Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-02-23
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FROM ALL QUARTERS.
NO PLACE YET CHOSEN
For Holding The Democratic
Convention.
TEN BALLOTS BUT NO CHOICE.
Cleveland In The FIoWery
Land.
THE CROWN PRINCE BETTER.
Our Fishermen Dislike
The Treaty.
TEN nAnnors AND go CHOICE

| TEN BALLOTS AND EO CHOICE.
The Contest of the cities For the
| Democratic Convention which WIN
| be Held on July 3-San Francisco In
rhe Lead with Chicago and st. Louis
| Following Close.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The National Dem
ocratic committee met at Willard Hall at
| noon to-day to select the date and place for
| holding the next Democratic convention to
| nominate candidates for president and vice
| president Ex-senator w. q. Barnua, of
Connecticut, presided, and E. o. Prince, of
Boston, acted as secretary. There was a full
/ attendance of delegates, the only vacancy
| being that caused by the death of Hubert 8.
| Thompson of New York. This vacancy was
promptly filed by the election of William
| Steinwsy. After the organization had been
| completed the chairman stated that the first
business in order was the selection of date
for holding the national Democratic conven-
| ton. Senator German offered a resolution
fixing the date at July 3. This was vigor-
ously opposed by Congressman Scott of
Pennsylvania, who was present as proxy for
| William A. Wallace. He read long speech
| depicting the advantages which he believed
l would accrue TO Inc DemOcratlc party from q
| convention held as early as May g. He said
when the Democratic party was in power
| before the war it had been its practice to
| hold conventions early in the year. In the
| present case he declared that the campaign
could be made more vigorous and aggressive
| by the selection Of an early date and the dis
/ tinct and early enunciation to the people
of the principles which would be wrought in
| to the Democratic platform. Mr.. Dawson,
of South Carolina, followed in tho same
vein, expressing the opinion that the Demo
cratic party would belittle itself by deferring
its convention until it had first ascertained
l how the Republican platform was formed
/ and who were the .Iominees of the party.
Another proposition made at this junc-
/ ture to fix June as the date for the conven-
| ton but this as well as the early date sug-
gested by Mr.. Scott was objected by Senator
! German, who declared that in view of the
| fact that there were some differences of
opinion in the party upon the tariff question
| it would be impoiitic to hold the convention
| before the Democratic House of Representa-
| tives had an opportunity to agree upon a tar
| if measure, which would bring together all
| support of the party. When such a bill had
been agreed upon the Democrats could fas-
| ten upon the Republican Senate the re-
sponsibility for a failure to enact a
law revising the existing tariff law and
| correcting its evils. Senator Pasco, of
Florida, briefly expressed himself as in favor
| of an early date. A ballot was then taken
| and the advocates of tho July date had q
clear majority over the adherents to the May
and June dates. The latter then combined
their forcesRto secure the selection of June 5,
but the committee by vote of % to 10
agreed that the convention should be held on
July 3. A short recess was then taken.
The committee on reassembling gave a
hearing to representatives of the various
cities which are contendiEg for the honor of
securing the convention. w. w. Fuller, of
Chicago, presented the claims of that city.
Chicago, he said, offered an unequalled July
climate, the amplest hotel accommodations
and the largest telegraph, newspaper and rail-
road facilities. 1t had an auditorium with a
seating capacity of eight. thousand and an Ex-
position building with seating capacity of
sixteen thousand, which could be increased
to twenty thousand. He then re-
ferred to what he regarded as the
of the States bordering upon Illinois
and declared that the holding OF the conven-
ton in Chicago would have an effect in has
tening that change. AS Chicago went, 80
went Illinois. The coming canvass would be
business mems canvass and the business
mon of Chicago by a large majority land
majority of them Repubieans) were in favor
of the reelection of the present chief magis-
trate of this country. (Applause.) For the
frst time in thirty-two years the Democratic
party was going into presidential campaign
with prospect ION account of the posses
sion by Grover Cleveland of the qualities
which had endeared Stephen A. Douglass to
the Democracy of carrying Illinois. The
convictions and the courage of those convic-
lions of the President had given the Democ-
racy of Illinois a hope OF at least crossing
the "current roaring loud on the unsteady
footing of a spear" If the Democratic party
gave the convention to Chicago it would have
II he OF ovk
Der that would settle party domination in
this country forever. (Applause.)
General Samuel Hunt spoke for Cincinna-
1 ii, as Speaker Carlisle, to whom the duty
| was assigned, had been summoned to the
| bedside of his sick son in Kansas. Cinciu-
| natl, he urged, was the center OF great cir
| conference of location; it was the gateway
| to the pivotal State of Indiana 1t was con.
| tiguous to West Virginia, which had become
/ rather a doubtful State. If the convention
went to Cincinnati, the Ohio Democracy
would be stimulated SO that if they could
not possibly carry the State they could at
least carry the two congressional districts of
Representative S. S. Cox urged the claims
Of New YORK. He presented a comnunica-
4 ton from the business mems committee OF
that city setting forth the accommodations
| which could be afforded the convention in
Madison Square Garden and making gsner-
II NS~----ASNO>
and of convenience to the delegates to
the convention. AS to transportation
said Mr.. Cox, New York would stand or
1 q par with any other city and as to journals
tic and Geographic communication it was fal
at the head. He did not say New York sur
passed her sisters in suburban comfort anc
sea breezes; but she was the peer of othel
cities, not excepting Constantinople itself
tnaughter) If the convention desired ga
lubrity and healthful comfort, without which
Eno convention could be trusted to do sbso
lutely well, New York should receive thu
SURFACES OF the committee He declared alb
1 solutely and without reservation that there
| was no consideration, favorable or unfavora
4 BILE, insidious or open, contemplated by any
| one connected with New York as to the can
| didate. But as to the electien-that wa
| quite another thing. New York was the pc
litical metropolis of the country and the yot
| Of the State had determined the last tire
| presidential elections and would decide tn
1 result of the next. Looking to the conse
| auences TO the Democratic party, he REGARDED
| the choice of the great metropolis as not onl
| the best possible but as almost indispensabl
to victory.
Mayor Francis, of st. Louis, contends
that the convention should be held in tn
same city which had been the scene of tn
memorable convention of 1886, which ha'
broken the long record of Republican sue
CESS He asked that the convention shout
| be held in that city which Wltnln three snoI
| months rendered to the national leader of tn
Democratic party such an ovation as ha
, never been surpassed in any country. 81
. Louis would defray the expenses of ever
!. | member of the committee and her telegraph
| ic transportation and hotel facilities were ur
surpassed Senator Vest, of Missouri, SET
| onded the claims of st. Louis. He did nc
believe the holding of the convention in an
= one of the cities named would influence t
any degree the election. Chicago had OF
tanned the last Democratic convention, bE
his impression was that Chicago had give
the same brutal Republican majority. Laugh
ter.) In the course of his speech he declare
that he belonged to the school of Democrat
who believed all the Offices in the countl
should be filed by competent, and worth
Democrats loud and prolonged applause an
cheers and a cry of ''Hurrah for David
fHi1Il'9 If there were two lines of railroad
| one Differed by Republicans and one
Democrats, he could easily satisfy himse
that the Democratic road was the smoothe
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