St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-02-23
The Democratic National Con-
vention will Meet at Chi
cagO July 8.
The Place Decided Upon on the
Second Formal Ballot by
Vote of 21 to II,
st. Louis Receiving the Latter vote---The For
mer City Got Is Votes on the
First Ballot.
General Satisfaction Expressed by All at
Both Time and Place.
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cago and St. Louis, the figures being Is to
"a in favor of the former. Cincinnati re-
ceived /, Louisville 8, and Saratoga s. Gin
cinnati and Louisville were lost to sight after
this point. The second ballot gave
Saratoga votes, Chicago 19, and St. Louis
II. The third ballot resulted in
majority for Chicago of 81 to II, that city
receiving the two votes cast for Saratoga on
the second ballot. The third ballot was as
follows
For Chicago-Patterson of Colorado, Bar
NUN of Connecticut, Grub of Delaware,
Call Of Florida, Barnes of Georgia, Goudy of
Illinois, Brown of Indiana, Ham of Iowa,
Hersey Of Missouri, Maybury Of Michigan,
Kelly of Minnesota, Morton of Nebraska,
Sulloway of New Hampshire, Cleve-
land of New Jersey, Hewitt of
New York, Scott of Pennsylvania,
Barnaby, of Rhode Island, Dawson, of South
Carolina, Smalley, of Vermont, Barbour, of
Virginia, and Villas, of Mississippi.-21.
For st. Louis-Lawler, of Alobana, Sump-
ter of Arkansas, Farley, of California, Blair,
of Kansas, McHenry of Kentucky, BIanch-
ard, of Louisiana, Wilson, of Maine, Prince,
of Massachusetts, Harrison, of Mississippi,
Prather, of Missouri, Fair, of Nevada, Ran
som, of North Carolina, Armstrong, of Ohio,
Slater, of Oregon. Lanney, of Tennessee,
Stockdale, of Texas, and Campbell, of West
Virginia.-17.
The friends ofMcDonald voted for Chicago,
while Payne's immediate representatives and
most of Morrison's southern friends voted
for st. Louis. In addition to the Mcdonald
vote Chicago got the votes of several eastern
delegates who favor Bayard, Randall, Flower
and others. On the first ballot Kelly, of
Minnesota, voted for Louisville on an under
standing with McHenry of Kentucky that he
would change his vote to
Chicago. Mr.. McHenry seems to have
misunderstood the arrangement for on the
third ballot he voted for st. Louis. By this
arrangement the friends of st. Louis made
the vote for Chicago on the first ballot one
less than it otherwise would have been. The
time was determined before the place select
ed but afterward changed. st. Louis wanted
May and Chicago wanted the last of July or
the frstof August. The 8th of July was about
to be agreed on by the Chicago
men when Mr.. Brown, of Indiana, who IA
vored Chicago, suggested June "a as COM
promise date, and it was agreed upon, but
after the place was decided upon the date was
changed to July g. Chicago being the
place the heat was no terror, and there was
general desire that congress should adjourn
before the convention, so that
there can be no action of congress
In conflict with the platform. 1t is believed
that by July congress will either have ad-
journed or it will be near enough its end to
obyiate danger. 1t is believed in some quar-
ters that May 90 would be about the time
Morrison's tariff bill would have passed and
that it was desired to hold the convention
when it would be likely to be influenced by
the passage of this bill, assuming that it will
pass the house.
A COMMITTEE TO ASSIST.
subcommittee of five, of which Mr.. Barn
um is chairman, will be appointed to meet
in Chicago, July Z, to assist the local COM
mittee in arranging the matters of detail.
They will have their headquarters at the
the Palmer house. The committee will prob
ably be appointed tomorrow.
THE ALL-ABsoRBING EVENT
From Another Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-Jo. Jefferson's
famous expression in Rip Van Wrinkle: $50
soon are we forgot" " had an apt illustration
here to-day, the fact that it was the birthday
OF the man who chopped the cherry tree being
swallowed up in the more modern event,
namely, the meeting of the Democratic ma
tional committee to select the time and place
for naming the next president of the United
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hotel at noon. VIM. H. Shelly, of st. Paul,
occupied the position Of assistant
sergeant-at-arms, and was stationed at the
end of the long hallway to keep the crowd
from congregating about the door of the
committee room. This was a delicate and
difficult task, as the newspaper men were as
thick as flies, and very persistent. Chicago
men, with their usual enterprise, rented the
parlor across the hallway from the committee
room, and as Shelly, like all sensible men,
was in favor of Chicago, it must be conceded
that about fifty or sixty escaped
his mace and argus eye, and con-
gregated within ten feet of where
the committee were deliberating. Every
move of the committee was quickly reported
across the hallway to the Chicago crowd who
were thus enabled to carry on their cam
paign all the afternoon.
The first point was in the time of holding
the convention. All the advocates of st.
Louis favored an early convention on ac-
count Of the hot weather and the Chicago
men proposed late day. Several dates were
named and P. H. Kelly proposed the Sth of
July. Early dates were voted down and
June "a agreed upon, but
after the place had been selected
this was reconsidered and Mr. Kelly's date
finally chosen. Mr.. Kelly also urged allow
ing each territory to have two delegates, and
after quite vigorous contest this was ear
RED. I photographed last night that Chicago
would have sixteen votes on the first ballot
and twenty-five on the second. There were
two formal ballots to-day and Chicago re.
ceived fifteen on the informal ballot and
twenty-one on the second formal, so that nv
figures were not far amiss. Kelly voted for
Louisville on the informal ballot and then
for Chicago the rest of the time. As YOU will
have detailed vote through regular chan
nels do not repeat it.
After Chicago was declared victor the Chi
cago men gathered at their parlors at VIII
lards' and celebrated, and st. Louis magnan-
imously united with them. 1t was a liquid
love feast.
An effort was made by ]. Sterling Morton
to inject the platform into the call, but this
was voted down and the call will read the
same as it did four years ago, except includ-
ing delegates from territories. Democrats
here from all parts of the country express