The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-15
IRE STRIVING FOR THEM.
x,av Cities Arc Striving for the
Presidential Convention.
GREAT INDUCEMENTS ARE HELD OUT.
x,v York Has HAD Only One Convention.
How the Choice Is Made by
the Delegac

rOubcan and democratic parties next
al Consideration now is chiefly with
nhs republican committee, because Chair
nan Carter has called it To meet in Wash
alton December 10. and it will be the
f,.t TO come to decision on the moment
ans question. Already San Francisco,
|rhlcaro, Pittsburg st. Louis and Den
|r,r have begun vigorous campaign for
|be honor of entertaining the delegates
Ia their friends Each one of these
Idtes is willing 10 promise almost any
Isinc in return for the honor
| Ills not an empty honor by any meaus.
b National convention brings with it tens
. 4 thousands of visitors, who spend not
| k than $1,000 900 And us most of the
hpgs these visitors buy are sold at much
nore than their customary price the
goits To shop keepers, hotel keepers,
erect car companies. etc, are enormous,
Either of the National committees can
I've guarantee fund Of 500. 900 or
rate for any one of the candidate cities.
m San Francisco fund now approx.
rstes that sum.
San Francisco is making by all means
he most earnest fight. rour years ago
Hu Francisco wanted one Of the con.
leations and bid high for it, hut the
nat cost OF getting to the Pacific coast
tcm any of the Eastern of Middl,
Mates determined the National commit
his not to send either of the conventions
far away. The republican committee
t on Minneapolis as being centrally
hated. and the democratic convention
iee Chicago. Certain conditions al
Minneapolis made many of those who
iiended the convention dissatisfied, and
is not likely another National conven
tN will he held in that city for som,
Ian to come.
MINNEAPOLIS.
Chief among the drawbacks at Min
apls was the absence of adequate
kaEaphIc facilities. The newspaper
sders of the United States it might
almost safe TO say the people of the
lted States, for how many people ar,
tee In this country who do not read th,
aMs!-demand full reports Of ali the
nNuant fea lures Of convention, ]
MUs general belief that the Minneap
Va mvention would lie cit snd dried
sM bat the interest OF rho country
Eosd b celEered on the Chicago con
'chpa As it turned ont tIe Minncap
y Invention with It's .NnsltiCnal de
thpzents concerning blaine and Halri
Vas far more interesting than thu
'lVaion OF chi ,LEo.
Chicago the facilities for Seeding
ttsfaph natter would have been NJ
aNy perfect us possible; ut Miuncapoli
ise was such n lack % w res tr trans
u The News dispatches tnat the iolc
'M companies had TO ask Sic Spccia
feslondeltH to shorten their report
TO relieve the strain. In som
- news stories were banded back +
nslondcnts with the request to Gu
sa down. The result of this cNperienc
great big crowl from all the grca
.esslpapers in the country--a grow
,m will echo for long time TO com
y which will shut Minneapolis out %
SEt Of convention cities until her te
sspGi facilities are improved.
\ We telegraph companies had thei
S.aa the conventions would be held i
lago, though w. Il. SomerviIle, tn
y agent of the Western Union con
Y sad the other day that his con
would take no part in any discus
ad the availability of any city an
~ give no information oonccrnin
eesraph facilities anywhere. Frol
natlons made ut those eouv,rtion'
csn: newspaper men know that I'll
A,slbshcs from St Louis AMI Chcag
ioM Wore handled without difficult.
'nat the facilities at pitfsmrg, Gin
asked.
NE convention j. held nj San Fral
v,a ule news dispatches will have TO !
%nieu. That is one Of the seriol
'aoes to outweigh this disadyantai
sslher directions.
Ven million words was the amount Z
. naPn matter handled for the new
N rom the Chicago convention
-Four years before the, Westcl
~ company handled 3.0o0.00o wor,
- Louis aud G,Oo0.O00 words fro
| go II took 100 men to handle Il
so report There was just OF
f IN the wi"wam when linco
lnGSmllnatcd in 1860.
~ Louis convention Of ISIS "!
s .ure ihan a ratification meeting. II
~ mon could have handled tWi
"sa mattcr from that city if il HI
,Id' Tile Postal Telegraph con
$50 mas Sunerior facilities ut no
MN and ST. l.oris. In the cases
m'Se companies the facilities
are greater. for Chicago is I,
VI both telegraph systems. y
hioa company owns 1000
Of wire. and il is safc to say tn
S.,r, umc during the holding Of
la convention every mile of q
used Tor convention news.
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