Arizona weekly citizen., 1892-01-23
wAsHrNoroS, D. C. Jan. 2I.-Tt

WAsHINGToS, d. G. Jan. 2I.-The
most confident citIss IN the racs for the
democratic national couveD ton tonight
are undoubtedly Cincinnati and Mil
waukee. The delegation from Cincin-
is already speaking confidently Of ulti-
mate support of New York while the
Milwaukee people are counting finally on
he votes that Detroit may get on the
drst ballot. New York snd Detroit how
ever are not at all disposed to concsde
the Eomewhat presumptive claims Of
Dhsir rivals as yet. There is talk about
Cleveland and Hill advocating favoring
certain cities but those with authority
earnestly deny the statement and ap.
pear Indifferent as to the place Of hold
ing the convention. Notwithstanding
this, there is evident anxiety to know
where Hill and Cleveland and Brice
want the convention to &C.
lie contest Of leading cities fer the
.oEor Of The national democratic con-
ventiOn has begun and Will be waged
| With vigor until tomorrow when the
iatlonaI committee Viii meet in this
| 10y and decide the question. Already
| here are several OF the national COM
mlttee men on the ground, but the ma
III aPtaIsnuy pls1er To remain away
\ lntl the date OF action, and thus escaI9
1 az opportunities that would inevitably
j e showered upon them by the contest
AZ delegations. Milwaukee has been
the Iirst city to.Open up heSdquarters,bU
she Is TO have active rivalry IN enthus-
IL site delegations from NV York. St.
Paul, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Kansas
City and San Francisco.
= meeting of the executive commit
tee Cf the national ASSOCIATION democrat
ic clubs was held here today. 1t was
decided 10 hold meeting Of Il e gener-
al cCm mIttee Of the association at the
tie place of the national democratic
convention on the same date, which will
be decided by the national executive
con- Ditt5e here tomorrow. Report Of
tie secretary shows there are between
i've AID six thousand clubs on the roll,
every state and territory being repre-
serted.
WASHINGTON. Jazz. 2O.-Three weeks
trCm toCay the house committee On con.
age viii by t.. ms Of the resolution agfs ed
upon TINS morning, vote upon the gues-
ton II reporting to the house a b for
free and I'll United coinage of silver. This
decision was reached harmOniOusly.
After the commit got TO work this
morning Pierce again OI.S4~,- L S re- Olu-
ton declaring it the sense Of the comm t.
tee that the bill for free aud Unlimited
coinage of silver should be reported to
house wItnCu delay. As a substitute
Bartlne offered a resolution that the
committee proceed at ohce to the con-
sideratlon for coinage Of silver, taking
the Bland bill as basis. johnson pro-
pTose d that the con mIttee substitute for
the Bland oil his bill for the interna-
tIOnal monetary conference, but his mo-
tiOn was defeated seven To two, johnson
and Stone casting the only affirmative
votes, Williams, Taylor and kilgore
absent. Bartine's motion was then car
RED and on motion of Stone IL was de-
cided the vote be deferred until three
weeks from today. In the meantime the
committee is to hold special meetir gs at
the call OF the chairman for the purpose
o. hsa- ing such persons as might be &C
corded hearing.
VALLEJO, Jan. 20.-The navy yard is
very animated nowadays; men are WORN
ing night and day and Sundays. The
Baltimore is being loaded with coal and
will have engines repaired but she can
not go 10 sea in less than two weeks. IN
structions have been received to put the
Charleston IN the dry dock as soon
as she arrives from San Diego. As soon
as the Charleston leaves the dock the
Monitor, Comanche will take her place.
The Comanche is in first class condi-
ton and will be used for harbor defense.
The MohicaG is now ready fer sea.
Work Is being done or the Ranger and
Adams. The monitor Msnadock cannot
he made ready for the sea in a month.
Admiral Brown SAID:
I'VE have not received any unusual
amount OF ammunition OF war material
Of late, but every vessel in this yard or
that comes here will be put in first class
fighting condition rs quickly as possi-
lie"