St. Paul daily globe., 1896-01-15
CONTEST FOR THE DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION BEGINS IN EAR
NEST.
CROWDiNG TO WASHINGTON.
DELEGATES ALREADY ON HAND
AND MANY MORE ON THE
WAY.
STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE EAST.
CoI!ins7 Resolution Against the Ad-
mission Of Outsiders TO the Con-
vention Is Lost.

WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe strug-
gle of the cities contending for the
honor of holding the next national
Democratic convention has begun in
earnest. and from now until the mem
bers Of the national committee decide
or their preference there will be no
cessation of the hard work. which
commenced practically today. OF the
four cities which will make a strong
fight for the convention, but two, New
York and ST. Louis, are now at the
front. The Chicago and Cincinnati
cOntingents are expected tomorrow
Nearly all the st. Louis delegation
are here. The members of the nation
al committee are beginning to arrive,
and seventeen Of the fifty-one have
reported their presence to Secretary
Sheerin. A big crowd surgd through
the corridors of the Arlington tonight,
and a good deal of hard, quiet work
was being done. A number of mem
bers of congress added their presence
to the throng and gave their influence
to the cities of their choice. Chicago'S S
headquarters are under the direction
Of Benjamin RosenthaI and l.. H. Lei
ter. Members of the Chicago delega-
ton in congress, prominent among
whom was Senator Palmer, were in
attendance during the evening, as was
also Interstate Commerce Commission
er Morrison. The New York delegates
have been very Industrious during the
day, and are hopeful tonight that their
efforts may find fruit in victory. A
general feeling of satisfaction that st.
Louis has a good show to capture the
convention repOseS in the bosomS OF
the gentlemen from that city. Among
today's arrivals in the st. Louis del
egatiOn were Frank Canine, Charles
w. Knapp, of the Republic; John j.
Martin, c. G. RainWater, S. M. Ken
nard, mayor of the city; w. ]. Stone,
C. P. Walbridge and others. This aft
ernoon the delegation held meeting
and compared notes as to what had
been done and to map out a plan of
work for the future.
AFFAIRS OF THE PARTY.
There have been numerous confer
ences during the day among Demo-
cratic leaders and committeeman, es-
pecially with reference to the general
condition Of the party in the various
states. Chairman Harrity, Don NJ.
Dickinson and Hugh G. Wallace, the
latter a member from Washington
state, conferred at lunch today rela-
tive to the prospects, of the party in
the far West In the last campaign
Mr.. Wallace was largely entrusted
with the management of the campaign
in the far West, and has since kept
watch Of the party interests. He in
dicated that the Western men
would not favor under any circum-
stances the location of the convention
in the East, and expressed the belief
that nearly all the committeeman from
that section would vote for either St
Louis or Chicago The subcommittee
of the executive committee, composed
of five members, held brief meeting
tonight. The principal matter acted
on was to unanimously resolve to re-
port to the full committee against the
Collins resolution to restrict the at
tendance of outsiders at the national
convention. The same rules that have
governed the attendance at the preVi-
Gus conventions will be in force at
the next one. It was agreed to call
the full national committee together at
II o'clock Thursday morning, and the
hearing of delegates interested will
begin at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.