Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
STILL AN OPEN QUESTION.
No City Has a Certainty of Pulling
Down the Prize Bag.
CHICAGO THE ONLY PLACE FEARED
New York Prepares for Action, but Is MOI
Considered in the Race.
THE FIGHT 10 COMMENCE AT HIGH NOON

Milwaukee. The delegation from tn,
former city is already speaking confidentl.
of the ultimate support of New York
while the Milwaukee people are countin.
finally on the votes that Detroit may get oil
the first ballot. 1t does not by any mean
follow, however, that New York and De
troit are disposed to concede the somewha
presumptive claims OF their rivals
Far from it. The New York people claim
they will lead all their competitors on The
first ballot, and it is not unlikely that thii
may be the case. The only question i.
whether the great metropolis can hold the
lead. 1t is generally conceded that Mil
waukee will be second on the first ballot, il
indeed she does not lead her great Eastern
competitor Comparatively few of the
members Of the National Committee are
here now, but many secret conferences are
being held between the representatives OF
the several rival cities and the leaders OF
the party who are at hand.
Cleveland and Anti-CIevelard Inflnes.
1t is difficult to locate the lines of the
fight, but the air is full of talk about
Cleveland and anti-Cleveland influences. A
statement which is being very diligently
circulated is that the Cleveland folks, being
convinced IildJ f1ll1 WaQbS the cOnVeQ-
tion to so to New York or Cincinnati, are
mSkinSa combination to defeat those cities
with any OF the other cities that seems to
have the best chances of success. They are
said to favor Detroit first, and after that
Milwaukee.
Those with authority, however, very ear
nestlv deny the statement and both the
Cleveland and the Hill folks are anxious to
arpeSr Indifferent as to the place of holding
the convention. The representatives. of the
several cities, who are more interested just
now in avoiding all antagonisms and in
getting the convention than in anything
else, all insist that they represent no par
ticular candidate. 1t is thought that the
New York delegation will have great deal
10 say about the selection, though there is
some doubt about their ability to send it to
New York City.
Influence Feared in the Nomination.
No matter how loudly it is proclaimed
that the selection of the convention seat
will not have any influence on the question
of the nomination there is no doubt that
there is great deal of figuring on that
subject, and there is an evident anxiety to
know where Hill, German and Brice want
the convention to go. Apparently the
Cleveland folk are not taking very active
interest in the question, though they un-
doubtedly have their preferences
As was the case during the meeting of the
Republican Committee, Chicago is the city
of which all the rest are afraid. She occu-
pies the position of not seeking the con-
vention, but of being able to get it if she
wants it, or possibly of being called upon to
accept or decline it when offered. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that onlv a prolonged
deadlock could now result in sending the
convention to Chicago.
One of the rumors of the day is that the
anti-Cleveland people are making an effort
to break the Wisconsin delegation which
has heretofore been regarded as safe for
Cleveland Under the influence of Villas. 1t
may be that with this object in view the
New York influence may be suddenly
thrown TO Milwaukee, in the hope of weak
ening the allegicnce of that State to ex-
President Cleveland.
Missouri Men Visit the Capitol.
The majority of the members of the Mis-
souri, delegation spent the day at the Capt.
tol. Through the courtesy of Chairman
Bankhead the room of the Public Building
and Grounds Committee was utilized for the
purpose of displaying a large number of
photos of Kansas City hotels and other
points of interest. The Kansas City CON-
mittee is under the leadership of Senators
Vest and Cockrell. Governor Francis, ex-
Governor Crittenden, National Committee
man Prather, Ex-Governor Campbell, Chair
maa Putnam. Congressman Tarsney, Gen
eral Charles w. Blair and other equally in
fiuential Westerners.
These gentlemen seem to be making well
organized fight aud so successfully that the
chances of that citv for final success are
being seriously discussed in the hotel cor
ridors this evening. Their principal argu-
ments are the splendid railroad facilities of
Kansas City, 18 trunk lines centering there
The matter of central location of the South
western city is also urged, being but 200
miles east of the geographical center of the
country and equi-distant from New York,
San Francisco, st. Paul and New Orleans.
Milwaukee Is Especially Hopeful.
The Milwaukee delegation seem to be
especially hopeful. They ask for the con-
vention on political grounds. They lay
heavy stress upon the argument that since
a87S the Republicans have had everything
their own way until the Democrats elected
Peck, Mayor of Milwaukee, and later Gov
ernor of the State. He was succeeded By a
Democratic Mayor and now they claim that
the Democrats have. everything their own
way and the yeomen element that makes up
such considerable number of Wisconsin's |
population are now solidly Democratic.
They do not claim that Chicago is back |
ing them in the fight for the convention as |
has been stated, but the Milwaukee men |
seem to be satisfied that Chicago does not |
really want the convention for itself, as |
with the Worlds Fair, they have all |
they can attend to- As to New |
York, they say it would be ANYTHING but a |
wise move TO hold the convention in the me-
tropolls and that New York really is not in |
the fight to win. The st. Paul and Detroit
delegations are still hard at work. but
neither makes any particular claims of votes
on the trst ballot 1t is evident that both
these cities have their hopes on prolonged
contest.
New York Meets to Prepare for Action
This afternoon the New York men held a
meeting in the banquet room of the Shore
ham. Judge Lappan presided, and upori
the motion of Hon. Bourke Cokran . com
mittee of two of each of element. renro-
sented in the delegation was apnointed IN
present in writing the claims of New york
to the convention, and all the delegates not
on this committee were appointed general
committee in the interests of
Gotham.
Unless there have been forces at work
that are not visible on the surface the f;gbt
is still an open one, and it is impossibls to
say with any degree of certitude where the
will really be held. The ar.
for the meeting of the National
Democratic COMMITTEE are now complete.
1t VIII Meet at High Noon.
The committee will be called together at
II o'clock tomorrow when the Recention
Committee of the District of Columbia will
be admitted to the rooms and an address of
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