Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-20
CONTRASTING CITIES.
The Rivalry For National
Convention HOnors.
Republican Committeeman Be-
sieged by Delegates.
San Francisco, Omaha, Minneapolis
and New York in the Fight.
Detroit and Pittsburg Also Candidates.
Chicago Will Make No Special
Effort to win the
Prize.
Associated Press Dispatches.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-The contest
for the honor of entertaining the next
Republican national convention has not
opened up in earnest in this city yet.
The work of the several cities at present
is with view to securing advantageous
positions and discovering the most
effective modes of pushing forward their
claims when the proper time comes.
The friends in Washington of each con-
testant, are doing what they can to ad-
vance the interests of the cities from
which they hail, or in which they are
interested. Quarters have been en-
gagged at the Arlington hotel, in which
the national committee will hold its
sessions, for representatives of five cities
which are announced to be in the field.
These are San Francisco, Cincinnati,
Omaha, Minneapolis and New York.
Chicago also has engaged parlor at the
hotel, but it is generally understood that
the worlds fair city is content with her
honors, and, while willing to entertain
the convention, will not strive for the
honor.
Each OF the cities named has engaged
headquarters for from fifteen to twenty
delegates, except San Francisco, which
will contide its interests to smaller
delegation of six or eight persons. None
of the delegations had arrived in the
city this afternoon, but the Omaha dele
cation is expected this evening. The
Minneapolis delegation may reach
Washington late tonight. The New
Workers viii not leave the metropolis
until some time Friday, and the Pacific
slope delegates are on the cars speeding
across the continent. No rooms have
been engaged at the Arlington for dele
cations from Detroit or Pittsburg, which
cities it is said, will enter the lists, and
as the hotel is full. they will probably
have to conduct their campaign at
longer range than their rivals.
So far as known only two national
committeeman are now in town, namely
Ex-Governor Powell Clayton of Arkan-
sas, and E. M. Brayton South Carolina.
Other members are expected between
now and Monday.
The only other business aside from
selecting the time and place OF holding
will come before the committee, is that
vi cCiCCUlhS a ouCCCSGOi W bChaOOl SSuat
as chairman of the committee, together
with perhaps the consideration Of re-
port of the executive committee on the
state of the finances.
With respect to the time OF holding
the convention, there is no doubt that
it will be held at an earlier date than
heretofore. There has been some
thought of holding the convention in
May, but it would not be possible to
hold it before the last week
in that month; and as many
active Republicans make speeches
on Decoration day, the probability
favors some time early in June as the
time for proceeding to nominate the
next Republican candidates for presi-
pent and vice president. The last con-
venton adopted resolution providing
that at least six months should inter-
vene between the time OF calling and
the time of holding future national con-
ventions. AS the national committee
does not meet until the Esd of this
month, the six months period in which
the preparations are to be made for the
convention will not elapse until May
ODD.