Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-15
Struggle to Secure the National Re-
publican Convention.
MEETING OF TEE COMMITTEE TODAY
Orators Urge the Claims Of Their
Respective Localities.
TRIBUTE TO MIR. HOBART

Sembled in executive session at the Airing
| ton at 10 o'clock this morning. Delega
| tions representing the several cities seek
| ing the national convention were in at
| tendance in the parlors awaiting an oppor-
| tunity to present their formal arguments
| in support of their claims. During the en-
tire morning there was some active cleo
tioneering among the members of the ma
| tional convention. Many of the workers
| did not get to bed at all last night, while
many others did not get more than two or
| three hours sleep during the night.
/ AT the hour of the assembling of the ma
| tonal committee there was very strong
| Philadelphia talk, and the opinion was very
| widely expressed that Philadelphia would
| get the convention, and it was almost uni
| versalIy conceded that the contest lay be-
| tween Philadelphia and Chicago.
| The national committee, after an eXecu-
| tive session of nearly three-quarters of an
/ hour, threw open the doors of the meeting
| room for the admission of the delegations
| representing the cities asking for the con-
| vention. Meanwhile an order of business
| had been adopted, allowing one hour to
! each city presented.
| On taking the chair a the opening of the
| executive session Mr.. Hanna made a short
| speech, graduating the committee on
| the success of its work in SO, and said that
! he had received more than his share of
praise for the work. and as this was the
| first time the committee had come together
| since the campaign, he wanted to divide
the praise among the members OF the COM
mittee, for each member was entitled to
share He said that when chosen chairman
i he did not realize the extent of the task
| before him.
ChicaGo's Claim.
In the call OF states for the presentation
| of cities Chicago came first.
Mr.. J. P. Raymond, who was Chicago's
first speaker, exhibited to the committee
Ira Wi Of he
Chicago and recited the many advantages
claimed for Chicago in the way of hotel ac-
commOdations, railroad and telegraph IA
cilitieS, and general comforts. He said that
Chicago had been the place of holding so
| many conventions that every member of
! the committee knew what a fine place Chi
| cago
Mr. George w Miller said in advocating
! the claim of Chicago that the name of
| Chicago had since 96 been attached to a
| party platform which was the embodiment
! of economic hereSy and political dtShOnor-
The Chicago people. therefore, wanted to
| have a platform adopted in Chicago next
year which would associate the name of
the city hereafter with national horor,
progress and prosperity. He declared that
Illinois mad a candidate for the presidency,
| if that were reason for the convention
not going to Chicago; but the candidate
| was not an 1l1nolsan, but from the sister
state of Ohio.
This was greeted with applause. Mr..
| John S. Miller, the next speaker for Chl-
| CagO, made an earnest talk Iull OIL enlllu-
siasm for Chicago and the republican
party.
ST. Louis Makes Bid.
| When Missouri was reached in the call
| Of states the name of ST. Louis was pre-
sented by ex-Mayor Walbridge of that city.
| He produced laugh at the outset by stat
| ing in apology for not having a large dele
| cation. that they had left some OF their
| people at home. After outlining the at
| tractive features of St Louis. asserting
/ that the accommodations for a convention
| were better even than in 1896, he said, with
| reference to protestations of loyalty to Nc
| Kinley made by the Chicago speakers. that
| support of Mckinley was not patentable
/ but that If 1t We're St. Louis would hold the
| patent by right Of prior use.
| Ex-Mayor Walbridge was followed by ex-
| Representative Frank, who recalled TO the
| committee that the present great national
| administration had been started IN 81.
| Louis and asked that st. Louis be given
| the honor of being the place of Mckinney
second. as it was of his first, nomination
Mr. Dubois, a democrat, was the last
| semblage to prolonged laughter and ap-
| plause by stating that every man, woman
| and child of ST. Louis would receive the
convention with open arms.
! Depew for New York.
Senator Depew was the first speaker for
| New York. He said in part:
| The first considerations in selecting
|
quent methods of communication New
| York is eminent}y equipped beyond all
| other cities in this respect. t1fty or one
| hundred thousand additional visitors make
| no impression upon it's hotel accommoda-
| tions These accommodations are OF the
| variety to meet every pocket and every
taste. They are from the Mills Hotel 10
| the Waldorf-Astoria. The conformation or
| the CITY is sucn that the hotel district lies
| within a limited area. BY the elevated and
! surface roads all the hotels are within easy
| communications, epd WITHIN thlrly minutes
OF each other. Madison Square Garden ac-
| commodities, without crowding, 1880 peo-
| pie, and is also SC centrally situated as TO
| be within easy ana convenient access Aroiii
| the city hotels.
| This convention will probably be in ses-
| sion a fewer number of days than any of
| its predecessors The ticket will be nomi-
| mated by acciamation. There is no division
| of sentiment in party, as to who
| shall head it. The wisdom and statesman
| ship of President Mckinley have satisfied
| the party and the country, so that he Will
| receive the immediate and unanimous no1ni-
nation of the convention, and that choice
| will Just as certainly be ratified by the
| people. By the time the convention meets
| The choice for Vice President will be equal
! " clear. We shall have the unique, inter-
esting and inspiring spectacle OF great
| party going before the people without any
OF the jealousies or the acrimonies or heart
burnings of defeated convention candi-
| dates The platform Is already formulated
in the minds, not only Of the party leaders,
but of the voters of the country. 1t will
point to an uneXampied record of pledges
| fulfilled. Of the beneficent results of repub
ucap policies and extraordinary prosperity.
Its key note will be gold and gloryy-gold,
the standard which, once fixed beyond
| question, has given US the first rank
among commercial nations, and the glory
| of our arms, which has made us world
power and opened for the enormous sur
plus of our fields and factories distant, ex-
| haustiess and remuneraHVe markets.
| The presence of the convention in New
| York city would have an inspiring effect
upon the greatest of our states, whose cleo
toraI vote has so often turned the scale of
| the presidency. 1t will also give renewed
| enthusiasm to the republicans of Connecti-
cut on the one side, and of New Jersy on
the other who have rescued from free sill
yer these ordinarily democratic states.
| Lieut.. Gov. Woodruff.
Senator Depew having amused and en-
tertained the committee in his accustomed
manner, Lieut.. Gov Woodruff pointed out
| in carefully prepared speech the advan-
tages which he thought New York had
| over all other claimants to the convention.
| Mr.. Simeon Ford. president of the Hotel
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