St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-17
CHICAGO THE SPOT
JULY THE DATE OF THE DEMO-
CRATIC NATIONAL CON.
VENTION.
TOOK TWENTY-NINE BALLOTS.
THE LAKE CITY THE
VICTORY.
SPEAKERS FROM -FOUR CITIES
Entertaining the Delegates
Collins, Resolution Killed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The Demo-
cratic national convention will be held
at the city Of Chicago on July T. That
was the decision reached today by the
national Democratic committee, after
an interesting and at times exciting
session, which continued until II o'clock
tonight. There was considerable diff
ference Of opinion as to the time for
holding the convention. One PROPOSE
tion, advanced by Allen W. Thurman,
Of Ohio, who held the proxy Of the
New Mexico member, was to hold it
June Z, two weeks before the Repub-
lican convention, and the other by
Hugh Wallace, of Washington state,
to hold it July 7. The committee de-
cided on the latter date by a vote of
32 to Is. The main interest, Of course,
centered in choice of the convention
city. For this honor there were four
applicants-Chicago, st. Louis, Cincin-
natl and New York The speeches
made by distinguished citizens in each
instance were Of a high order of ex-
cellence, and at times aroused the
greatest enthusiasm. The balloting
began about o'clock this evening, and
from the first a long and bitter strug-
gle was indicated. The first ballot re-
suited: Chicago, 6; Cir cinnati, IL; ST.
Louis, 10; New York, ii. There was
practically no change, except slight
fuctuation of a vote or two, until the
tenth ballot, when Chicago ~eegan
gradually to increase her vote at the
expense Of New York At the twen-
tieth ballot New York's strength was
rapidly disintegrating, her vote going
almost bodily to Chicago. But st.
Louis, which had tenaciously clung
to her 19 votes, also captured several of
Cincinnati's votes, and on the ballot
before the last led New York by 1
vote. On the last ballot, the twenty
ninth, which was taken shortly before
IL o'clock, the four remaining votes of
New York were thrown to Chicago, and
she obtained the necessary plurality.
Senator Brice voted for Cincinnati to
the last. An examination Of the vote
by states shows that ST. Louis had
practically the solid support of the free
silver votes in the committee.
FIXED THE DATE.
The committee assembled behind
closed doors at II o'clock to transact
some executive business. There were
present William F. Harrity, Pennsyl-
vania; S. P. Sherrin, Indiana; II. D.
Clayton, Alabama; ex-Gov. Francis,
Arizona; William Rose, Arkansas; NJ.
F. Tarfrey, California; Charles F.
Thomas, Colorado; Carlos French, Con-
necticut; B. c. Vandergrift Delaware;
Samuel Pasco, Florida; Clark Howell,
GaOreiG FRO nlx w Tnona Idaho.
T. Gable, Illinois; ]. J. Richardson,
Iowa; Charles w. Blair, Kansas; T. H.
Shorley, Kentucky; James Jeffries,
Louisiana; Arthur Sewell, Maine; A.
P. German, Maryland; John w. Cor
coran, proxy for Josiah Quincy, Mas
sachusetts; d. J. Campan, Michigan;
M. Doran, Minnesota; c. B. Bowery,
mississippi J. G. Prathor, Missouri;
A. j. Davidson, Montana; Tobias Cas-
tor; Nebraska; B. P. Keating, Nevada;
A. W. Suddoway. New Hampshire;
han, New York; M. w. Ransom, North
Carolina; w. C. Lestikow, North Da-
kota; c. S. Brice, Ohio; E. D. Mckee,
Oregon; S. r. Honey, Rhode Island; E.
L. Donaldson, South Carolina; James
M. Goods, South Dakota; Holmes Cum
mings, Tennessee; r. Q. Mills, proxy
for o. T. Holt, Texas; Bradley P. Small
ley, Vermont; Basil Gordon Virginia;
II. C. Wallace, Washington; E. c. Wall,
Wisconsin,; w. L. Kuykendall, Wy
oming; w. S. Nieman, proxy, Alaska;
guson, New Mexico; L. T. Niblack,
proxy for 7. M. Richardson, Oklahoma:
Caleb West, proxy for S. A. Merritt,
Utah, and Robert L. Owen, Indian Ter
ritory.
The committee promptly took up the
question of the date for holding the
convention. and the issue was soon
sharply defined by two motions, one to
hold June Z, and the other that it be
held July 7. The vote on the date re-
suited 80 to / in favor of July 7, and
was taken after little discussion, in
which considerable difference of opin-
ion developed. The resolution of Pat
rick Collins, Of Massachusetts, offered
in the convention of 1892, that the next
notional convention be held behind
closed doors, was reported adversely by
the subcommittee, to which it was re-
ferred, and the report was adopted
unanimously.
THIRTY MINUTES EACH.
It was decided. to give each city
thirty minutes in which to present
its claims this afternoon, but new
departure was made by the adoption
of a resolution requiring each city to
put its guarantees in writing. This
was to prevent misunderstanding in
the future. Senator Morgan, who held
a proxy of Mr.. Clayton Of Alabama,
talked for some time about a PROPOSE
tion to change the basis Of representa-
tion in the convention to two delegates
for each Democratic representative in
congress, two for each Democratic
senator and one for each Republican
senator and representative. But he
offered no motion to this effect. He
may bring the situation up at the con-
vention. 1t was decided to allow each
territory six delegates, after which the
committee took recess until 8 O'clock.
The committee reconvened at 8
o'clock. The rooms were profusely dec
GRATED with American flags and there
was a vast throng of visitors. admitted
by ticket, many of them among the
most distinguished Democrats in the
country. Quite a number Of Demo-
cratic senators and almost half the
Democratic members of the lower
house We're present. a few ladies were
in the parlors. Before the speeches
began boutonnieres Of red carnations
were presented to the members of the
press with the compliments Of the city
of Cincinnati BY direction of Chair
man Harrity the roll of states was
called and the f(,11r citiac Ch;oo-o