Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-02-23
AFTER TEN BALLOTS
fhe DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON-
MiTIEE AOJOURNS,
Enable to Agree Upon . Place to Hold
the National Conseation San Francisco
Has q Good Lead-New York knocked
Out In the First Round.

Out In the First Round.
. WAsHISGroS, u. C., February 23.-Ths
National Democratic Committee met in
WilliAris Hall, in this city. for the pur-
pose ot selecting time and place for the
holding OF the next Democratic Conven-
ton. Ex-senator William II, Barnum pre-
sided aud r. .. Prince acted a. Secretary
There vas a full attendance vi delegates,
the only vacancy being in the membership
from the State OF New York. After .
brief discussion William steinway was
elected u Nil the vacancy.
The work Of selecting a date for the meet
ing OF the convention was then Proceeded
with; the principal speakers being eH-Sen-
ator Mcdonald, senator iorman snd Con
gresham ". l.. scott, who holds q seat in
the Committee rs proxy Tor W. A. Wallace.
OF Pennsylvania Ii was agreed that rs
names oi delegates were called. each Mem
her should designate his preference as to
date. The date receiving the lowest num-
Der Of votes shall then be dropped and the
b8iioting continue ~ . definite conclusion.
Mr Scott resd long speech, in which he
pointed out the advantages which would
accrue to the Democratic party from the
holding OF any early convention and vas
followed by senate. fxscO, oi Florida, who
urged that the day for the meeting should
Ice liked at date later than that selected
by the Eepublicsns.
The committee finally selected the ID Of
July as the date for the holding Of the con-
v.ntinn, tn. vote being y ior that date and
~ against il. The san Francisco iuen were
jubilant aud declared that the decision WAS
favorable 10 their city.
At ::I5 the committee TOOK u recess unit!
@.t5
After the recess the committee began to
hear delegations representing the various
cities, where il Is proposed to hold the con-
vention. the hr,i speaker being W. W Full
Ter, in behalf of Chicago
Mayor Francis. OF St Louis, followed in
3 neat speech. urging the committee 10 sand
the convention to that city. He alluded to
the National Democratic gathering there in
1916, which nominated Mr.. Tilden. the
man whs BROKE the Republican ranks.
He spoke enthusiastically OF the ample
hss and hotel accom- n ois tons Of 81. Louis
ample for any emergency. and said ths' ST
Louis il the convention came there, would
defrsy the entire expenses OF the National
Committee and guarantee railroad rates
that would not exceed one-hRlf
o; regular round t.ip rates He
concluded by calling on senator Vest To
explain tn. political reasons why the con-
reutinu should Ne held a. ~. Louis The
Missouri Scnstoy in a brief and brilliant
cratoviCal oU;SurS' reused his hearers 70
the highest pitch of enthusiasm and ap-
p,ause. 4 rcmsrk made a. the ou ts.,, that
he differed from some Of his Democratic
brethren. who, ne feared. were receJinS
from good old Democratic principles in
b.l:.vin. inst ail ntiice, should he filed by
corils-teu; and worthy Democrats. brought
forth the lrui.St sort OF endorsement from
his hearers i'll spp!ause and shouts of ap-
rTovsi An ARMY that jo1't reward its
soldiers, he exclaimed will come TO grief:
and the party that don't reward its voters
will meet with misfortune. Democratic
conventions Esi frequently heretofore been
held in Republican States ana cities with
no good results and he doubted whether
the presence oi convention at Chicago or
Cincinnati brought D~mocratic votes TO
their standard bearer. None nj the stiplus
fund reached Democrats in such localities
In the coming canvass the party must rely
upon the inner strength alone and what
place more appropriate than -. Louis 20
hold the convention and Law the foundation
Tor victory. Ii held there no charge could
be made that il Was held in either q moth
ern and southern state. for in the late war
Missouri fought on both sides.
HoratioC. King. OF Nevada, spoke first for
San Francisco. Although q native OF New
York. he felt it his duty to advocate the
claims OF San Francisco. and urge the wis
dom of holding the convention on the
Pacific Coast. He spoke of the uuboundod
hospitality and generosity o: the people Of
California, Of the simirable and unsur-
passed hotel and hall facilities in san
Francisco. He did not agree with Senator
Vest that the presence Of . convention did
not affect votes in the locality where held,
and said that the committee owed il to the
Democrats OF California IA come there and
help carry the three doubtful Republican
states of the Slope-Californis, Nevada and
Or-eon-for the Democracy.
Mr.. Tarpey, who represents California On
the National Committee, then spoke Of the
Inducements held out by Saa Francisco
and the people of the Pacific coast. They
would pay al! the expenses of the National
Committee. and he used the word all in its
most ampiitied sense. They guaranteed
round trip tickets from points on the Mis-
souri, river to and from san Francisco for
Sio, good for sixty days; halls and commit
tee rooms free Of expense and instead Of in
creased. reduced hotel charges. The Demo-
Gratis Of California claimed tb be spxrtans in
the cause OF Democracy, and while they
wished 70 harbor the convention hand
somely !: il chose TO come there. yet they
would not Urge il to come to the Pacific
coast il they did not feel that its coming
there would benefit the party. II il came
there in response TO the request OF Cali
:ornis, Nevada and Oregon, the result
would be sloripus Democratic victory for
the Democratic nominees in those three
States, where fourteen electoral votes were
trembling in the balance.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Tarpcy's speech,
the spectators were requested to retire, and
the committee, with closed doors began
bsllot!ng for the purpose OF deciding what
city should win the prize. The inst and
second ballots resulted in Is votes for Chi
cage, IA for -. Louis Il for San Francisco,
> for New York and !o- Cincinnati. On
the third ballot Chicago and 81, Louis each
gained one vote. and New York dropped
out. On the fourth the vote stood: St
Louis IL. san Francisco Il, and then there
was no change until in The seventh ballot
Chicago lost one vote, ST. Louis two, all OF
which went to sun Francisco. swelling the
vote for that city 10 ~. The eighth ballot
brought similar result The ninth showed
= loss OF one TO Chicago, which went TO San
Francisco, making the vote for that city ~.
and on the tenth and last ballot before ad-
fore adjournment. the vote stood Chicago
Is: ST. LOuis II and san Francisco IL The
At quarter past six, adjourn
ed till 10 a. m tomorrow