; Mrs. Dean and Miss Mary Marble of Phoenix; Mr. Harry Marble of Syracuse; Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bryant of Truxton, Mr. find Mrs. L. M. Blanchard, Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Schellinger, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Schellinger and Mr. Frank Schellinger of DeRuyter.

BREVITIES.

   —One drunk paid a fine of five dollars in police court this morning.

   —Mrs. Parthenia Hammond was brought to Cortland this morning from

McLean and taken to the hospital for treatment for obstruction of the bile duct.

   —New advertisements to-day are—W. J. Perkins, a thing to talk about, page 4; C. F. Brown, blood wine, page 4; Dunbar & Co., the ideal skirt holder, page 5.

   —The case of Phillips against Winter in Justice Dowd's court this morning was adjourned to June 18 at 10 A. M. It is an action to recover an amount alleged to be due for labor.

   —Miss Gussie Beale, a pretty Harlem girl, has patented a device for theatrical crush hats for women. The men worship her, but the women think she has done them an injury.

   —The case of Lulu Johnson against her husband, Charles Johnson, before Justice Dowd yesterday to determine the possession of a trunk was decided in favor of Mrs. Johnson.

   —There is to be a trial of speed in the horseflesh line at Preble to-morrow and owners of some of Cortland's fast runners are practicing on the quiet. One of the races is to be an eighth of a mile running.

   —Mr. Lewis S. Hayes has just put a new dry kiln in his chair factory with a capacity about five times as great as the old one. It was to-day fired up for the first time. L. K. Lewis did the work upon it.

   —There will be a meeting of the McKinley club in John L. Lewis lodge rooms tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. All adherents of McKinley, both Republicans and Democrats, are invited. Addresses will be made by Judge A. P. Smith and others.

   —Two boys named Murphy and Dillon were arrested on suspicion yesterday afternoon on the charge of having cut the tent of the Oregon Medicine Co. which is now located on Owego-st., but the evidence not being sufficient they were not held.

   —A large number of Cortland people were in Tully last night attending the

St. Leo's church fair. A fine time is reported by all. Mr. A. W. Williams of

Cortland was on the program for two vocal solos. McDermott's orchestra furnished music for dancing.

   —The church at Cuyler was struck by lightning during Monday's storm. The steeple sustained most of the injury, being badly shattered. The structure was saved from destruction by neighbors, who burst open the doors and extinguished the flames.—DeRuyter Gleaner.

   —Mahan's twenty-second annual music festival closed Friday evening after one of the most successful seasons, the chorus having been very large and the closing concerts as usual bringing out some of the best talent in the country. Truly the music festival brings a treat of no mean order and Mr. Mahan is entitled to the gratitude of all lovers of music.—Dryden Herald.