The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-11
The Date.

mittee reported a resolution favoring
June is. This was amended by Com
mitteeman Lannan, of Utah, in favor
of August IS.
There was a short debate and Mr. De
Young, of California, finally proposed
a compromise between June and Au-
gust viz. July. The De Young and
Lannan amendments were both defeat
ed and then, by practically unani-
nous vote the date was fixed at June
l6
Then came the main contest between
| the cities. There was much excitement
as the ballots proceeded, the commit
teemen from the interested sections
hurrying and seeking to effect combi-
nations.
At the outset San Francisco secured
one more than the nineteen claimed
from the first. The announcement of
her lead was greeted with enthusiasm
when it reached the outer corridors
The strength of st. Louis was some
what greater than had been expected,
While neither Pittsburg nor Chicago
made the showing anticipated.
st. Louis gained steadily on each bal
lot.
San Francisco sought to meet this
by drawing the votes of Chicago, but
without avail The first serious break
occurred when David Martin, of Penn
savanna
Louis. On the fourth and last formal
ballot San Francisco forces broke for
the first time, Michigan, Wyoming and
Connecticut going to st. Louis. That
settled it and gave ST. Louis the con-
vention.
The choice was made unanimous on
motion of Mr.. De Young, of San Fran
cisco.
The Claims Presented.
The preliminaries over the ora'tory
began. General n. P. Chapman of Cal
ifornia was introduced by NJ. H. De
Young to present the Golden Gates
claims.
1.-THE action of this meeting" Cen
eral Chapman began, was to decide
whether or not California was forever
to be a political dependency" He spoke
of San Francisco as the metropolis of
a. powerful and ever growing country.
where the children of the east and
their childrens children were to find
homes for centuries. Over II per cent
of territory and % per cent of the pop
ulation of the United States came from
west of the Mississippi river, 20 of 81
committeeman came from beyond that
river That country was an empire
that might have mighty influence on
the political destinies of the country,
if it should stand together as it ought,
vet many of those who legiSlated for
the country, know nothing OF this sec
tion. Only twice had Republican con-
vention been held west of the MisSis-
sippi, though the states of that section
generally had stood in a. solid column
for the Republican party.
Good politics might dictate San
Francisco for the convention. To hold
it there would show the party to be
one which had the interests of every
section at heart and would keep the
west in the Republican party. Objec-
lions had been urged against every
city. One committeeman had said to
him tjhaIt a. San Francisco convention
would be called a rich mans conven-
ton and would hurt the party. but to
meet this, a rate of $25 for the round
trip would be offered. The only real
objection to San Francisco was the
difference of three hours in the Tina;
vet that was a. difficulty that always
would stand, however Dopulnus the
coast might become, and was she never
to have a convention? The objection
was urged only by the proprietors of
the great eastern newspapers. but he
knew these papers well enough now
that they would print the news in
reasonable time, whatever the difficult
ties were.
he replied 10 Tie ludL CIle
coast had not sufficient telegraph facili-
ties by describing how the recent
presidents message had been handled
west from Chicago. He told of the
hotel facilities of San Francisco and of
it's entertainment of the Knights Tenn
plars' conclave and other conventions
held there, and concluded:
r4The hearts of all the people of the
Pacific coast from San Diego to Seattle
are open to welcome you. Come and
meet us face to face just once before
the nineteenth century shall forever
close it's pages. filled with the greatest
triqnmphs of mankind since the world
began
A Business Proposition.
George A. Knight, of San Francisco
also spoke and M. H. De Young then
announced that it was his
duty 10 make a. business propo-
sition to the committee. He did
proposition to the committee. He did