The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-16
CONVENTION GOES
TO PHILADELPHIA
Republicans Hill Meet in the Quaker
City June 10.
MKlNLEY FOR PRESIDENT
Resolution Passed to Reduce RepreSon-
tation in Congress.
WILL EFFECT SOUTHERN STATES
Chicago Lost the Big Meeting by One
Vote The Quakers in Waiting
Cheered When the Final Re-
suit Was Announced
M'KlNLEY FOR PRESIDENT
WILL EFFECT SOUTHERN STATES

Washington, December 15-The republican
national convention will be held at Phila-
delphia on Tuesday June 10, next. The
place and date were decided upon by the
national republican committee today after
a friendly contest for the honor of enter
tanning the convention between the city Sc
lected-Chicago, st. Louis and New York.
The meeting of the committee was held at
the Arlington hotel and was presided over
by Senator Hanna, tho chairman of the
committee. Forty-three of the forty-five
states and the six territories were repre-
sented.
The proceedings throughout were enthus-
iastic and harmonious, every speech that
mas made emphasizing the fact that Pres!-
dent Mckinley will be renominated by the
convention will be in effect simply ratin-
cation meeting. The claims of the several
cities were represented by distinguished
visitors in open session.
The balloting occurred in the afternoon
behind closed doors. On the first ballot
Philadelphia received 13 votes, Chicago %,
New York and st. Louis .. On the second
ballot the contest narrowed down to Phia-
delphia and Chicago. The New York votes
went to Philadelphia and the st. Louis vote
was split between the city of brothery love
and the Windy City OF the lake.
An amusing incident occurred in connec-
ton with this ballot. After it was con-
cluded and announced as Philadelphia 25
and Chicago %, T. N. Jameson, the ma
tional committeeman from Illinois, sudden
ly discovered that in the excitement he had
forgotten to vote. He demanded that the
vote should be recast and this accordingly
was done, but it did not change the result.
Chicago gaining only the vote of the COM
mitteeman from Illinois. Philadelphia won
by the narrow margin of one vote.
Immeditely upon the announcement the
Quaker City boomers who had been waiting
in the lobby broke out into ringing cheers
and the hotel was soon given up to their
jubilations.
Later many of them went to the white
house and called upon the president.
AS the ballot was secret there is no rec
ord of the city for which each committee
man voted
VIII Re tld juno 10
It was the desire of the leaders at the
meeting today that the convention should
be held June y, and that date would have
been selected had 1t not been that 1t con-
fcted with the date of the Rhode Island
elections. June was then selected, but the
date was reconsdered and changed to the
18th in the hope and belief before that date
congress will have adjourned.
After the time and place had 1een selected
the committee considered briefly a request
from Delaware that the committee take
some action to straighten out the factional
fight in that state to prevent two contest
ing delegations from appearing from that
state. The committee decided that 1t had
no jurisdiction. The chairman was author
lied to appoint a subcommittee of five to
make arrangements for the convention.
Also a committee of three to prepare and
distribute literature. Chairman Hanna and
Secretary Dick were made ex-officio men,
bers of all sub-commit ees. Messrs Manly,
of Maine; Long, of Florida, and Simon, of
Oregon, were appointed subcommittee to
consider the election of delegates in the
District of Columbia.
To Reduce Representation
Cyrus Leland, of Kansas, offered the fol-
lowing resolution. which went over under
the rules:
Whereas, the constitution of the United
States provides that representatives shall
be apportioned among the several states ac-
cording to their respective numbers, count
ing the whole number of persons in each
state. excluding Indians not taxed. But
when the right to vote at any election of
the choice of electors for president and
yice-president' of the United States, repre-
sentatives in congress, the executive and
judicial officers of a state or tie members
of the legislature thereof is denied to any
of fhe male inhabitants of such state being
q years old and the citizens c- re United
States or in any way abridge~ except Tor
participation in rebellion or either crime
the basis of representation therein snail be
reduced in the proportion which Jhe number
of such male citizens shall bear to the
whole number of male citizens Fl years of
age in such state. -
Resolved, That the republican national
committee respectfully petition congress to
reduce the representation in the house of
representatives of the congress of the
United States in any state which has in
force laws denying to any of the male in
habitants or in any way abridging the right
to vote as provided in federal section of the
constitution.
Adjournment was taken until IL o'clock
tomorrow morning wnen the Payne resolu-
ton for changing the system of representa-
ton will be brought up for consideration
At o'clock tomorrow morning the COM
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