Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-20
Rival Cities Struggling for the Dem
oeratic National Gathering.
KANSAS CITY AGAINST MILWAUKEE,
Claims and Counter Claims of Theil
Respective Cohorts.
THE SITUATION REVIEWED

bespoke prosperity, and plenty of it, are at
the Raleigh Hotel today. They incidental
~ pervade both wings of the Capitol and
other public buildings. Some of them wear
on their lapels large red buttons bearing
prominently the legend, "A Bright Spot,
while on red ribbons pendant therefrom are
golden-lettered remarks about Milwaukee
and its advantages as a place in which to
hold the approaching national convention Of
the democracy. Other gentlemen were not
embellished with any such ornamentation,
but they made up in words what they
lacked in emblems, and talked about the
superior attractions of Kansas City for the
national meeting where Mr.. Bryan is to be
nominated with emphasis that is char
acteristic of the great southwestern me
tropolis
The gentlemen in question are the &C.
credited representatives of the two cities
who will endeavor to secure a favorable
hearing and similar action upon the claims
of their respective cities for the purpose
indicated from the national democratic
committee at its meeting on Washington S
birthday anniversary. This body will con-
vene in the lower banquet hall of the RAJ
leigh, on the second floor of the Pennsyl-
Van1a avenue wing. Thursday morning. and
all the rooms across the hallway there
from have been taken by the convention
hustlers at headquarters. Milwaukee has
i've and Kansas City two parlors, and they
will present animated scenes for the next
three days.
The Milwaukee contingent also has
branch headquarters at the Metropolitan
Hotel. which, as we'll known, is Mr.. BRYAN
washington stopping place, and a number
OF apartments are occupied by them there
for living and entertaining purposes. The
impression prevails that the contest for
convention honors will be confined to Mil
Waukee and Kansas City, although it was
a ,i,rr
some cards UP its sleeve which will be
played at the proper moment in favor of
New York. but this could be traced to NO
authentic source.
Milwaukee, Claims.
Milwaukee's representatives point with
pride to the fact that E. C. Wall, member
of the national committee from Wisconsin,
has in his garments a receipt from the
clerk of the Raleigh Hotel for a certified
check amounting to 100000.
1T is not diaphanous deposit like Phil
adelphia put UP as an earnest to take care
of our republican opponents" said a beer
city spellbinder, but it is solid substan-
tial article that can be transformed into a
CHUNK OF specie at moments notice. The
money represented was contributed. by NIL
Wausee people, regardless of party, as a
guarantee that we can entertain the demo-
cratic national convention as il should no
entertained. More important attra ctions
however. are our climate which is simply
Salubrous: our convention hall which seat
l1np people; our splendid hotel accommo-
dations and superior railway facilities
Ihen, politically, if there is any benefit to
accrue from holding such a convention at
any one point, it will be surely secured at
Milwaukee. which is in state where the
herman element is as large as it is unccr-
tain"
What Kansas City Offers.
The Kansas
RESERVATIONS of Milwaukee,
We do not come with a certified check
to purchase the convention decision" said
one of them, but with a plain business
proposition Kansas City is located nearly
IN the geographical center of the United
States. We have thirty-nine railroads,
twenty Of which are trunk lines whers
Milwaukee, has but two trunk lines We
have better hotel accommodat lions than orr
esteemed rival has, and when it comes to
telegraph facilities the city Pabst alleges
TO have made famous is not to be consid-
cred in the same connection with our mu-
nlclpahty. Then, in a political sense Kan
sas City is the entrepot of two great pivot
al states. Kansas and Nebraska.
For the convention itself We offer the
finest auditorium in the world. 1t will seat
comfortably 5000 persons, and every one
can see and near everything that is going
on why, 5000 couples can waltz on the
main floor of our auditorium and there
are no steps to go up or down-only easy
incineS.
MiIwaui>ee's Hustlers.
The representatives of the beer metropo-
lis who are voicing the sentiments in, be-
half of their city are as follows: Joseph q.
Donnelly. Mr.. William George Bruce. Mr..
Casimir Gonski. Mr.. John P Murphy, Mr..
John F. Burnham, Mr.. Thomas Shea, Mr..
Edward kalman, Mr. John Berger, Mr.. F.
c. G. Brand Mr.. George H Russell. Mr..
Louis Frank. Mr.. Joseph Schunck. Mr. Geo
W. Goodman, Mr.. James II. Slower Mr.
Julius Nicolai. Mr.. Fred Schumacher Mr.
George Heyer, Mr.. \. C. Brace, Dr. S. S.
Leonard. DR.. W. f. \. Wyman, MI Henry
Reinhard, Colonel George j. Thompson. Mr.
Martin Crameri Mr.. Herman E. FRANKIE,
Nj E. F. PAIL, Mr.. H. Silbar, Mr.. August
Rebhan. Mr.. A. Andrewjewski, Mr.. F. Me
zorawski, Mr.. Stanislaus Sawicki, Mr.
Leopold Hammel, Mr.. H. Max Oberndorfer.
Henry Hase and wife. Mr.. Carl Runge and
wife. Colonel Thomas P. Dever. Mr. Samuel
b. Todd, Mr.. Edward Winfelder. Mr.. w j.
Sutton. Mr. A. L. Hughes, Mr.. Emil
Beruaer, Mr.. Max Gross. Mr.. Winter Ever
EFT, Mr.. Charles Jungman, Mr.. George Dur
ner. Mr.. August n. Meyer, MI T. A
Clancy. Mr.. Thomas P. Fitzsimmons. Mr.
Lewis c. Tisdale. Captain Michael Dunn,
f. c. Atwood, Mr.. Henry T. Coll, Mr.. Ed
ward Hackett. Mr.. F. p Wilbur. Mr. J. W.
Lynch, Mr.. John ]. Maher. Mr. Emil j..
Ludwig, Mr.. Max Walther. Mr. Albert
linn, Mr.. Julius Hassmann, Mr. Henry
Gugler, Mr.. William F. Faist, Mr. F. j.
knoell, Mr.. William F. Lynch, Mr.. W. H
Stafford of Chippewa Falls. Mr. W. H
Rogers of Madison. Mr.. r E. Ryan of
Waukesha. Mr., George Puffer of Wauke-
sha Mr.. c. T. Hodges of Monroe, Mr.. r.
B. Pratt of Oshkosh, Mrs. Fl. G. Comstock
and wife and j. 7. Comstock and wife of
milwaukee,. R. c. Lauer, G. W. Peck,
Mayor David s. Rose. Peter j. Somers,
Geo. Il. Turner, Nat. Greene, Thos s. Be
haney. Thos. J. Fleming and Ellis B.
Usher.
Kansas CIty's Delegation.
The cohorts of Kansas City are not as
numerous. but they make up In energy
what they lack in numerical strength. The
delegation. which. by the way, lays great
stress upon the fact that beer is not DEM
ocratic beverage. and that to get the ap-
proved tipple of the believers In Jefferson
ian principles the convention should come
TO the Missouri city, is composed of j. ].
Sworord. Maj. Harvey w. Salmon, Col
Fred w. Fleming, Jas. A. Reed Judge
John w. Wofford, E. NJ. Clendenning. Judge
H. c. McDougal, Judge w. E. Hall. John
W. Speas. John "A. Brown. ex-Representa-
tive a. NJ. Dockery, Sam b. Cook, Col NJ
C. Wetmors. Col. George W. warder, A. nj
ID NfE.rN Nao~ NJ