The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-12-21
CHECK WINS THE DAY.
Philadelphia Secures RepubI.'-
can Convention bv Offer
of 100000.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 6.-Phila-
delphia is the place and June 10 Il e
time when William Mckinley is To be
renominated as the standard bear, r
OF the republican party.
The republican national committee
decided these too essential points at
its meeting to-day.
1t was induced to send the conven-
ton east instead of west chiefly e
cause OF "A certified check for S10o.-
900 made out payable to Mark A.
Hanna, chairman" and left in his
possession when the Philadelphia del
egation filed out of the room Just
prior to the vote being taken.
That bit of paper practically set
tied the convention location.
New York had Depew and Wood
ruff and an alleged humorist named
Ford to present its claims: Chicago
had the best orators of he Hamilton
club, including some of its very best
butchers, to talk for it; ST. Louis had
Nat Frank, ex-Mayor Walbridge and
Edward Dewey to tell what it would
do, but not one of the three left a Ger
titled check for S1OO,OO in the hands
of Senator Hanna
So in one, two, three order they
were bowled over, and the Quaker
with the cash put the persimmon in
shis fruit basket.
1t required only two ballots to set
tie the contest. Chairman Hanna
held to that certified check like a
southern blacksnake to negro
heel and the result was an easy vie
tory for staid Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA AND SOUTH COMBINE
The effort of Henry c. Payne of
Wisconsin to put forward the issue of
reducing the delegations from the
south was also good thing for Phil
adelphia. 1t enabled her delegation
to combine with the southern MEM
bers. But above all else, except the
certified check, Philadelphia owes her
victory to Missouri
When Chicago was presenting her
claim it rudely refused to notice St.
Louis as being one of the cities in the
contest. When reminded by Chair
man kerens that St. Louis was on
the map and in the contest, Chicago
laughed boisterously and told the
national committee that Chicago re-
garded ST. Louis as one of its sub
urbs. The committee laughed too,
but "a little later this bird came home
to roost, and tonight Chicagois be-
wailing its stock yard humor.
On the second ballot the vote was
first reported as Philadelphia % and
Chicago %. This was at once dis
puted and the vote taken over again.
This time it was Chicago "a, Phila-
delphia "a, with the National Com
mitteeman kernes of Missouri, not
voting. When he saw that it was a
tie the MissOurian rose to the Occa-
sion. With the echo of the Chicago
delegations derisive laughter at st.
Louis still ringing in his ears he
pumped his vote for Philadelphia,
and that is the story of how laugh
at the wrong time cost Chicago tie
national convention of 1900.
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 forty-five states and each
of the six territories were represented.
In addition to the committee there
were many of the big wigs OF the re-
publican partyin attendance.
The proceedings throughout were
enthusiastic and harmonious, every
speech that was made emphasizing
the fact that President Mckinley will
be renominated, and that the con-
vention will be in effect simply rati-
fication meeting. The ballo ting Oc-
CURED in the afternoon. behind closed
doors.