The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-11-21
THE NEXT CONVENTION.
Coming Meeting Of tho National
Republican Committee,
MANY CITIES ARE IN The FIGHT
For the Honor of Having the C0nvcn.
'ion.-.omaha Has the onlyFull Del.
cEa,ion on the Ground so Far.-.Sot
Single Federal Official Engaged la
the Contcst-.-No Idea Can be Form.
ell orthc Probable Outcome ut Pres.
Cnt

cu OF INC lrQDNplc pHtcumD nt Pres.
Cnt.
Slttia' Ditpa'ch 70 tss In'tHlggrHr,
WASHINGTON, y. c., Nov 20.-This
has been day OF social festivities on
the part OF tho various committees from
cities competing for tho location OF
the Republican National. Convention.
Scarcely moro than dozen members OF
tho National Committee arc hero in
person or by proxy aud no effort has
been made by tho representatives OF
any OF the citiOs to tako poll or count
noses, or by any process arrive ut u
conclusion as to which way the COM,
mitteo is likely TO go, AZ tho com.
mitteemcn residing in states having
cities in the con,oat hayo in every IN.
stance announced in favor OF home
interests. and those having 10 local
metropolis aspiring for the prize have
in almost every instance avoided com.
initial, it would be difficult 10 give any.
thing like an approximate, rational or
valuable forecast OF the action OF the
committee.
CHAIRMAN cLARKsoS ARRIVES.
To.;;:.::;s;!!:: o.;.:s;!: ass2:.::a; chairman Ca.kson
and Nlessrs. Fassett, Fessendcp and one
or two OF the other leading members Of
the committee arrived from Now York,
wherc they have been conicrring upon
general politics for the coming year and
il is expected that tomorrow tho pro-
ceedings oi tho committee for ncxtweck
will begin TO take shape,
Tonight there Is in the city but one
complete delegation from IN aspiring
city, that oil Omaha with its twenty-five
committeeman. \ few advance guards
are on the ground from Minneapolis,
Cincinnati, and San Francisco. s..
Louis, Chicago, Buffalo, New York, De.
trnit and Philadelphia are without rep,
resontation at this time, but the wirel
announce that delegations from all tn.
mrepresented cities aro enrou.a and
will be here by Sunday morning
The contest that is going on Is very
good natured one. Every city is greatly
IN earnest but is good humorcd.
oMAMA's CLAIMS,
Omaha is probably the only city that
places her claims Tor the convention
purely and almost entirely upon polit-
ical grounds, All the other cities ad-
vance either financial, railroad, hall or
hotel facilities OF superior character
and claim the convention for that rea-
SON, Omaha says she wants tho con.
rention because it will do the Republi-
can party good in Nebraska. On ever,
side OF that city and throughout the
commonwealth Independent, Peoples
and Alliance parties have been running
things with high hand. The mem
bcrship OF these organizations have
come almost wholly from the Rcpubli-
can ranks. The late elections have dem
onstratcd that the Republicans are re.
claiming their own and are retlling the
RepublicanphalanX, SC that with tho los
tering and renewed energy the conven.
tlon would give the locality in which it
is held, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota
and Kansas, beside some OF the Me-
braslia neighhurhool immediately to
the west, woulds be rohabilitated in
Republican sense, Nebraska people
arc making q very strong fight, and
they !cel Tonight that they have good
ground for believing they will WIN,
CHICAGO PLAYING roSsuM.
Cincinnati hopes 10 secure the con.
vention as result OF deadlock be.
tween the sections, while some OF the
Chicago people are contiden5 that the
active candidates will wear away their
strength and after all the committeeman
vii! 20 back 10 their ..iirst love" and 10.
cate i'll "thu greatest oil convention
cities" rs they put it. There is 10 ei-
Iovt made to conceal the feeling in many
quarters that alter all Chicago ID plav-
ing the "possum,h and at the critica!
moment will rise up and try to gobblc
tho prize. There is one significant TACT
III connection with the work heins done
10 secure the convention, and, that is
there is not u single federal otliceholder
on the scene OF action. 1t il
stated that when the national
IoHilNtttcC NssclllDicS flUeTe Will hot
be i member OF that body or proxy
present who holds q federal Office,
anl that there will not be Il single fed.
eral Office holder among tho active
workers from tho various cities seeking
to secure tho convention. Heretofore
the federal oiliccholdcrs have been most
prominent in these gatherings. Prcsi-
dent Harrison has determined to main-
tain Il strict neutrality in the contest
and it is understood that ior.that rca.
son the oiliccholdcrs have kcpi away, as
their presence hero might hn miscou.
struee, and it might be claimed that
then the work was in tho interes. OF
the President, who desired to get the
convention forthis or that place.
A NOVEL SCHEME.
Tho western delegates are tonight
discussing new proposition. Twenty
members OF tho National committee
come from states beyond the NIsssspni
river, It is proposed to have laid be.
fore tho committee in advance oil the
selection OF any city, 4 resolution that
the choice be mado from cities west OF
tho Mississippi. It is believed by the
promoters OF tho proposition that
enough eastern votes can be obtained
to secure its adoption. This would re-