Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-22
GOT 1T WITH EASE
National Democratic Consen-
ton Will Be Held in Chicago
ON TWENTY-FlRST OF JUNE
The Windy City Is Chosen on the 18th
Baiiot-The Several Ballots Showed
Much Fiuetuation.

democratic committee met In tue
spacious banquet room Of the Airing
ton hotel. The hall had been beautl-
fully decorated by tho democratic re-
ception committee Of the District OF
Columbia. Promptly Al Il O'Clock
Chairman Calvin $. Brice raped the
National COMMITTEES TO order and at
once introduced tho Hon. John w.
Ross, the democratic member OF the
board of commissioners OF the District
Of Columbia, who delivered the address
Of welcome. The call OF the roll
showed that the various states and ter
rltories were all represented. On mo-
ton OF Senator Villas, the committee
went INTO secret session for the purpose
OF se,tllng all questions Of proxies and
contests. Chairman Brce suggested
that as the National committee was to
be entertained sr luncheon by the dis
trict committee at 3 .. m. it might be
we'll TO announce before going into
secret session that delegations from the
competing cities would not be heard
before O'Clock.
New Member Seated.
In the secret session, Secretary Har-
rity, of the Pennsylvania central COM
mittee. presented his credentials as the
national committeeman selected yes
terday by the state central committee
of the state to Till vacency caused by
the death OF w. l.. Scott. Chairman
Brice. OF the national committee, had
81 Of ~
pointed ex-Congressman James Kerr to
fill the vacancy from Pendsylvania,
yesterday formerly declared that
Chairman Brice had no right perman-
emily to ill such a vacancy and there
upon selected Secretary Harrlty as
Mr.. Scett's successor, utterly ignoring
Mr.. kerr's claim. To relieve the sltua-
ton of embarrassment Mr.. Kerr re-
signed. The Montana contest was set
tied by declaring {. A. Broadwater, the
regularly accredited committeeman
from that state, but Mr.. Mitchell. his
contestant. was allowed the privilege OF
sitting in committee during the sessions
of this meeting of the committee. The
latter was allowed no vote, the right OF
vote being accorded to Mr.. Lyman, the
proxy OF Mr.. Broadwater.
Fixed the Date.
These two contests being settled, the
committee proceeded to the selection
af the date of the national democratic
convention. After very little discus
sion, Tuesday, June 81, was selected as
the date for the convention. At the
conclusion of the secret session the
committee took q recess until $3.50, II
being decided that the arguments ol
delegations would begin at p. NJ.
The CLAIMS of all the cities were ably
presented when the committee recon.
vened, and at 7:0o the committee took
q recess until 9. At Q the committee
re-assembled. and went into executive
session to ballot for the location of the
convention.
Chicago Won tho Fight.
On the first ballot the vote stood
Chicago, 1; Milwaukee, 8; Kansas City
I3; Indianapolis, i; New York, 5; Gin
cinnati, 5; San Francisco. S; Detroit, 2
st. PAUL..
Few changes we're made up TO the
eighth ballot, when the result was an
nounced: Detroit, 1; Cincinnati, /;
New York. l.; Chicago, s; st. Paul, q
Milwaukee, s; indianapolis, %: Kansas
City, 5.
The ninth and tenth ballots showed
some changes, but the stampede came
in the following:
Eleventh ballot: Milwaukee, %; Chi
cago, 10; st. Paul, s.; New York, !: De
troit, q; Kansas City, 3.
Thirteenth ballot: Milwaukee, 81
Chicago, IL; st. Paul. 3; Indianapolis
/; Detroit. 1; Kansas City, 4.
| Fifteenth ballot: Chicago, 81; Mil
waukee. Is; Kansas City. .; st. Paul
1; Detroit, l.
| Alternate Joy and Sadness.
When the bslloting began the inter
est became intense. The hotel CORR
dors were crowded with delegates from
the various cities, and as their cite
showed gains the corridors resounde e,
with cheers. When on the frs
| ballot Kansas City led, ITS adherentl
| gave . wild western cheer. On tn,
| third, when San Francisco received fif
teen votes, the number of people wht
wanted to Wait the Golden Gate woulc
doubtless have appalled, the geaerou
Californians. IT. PauPs hopes wer,
raised on the fourth nv thirteen votes
only to be dashed on subsequent bal
| lots.
Perhaps the worst collapse was tha
of Detroit, which, OH the sixth ballot
received ten, while on the next II
dropped to one. Indianapolis hopes
were raised on the eighth only I,
disappear from the contest on th,
| next ballot, when she received
one vote. When on the fifteenth i
was announced that Chicago bsC
tweuty-seven and the convention
the crowd in the corridors were fairl,
struck dumb. That a city which has
| tot even asked for the convention