New-York tribune., 1896-01-14
VEW-YORK IS TIE PLACE.

The Democratic National Committee Is To meet
in WASHINGTON on Thursday Of this week Tor 'hc
nurpose of choosing Il place and date Tor 'ne
National Convention Of its party. Though II
voull not be extremely rash To assume W.'h"u'
arqumcnt that the candidates of that convention
will have 4 rather dismal time of il throughout
tho comnaicn and Il dreadful experience AT 'he
nous thc formality Of putting them in nominal
tion will have 10 be gone through with. ana as
nsuol If will be an interesting political function.
The delegates must meet somewhere, ana WHY
should they not meet in New-YorkE That Is
question which will be prOponndcd i'll an earnest
manner to the committee on Thursday hy inilu-
entail citizens Of the metropolis ana we nope
that il will be answered to their satisfaction.
The preliminary campaign in brlall "l New
York has been conducted with viG0r ana Skill
The leader of the movement has been our 'h'r-
cetic and patriotic contemporary. "Ihr New
York Herald" and we shall rejoice to give mat
journal the chief credit in case the committee
decides in favor of this city. Every Such enter
nrisa in order 10 be successful must he on a
sound financial basis. which in this instance
seems to have been provided. largely in conS'-
oucuce Of The Iicrad'S' promise to con'rinu'
$4,000 toward dcfraying the expenses of the
convention. if il is held here This munliicent
example has been initiated to such good ch''t
that the fund now amounts 10 more than H"''""'
Without definite knowledge of the matter we
should say that this WAS IA sufficient guarantee
of good faith. Moreov ~. II IS not money alone
that talks in this case Not nfrcqncntly efforts
IN commend New-Nork to the managers of i'm
nortaut undertakings have been rather feeble
and spiritlcss creating the impression lhAi 'hcre
WAS not much sincerity behind them For TINS
reason they have generally failed. and in failing
have perhaps left in the minds of many persons
living elsewhere a somewhat diSla.nful feeling
toward Ncw-York. We judge that this expert
enc. is not about TO be- repeated whatever con
clu,ion the committee may reach concerning he
conventon for the claims Of New-Nork have
been advocated thu, flr with warmth and force
and will bc presented to the committee in an
impressive manner. \ numerous delegation
from this city will he in Washington during the
ncxt three DAYS. prepared to make use Of all the
weighty arguments by which their contention J"
sustained 1t IS said that strong impression
has been made already upon influential m'mbcrS
Of the committee, and that the prospect bright
ems as the crisis approaches.
This is as il should he New-Nork contains IN
immense number of Democrats. whose natural
desire 70 have their Presidential ticket nom
mated here is entitled 10 respectful considcra-
ton. II contains also a host Of RcDublicli
who. if less enthusiastic about the matter, would
certainly give the convention a cordial welcome
and take good care Of it. 50 far as indlyldual
effort could contribute to that object. The Mad
ison Suuarc Garden is admirably adapted 10 III"
purposes Of such gathering and the hotel ac-
commodationS of the metropolis are flr ana
away the best in the country. II i an eStab'
Ished fact moreover, that the climate Of New
York In summer Is generally delightful. and that
no desirable resource Of solacc or diversion is
lacking Il is frequently said by the party lead
erS Of other States that they cannot understand
the politics Of New-Y ork. and ii is possible tha'
some Of them may be aycrSc to holding con
vcnton where the political situation seems 10
them mysterious. But we cannot consider this
a valid objection. ForccaSting the near future,
we think il safe to say that the Democratic Con
vcntion would be as well secured against the
influence Of clique or Il claque in this city as
II could be anywhere else Even if Ncw-lork
should develop fayoric son, Of which there j.
no strong prospect at this time, it would be a
difficult thing 10 pack the convention hall in his
interest However dense thciI ignorance and
dccp their distrust Of Ncw-Nork politics. dele
gates to the convention would be neither an
noycd nor capariatcd by their SURROUNDINGS
1t is our hope that the convention may be
called 20 meet in the metropolis, but we venture
to warn our fellow-ctZcns who are cndcavoring
TO accomplish that object that they are not the
only active and sanguine petitioners for the com
mjttees favor. Chicago is putting on a good
deal more steam, rs We are Informed, than she
did n few weeks ago when the Republican Na-
tional Convention was open 10 competition.
Moreover, there is -. Louis. whose feeling prob
ably is that two conventions are better than one.
and other cities. including several with Il record
for getting there" are understood 10 be doing
n large amount of quiet work. But NcW-lorE
is the right place, after all, for Democratic
Convention, and We rather expect 10 see the
committee taking that view Of the matter.