Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-23
The Bid Made by Chicago.

THO G0AA uA~uC ny SAAAV~N~s
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. - The following tender in writing was made to the Demo- cratic committee to-day:
 The city of Chicago will furnish, first, g hall for the convention which will be ad justed so as to accommodate any number de sired from five thousand to twenty five thousand persons; second, to pay all ex penses at the hall during the convention oi every description; third, to meet the charges for printing. including such number of the report of the proceedings as the com mittee wish, to be executed in ths manner directed; fourth, to furnish National committee and defray all ex penses of the members of the committee while attending the convention; fifth, tc meet any expenses which the committee may deem necessary for the convenience or com. fort of the committee or convention; sixth, the rates at the hotels shall not be above the ordinary prices; seventh, the railroads will furnish the usual reduced rates to all persons coming to the convention.
 (Signed) POTTER PALMER,
 chairman of hotel committee.
 F. H. WINSTON, chairman of citizens com, mittee.
 Rarnum And The Stnews of War.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-A representative of the United Press met Chairman Bar nun this evening and enquired if the selection oi Chicago had any inbuence in bringing about the change of date of the sonventian. stNo, he said, q do not think that had much infu. ence. The first vote was very close and there were members who favored g later date fearing the money would be spent before the election, but they did not know me. l always keep shot in the locker. Why, during the Maine election and up to the campaign in Indiana and Ohio we had net spent $1O,O0 When those elections came of they got all the money they asked for.'
 s'Was anything said about the tioketa'' was asked That of oourse," said Mir. Barnum, 'tthe committee had nothing te do with, but there was quite strong feeling among the that of 1876, Tilden and Hendricks. Mir. Barnum was confident of the success of the Democracy at the coming election.
 Postal TeleGraphy-nGanage Phillips
 Before The Senate Com mmittee.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Mr. Walter P. Phillips, general manager of the United Press, was before the Senate Committee on Postoffices and Post Roads to-day. Mir Phillips testified at length on the contract between She Associated Press and the Vest ern Union Telegraph company and sought to show that while it applied perfectly to the needs and requirements of the Associated Press, it was 8 shrewdly drawn instrument calculated to protect the interests of tho Associated Press ana operate to the disad- vantage of any opposition news association which had occasion to use the wires of the Western Union. He pointed out that any contract drawn on the mileage hasis is an economical one for the Associated Press, since it's clients are scattered in all sections of the country and thickly thrown between the distributing points on the remote sections. The best that the Vest ern Union could do for any other press association under this contract was to offer to competing organizations the same terms that are s iven the Associated Press,