The record-union., 1895-12-11

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Votes of Securing the Coveted
Prize for San Chicago
and Pittsburg Make Poor Show
ing-San Francisco PoIled Twenty
Votes. but Could Gain No More.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-The Re-
publican National Convention will be
held at St Louis, Mo, on the 10th day of
next June. These were the two material
results of to-day's quadriennial meet
ing of the Republican Committee. Thus
ends contest that has been spiritedly
conducted by the four cities of San
Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburg and ST.
| Louis. New York was a nominal candi-
date for convention honors, but her
representatives did not reach the city
until late last night, too late to begin
an active propa ganda for the metropo-
lis of the East.
ST. Louis victory was due to vari-
ETY. of causes, the principal of which
was the untiring effort put forth by her
/
day last, supplemented by sound judg-
ment, good political finesse, and by the
! further fact that the astounding gains
made by the Republicans of Missouri
/ a year ago appealed strongly to the
sympathieS of the National Committee
with whom the selection lay. ST. Louis
! had been regarded as q strong cOmpeti-
4 tor from the start, but experienced OBJ
servers of political affairs felt that her
! principal rival would be Chicago,
which, curiously enough, was never Sc
riously in the race.
| The California delegation made a
game, uphill fight That they sue
/ ceeded in polling SO large vote at the
start, and holding it practically in
tact until the final ballot furnishes the
strongest proof of the good work done
by her committee in the face of obsta-
cles with which none of the other cities
had to contend The distance was
against them; the time consumed in
making the trip was against them;
the expenses of the trip We're also a
factor which initiated against them,
I and yet for three ballots they led all
their competitors. Their organization
was perfect, their courage superb The
balloting showed that the partisans of
San Francisco were earnest in their in
tention to secure the convention, and
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be stampeded, Notwithstanding their
opponents clever work.
PittSburg, like Chicago, was conSd-
cred formidable contestant, but after
two ballots the brave showing she had
made at the beginning gradually dis
appeared.
The Californians bore their defeat
philosophically, but they were obvi-
! ously much chs grined at their failure.
1t is to be said to their credit that the
delegation which represented San
Francisco on this occasion secured a
larger number of votes for their city
than We're ever secured at ery previous
meeting of the committee, and some of
the number are saying that four years
hence, when they again essay the task
| of capturing the convention, they may
possibly be successful.
The first ballot was taken at o'clock.
IT was informal, and designed to test
the sense of the committee. 1t resulted
as follows: San Francisco 90 Chicago
s, Pittsburg 9, st. Louis 13, New York
! l. Total 81.
Jersey, the city polling the smallest
vote on this ballot was dropped. This
eliminated New York, and reduced the
contest to the four cities first named.
On this ballot the member from the
District of Columbia voted for San
Francisco.
on the first regular ballot both he and
the member from New York transferred
their votes to st. Louis, with the result
that San Francisco dropped to 49,:
Chicago and PittSburg remained sta
tionary with and votes, respectively,
while st. Louis went up to 10
During the intermission between the
first and second ballots, Mr.. Kerr, the
Missouri member of the committee, and
some of the stanch adherents of the
Mound City, did some effective mis-
sionary work, which was shown when
the second ballot was taken. On this
ballot San Francisco retained her -
votes, Chicago gained one from Pitts
burg, Pittsburg lost 4, three Of the num-
Der going to st. Louis, increasing her
strength to IS.
On the third ballot Pittsburg's forces
disintegrated so that the member from
that State was the only person voting
for the Smoky City The four votes
lost by Pittsburg on this occasion went
to St Louis, thus putting her in the
lead with % votes, San Francisco and
Chicago remaining stationary with 10
and votes each to their credit.
It was now apparent that st. Louis
was forging steadily to the front. Pitts
burg dropped out of the race. On the
last ballot San Francisco received Is
votes, Chicago and ST Louis %, three
more than a majority.
The report that St Louis had won
the convention spread through the
surging crowds in the hotels with the
speed of a prairie fire, and within a
minute the spacious headquarters of the
St Louis delegation were crowded with
the members of other delegations, who
hastened there to congratulate the vic
tors. One of the Pittsburgers. with a
view to showing his friendly interest in
St Louis, seized the large earthen pot
containing a huge bunch of white and
yellow chrysanthemums, which were a
conspicuous object in their room, and
carried it into the Missouri headquar-
ters. where their graceful and esthetic
appearance lent an added attraction to
the surroundings. The st. Louis men
made no effort to conceal their satis-
faction, which found expression in re-
peated cheers and general inter-
change of congratulations.
HAYWARD EXECUTED.
Paws the Death Penalty for the MUIR
der of Catherine Cling.