The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-17
CHICAGO MECCA OF THE CLANS
THE CONVENTION TO OPEN THERE
on JULY :.

g,renty-Nine Ballots Taken by the
NATIONAL Committee before the
rirbt Was settIed-The Final Bal
,ot stood Chicago 26, st. Louis "a
and Cincinnati lon the First Hal
1ot Chicago Had g Votes, Cincin-
,,ti II. New York II and st. Louis
80.
Washington, Jan. 16.-The democratic
-.,i,ral convention viii be held at Chi
lsro on July Z. Such was the decision
rs9.bsd on the twenty-ninth ballot by the
r,tfonal committee to-day after spir-
itsd contest in which Chicago won by a
hare majority, with st. Louis only two
votes behind
Ii was practically fight beteen the free
silver forces on the one hand and the
hard money men on the other. This state
msnt cannot be taken as literally correct,
for several silver men finally voted for
Chicago. while other votes were cast for
ST Louis by hard money men,
AS a matter of fact, the vote which Chi
cal0 received was, as Mr.. Smalley of Yer
mont expressed ii, "a natural one" mas
much as il was cast by the states lying
within the group known as the middle west
and the east. st. Louis vote might also
ha called equally natural since il came
mainly from the southwest and the west.
The free silver men, who were bitterly
hostile to New York, made st. Louis their
rallgmg point, and throughout the entire
twenty yninc ballots they were loyal TO the
citv Of their choice The splendid show
ing made by St Louis surprised the best
posted politicians at the Arlington hotel,
us Ill was believed last night and this
morning that she could not rally to exceed
fifteen or eighteen votes that she would
then drop out of the race and that the
fight would narrow down to Chicago ana
Cincinnati. That she did stay in the race
and in the concluding ballots steadily in
creased her strength shows how admfra-
bly, her forces We're disciplined.
New NOrk's poor showing did not sur
prise any one who was familiar with the
situation. II was not that New YOrk's
campaign was not cleVerly managed for
her delegation neglected no argument
that could secure her the support of the
committee. 1t was obvious yesterday af-
ternOon that she could not win, but her
representatives pluckily continued the
fight in the face of certain defeat.
Ii was thought that Cincinnati might
be the second choice of a sufficient num-
her Of members to secure the prize, but
this hope was not realized. At no time
during the day was Cincinnati a serious
competitor and at no time did she secure
more than twelve votes.
Chicago began with six votes, and it
was not until the fourteenth ballot that
she increased them to 10. She remained
practically at that figure until the twen-
teth ballot, when her strength was in
creased to IS. Again she stood practi-
cally stin until the 9th baks.t, when her
vote of r. in the preceding ballot was in
creased 10 20 At that time st. Louis,
which bad begun with 19, had q votes.
TO o.
It was then manifested that not only
had the fight narrowed down to Chicago
and St. Louis but that Chicago's steadily
increasing gains indicated her ultimate
victory This came on the 18th ballot,
when her vote of q on the 28th ballot
was increased by five, thus giving her a
bare majority and leaving St. Louis a
dangerous second with "a, while Cincin-
natl was reduced to !. New York Sc four
as did also one of Cincinnati's.
The states voting for Chicago on the
final ballot We're: Connecticut, Delaware,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachu-
setls, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New York, North Car
DINA, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Is
land, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Vest Virginia, Wisconsin, Alaska and
the District of Columbia.
Cincinnati had the one vote of Calvin
5. BrCe of Ohio.
st. Louis had the, votes Of Alabama,
Arkansas, California, Colorado Florida,
Iqaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey,
North Dakota South Carolina, Texas,
tain, Virginia, Washington, Wyom.~g,
Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and In
dian Territory
After the different cities had been put
IN nominauon this afternoon five ballots
men apparent, as the changes were imma-
teHal, that the contest would be long
Drawn out and a recess until $50 o'clock
was agreed upon The intervening time
Was utilized by the different cities in an
eRdeaVor to effect combinations favorable
70 themselves. A number of informal
conferences were speedily called, but they
We're IN most cases barren of results. Sen
ators Brice and German, for example,
Aad q consultation in Cincinnats head
quarters. Senator German favored New
senator
using his influence for Cincinnati. Each
JFed to win the other over without avail,
ana this conference, like many others,
came to naught. 1t was found that the
~ Louis contingent were as solid as a
rock and that no break could be made
ID their ranks.
Some of the Cincinnati men showed a
GiSposition to go to Chicago when it was
demonstrated that Cincinnati could not
WIN and similar sentiments were eX-
pressed by some Of the eastern men, VINO
We're supporting New York. On the
ulher hand, New York could not secure
an additional promise, nor could Cincin-
natl. 1t was then realized that the forces.
u lhe two cities last named would grad
Ut!-y dlsintegrate and that st; Louis
anu chicago would become the benehcl-
S!-e7- A hasty calculation showed that
~. Louis and Chicago would divide about
Ftli. on the vote, a circumstance Wnlcn
lent additional interest to the contest.
mat Chicago finally secured majority
was due in part to personal considera-
.loAs Certain members of the commit
were lQQlnefeHL as 10 Ine lOcdtlOu VI
the convention What they wanted par
leulary was a city where they could
M made more comfortable. The question
tAey asked themselves were whether these
CONDITIONS could be found more generally
~ sl Louis or in Chicago. They decided
NiaoagO possessed superior advantages IN
Jae matter of hotels and this undoubted-
y influenced a sufficient number to give
lAe Lake City the majority. 1t is also
serted that the strong support which
sAr s.Iver men gave to St Louis created
d prejudice against that place among GER
saAl OF the sound money men, who voted
IQf Chicago, not because they cared es-
ly for the Illinois metropolis, but
5e they were determined not to
J'n forces with their free silver oppon-
l@ { was not until nearly Il o'clock
-tl the final and decisive ballot was
aSan Some of the New York men at
oIs packed their grips and returned home
oA The night train A majority of the
l enuon visitors win leave tomorrow,
a. all OF the number will doubtless take
'lea departure Saturday.
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