Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-24
THE CONVENTION
Contest Won by the CITY Of Mime.
apolis on the seventh
Ballot.
m'kEnEA's SPEECH ron SAN
FRANCISCO.
The Claims Of Other Places Elo-
qucnily AdNocated.-Th
Ballot.
Minneapolis IL tho Place Decided
Upon.

Minneapolis IL th" Place Decided
rpon.
WAsn1EGToN, Nov. g3.-The first
business was the acceptance Of the TO-
slguatiOns Of Chairman Quay aud
Treasurer Dudley. The resolutions OF
Communication adopted by this exccu.
i've committee las. summer when tho
designations were presented, we're laid
before the committee and unanimously
adopted. Tie action Of the committee
IN naming j. :. GARRISON Of Iowa AZ
chairman aud w. q. Baker Of New
YORK treasurer, was approved.
TiiE UTAH REPRESENTATION.
The contest between Mcbride and
Bartoh TOT the Utah representation was
| decided In favor Of Mcbride.
| Dennis 4. Flynn Of Oklahoma pre-
scented his credentials, which were APP
proved and sir. Flynn admitted, in-
creasing the membership Of the COM
/ miliee 10 f0Tty-nv..
dafrot A. Hobart " New Jersey was
elected vice. chairman, and, after de-
| gliding 70 allow one hour 10 the repre-
srntatives II each city competing for
| the convention, the doors were opened
/ al 1870 aud representatives Of the press
d
FOB sAS FRANCISCO.
The roll Of States was called In al
/ phnheticnl order. When california
was reached, Mr.. DoIouug introduced,
NJ spokesman for San Francisco, Com
/ gretHmAn hckenna, who addressed
me committee. The city or San Fran.
cisco, he said, would lie found 10 have
c lnims TO consideration regarding not
I nrtN h.H a.. a.
| the Pacific stctlOn, but the Interests Of
the Republican party. lie could but
review this titles NJ San Francisco by
reviewing the objections urged against
them.
MIR. Mclfonna said Il was urged that
the city u San Francisco Was too far
away. That Argument had not much
| foundation and led % some strange
| suggestions. The splendid size OF tho
country seemed 10 DO getting inconve.
| niunt TO politicians. To he away from
home has not heretofore been consld.
cred one u their conspicuous chHra.
tiers. Laughtef.l II the gsographical
confederation prevail other places be.
side, SanFTancisco were objectionable.
Six days would be the amount Of time
consumed between San Francisco aud
auy other city. Was that consumption
~ time n consideration? Yes, II tho
days be wasteful days; no, n they be-
wofkiul days; and he emphatically de.
clnFod that they would be wOrkful days.
Where would other such useful and
sworkiul days he found?
People would flock 20 the Pacific
states by thousands. Every town Ia
the broad land would be center OF
Interest anu animation. Every pleas
ure felt aud every sight seen would bs
a memento OF the Republican party.
Could anything better be done In any
other six days? The travel would ba
Inc means OF exciting, arouaing aud
instructlng the country. n would be
splendid opportunity, because he
sincerely believed that the political
| party which broke away from the dry
ns-tluft conservatism OF doing thing
because II always had been done, and
placed tho national political conveu-
! tlon Tor the first time In the West amid
the emotional, enthusiastic, lmpscssion-'
able people, would achieve decided
triumph.
a Western friend Of hiA told him 70.
Gently that he often came East 10 get
the conceit taken out OF him. He
(Mehenna) would not . yest that
Eastern men 90 West for ...ch pur-
pose, because everybody knew that
Eastern men had no conceit. Laugh
ter Hut he would send West those
who had public functions TO perform,
NO that they could
OET THAT BREADTH Oh THou0Hr
and sentiment which came from such
contact II had taken one OF the great
men Of antiquity hfteen years 10
compose y. panegyrlc on the City OF
Athens, and what could he (Aickennal
DO IN fheon minutes for the great city
beyond the Rocky mountains,
He went on 10 speak Of the hotel
facilities OF San FranclsoO and quoted
In relation tho verto:
We can live without love, which Il mere
But where IL thS mAa who can live without
dining,
II was not 20 be expected that such n
man could be found In the national
Republican CONVENTION. Laughter.
The city Of San Francisco had enter.
iained tho Knights Templars and
Grand Army 81 the Republic with
such spontaneous politone,s and such
unwcaried courtesy and care that every
member thought that no was the special
guest OF the city aud that the whole
business had been gotten up for his en-.
tertainment.
Mr.. De Young also spoke for San
Francisco.
on BEHALF OF DETROIT.
The ex-senator Palmer. on bohalfo OF
Detroit, offered hall TO hold ten thou
fnnd Ia the Centre City, a floating raft
In the river. He said that the annex
alton spirit In Canada would be pro
noted
Hon. Mark Brewer said " tho con-
yention were held Ia Detroit, Michi.
gan would DO redeemed from tho
Democracy.
C0ngIessman Allen said conven-
ilon Ia Detroit would give the Repub.
licans nine out OF twelve Of Michigsn's
electors.
Senator Stockbrdge said the State
would give 5000 Republican majority
II the convention Is helc there.
Recess.
FOR MINSEAPOLIs.
After recess Senator Washburn
spoke Tor Minneapolis, promising "A
hail with capacity for fourteen thous-
aud and plenty OF hotels. The North
west, he said, was beginning ~ feel
grievance against the party In power.