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, further ,iminiSu fears OF conflict III the
! POrrupn" region.
! Which Cities VIII Get the Convent ions
In 1900.
/ The Democratic National Committee adj
/ iourned ut Chicago without acting upon
the proposal OF Kansas City to subscribe
| $50 600 for the uses OF the Democratic
campaign and to provide adequately for
the reception and entertainment Of the
delegates, in case that town is selected for
| the convention Of 1900.
! This year there has been an unusually
early discussion in each party of the qurs-
| tion rs to the place of the convention The
| enterprsing residents of Kansas City have
| been active in securing subscriptions to a
| fund which enables them black their hopes
with a cash Offer One serious objection
| already urged to Kansas City is the circum-
| stance that it does not come under the des-
| ignation of cities of the first class, having
|. less than 200, 900 population. Democratic
| conventions heretofore have not been held
| In minor cities. The places chosen since
the close of the civil war are, in the order
named, as follows: New York, Baltimore.
St. Louis, Cincinnati, Chicago, st. Louis,
| Chicago and Chicago again. Serious local
dissensons will probably prevent the srec-
tion Of Chicago for n third term as the Demo-
cratic convention city, but the prepondrr-
ance of Western and Southwestern intiu-
| cnce in Democratic councils at present,
and the apprehensive concern which is felt
about irritating the Popuists, will preclude
a convention in any Eastern city.
Another city which put in claim on
| Thursday for the consideration of its adj
vantagCs for convention purposes is Louis
| vile. That town is much more easily
accessible to the great majority OF Dem
ocratic delegates than Kansas City, but
against it there has been urged heretofore
the fact that. being not only in a Demo-
cratic State. but also is a strong Demo-
cratic city, no political advantage would be
gained by the holding Of a convention
| there. This traditional theory OF Ameri-
can politics has recently been pretty we'll
| exploded. In 1895 the Democratic Ma
| tional Convention was held In Chicago
with the idea of affecting favorably the vote
Of that city. The experiment was unsuc-
cessful, for MCKINLEY carried the city,
Democratic in 1892, by So. 900 majority.
Likewise, the holding OF Republican Con-
vention in st. Louis was without influence,
either there or thereabouts. More recently
in New York State the city of Syracuse, in
which the Democrats held their State Con-
venton to nominate VAN WICK, afterward
gave a Republican majority Of 5000 and
Saratoga Springs, in which THEODORE
ROOSEVELT was nominated for Governor,
gave plurality Of only . votes in Novem-
ber, though at the previous State election
Saratoga had gone Republican by 500. In
the Presidential campaign OF 1892, the Re-
publcans, still believing in the traditional
influence OF a national convention to affect
votes in the city and State wherein it is
held. subjected their delegates and the
friends OF delegates and candidates to
the long journey to Minneapolis. They
did 80 in the expectation that the seec-
tion OF this meeting place would affect
favorably the vote Of the newly admitted
group of Northwestern States, but the fact
was that 1t had no such effect, and in Hem
nepin county OF which Minneapolis is the
county seat, Mr.. HARRISON, despite the
growth In population meanwhile, actually
poled fewer votes in 1892 than he had
pollcd in 1898.
The Republicans. thus far, have given
less consideration to the place of holding
their National Convention in 900, though
by established political custom the Ropub-
licans hold their convention first. sug-
gcstion has recently been made which but
for considerations of climate. would prob
ably have been moro favorably considered
that the Republicans should meet next year
In Washington. 1t Is not overcrowded
when Congress Is not in session it has a
large number OF hotels and lnnumcrable
boarding houses. The chief and almost in
surmountable objection to Washington
is to be found in the local temperature in
June or July, the months In which convcn-
tions are held and 1t Is not unlikely that
the Republican convention next year will
be held in July, perhaps somewhat later
than usual.
Two other cities are mentioned in which,
heretofore, great national conventions have
not been held We refer to indianapolis
and Denver. As To the latter, the belief is
pretty general that ii is too far West for
the convenience Of most delegates; and,
moreover the Republicans would be little
likely to select as their convention place
this year one Of the stronGholds of the sill
veritPs, and the only city in the country OF
real importance in which Silver Rcpubli-
cans. socallcd. are numerous enough to
count for much
indianapolis has been gaining much in
population in recent years and its rail-
road connections, always good are bet
ter than ever before. 1t had some cxpc-
rience in the way OF n second-ratc national
convention In the last Presidential cam
p"'F"' being 'r' meeting place Of