The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-19
QUAKER CITY
JUNE 19.
Place and Time Of Republican
National Convention.
PHILADELPHIA LED BY ONE vOfE.
Chicago Was a Close second-Psyne Res
olution For Change In Representation
Not TO BE Pressed-Resolutions In Mem
ory of Hobart Were Adopted.

WASHING NOTION, Dec. 16.-The Repub.
lican national convention will be held
at Philadelphia on Tuesday, June 10
next. The place and date were decided
upon by the national Republican com.
mittee after friendly contest for the
honor of entertaining the convention
between the city selected, Chicago, st.
Louis and New York.
The meeting of the committee was
held at the Arlington hotel and was
presided over by Senator Hanna, the
chairman of the committee. Forty
three of the 45 states and each of the six
territories were represented. Senator
Foraker, proxy for Charles l.. Kurtz,
the national committeeman from Ohio,
and Senator Wolcott, proxy for j. f.
Saunders of Colorado, being the only
absentees. In addition to the commit
tee many of the big wigs of the Repub-
hcan party were in attendance. The
proceedings throughout were enthusi-
astic and harmonious, every speech that
was made emphasizing the fact that
President Mckinley will be renomi-
mated and that the convention will be in
effect simply q ratification meeting. The
claims of the rival cities were presented
session.
The balloting occurred behind closed
doors. Upon the first ballot Philadel-
phia received 13 votes, Chicago 20. New
York and st. Louis 8. On the second
ballot the contest narrowed to Phila-
delphia and Chicago. The New York
votes went to Philadelphia and the ST..
Louis vote was split between the City
of Brotherly Love and the Windy City
of the lakes. After the vote was con-
cluded and announced as Philadelphia
% and Chicago %, Mr.. Il. N. Jameson.
the national committeeman from Illi-
nois, discovered that he had forgotten
to vote. He demanded that the vote
should be recast, Chicago gaining only
the vote of the committeeman from
Illinois. Philadelphia won by the mar
row margin of one vote. Imme-
dietely upon the announcement the
Quaker City boomers who had been
waiting in the lobby broke out in ring
ing 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
record of the city for which each COM
mitteeman voted. 1t was the desire Of
the leaders at the meeting that the con-
vention should be held June IL, and
that date would have been selected had
it not been that it conflicted with the
date of the Rhode Island elections.
June was then selected, but the date
was reconsidered and changed TO the
10Th in the hope and belief that before
that date congress will have adjourned.
The committee decided that it had no
| jurisdiction in the factional trouble in
Delaware.
After the Delaware case had been dis
posed Of, the chairman was authorized
to appoint subcommittee of five to
make arrangements for the convention,
also committee of three to prepare and
distribute literature. Chairman Hanna
and Secretary Dick were made ex-ofticio
members of all subcommittee.
The Payne resolution for the reappor-
| tionment Of delegates to the national
Republican convention on the basis of
the Republican vote cast in the states
and territories will not be pressed at this
meeting of the national committee. Up
to last night Mr.. Payne, the author,
had fully intended to offer the resolu-
tion today and to urge it's adoption, but
after conference with the president at
the White House last night, at which
| Secretary Dick and Governor Nash OF
Ohio were present, he decided to aban-
don the effort to have it acted on at this
meeting. Much opposition had devel-
Oped to the proposed change and the
conclusion reached was that it was mex.
pedient to push the matter at this time.