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Hon. j. Sterling Morton on the Location of
the National Democratic Convention.
Especial Telegram to the Globe

Hon. j. Sterling Morton on the Location OF
the National Democratic Convention.
Special Telegram to the Globe.
CHICAGO, Dec. 16.-Hon. J. Sterli nQ
Morton, of Nebraska, member of the
Democratic national committee, is at the
Palmer house. He said that no date had
been fixed for the meeting of the commit,
tee, but he was in favor of January s, as
that was Jackson day. As to the
place where the convention would meet,
he said: "If the date of it's meeting is before
the Republican convention, see no OBJ
lection to its meeting in Chicago. If,
| however, it is to meet after the Republican
convention, the CITY will need to be disin-
| fected. There is some talk of Saratoga,
but seriously speaking Chicago is a very
good place. don't see that the place of
| holding the convention has any effect at
| all on tho vote of the state in which it 10
held. 1t has never done so yet. When we
| held it in Cincinnati twice, don't know
| that Ohio went Democratic. When we held
| it IN st. Louis, Missouri would have been
| for Us anyway, and when we held it in
New York the state was carried by Sew
| mour. Seymour would have been elected
| in his own state if the convention had met
| IN Chicago, so that experience has shown
convention don't necessarily influence
voting"
''Tilden," said Mr.. Morton, sis dead. He
| will not receive the nomination, and it is
extremely doubtful whether he will be
named at all except in a complimentary
! way. Mcdonald, in my opinion, is the
man the Democrats want.
Mr.. Morton was asked: SIS il likely
that the very strong difference between
free traders and protectionists within the
Democratic party will result In split?"
II don't think there is any question
| about it as finality land it may even come
| during the next presidential contest
I'm the nominating conventionr'
Yes, in the nominating convention If
| the free trade advocates are set down upon
and high tariff principles are em-
bodied in the platform to
the exclusion of free trade,
There arc men who won't truckls for Office
and sacriic principles for votes. Do you
suppose suoh men - Perry, of Williams
college, andISumner, of Yale, would stultify
themselves for she mere transitory success
of the party? No, they are above it. The
motto of the Democrats party is by prin-
cIple We triumph"
Then you would jeopardize Democratic
Success at the next election by insisting on
a principle?"
YES" said Mr. Morton. ''If necessary
let them form an Independent party. That
Is VT at it will come to fnally.n
M. Morton said that Iowa, Wisconsin,
Nebraska and Minnesota would assert
Themselves very strongly in favor of the
tariff, aud it would be the one issue of the
next contest. In regard to the chairman
snip of the national committee he said
there had not been much talk, but that
W. f. Villas, of Wisconsin, Pat
Kelly, of Minnesota, and Ham
or Iowa wore types of western
men whom he would most like to see con-
troll the body. The tariff, he thou ght,
would play an important part in the Sc
lection OF chairman, and defeat misht
occur between protection and free trade.
Potter Palmer. of the Palmer house, re-
turned from the east yesterday. He says
the Democratic national convention will
&c held either in Chicago or in Louisville.
with the odds in favor of the former.
President Erskine Phelps, of the
iroquois club says that in answer
10 the circular addressed to them by the
CUB, many members of the national
democratic committee have expressed
themselves in favor of Chicago.
Hon. W. c. Cloudy says that the Demo
cratic convention will not be held at the
same place as the Republican.