Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-15
Quaker City Gets the National
Republican Convention, 1900.
FOUR CITIES CONTESTED.
Committees. Decision NJ Co Time and
Place when President Mckinley
VIII he Nominated Again.

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Arlington hotcd today TO select the
place Of meeting for the next Republi.
cnn convention
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N""''Nnoh mama presided frlor 10
inc opening session at which the claims
Of the various candidate cltIea were
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The corridors OF the hotel were alive
with the delegations from IN. ynrious
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bled they put IN their last quiet work.
The executive session OF the commit
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enlIihs tho roll the adoption OF the or
der OF business and the adoption OF a
reaolution I'm tnen,orv ~ yico p,esid.nt
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hehuch OF Connecticut.
The delegations from the dlnercnt
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'"V'r eialihA' An hour was nccorued
TO each city. The first city heard was
Chicago. for which MIR. samuel nav.
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'''"" "'u"V 'he opening "uuiesH' AIT
Raymond said that everyone knew the
iNcllltlcs which Chicago possessed In
the way OF hotels, railroads and tele-
graph.
we have had you once and would
be glad to have you again" he said.
~ nlrfuTV of the nfIIlHlun IA which thu
convention VIII be held was presented.
He concluded by saying that Chicago
would gunranec a fulfillmcnt OF any re-
quest that the committee might make.
Mr.. George W. Miller followed In a
more elaborate speech. lie spoke aa "a
representative OF the Hamilton club. He
said that u the convention was to be
held In a state that ala NOT have a
candidate il could not come TO Illinois
for that state had n candidate. not q
ncighborlng state OF Ohio, This ref
crence to the President provoked ap.
| plaiise
lilo said Chicago desircd to have a
| Repuhllcnn platform adoptcd In thaf
| city 10 wlpc Out the NAME "chicago
platform OF 1891 which stood for re-
pudlation.
MIR. John 4. Miller. president OF the
Union League club OF Chicago, was next
introduced. He naid The conyentlon
Hhould be held in The west. IN III I,ouls
Omaha. Denver or 81. Paul. but more
particularly in Chicago. which was the
center OF tho whole west.
81. Louis claims were noxt nr.sent.
| ed. ok Mayor Wnlbridpe making the
first speoch In behalf 81 that elty. M.
snid thcy ana NOT have n large deioea.
ZION. "hnvlnE lon some OF our peonIs M
home " MIR Wnibrldgc snid that thc IN.
| rliitiea i'm a. Iouis fnr hoiding ma con.
yention were sin,rior ,o those n, isaa
lilo eulorIzed president NcISlnisv s.v.
ing TINT they were for MN because he
tried 10 prevent the horrors OF war
| mn whom conrress berided upon ,vor
Inc prosIdent conducted n IN N man
ner which reelected credit unon tho
country and established the United
| stntas unon N hlrh nlnne before tho
world
Mir. Nathan Frank. OF st. Louis. was
the noxt sneaker ,''rodnv ~sId bc
1--WE have hut one Candidate and
boundlcss prospority." The marty in.
| tended 10 give that candidate a 10.
election. Whv not give Tho CITY I'm
| which no was frat nominated the com
vcntion In which he would be again
placed IN nomination. Uc Ind nothinr
10 say in disbursement Of other cities,
but he would SAY that New YORK CIV
was principally famous FOR D,mocratic
majoritlos while 81. Louis was strongly
| Republican.
Mr Edward Dewey was introduced az
n Democrat, hut who spoke for The bus.
Iness men Of ST. Louis. lie pnid that
ali the people OF this City. irrespeetlve
] Of marty, would welcome the ronyon-
tion. II was unfortunately true. as Mr.
Frank had said, that 81. Louis was RE-
publican, but 40 far us the business
men Of ST. Louis were concerned, there
would be no party spirit In the enter
talnment OF tho convention.
This concluded 81. Louis hour and