The record-union., 1895-12-06

Secure the Prize.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The report of the
committees appointed to canvass for a
guaranty fund to secure the Republican
National Convention for Chicago did
not meet the expectations of the movers
in the enterprise, and it is generally be-
| lieved that Chicago's prospects for Sc
curing the event are by no means so
favorable as they seemed before the at
tempt was made to raise the 100000
required.
According to figures submitted to the
local committee, only $4,000 has been
subscribed as the result of work among
the railroads, hotels, restaurants and
other classes of business from which
the best returns were expected. Next
Tuesday the Republican National Com
mittee meets at Washington to choose
the place of the convention, and before
then over 100000 more must be OBJ
tanned to put Chicago in the race The
few local politicians who are inter
ested in having the convention here say
that present indications are that it will
] y
if Chicago does get the honor harder
work must be done in the next three
days than has been done so far.
Two reasons are assigned for the
slow progress made. Business men
generally do not relish the idea of hav-
ing to pay the old debt of $4,000 under
which the Republican National Com
mittee has been laboring for the last
four years. They think that if Chicago
agrees to entertain the convention of
! 1886. and foot all the bills, that is
sufficient
The other reason for the discouraging
outlook is said to be the lack of har-
mony among the hotel men. who have
assumed charge of the arrangements
! They have claimed all along that Chi
cago has a 'cinch" on the convention
/ and that one gesture of welcome would
make the National Committee scramble
! TO send the event here. Chairman Car
! ter's announcement that the $1,000
! debt must be paid, beside $4,000 or
/ $4,000 raised for expenses, came with
! chilling effect. Some of the local COM
mittee had axes to grind. Their inter-
! ests conflicted, and it is claimed the
work has been carried on at cross pur-
poses to some extent. The choice of a
hall caused the first misunderstanding
"ChicagO's chances of getting the Ma
! tiCnal Convention are mighty small Just
nCw," said a prominent Republican
leader to-day. "Only $34 600 raised
and the National Committee meeting
! is but five days away. The money can
be raised, if live young men who had
no axes to grind were sent out to hustle
/ for it. The gentlemen now in charge of
the matter are too much inclined to rest
on Chicago's prestige and push and en-
efgy. If the convention is to be
/ brought to this city some lively hus-
/ ting must be done. The politicians do
not care a snap whether it comes here
/ or not, save as a matter of pride in Chi
] cago's getting what she asks for. It's
a business proposition, which business
men who Will derive benefit from ought
/ TO settle among themselves
/ NEW YORK, Dec. 5-The delegation
! of San Franciscans who came East to
] secure for their city the honor of en-
! tertaining the Republican National
/ Convention arrived to-day On the train
with the delegates were General A. L..
/ Conger of Akron O., and William H.
Hahn of Mansfield O.. both high in
/ Republican councils of that State. Mr..
Hahn is the Ohio member of the Ma
/ tional Convention. They are all on their
/ way to Washington, where National
Committeeman De Young is to meet his
small army of associates.
1T is not San Francisco alone that
wants the Republican National Con-
vention, said Mr.. De Young at the
! Fifth-avenue Hotel this evening. '"The
/ whole State of California is behind US.
unanimously demanding that the con-
vention shall come to the Pacific Coast
this time. Among the Californians who
have been doing missionary work east
I of the Mississippi are Mayor RAIDER and
/ S. L. Osborn Of Los Angeles, d. A. Hale
4 of our State Central Committee, Colonel
/ George Knight, our San Francisco law
/ yer, who will be our orator before the
National Committee, and General Chip
man, who has been down South looking
up support for our State We feel pretty
+ strong in the hope to win. If however,
we should fail we shall go home just
as true. loyal Republicans as we came
Mr.. De Young eloquently descanted
on the many advantages possessed by
/ San Francisco, and secuted at the con
tention of the opposition that his city
/ did not possess enough telegraphic fa-
cities. The three hours difference in
I time between San Francisco and New
/ York. Mr. De Young was sure. would
! be found an unimportant objection
which newspaper enterprise would
/ somehow overcome.
The Republicans are pretty sure to
win next year." said De Young "and If
/ the Democrats have any show at all it
would be III following a plan like this:
Let them go to the country on a free
silver plan. The South is divided on
] that plan, but they might make il
solid again by nominating for Presi-
/ dent some old Confederate General
! like General Morgan of Alabama.
: Then, added to the Southern vote, they
might get the votes Of the States in the
West that the Populists carried in 1892.
In this way the Democrats might possi-
/ bIv null through -
'.Would California go Democratic on
that basis?" was asked.
Hardly" replied De Young Cali
| fornia is too loyal"
/ Democrats who heard De Young's
plan to save them did not take to it
kindly. and found fault with it.
well" answered the Californian,
that's your only chance. If you don't
embrace it you are gone"
| General Conger and Mr.. Hahn ex-
I pressed preferences for Chicago as the
place for the National Convention, and
cussed the question with them and Mr..
De Young, also said that Chicago
should be chosen. I'VE are for Gin
cinnati. of course" said General Con-
ger. 'if her citizens make fight for it,
but otherwise our people prefer
( Chicago"
Both Mr. hahn and General Conger
declared that Governor Mckinley
would receive the unanimous support
of Ohio until the death.
Dastardly Lynching.
| COLUMBIA Is. CO, Dec. News of
a dastardly lynching which occurred
in this State last Monday night reached