The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-25
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MIN TIL ANNUAL.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF RE-
PUBLICAN LEAGUE CLUBS.
Nearly Every State in the Union, it
is Said, VIII Be Represented
Business May Be Concluded To-
morrow.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 24-The
indications tonight are that when the
national convention of Republican
League clubs is called to order in ninth
annual session at 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning by President McAIpin, nearly
every state in the Union will be repre-
sented. Delegations have been coming
in all day, and tonight the hotels pre-
sent quite am ante-convention appear
ance. Many of them have opened state
headquarters at the Pfister and Plank
linton, and the canvass for the presi-
dency for the ensuing year is being ac-
lively waged. This and the contest over
the selection of the place for the next
meeting, are really the only matters of
interest to engage the attention of dele
gates.
There is nothing to show that the at
tendance of visitors from abroad will
unduly tax the accommodations or hos
pitality of the city. Owing to the
DEMANDS OF THE CAMPAIGN
and the holding of several state con-
ventions this week, many public men
and politicians who would otherwise
have been present will not De here, and
the list of speakers arranged for the
edification of the convention is notable
chiefly for the omission of prominent
leaders of the party.
The. members of the national commit
tee located at Chicago in charge of the
campaign-Messrs. Payne of Wisconsin,
Dawes Of Illinois, Durbin of Indiana
and Cummings of Iowa-will be here in
the morning, and several of them will
address the meeting Wednesday night
Ex-senator Spooner, of this state is
also expected in the morning to take
part in the convention
! The contest for president is still an
open affair, and no candidate is likely
to 60 into the balloting with a com
man<ling lead. Charles U. Gordon of
Illinois who is being championed by
Committeeman Dawes and who.
whether rightly or wrongly, is credited
with being the choice of the national
campaign managers is the favorite to-
night, with D. D. Woodmansee of Ohio
a close second. The latter has the sup
port of the Ohio and Indiana delega-
tions.
GENERAL McALPIN
is credited with being unwilling to ac-
cept another term, but his state delega-
ton and other eastern men will urge
his name upon the convention. 1t has
been the policy of the league to give
its president a reelection. Mr.. Clark
son, Senator Thurston and w. W.
Tracy, each served two years. A new
candidate appeared in the field this
afternoon in R. r. Conway of Iowa,
president of the league of that state.
and the public printer of Iowa.
The Hawkeye delegation has been
credited as supporters of Nebraska s
candidate, John L. Webster of Omaha,
but at their meeting today decided to
ask the honor of the presidency for
their own state. There is no opposition
to the reelection OF M J. bowling as
secretary.
Half dozen cities want to entertain
the next convention-Portla Oregon;
Omaha, New Orleans, Boston, Chat
tanooga and Detroit. The choice will
depend largely upon the outcome of the
fight for the presidency. If that goes
/ east, the convention will probably go
west. and vice versa.
THE BUSINESS OF THE CoNvEN-
will probably be concluded at Wednes-
| days session.
Secretary M. J. Bowling reported to
! the executive committee, at meeting
J held tonight, the result of the year S
work and the plans of the league in
the present campaign. All the bills
contracted for by the present com
mittee together with few small liabili-
| ties incurred by their predecessors,
have been met, and a clean balance
sheet will be turned over to their
/ successors. For the first time in the
history of the national league the
organization has been sustaining
The National Republican campaign
committee have organized a league
bureau as one of its adjuncts, and
| Mr.. Bowling has been placed In charge
I a headquarters at Chicago. He will
supervise the distribution of all league
literature, and direct all matters per-
tanning to league work. sAs soon as
/ practicable after the adjournment of
the present convention, branch
| bureau will be established at head
quarters in New York in connection
with the work in that section of the
/ country. Within the past year, the
organization of Republican league
clubs has been extended into
EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY
in the Union. and representatives will
be present at this convention, Mr.
Downing states, from every state and
territory except some of the southern
states The reason for their absence, he
! said, was that the railroads in that
part of the country refused to make
special ra-es.
There is at present in national head
! quarters a list of every club in the
United States with the local organiza-
ton They number, Mr. Bowling
stated, more than 10000 and the aver
j age membership is upward of 100, in
dicating a total enrolment of over
1 2,00O,0 600 voters in these organizations.
Under the auspicies of the league a
poll is being made, chiefly in the viii
I lagos and towns, giving names and
postoffice addresses of boilers from
/ the two parties-Democrats who have
announced their intention to vote for
] Mckinley and Republicans for Bryan.
Mr.. bowling says the reports thus far
received show that the Democratic
! boilers for Mckinley outnumber the
Republican boilers for Bryan by about
% per cent.
Sam ]. Kenyon is again buying city
warrants.
Drink Wa-sat-ka; it cures Indigestion.