Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-11

Washington, December 10.-The Re-
publican national convention will be
held at st. Louis on June 16 next. That
was the decision reached by the Re
publican National Committee assembled
here to-day, after spirited balloting last
ing two hours.
The successive ballots are shown as
follows
st. Louis-Informal, 1S; first. IA; sec
ond IS; third, %; fourth, 20.
San rancisco-Informal 20; first, 19;
second, 10; third, 10; fourth, 16
Pittsburg Informal, 8; first, 8; sec
ond, 5; third, /; fourth, 0.
Chicago-Informal, s; first, s; second,
9; third, 8; fourth, 6.
New York-Informal, 1; first, 0; sec
ond, O.; third, 0; fourth, 0.
The morning was spent in hearing
| speeches in behalf of the contending
cities, the doors being open TO the
various contesting delegations. This
concluded, the committee began its af-
| ternoon session behind closed doors. An
eager crowd choked up the corridors
| leading TO the committee and awaited
the announcement Of results.
The first important question of the
afternoon was the fixing of the date of
| the convention. The executive COM
mittee reported a resolution favoring
June 16.This was amended by Commit
teeman Lannon, OF Utah. in favor of
August IS. There was sharp debate,
and Mr.. De Young, of California, final
! ly proposed a compromise between June
! and August, viz: July The De Young
and Lannon amendments were both de-
feated, and then, by practically unan-
imous vote the date
WAS FIXED AT JUNE 16
Then came the main contest between
! the cities. There was much excitement
as the ballots proceeded, the committee
men from the interested sections hurry
! ing about and seeking to effect COM
! binations At the outset San Francisco
! secured one more than the nineteen
claimed from the first The announce
ment of her lead was greeted with en-
/ thusiasm, when It reached the outer
corridors. The strength of ST. Louis
was somewhat greater than had been
expected, while neither Pittsburg nor
! Chicago made the showing anticipated.
st. Louis gained steadily on each ballot.
San Francisco sought to meet this by
/ drawing the votes of Chicago, but with
! out avail The first serious break oC-
Cured when David Martin, Of Pennsyl-
vania, led the Pittsburg forces toward
/ St. Louis On the fourth and last for
! c., 81
! for the first time, Michigan, Wyoming
! and Connecticut going 10 st. Louis.
| That settled it, and gave St Louis the
| convention. The choice was made
! unanimous On motion Of Mr.. De Young,
! of San Francisco.
On the announcement of the decisive
| ballot there was a rush for the ST. Louis
headquarters, where all the delegates
| from that city gathered with Missouri
! Congressman and politicians at large.
/ There was a great Misunderstanding and
popping of corks for a few minutes,
with occasional cheers, until Clark II.
/ Sampson was lifted to a table in reply
to calls for a speech While he was
talking the room was filled up, and
( Congressman Jay, Barthold and Cobb
soon appeared, and then the Pittsburg
and California delegations pushed in to
congratulate their rival.
All of the visitors claimed that st.
Louis had been their second choice
and took defeat with good nature.
After concluding the ballot, the COM
mittee took up the question of Terri
tOrial delegates, and recommended that
| New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Okla
homa eoch select four delegates in ad-
| dition TO the two heretofore chosen. A
hearing was accorded to Mrs J. Ellen
Foster, of Iowa, who spoke of womens S
influences in behalf of the party.
At o'clock the committee had COM
pleted its labors and adjourned. The
executive committee then held a brief
! session to arrange the details of the
convention in accordance with the de-
termination of the full committee.