Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1892-01-30
the DEMOCRACY.

I VIII Hold Its National Convention IN
the City of Chicago. Beginning on Tues
day, juno 21--Aotion OF the Nat,onsl
Committee.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-!The demo.
ratio national convention OF 1892 will
| held in Chicago on June 81 next
his was the conclusion reached short
y before midnight after one of the
hottest and most significant political
battles in the history of the democratic
national committee.
! No sooner had the first messenger
rushed from the committee conference
with the news Chicago wins! Chi
cago wins" than the hotel corridors
were thrown into the most indescrib-
able confusion and tumult. Men
fought for admission to the
on chairs and counters and
shouted the result of the last ballot.
The air was filled with the dense to-
bacco smoke from surging mob,
which had been together for over
twelve continuous hours. With it were
mingled the imprecations and curses OF
the disappointed asprants, with open
threats against the worlds fair in par
ticular and Chicago in general
On the tenth ballot Chicago's vote
had suddenly jumped from to 13. 1t
was the result of the abandonment OF
New York by nine of the ten men who
had voted for Gotham. This brought
Chicago within votes of MilwSukee.
| which led with IS. Senator
| Villas, who represented Wisconsin
in the committee, saw the danger to
Milwaukee and tried to head it off.
He rose for a speech and for time
balloting had to be suspended. What
status does Chicago occupy here,
would like to know" he asked, with
evident feeling. "She has given no
bond to entertain the convention She
has asserted that she did not want the
convention. She already has the
worlds fair What more does she
want?"
Senator Brice and Bourke Cochran,
the Tammany leader, spoke britiy in
Chicago's favor, and on the next ballot
Chicago jumped to II, then TO 81, %,
and then on the fifteenth ballot won at
an easy walk with 81, or two more than
majority. John L. Mitchell, the Mil
waukee millionaire, moved to make it
unanimous and that motion prevailed.
After the weary speechmaking In
the afternoon, which was merely a
contest of exaggeration, the decks
were cleaned for the actual balloting
to begin 1T o'clock at night Chicago
opened with only one vote, that of AR
thur Sewall, of Maine. Even Cable, who
held the Illinois proxy of M. Phelps,
voted against Chicago and for Mil.
waukee. Kansas City opened with g
lead, later Milwaukee, got the lead auc
then it shifted in crratic fashion to De
) troit and indianapolis and Des Moines
At the afternoon session, which we:
called to order by Chairman Brice il
the banquet hall of the Arlington ho
, tel, all the states and territories were
: represented. The Montana contest wa
settled by declaring C. A. Broadwate
, the regularly accredited committeeman
} from that state. Secretary Harrity's ere
dentials as committeeman from Penn
; sylvania, to fill the vacancy caused b.
/ the death of w. L. Scott, were accept
t ed. The committee proceeded to tn
selection of the date of the nationa
i democratic convention. After very lii
| Lle ulSCuoSlOu utSudy, uuC ~ w a
, selected as the date for the convention
. The committee adjourned until I
M, and on reassembling the roll c
l cities coutesting for the location of tn
g convention was called. Hon. Williat
t M. Ramsey spoke in behalf c
r Cincinnati Ex-Congressman M;
9 bury and Congressman Chipma
l presented the claims of Detroi
s Indianapolis was represented by Ser
l ator Turpie and Hon. Charles l.. Jew
t EFT. The claims of Kansas City wer
: set forth by Hon. Mr.. Putnam an
r Senator Vest, of Missouri Go
Peck spoke for Milwaukee an
was followed by Mayor Son
ers and Mr.. Donnelly. The claim
. of New York were presented b
!, James Dreslin, Mr.. Myers, com
troller of the city, and Col. John
. Fellows. M. F. Tarpey, of Califo
! mia, presented the claims of San Fra
- cisco. Hon. T. w. Lawler caused
y telegram to be read signed jointly
St Paul and Minneapolis makir
% every requisite pledge for the accor
r modatiou of the convention and the e
le tertainment of visitors.
a This closed the arguments of citi
y and the committee took recess ami
9p. m, with the understanding that
e. that time the committee would 20 in
y secret session to ballot ON the sele
% . tion of the site.
a. After the balloting had closed at Il
to night session the resignation of M
IS Mitchell, the member of the commit
4. from Wisconsin, was accepted. IT.
IA committee adjourned to meet in CT
cago June 30 next.
=, No Fair-Mnded .yury.
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