Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-12-09
A REPUBLICAN RUMPUS.
Republican National COmpittee will
Tomorrow Designate Cqnven tiOn
City--LiveIy COntest--McKin-
ley's ForiOrn HoGe.


national committee will meet here to-
morrow to select time and place forthe
national convention. The executive
committee of eleven members will meet to-
night and the full committee will be called
to order by Chairman Carter at II O'Clock
tomorrow morning in the banquet hall
of the Arlington hotel. Large delega-
tions are expected from Pittsburg, San
Francisco, Chicago and st. Louis, New
York state will also have delegation
seeking the convention for Saratogs.
The most considerable delegation here
is that representing the interests of Gov.
Mckinley. It includes Joseph P. Smith,
ex- x-Representative Thompson, of Ohio,
Gen. William Osborne, Of Boston and
Powell, Clayton, of Arkansas, William
M. Hahn, national committeeman from
Ohio, and Major Chas. Dick, ex-state
chairman of Ohio, also Mark Hanna, of
Cleveland. They make no concealment
of their purpose to look after the interests
of Mckinley as the Ohio candidate for the
presidency.
The committee meetings will be open
when the claims of the various cities are
presented. After that the committee will
90 into secret session. The first business
passed on will be the resolution of Com
mitteeman Payne, OF Wisconsin, for a
change in the basis of representation to
the convention, the proposed basis
being proportioned to the Republican
vote cast for president in the last pres
idential election. It was discussed in
Louisville in May, 1898, and was then
laid on the table to be taken up at the
meeting next Tuesday. There are three
ways Of dealing with it, namely, to adopt
it, to vote it down, or to refer it to the
national convention. The last course is
likely to be taken.
ARLINGTON HOTEL THE STORM CENTER.
The Republican national committee as
sembled at o'clock to-day to begin the
hearing of the cities desirous of obtain
ing the next Republican national conven-
tion. The original purpose was to meet
tomorrow, but the influx of enthusiastic
advocates of the cities seeking the con-
vention made it desirable to hear the pre-
liminary speeches, advancing the claims
of the cities to-day.
As one of the officers of the committee
stated, o.day would be given to working
off steam," after which the committee
would attend to business behind closed
! doors.
Most of the national committeemen
have arrived and this corridor of the Ar
lington hotel is the storm center of the
surging crowd of ,eonyontion "boomefs'
and others.
The claims Of Pittsburg will be pre-.
sented by Representatives Dalzell, VIM
A. Stone and @. l.. Magee.
CONTEST FOR THE CONVENTION.
Leading men of St. Louis are advanc.
Ing the interests of that city.
The San Francisco delegation is doing
its work in the lobbies among the com
mitteemen, rather than in headquarters
The Chicago delegation is also active
down stairs without headquarters. Mayor
Swift and Messrs. Pierce, Taylor, Allertor
and Letter held a con ference at noon tt
outline plans of their canvass.
The headquarters of the Ohio delega
tion, which is looking after the interests
of Governor Mckinley, are constantly
crowded.
New York state was not represented b!
a delegation up to noon. although Mr.. T
@. Platt and Representative Quigg were
on the ground. 1t is stated that specia
train bearing New York delegation il
on it's way to the city.