The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. May 10.-Nearly 900 Har-
ward students will meet in mock convention
next Monday afternoon and nominate candl-
dates for the Presidency. Every state and
Territory In the Union, and tho District OF
Columbia, will be- represented. Each state Is
allowed TO send half ms many delegates ns II has
Representatives In Congress. New York will
lend, with seventeen, while several OF the West
crn States will he entitled to but one or two.
The iden of the mock Convention was origl-
mated some week ago by the Forum. n prominent
debating society at Harvard. II. Friedberg OF
Kansas city. Kan, n member OF the Forum and
OF the present senior class, has been largely In
s'rumental IN pcrfectiug arrangements for the
coming Convention. One man from each state
and Territory was first appointed to act as hend
delegate by committees OF Republicans and
Democrats. The head delegates made n list OF
the men from their respective States to serve
IA delegates. From this list the commit
toes for Republican nnl Democratic delegates
selected tho number TO which each state was
entitled. This was done in order that ench
state should have an equal quota Of Rcpub-
llcnns and Democrats. In all ISIS delegates
coming Convention. Idaho and Wyoming are
not represented Mt Harvard by any student. A
New s York mar Tiil rcprSsen en- Wyoming m while
another Eastern man.
In the New YORK delegation several we'll
Ni'NN " bhiII'N hIlf'Is Es l1OlllSNtIs NUt HhlI-
mile runner, is chairman. Other delegates are
Joseph II. Choats. Jr.. son Of the great LAWYER:
Appeals; Cornelius Bliss, Jr, of the family Of
bankers: Austin Corhin, Jr., son OF the railway
ss%"4s, son a Il sSc n g%y" Eari H sssn4s. and IiFF +, f.
Herman. son OF the Labor Commissioners John
p. Herman. In the Ohio delegation, are
= Big Four" railroad. and Fletcher
james jUEt NJ. Perkins Of Vermont viii be SS chosen
Chairman OF the Convention. Mr.. Perkins is n
Harvard, and was last month. elected President
Of the Republican College League. He was
formerly or yoR private y @e sosSrstaTy 70, to Isnator Iloar;
School. The order OF business will first
be tho report .f the Committee on Reso-
After debate on these resolutions nomi-
RepnblicsRns W. 3 YoungRap. chairman Of the
Republican Committee on Resolutions. will
,he o,h fef R ftT5 ibHIfSsn' s]p ms wm. e ). f +. WS9re by
President Of the Harvard Tnion, w. NJ. Gard-
LauGhlin, ex.Pres!dent Of the Union. and y. Il.
Reed, and Mckinley are the Republican t,aindii,.
The Democrats will follow with their rcsolu-
tions. a sharp fight Is expected in the Demo
SON Of GOV, stoae Of Missouri, IS the advocate Tte" Of
free silver. The Rold-standard men, headed by
nj., tTled6 oSan,s are W Son b d OF f, 1 rNl fgru 'he II
Chairman Of the Democratic Committee on
Resolutions. !. =. Bryan of Virginia and H..
Friodberg Of Kansas will speak on the resolu-
tons. and will support the present Adj
ministration. whitney. Carlisle. Bnvard.
and Russell are the Democratic candidates
for the Presidency. New York is strong for
Whitney, while Massachusetts Is for Russell.
A hot fight is expected between the New York
and the Massachusetts, forces. Nominating
sneeches will he made for tho Democrats by
Fletcher Dobyns OF Ohio. President of the lIar-
ward Forum: c. Guth OF Iowa. II. f.. Addison Of
Illinois. J. :. Bryan of virginia. w. Howe of
Louisiana. and II. Schurz OF New York.
The Convention will be held in the lecture
room OF the new Fogg Art Museum. Some com
plant has been made because the faculty re-
fused to allow the Convention to be held in San
ders Theatre. the largest and best equipped
place for u meeting of this sort in Cambridge.
Sanders Theatre seats about 1000 people.
while tho lecture room in the Fogg Art Museum
cannot accommodate more than 500. The en-
barge on Sanders Theatre is said to be due TO
the fact that Mt n similar meeting held In this
place four years aEo pIndcmonium reigned.