Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-24

oVsV ouo an eAposlIt' building with
Seating capacity OF l6 900 which could |
increased TO 20 600. TIE coming csnvs
would be business mems canvass ar
the business men Of Chicago by a lars
majority (and majority
them Republicaps) were in fave
OF the selection Of the preser
chief magistrate Of this country. TAR
plsuse. For the first time In thirty-tw
years the Democratic party was goin
into the presid ntisl campaign with
prospect Of carrying. Illinois II th
Democratic party gave the convention t
! chicago it would have q response frou
the great west next November thSt woul.
settle party domination in this countr,
forever. TApplause1.
- CINCIENATTs CLAIMS,
General Hunt presented the claims q
Cincinnati, duty which had been assigned
to Speaker Carlisle. He regretted tn,
enforced absence OF that gentleman who
! ne said: had been summoned to the bed.
sIde oil sick son in Kansas. He WAS as
sured that the sympathy of the com
mittee would follow the Speaker il
bis calamitV. mr. Hunt then proceeded
10 portray the advantages Cincinnati
| ohered as convention city. 1t was the
center OF the grest circumference Of loca-
tlon. 1t was the gateway to the pivotal
state OF Indiana. Il Nss contiguous 10
West Virginia, which had been rather g
doubtful state. The Democracy Of Ohio,
in minority to some extent, had been q
great Democracy and had borne the hea.
OF the great political fights in the west.
The Democrats there bSd adhered 10 the
party with unfalteriug devotion in defeat
and disaster, and he believed that II the
convention went to Cincinnati they would
be- stimulated SO that If they could not
possibly carry the state they could st least
carry two congressional districts Of CiG-
cinDad. Applause
NEW YoRK's CLAIMS.
Representative S S Cox of New York
then went to the platform to present the
claims Of the metropolitan city and was
greeted with loud applause and cheers
Ee thanked the committee for the kind
reception given New York in his own
person. That city presented, through
her business men, its political organiZa-
tons and all the associations which be-
longed TO that Democratic stronghold, its
earnest request Tor the meeting CT the
Democratic convention ct that plaCe. He
business mems Committee OF New
YORK securing accommodations which
could be offered the convention
in Madison Square Garden and making
generous offers of hospitality to the
committee and CT convenience to the
delegates to the convention. As to trans
porission, he said New YORK would stand
on psr with any other city, and IS to
journalistic and telegraphic comm1nica-
tton 1t was far ahead. All roads
LED TO NEW YORK
as the Industrial, commercial and i'm
perisl emporium, for the Democracy of
New York vas an imperial Democracy
He did not say that New York surpassed
her sisters in suburban comforts and
seasons, but she was the peer of other
C ties, not excepting Constantinople t.
self, laughter, if the convention de-
sired sslubriIy and healthiul comfort
without which no convention could be
trusted TO do absolutely we'll.
New York should receive the SURFACES of
the committee. He declared absolutely
and without reserve that there was no
consideration, favorable or unfavora BILE,
insidious or opep, contemplated bv any,
one connected with New York as to can
didatee; but IS to the election, that vas
quite another thing New York was the
political metropolis Of the country and
the vote Of the state Of New York had
determined the last three presidential
elections and would decide the result of
the next. Locking to the consequences
OF the Democratic party, he regarded the
choice OF the great metropolis
as not only the best possible,
but ss almost indispensable to victory.
In conclusion he said: Therefore, in be-
half of the business men u New York
and its united Democracy [spplause1,
while would not challenge any contrast
or comparison with other cities, I may
proudly say IS Napoleon once said to the
Austrian ambassadors: ga French re-
public is like the sun in the heavens;
misfortune lies with them who are SO
oliud as TO be ignorant Of either"
Bat this committee IL no more blind to
or ignorant Of its existence than 1t is of
the orb which is to-day so auspiciously
shining over this city which bears the
name Of George Washington Applause
ST LOUIS CLAIMS.
msyor Frances of ST. Louis contended
that the convention should be held in the
same city which hsd been the scene of
the memorable convention of 1876, which
had broken The long record Of Republican
successes. Applsuse.l BE asked thas
the convention should be held in tina.
city on the banks CT the Mississippi,
which within three short months had
to the national leader Of the
Democratic party such sn ovation as had
never been surpassed in any country. A
lstional gathering of the Democracy WAS
IN honor to any city, but to ST. Louis,
With the Democratic Administrations, 1t
would be an honor indeed, and one for
which Its citizens would feel deeply grste- |
al. She would defray the expenses of |
very member of the committee, and her
Geographic, transportation and hotel fa- |
;tlttles we're unsurpassed.
SECONDED BY sENAT OR VEST.
Senator Vest Of Missouri in seconding |
he claim of St. Louis said Il there was |
InythiDg In the location when would en-.
Idle the Democratic party continue
he present decisive and honest admins.
ration of the government, no sort of locsI
y personal feeling ought to interfere. Ii
me grain OF dust could be put in the bal
nee which would influence the issue In
ne coming contest, that grain OF dust
bould be put in the scale by the location
Il tue convention in any part Of the
United States. But he did not believe thst
he holding of tho convention Ia any one
u the cities named would influence to any
egree the Ell, Ction. Chicago had 90
slned The LAST Democratic convention,
ut his impression was Chicago had given
ne same brutsl Republican majority.
Laughter, In the course of his sneech