Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-16
OUAKERS WIN BY one VOTE
Philadelphia to Entertain Republican Ma
tional Convention June 10, Next.
MKlNLEYS RsMOMINA1IoN IS CONCEDED
Senator Hanna Prcsidcs over National
Committee-Forty- states
and All the Territories
Represented.

Represented.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.--The republican
| national convention will be held at Phla-
| 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 and Chicago, st. Louis and New
| York.
The meeting of the committee was held
at the Arlington hotel and was presided
over by Senator Hanna, chairman of the
committee. Forty-three of the forty-fve
states and each of the territories were rep
| resented, Senator Foraker, proxy for
/ Charles l.. Kurtz the national committee
man from Ohio, and Senator Wolcott, proxy
! for j. f. Saunders of Colorado, being the
| only absentees
| The proceedings throughout were enthusi-
astic and harmonious, every speech that
! was made emphasizing the fact that Presi
! dent Mckinley will be renominated and
the convention will be in effect simply
ratification meeting. The claims of the rival
/ cities were presented by distinguished citi-
zens of each in open session. The ballotlng
! occurred in the afternoon behind closed
doors.
! Upon the first ballot Philadelphia received
1S votes; Chicago, 20; New York, Z; st.
Louis, g.
| On the second ballot the contest narrowed
| to Philadelphia 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. An
amusing incident occurred in connection
with this ballot. After it was concluded
n onnn alnht hi
cago 49, T. N. Jameson, the national COM
mitteeman from Illinois, suddenly discovered
that in the excitement he had forgotten
to vote. He demanded that the vote should
be recast and this was accordingly done,
but it did not change the result, Chicago
| gaining only the vote of the committeeman
from Illinois. Philadelphia won by the
narrow margin of one vote.
Call on the President.
| Immediately upon the announcement the
Quaker City boomers who had been wait
! ing in the lobby broke out in ringing cheers
/ and the hotel was soon given up to their
| jubiaticns. Later, many of them went to
! the White House and called upon the pres
| ident. 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 of the
/ held June IL and that date would have been
selected had not it confiicted with the date
| of the Rhode Island elections. June S
was then selected, but the date was recon-
| sidered and changed to the 10Th In the hope
and belief that before that date congress
| will have adjourned.
| After the time and place had been selected
| the committee considered a request from
| Delaware that the committee take some
action to straighten out the factional fight
! in that state to prevent two contesting dele
| cations appearing from that state. The
| committee decided it had no jurisdiction.
| After the Delaware case had been disposed
of the chairman was authorized to appoint
a subcommittee of five to make arrange
ments for the convention: also, commit
| tee to prepare and distribute literature.
! Chairman Hanna and Secretary Dick were
made x-officio members of all subcommit-
tees.
Messrs. Manley of Maine, Long of Florida
| and Simon of Oregon were appointed sub
committee to consider the election of dele
gates in the district of Columbia.
Adjournment was taken until IL o'clock
| tomorrow, when the Payne resolution for
changing the system of representation will
be brought up for consideration.
At . o'clock tomorrow the committee will
call on the president to pay their respects
| to him in body.
Resolutions in Memory of Hobart.
The republican national committee today
adopted the following resolution in memory
of Vice President Hobart
The republican national committee as
| sembles under conditions which cause
poignant grief; II mourns the death of one
who was its distinguished associate in the
years which have passed and who died
second only in position of honor, rank and
station in this country-Garret A. Hobart
{, of New Jersey, late vice president of the
| United States.
For nearly twenty years this committee
enjoyed his wise counsel and his unfaiiing
support in every emergency His judg-
ment was always sound, and his tact and
! discretion unerring.
privilege to be associated with him in any
capacity. There was no spot or blemish on
his pure private life: and the nations SYM
pathles have gone out to those whom he
has left bereaved. Not even whisper was
ever heard against him in his long political
career. He was a sturdy republican and
gave and took hard blows in many polit-
ical fight. He never avoided an issue, nor
the respect and esteem of his political OPP
ponents In almost equal degree with the de-
voted loyalty, S,, of his I,Ie friends Enemies he
! His great heart was never closed to any
just appeal for aid or sympathy; Every act
ship and in his closing years he conferred
honor upon the high office he held
! Every attribute of his character drew him
| close to those with whom he was associated.
| Every act of his public life, in long and
| dis istinguished career of usefulness, justified
the confidence which his felow-citizens re-
posed in him.
The republican national committee ex-
/ tends to his family It's most profound and
sincere sympathy and directs that a copy
of this memorial be engrossed and trans
mitted to them
|
wisconsin Man Decides Not TO Push
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Plan.
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 15.-'The Payne reso>