The herald., 1895-12-10
A TENN MINUTE SESSION ONLY
Today Each City Has an Hour to Pre-.
sent Claims
San Francisco Delegates Admit the Making Of
an Uphill Fight, but Their
Chances Are Fair
As.ociated Prcss Special Wire.

tion next year. As to the time, the com
mittee seems to be pretty we'll agreed tina
II should be held some time in June
although there are some advocates of a
very late convention and short, SHARP
campaign. The place at which the con.
vention will be held is the subject of q
hard but good-natured struggle. Eacf
eival city is being boomed with great dill
xence; offers to pay off the debts of the
Qational committee and, besides. offers q
Separate and superior set of qualifications
and advantages, sentimental, material
and geographical. The question of candi
dates does not appear to enter into the
question of the choice of the convention
city, and the Republican politicians who
swarm about the corridors say the com.
mittee will content itself with selecting
the place for the convention, and allow
the convention to select the candidate
Among those present are Some of the
most distinguished and powerful leaders
OF the Republican party.
An attempt was made to give the cities
hearing today, but many of the com.
mitteemen were absent and it was decided
finally to postpone the hearings until to-
morrow 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 commit.
tee, will be referred probably to the con-
vention for settlement. The leaders, as a
rule, claim it would be folly to discourage
the southern Republicans by reducing
their basis OF representation just as they
are beginning to fulfill their predictions
that the solid south would tear away from
her old allegiance and the Democratic
party.
An effort was made to secure q meeting
OF the executive committee tonight, but a
quorum was not secured. Those present
attempted TO take up no business beyond
the framing OF telegram to Governor
elect Bradley of kentucky congratulatiug
him on his election, to be present.l to the
full committee tomorrow.
resolution was passed appointing q
committee to send congratulations to Gov
ernor Bradley of kentucky on his election.
The committee is composed of Mr.. Hahn
of Ohio, MIR. Manley of Maine, Mr.. Clark
son of lowa.rr
Mr.. De Young of California introduced a
resolution which was adopted, providing
that the representatives of the press should
be admitted to the meetings of the COM
mi,tee when the claims of the various
cities should he presented.
Each city ia 10 have an hour tomorrow
for the presentation of its claims, begin
ming Immediately after the opening of the
session tomorrow. The committee then
adjourned, having been in session ten
minutes. to 10 o'clock tomorrow.
This evening the corridors of the Arling.
ton werc again througed. At the head
quarters of the four rival cities the
champions of each were dispensing hos
pitality and putting forth their most
earnest arguments in behalf of their res
pective cities. The Pittsburgh contingent
dwelt upon its location as a railroad and
al Th1 GDI<l
tisans were Offering every inducement that
might be demanded. Some days ago Mr..
De Young announced that Sau Francisco
had obtained 1850 railroad rate from Chi
cago to the coast and return. Tonight the
delegations decided to offer a 500 rate to
the public, $25 rate to the delegates and
free transportation and hospitality to the
members of the committee. General N,
p. Chipmau and Mr.. De Young viii pre-
sent San Francisco's claims.
TIE Chicago delegation was, perhaps,
the most serene of any.
st. Louis displayed seemingly more ac-
tivity than any of the other cities. Both
Mr.. Kerens and Mr.. Filley said the con.
test would settle down to Chicago aud
st. Louis, and that the Mound City would
carry. of the prize.
Each of the candidates was prepared to
offer the Republican committee enough
and more than enough-to pay off the
variously placed at from $32 900 to $54,-
600.
Pittsbiirg has fund of $4,000 sub
scribed, St. Louis and Chicago have $780,
900 each, and San Francisco is said to
have 100000, and more if money will
avail. Each city declares that it will pay
anything in reason to secure the conven-
tion.
Although each candidate claims victory
on the final ballot, a careful canvass to-
night showed that they approximately
agreed on the result of the first ballot.
This canvass gives San Francisco 10,
Pittsburg II, st. Louis and Chicago III
each. All except San Francisco, however,,
agree that the first ballot does not indicate
the winner. Reports of alliances between
San Francisco and st. Louis, and Chicago
and Pittsburg, were abroad but we're stren-
uously denied. The shrewdest politicians
about the hotel tonight predict that unless
San Francisco wins OH the first or second
ballot, her votes will break to st. Louis
and Chicago, and that the contest would
lie between the Lake and the Mound
cities.
Gate City Figuring
WASHINGTON, Dec. GA special sent
out to San francisco says: San Francisco
has an exceedingly up hill fight on its
hands to secure the Republican national
convention, but it's chances for success arc
considered good. At least, the executive
committee is more hopeful than at anv
time yet. The Californians realize the
enormous odds they must combat, but are
for frorn hoiOn AicrrovnA n, ~.