Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-09
AFTER A CONVENTION
Cities That Want the National Re-
publican Gathering,
CLAIMS OF SEVERAL TO Be PRESENTED
Financial Considerations Involved
in the Determination.
DELEGATES ALL HUSTLING

Preliminary skirmishng previous to the
| big battle which will occur tomorrow at the
| meeting of the national republican commit
tee has been going on for the past forty
eight hours with ever-increasng intensity,
| and this afternoon it is difficult to distin-
| guisE the difference between it and pitched
| engagement. With the prize of a national
| convention in view, the cities of Chicago,
| New York, Pttsburg, ST. Louis and San
| Francisco have thrown their doughtiest
political warriors and their most powerful
| business men into the contest, and the fight
| ing is fast and fl rious, with no quarter
! shown nor any asked. There was never
probably such vigorous and determined
| contest waged for the honor of being Sc
lected as a convention city as that now in
| progress between the municipalities named.
| nor were the participants ever so we'll
! equipped, apparently, with the weapons and
| munitions suitable for the proper prosecu-
tion of this sort of warfare. There is not
| man present from any of them who is not
| authorized to offer the national committee
anything 1t may demand, in reason or out Of
1t, in return for the honor of being chosen
as the place for the next national republican
convention, and these promises would be
kept, too. without question of a doubt.
Earliest in the Field.
| The earliest delegations on the scene and
| the first to throw out their pckets were
| those from Chicago St. Louis and San
| Francisco. The representatives from the
| windy city were George B. Swift, S. W.
Allerton, r. c. Mcmillan, ]. Irving Pierce
and w. L. Boyce, with T. N. Jamson of
| the republican state committee of Illinois
as general scout. Others in the party were
| VIM. Penn Nixon, Sam. Raymond and
| Graeme Stewart. These gentlemen based
| their claims for Chicago's selection upon
| the ground that she has always taken most
| excellent care heretofore of national con-
ventions. and is in better shape TO do it
| again than ever before, the worlds fair
| having left Chicago with surplus of hotels,
more than enough to accommodate con-
| vention multitude twice multiplied. 1t is
/ also put forward that Illinois has no
| favored son in training for the republican
| nomination every candidate will have a fair
| show in Chicago.
st. Louis Not Backward.
| St. Louis is not backward in expressing
| her claims for the honor. In Richard c.
| Kerens, a member of the national commit
| tee, she has powerful and influential
| champion, and another in Chauncey l. Fill
| ley, and among the others, who are along
| on the same errand are Mayor Walbridge
| and eX-CongreSsman Frank. Congressman
| Warner said he felt very much encouraged
| over St. Louis prospects, regarding them
| as equally good with those OF any other
| city.
| st Louis is now a great republican city,
| in a great republican state occupying a
| neutral position between both sections and
| hall to seat 1900 people. and hotel accom-
| me dations for all who come without rails
| ing of prices.
'Frisco's Plan of Campaign.
| San Franciscos delegation held a long
meeting last night and mapped out its plan
| of campaign.
/ Besides the members of the delegation,
there were also present at the meeting the
| members of Congress from California. The
! situation was discussed in its entirety. 1t
was agreed that Mr. N. p. Chapman of Red
! Bluff should make the opening and Mr..
George A. Knight of San Francisco the
! closing address in behalf of the Golden
Gate cty's claims The members of the
| delega ton say they feel very much en-
| couraged over the outlook, that San Fran
| cisco has Q bigger following than any other
| place and there are number of commit
teemen who favor 1t for second choice WREN
| the prospects are that their first choice is
| hopelessly lost. San Francisco, they as
! sert. is making the contest on its merits,
not fighting any other city, and not doing
| anything to pull down or belittle any other
| aSpirant for the honor. The delegates re-
! iterate their claims heretofore made that
! the Pacific city is amply able to care for
| the needs of the convention in all respects.
| Mr.. Chapman, summing up the whole mat
| ter. says: I'VE stand ready to do .,nytning
| that will be consistent with the conven-
ticns needs and dignity, and everything
| that will make 1t successful" There was
| a report current that a combination of some
| kind was possible between the delegates
| from st. Louis and those from the coast.
| This, doubt, rose from the fact that
those from the former place paid a frater-
nal visit to the San Franciscoans rooms,
| but found the latter absent. The delegates
from San Francisco ridiculed the report,
| ard Committeeman De Young is authority
| for the statement that there is no founda-
| ton for it,
| The Pittsburg Contingent.
| The Pittsburg contingent came in with
a rush this morning, and for several hours
nothing else was heard of at the Arling-
| ton-on the surface. Chris. L. Magee head
| ed the delegation, which has Percy F. Smith
as secretary, and comprises Mayors Nc
Kenna of Pittsburg and Kennedy of AL
| legheny City, H. P. Ford, president of the
| common, and George l.. Holiday, pres-
| dent of the select council of Pittsburg;
| c. w. Gerwig. president of the select
| council of Allegheny City; ]. D. Flynn and
| Union and Postal Telegraph companies re-
| spectively; representatives Of the Penn
| sylvania, Baltimore and Ohio and all the
| other railroads entering Pittsburg: legion
| of newspaper men, headed by Mr.. Henry
| J. Ford, managing editor of the Chronicle
| Telegraph, and VIM. Witherow, represent
| ing The Associated Bonifaces of the city.
| Mr. Ford who is a spellbinder of per-
| suasve eloquence, recounted the advan-
| tages Of Pittsburg in interesting terms
| 1--WE are pleased with our prospects" he
| remarked to Star reporter. we offer an
| exposition building for the sitting of the
| convention at the junction of our two
| rivers, where the breezes are always cool
| and bracing; our railroads are ample to
| take good care of any crowds, there
| are GIG passenger trains arriving at and
| departing from PittSEurg every day We
| have better telegraph facilities than Chi
| cago and the Western Union alone can
put in eighty operators on long line cir
| cults AS for the crowds. our hotel ac-
commodations are ample.
"Then again." continued, Mr.. Ford, 'thc
| republican party is about to enter upon Its
| renaissance, ard what better place can be
| selected for it's second birth than the spot
| where 1t first saw tie light? 1t was in
| Pittsbulg that the first national republican
convention was held, on Washington's
| birthday, 1856"
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