The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-13
WANT HECONYENT|ON
San Francisco, Kansas City and
Chicago In Fight,
THE LATTER IS LEADING
ALL ARE OFFERING INDUCE
MENTs TO DEMOCRATS.
San Francisco Believes it Would Be
Great Thing For Party to Hold
Convention Once In the Far west
Where Various Nominations
Have Been Made.
(snecial Correspondence.(

Have Been Made.
Especial Correspondence
Washington, d. c.. Aug. S-The Demo
cratic national committee Will meet mere
in February to select the time ana place
for holding the next national convention.
1t seems TO have been accepted as GER
tain that Chicago would be selected ana
that the party would their relterate the
platform and renominate the candidate
chosen in 1886. .
But there are already two other formid-
able cities in the race for the convention
and their cases are being well presented
by advance couriers now IN inc city;
These cities are San Francisco and
Kansas City. San Francisco has twice
before undertaken to secure the conNen-
ton and made very god showing IN
1892 but was defeated by Chicago. Kansas
City is new claimant, but she has in
herited the strength of St Louis, winch
has been the scene of many conventions,
and always n formidable candidate.
1t is pointed OUT in favor OF Kansas
City that while she is centrally located,
she is also i'll the solid south and OF the
silver west the two great sections or the
country most devoted 10 the Democratic
party. Her claims are well presented by
Harvey Fleming. managing editor or the
Kansas City Journal. who is here aiding
the project. His paper is Republican. Dut
all the people in Kansas City-Repubii-
cans and Democrats alike-want the con-
yention there. Fleming puts it thus con-
fidently:
Kansas City Hopeful.
kansas City is going to entertain the
next national Democratic convention.
We've the hest convention hall IN
America, if not in the world. and our
railroad and hotel facilities are ample.
ST. Louis has committed itself TO our sup
port and Il guaranty fund Iof $4,000 has
been. raised. although there IS no limit
on the cash that will be forthcoming II
needed. 1t is an absolute cinch that We
will win.
None the less breezy and assertive is
San Franciscos representative, James f.
Democrats of that city. He says:
I'VE are going TO make a hard struggle
to capture the Democratic national con-
vention. San Francisco is going about
the matter in the most business-like way.
and will raise a big fund for the purpose.
Neither of the great parties has ever
held a national convention on the Pacific
slope the usual plea being made that
some central point must be chosen for
the convenience of the greatest number
of delegates. But in this day of fast
travel. when luxurious parior cars whisk
across the continent at speed that
annihilates distance. there is no reason 10
dread a journey TO the western rim of
the continent. In fact. II would be looked
upon by most men as a picnic.
San Francisco's Plea.
There is an element. too. of justice
in recognizing San Francisco in this
way for western men have been coming
east all these years to attend their party's
conventions without complaint. Now
they say that turn about is fair play,
and that it is no more sacrifice for the
fasteners to come west than ii Is for the
people of the Occident To journey to the
east. Nothing would be more helpful 10
the party's interests than 10 hold con-
vention which will nominate a preSi-
would not only encourage and inspire the
Democrats of California, but of all the
surrounding states
1t is claimed in some quarters that
New York will be in the running but
she has no chance to succeed. over and
over again has the metropolis been a
candidate and been defeated. She has
not entertained national convention
since the one that nominated Seymour in
1868. Chicago is. of course. a strong prob
ability by reason of her location. but the
members of the Democratic national COM
mttee do not retain any very fond recol-
lections of that city. II was the seat Of
national headquarters in 1891. The press
of the city was bitterly almost inSaney
treated the chairman and his associates
with the utmost unfarness during the
long. brave battle that the committee
made for the ticket.
Chicago's Good Chances.
Conditions have changed for the better
since 1896. and Chicago has twice gone
Democratic since that time but the
memories of that campaign do not fade
like a dream" Still Chicago is very
liable to win by reason of her magnificent
location and ability TO accommodate the
delegates and visitors. She has had more
conventions than any otner city in the
country in the last forty years. Here
Lincoln. Grant, Blaine, Harrison and
publicans,' and Mcclellan. Cleveland
twice. let us pray TO forgetD and Bryan
by the Democrats. Tilden, Cleveland and
Mckinley were nominated at St. Louis
Hayes and Hancock at Cincinnati; Grant
at Philadelphia Second time); and Harri-
son at Minneapolis. Poor old Baltimore,
once the imperial convention city of the
nation. raked off as its only prize the
freak nomination of Horace Greeley
Baltimore, however. has d lively con-
Nentlon of her own now and then, and
has just pulled off, one that may have
great bearing on the fortunes of the
Democratic party. An enthusiastic con-
vention of the reunited Maryland DEM
ocracy nominated an exceptionally strong
Walter Smith. the man who redeemed the
First congressional district of Maryland
last fall. He has been acJirely identified
with politics for years. and although he
diaate for public Office. he has proved
himself most emphatically Il winner. He
is now state senator and a member of
congress, and if elected next fail. would
An Unique Record.
= OF course. in the event of his election
to the chair of state ne would immedi-
ately relnquish the other two offices. and
may do so prior 10 election. hVen this
would make his record unique one
elected TO congress while Il member of the
state senate and chosen governor before
taking his seat in congress.
The Maryland state conventions made
no declaration on the subject of silver.
but this was due to the desire 10 con-
centrate the tight on the administration
of the present Republican governor There
are plenty Of good. stauncn silver Demo-
Gratis in Maryland. and Colonel Smith
himself supported Bryan, ana took no
part with the Blanche. Tray and Sweet
heart combination Of boilers. Hls chances
of election are excellent, particularly in
view of the fact that the city of Balti-
more, comprising more than half the
population of the state, has lately gone
heavily Democratic eiectlng full set
of city officers, soon to be installed.
Americans Coming Home.
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