Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-01-15
Cities Ready for the Final Conven-
tion Contest.
C0MMIFFEBMEN FAVOR CHICAGO
New York Feels Still More Conf
dent of Success.
PROGRAM OF TEE MEETING

pefS OF thelf proxies, Is now in Washing
ton ready for the meeting, which will con.
vene tomorrow morning, and they string
In and out of the rooms on the second
floor of the Arlington, which are presided
over by Chairman Harrity and Secretary
Sheerin, exchanging views on the party
cor ditions In their respective sections and
swapping suggestions as to how the party
lines may best be strengthened for the
coming campaign. AS they come into the
hotel or go out they are buttonholed by
alert and energetic Representatives of the
various cities which are contesting for the
honor and profit of holding the next demo-
cratic national convention, and plea'fel
with by each with eloquence that would
melt a maiden's heart if it were directed
toward such an object.
The result of all this lobbying upstairs
and down will be reached probably before
~ O'clock tomorrow night as it is the de-
sire of the national committee to get
through the business before it and get
away as soon as possible.
business of the Committee.
Chairman Harrty will call the full COM
mittee together in the banqueting hall OF
the Arlington tomorrow morning at II
o'clock, and an executive session viii fol-
low. The first business will be the organi-
Zation of the committee, and then the spe-
cial committee, consisting of Chairman Har.
rity of Pennsylvania, Senator German of
Maryland, E. c. Wall of Wisconsin, Bradley
B. Smalley of Vermont and Congressman
Ben. Cabie OF Illinois, appointed to consider
tne resolution introduced at the democratic
national conN ention in 1892 by Gen. Patrick
Collins Of Massachusetts,, will make its
report. The resolution provides that the
next democratic convention shall hold its
do W.,
tee held meeting last night and unani-
mouSly agreed to make an adverse report
on the resolution. The committee will adopt
Inls report and then proceed to fix the date
eral opinion of committeeman that the
Soth day of June will be selected After
settling this question the COMMITTEES will
nx the time to be granted to the represen-
oa .aaves OF the various cities which want the
convention, and the action of the republi-
can committee in .giving each city thirty
minutes will probably be followed. The
matter or issuing campaign book will be
had for lunch. III Nc
Fhe committee will reassemble in opon
session at 3 o'clock, to which newspaper
men ana the representatives of the cities
.sa1. uyaaipet,hs Tor the convention will be ad-
united by ticket. The speeches will occunv
about three hours. and, it is expected. bal
!offng will begin at @ o'clock. Unless there
is apparently no chance for the selection of
convention city to be made without MANY
ballots. the session will continue untii the
place is decided on.
New Workers Very Active.
/. New York's hosts held a meeting this
morning in John D. Crimmins' room at the
Arlington, and reports were received of the
work already done and plans formulated for
the rest OF the campaign. ST. Louis and
New York seem en- rapport in the prelim-
t10 III irv,Ni ich
tanned the Missourians yesterday evening,
and this morning the latter sent the
Gothamltes handsome vase of flowers.
Hence there are rumors in the air that when
the fight gets too hot for any one city to
win out that New York and st. Louis will
toss a penny to see which gets the full sum-
port of the friends of both.
John d. Crimmins, F. B. Thurber, James
W. O'Brien, Simeon Ford, proprietor of the
Grand Union Hotel, and John F.. Dillon
adaed their influence to that of the New
Ycrkers already here last night, and none
OF them saw a sheet or q pillow until /
O'Clock this morning. James II. Breslin of
the Gilsey House, robert Dunlop, the hat
ter, and other ardent Gothamites were also
ON hand, and wnen the ear of committee
man was discovered it was poured full
from drum to lobe with eloquent disserta-
tions on the merits of Manhattan Island
for convention purposes.
CIncinnatf's Big Four.
Cincinnati appeared on the scene this
morning with a delegation small, but in
fiuential. NJ. E. Ingalls,, president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, was in the van,
and with him were Thos. 3. Paxton, John
D. Fallett and A. D. Peck. Others are to
follow. Cincinnati has it's Headquarters on
the second floor Of the Arlington, and they
are VISITED by many committeeman and
other big guns In the democratic party ar
mament.
If the claims of all the representa- tiyes
OF the various cities are correct the COM
mhtee Will have to distend Itself consider
ably. as far as commercial strength is con-
cerned. New YORK today claims twenty
two votes pledged; St. Louis announces the
pc session OF nfteen; Cincinnati does not
hesitate to place the same figures on its
dle-ln-the-iast-ditch list, and the local men
VINO are Keeping up the Chicago end of the
sklrmsh smile significantly and say at
least twenty national committeeman will
vote for the windy city on the first ballot
Committeeman Talk Chicago.
prominent member of the committee,
who has been high In its councils for many
years, expressed regret that Chicago had
not some representatives on the ground
who would give some assurances about the
way Chicago could entertain the conven-
ton in case it was sent there
There are only two places in Chicago
whege the convention could be held" he
remarked, 1.-The Couseum and TattersalIs,
The Coliseum Is unnnisned, but 1t is SAID
1t will be competed by April 1. We would
like to have some assurance of this and on
otner points.
Il hardly think st. Louis would be an
appropriate selection" he continued 81
have no doubt that the convention Will be
called to meet en- the 3uth Of June, and it's
pretty hot IN st. Louis at that time Then,
again, it wouldn't be exactly the thing, in
my opinion, to go there, as we would be
regarded something In the nature OF a talI
to the republican kite. My experience
makes me regard the Music Hall IN Gin
cinnati as the most admirably adapted
place for a convention, but Cincinnatls
hotel accommodations are hardly equal to
the demands of a convention, and the
same holds good Of st. Louis. New York
would meet all the requirements, except
convenience Of location. l think if CHI
cago gave assurances that the convention
would not be run with a bludgeon 1t would
meet the approval of most of the commit
tee"
"Will there be any restrictions placed
upon admissions to the convention?'
Il think not. Anybody who knows the
ten commandments and holds q ticket, l
imagine, will be welcome
More of the Same Sort,
Another committeeman, who wouldn't
have his identity known for peck Of two