St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-11
NINEIN The CONTEST.
The Cities Which Want the
Privilege Of Naming the
Next President.
All Are Full Of Enthusiasm
and Claim to Be Well
in the Lead.
The Outlook for the EIinneso-
"a Capital Really the Best
in the List.
But a Purely Political Contest
May Send the Conven-
ton Elsewhere.

kpeeial to The Globe.
WAsHINGroH, ID. c., Jan. 10.-The
seven Grecian cities which fought tor
the honor of giving birth to Homer are
clearly outdone by the nine huStling
American municipalities which are en-
tered for the national Democratic con-
vention sweepstakes and the honor of
naming the next president of the United
States. Nine cities have formally filed
notice with the committee that they are
willing, ready and expect to get the
convention. Arranged with reference
to their probability of success, they are
St. Paul, Milwaukee, New York, De-
troit, Cincinnati, San Francisco,
indianapolis, Buffalo and Kan
sas City. The contest is the
warmer because there is a moral
certainty that the city which gets the
convention will herald to the world
the successor TO Harrison. Not even
in the flush of enthusiasm which fol-
lowed the nomination unanimously
given Cleveland in 1888 were the Demo
Gratis so sanguine of victory as now.
Put any prominent Republican in the
confessional and he will admit that New
York is Democratic to the core-''rot-
ten, he will say; that Indiana is
scarcely less so, and that
The Only Doubtful States
are among those once classed as surely
Republican. And every Republican
here knows, when the present bitter war
between Blaine and Harrison ends with
3 Blaine victory at Mnnca pOlls, that 1t
will be the case Of Arthur over again,
and the administration will change pol
itics. Every city now in the convention
race expects to be factor in this result,
and so enthusiasm runs high. And yet
there IS not delegation of hustlerS in
the city, and none is expected for a
week. Kansas CITY was here last week,
but went home disguised, and hence is
put at the bottom of the list. Only one
prominent man favored it. 1t was Sen
ator Blackburn. 'What city are you
for, senotor?' he was asked. "Well,"
he drawed out quiZzically, 81 am for
Kansas City, because | think it could
house the convention. There are 1900
vacant houses there" Kansas City
heard this and went home in disgust.
That is the only development up to
date. No city has the temerity to
Claim a Cinch
on the committee, though st. Paul does
claim to be favorlte before the race. AS
far as location, climate. facilities and
the etceteras are concerned, St. Paul is
without rival. but the last and uncer-
tain element-pOliticS- not enter
until near the close of the contest, and
may decide it all. If it narrows down
TO a question of East or West. it will be
St. Paul against New York, and st. Paul
will win; but If it becomes simply a
question of where Hill would like to
have it, or where Cleveland would pre-
fer it, or where German or Wat
terson or some other leader
would prefer to see it fol
purely political ends, why then it is al
option fight where neither the eloQuenc(
and argument of st. Paul nor the
car of Milwaukee beer expected mex
week will cut much of a figure. st
Paul's best prospect at this time lies il
the fact that it is situated in countr.
untrammeled by candidates or partisan
sentiment, where delegates will have
full freedom of thought and choice, an(
where all factions, wings and element
Eay meet on neutral ground.