The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-12-10
NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Tho Claims OF Ihe Convention CitiCa to he
Presented TO-day-All the boomers on
Hand.

Tho Claims OF the Convention Citiea to he
Presented TO-day-All the boomers on
Hand,
WASHINGTON, Dec, 8,-Most Of the
national committeeman have arrived
and the corridor OF the Arlington hotel
IL tho storm center OF q surglng crow0
Of convention "boOmers" and others.
Tho parlOrs Of the hotel are being used
as headquarters for the various cities
Pittsburgh has point of vantage In the
first paTlor Of the main corridor. Her
Headquarters are crowded constantly
with prominent PlttsbuTgeTs who dis
tribute literature showing the ndyan-
tagGs Of the city for large gathering,
The claims of Pittsburgh will be pre-
sented by Representatives Dalzell, VIII
liam A, Stone and c, l.. Magee. New
York 10 represented by delegation
from the board of transportation.
In an adjoining paTlor st, Louis has
Headquarters, with her leading men
similarly busy in advancing the inter
ests of the city. The San Francisco
headquarters are on the third floor, but
the delegation Is doing Its work In the
lObbleB, among the committeeman,
rather than In tho headquarters. The
Chicago delegation Is also active down
stairs, without headquarters. Mayor
Swift and MessrB, Pierce, Taylor, Aller-
ton and Letter held n conference at noon
to outline the plan of canvass. Mayor
Swift and Mr. Allerton probably Will
present Chicago's name to the COM
mittee.
The headquarters of the Ohio delega-
ton, which Is looking after the inter-
ests of Governor Mckinley, Is constant
ly crowded, The delegation has per-
mhnent organization, with Representa-
tive GrosVenor as chairman and Repre-
sentative Northway ns vice chairman.
Some Of the contesting cities evident
ly did not favor the movement to hear
their claims to-day instead of to-mor-
row and the hearing was postponed.
The large banquet hall where the
hearings are 10 take place have been
elaborately decorated for the occasion,
the American flaG being predominant
everywhere In these arrangements.
At 2:30 O'Clock only twenty members
of the committee were present and II
was 3 o'clock before the committee was
called to order and Chairman Carter
announced that hearing OF claims OF
cities would be postponed untll'to-mor-
row.
The national committee plSseu u
resolution appointing committee to
send congratulations to Governor Brad
Icy, OF Kentucky, on his election. The
committee is composed Of Mr. Hahn, Of
Ohio; Manley, of Maine; Clnrkson, OF
Iowa; De Young, Of California, and
Campbell, OF Illinois.
NJ. II, De Young, OF California, intro
duced n resolution which was adopted,
providing that the representatives Of
the press should be admitted TO the
meetings OF the committee when the
claims OF the various cities should be
presented.
Each state Is to have an hour to-mor-
row for the presentation OF its claims
beginning Immediately after opening OF
session Tomorrow. The convention
then adjourned to 10 o'clocksto-morow
Each city declares that twill pay
anything in reason to secure the con-
vGntion. Although each candidate
claims victory on the tlnnl ballot q
careful canvass tonight Showed that
they approximately agreed in,their re-
suit of the first ballot. This canvass
gives San Francisco 10: Pittsburgh, II;
St Louis and Chicago, II each. All ex-
cept San Francisco. however, agree that
the first ballot does not indicate the
winner.