St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-10
BUT SHE MUST WIN ON ONE OF
THE EARLY BAL
LOTS.
DELEGATES WORKING HARD.
EXTRAORDINARY OFFERS TO Sc
CURE THE REPUBLICAN CON-
VENTION.
ST. LOUIS MEN SURE OF 1T.
Probability That the Contest Will
Narrow Down to the Mound
and Windy Cities

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-The ma
tional Republican committee will
meet tomorrow at the Arlington ho-
tel to select the time and place for
holding the national convention next
year. AS to the time, the committee
seems to be pretty we'll agreed that
it should be held some time in June,
although there are some advocates
of a very late convention and a short,
sharp campaign. The place at which
the convention will be held is the
subject of a hard but good-natured
struggle. Each rival city has taken
headquarters at the hotel and is
being doomed with great diligence.
Each offers to pay"off the debts of
the national committee and besides
offers a separate and superior set of
qualifications and advantages, both
sentimental, material and geograph-
ical. The question Of candidates does
not appear to enter into the ques-
ton of the choice of the convention
city, and the Republican politicians
who swarm about the corridors say
that the committee will content itself
with selecting the place for the con-
vention and allow the convention to
select the candidate. Among those
present are some Of the most distin-
guished and powerful leaders of the
Republican party. An attempt was
made to give the cities a hearing
today, but many of the committee
men were absent, and it was decid-
ed finally to postpone the hearing
until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock,
when each candidate will be given
an hour to present his claims The
question of the basis of representa-
ton, which will come before the COM
mittee, will be referred probably to
the convention for settlement. The
leaders as a rule claim that it would
be folly to discourage the Southern
representatives by reducing their
basis of representation just as they
are beginning to vindicate their pre-
diction that the "Solid South" would
tear away from her old allegiance
and the Democratic party.
M.
SURE FOR ST. LOUIS.
Committeeman R. G. Kearns said
tonight that his hope that st. Louis
would secure the convention had
grown into absolute confidence. An
effort was made to secure a meet
ing of the executive committee to-
night, but a quorum was not Sc
cured. Those present attempted to
take up no business beyond the franz
ing of a telegram to Governor-elect
Bradley, of Kentucky, congratulate
ing him on his election, to be pre-
sented to the full committee tomor-
row. In the hope of being able to
get the representative of the con-
tending cities to present their claims
today Chairman Garter had called a
meeting for 2 p. m. At 2::3O only
twenty members of the committee
were present, and it was p. m. be-
fore the committee was called to or
der. Chairman Carter then an
nounced that the hearing of claims
of cities would be postponed till to-
morrow. M. Fl. De Young, of Ca1ifor-
mia, introduced resolution, which
was adopted, providing that repre-
sentatives of the press should be ad-
mitted to the meetings of the commit
tee when the claims of the various
cities were presented. The conven-
ton then adjourned, having been in
session ten minutes.