Evening star., 1895-06-20
BOTH IN THE SOUTH
The Two National Conventions May
Go to That Section.
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF This COURSE
The Probable Effect on the Repub-
lican Party.
CITIE S A V A L A B L E

Possibly one or both of the great national
conventions will be held in the south next
fall.
Democrats and republicans are taking a
lively interest in the suggestion that the
south will be especially desirable next year
as the place for holding conventions. The
south having by the results of the elections
last year placed itself in the list of polite
ally doubtful sections of the country many
republicans are considering the effect of
having the next convention held thera
Senator-elect Carter. chairman of the ma
tional republican executive committee,
when in this city few days ago, said he
thought the question of having the rally
ing place of his party in the south was one
worthy of serious consideration.
Would Create n Good Feeling.
1t is argued that the effect of such a
move on the part of the republican party
would do much to create a good feeling
toward it in the states that have hereto
fore been welded to democratic doctrine.
The fact that Nashville will be holding
centennial exposition, while the great cot
ton exposition will be in progress at At
lanta, IS cited as favorable to carrying the
conventions beyond Mason and DiXon's
line. The new south is very jealous of its
rapidly increasing reputation for progress
and anything that could be done to indi-
cate that the republican party looks upon
that section as worthy of being the scene
of a great convention is regarded as eX-
tremely good politics. 1t is argued that
such move on the part of the republi-
cans would create kindly feeling all along
the line.
Effect Upon Silver.
Then again, there are reasons which
might be attractive to both free silver
cuton of such plan. The free silver men
think they would have better chance
for success were the convention held In
some stronghold of the silver people. On
the other hand, the sound money men feel
quite confident that their convention will
not fail to nominate a sound money man
and to adopt platform in conformity with
such a selection and that the disappont-
ment of the struggling republic ans of the
south who might be inclined to favor silver
would be appeased to some extent by the
compliment Of having the nominating con-
vention in that section. 1t Is said that
such convention held in Kentucky or
Tennessee would materially help republic
cans of both of those states, which have
each come very near to falling into the re-
publican ranks in their effort to carry the
elec tions in 1895. This is especially So in
Kentucky, where the money question has
assumed such proportions that it is not
improbable that this one issue may wipe
out party lines.
An Argument for Democrats.
Should the republicans determine to meet
in convention in the south next year the
democrats would have an additional rea-
son for adopting the same course of action.
Democrats say that it would not do to have
republican convention in the south and
then to have the meeting of their party
in any other section. They fear that such
course would result in the loss of con-
siderable number of votes through purely
sentimental reasons. The west has been
greatly favored by conventions during late
yeais, while the south has not been chosen
for such meeting since 1850, when the
democrats met in Charleston, S. c., and,
failing to take any action there, adjourned
to come together again in Baltimore To
have another meeting of either party in the
south would have the same effect in win
ming the friendship of the southern voters
that unions of federal and confederate vet
Grams are supposed to accomplish.
Southern democrats and republicans claim
that Atla1ta, New Orleans, Nashville or
Lexington would be able to care for the
physical comforts of the delegates and
that no argument against having the con-
vention in their midst could be made on
that score.