The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-02-28
Democrats Will Name Their Lead
er on Fourth of July.
MILWAUKEE, NOT IN IT.
An invitation to All Good Citizens
Nho Favor a Republic to
Join the Democratic
Party

Of the Democratic national committee
which met at the Hotel Raleigh, in
Washington Thursday, to fix the time
and place Of holding the convention.
| Milwaukee was the only other city
Which competed for the honor Of enter
| tanning the convention, and the poor
showing she made when the vote was
taken (thc result being Kansas City,
40: Milwaukee, 81 caused general sur
| prise. The claims Of the rival cities
are to hctcl accommodations, railroad
and teiegraphic facilities were present
ci III open session by representatives
Of each city and subsequently in exec.
u,ive session. Ex-Guv. Stone, on be-
hs!f OF Kansas City, and Natioual Com
u,itteemau Z c. Wall, on behalf Of
Milwaukee, explained the financial in
duceneu,s, which the cities they rep
rcscntei were willing to make. Elch
offered the committee $50, 900. but IN
addition Kansas City was willing to
furnish hotel accommodations for the
memb ber5 of the committee and the hall
with decorations and music free Of ex
penSc to the committee.
Onc Of Milwaukee's strongest argu
mcnts was the political effect which the
holding Of the convention 10 that city
would have upon the German American
voters, who were represented to the
committce as wavering in their allegi-
aDce to the Republican party.
|, seemed to be taken for granted by
at least two speakers that Bryan would
be renominated and that the Chicago
platform in substance would be reaf-
irmed. Opposition totrusts, expansion
and imperialism, together with every
mention Of Bryan aud the Chicago
platform, aroused enthusiasm. but dur
ing the open session Of the committee
there was No allusion to the issue OF
free silver. Three dates for holding
the convention we're proposei-Nay 8
by MIR. Townsend Of Oregon, June "A
by Scoator rillman of South Carolina
and July / by Mr.. McCrsw of West
Virginia. y speech by ex-senator
German in favor Of holding TO prece
dent and naming date later than that
for the convention Of the party in
power had considerable influence in
causing independence day to be chosen.
After the committee had selected the
"Ga,e City Of the west the Kansas
City boomers held a jo.li6cation meet
ing in their rooms at the Raleigh. Ex-
Gov. Stone addressed the gathering,
predicting that those who attended the
conveution would depart with praises
upon their lips for the hospitality they
had received aud that the nominee Of
the convention would be the victor at
the polls in November.
The com mittee was called to order
by Senator Jones, chairman. Every
State aDd Territory was represented
either by the natioRal committeeman
or by proxy. There were strong indi-
cations when the convention met that
Kansas City would be chosen. Zach
CITY was allowed 30 minutes to present
its claims and the two rival cities ar
gued in rotation.
James 4. Reed, prosecuting attorney,
of Kansas City, made tie opening
speech, presenting the Gains of the
metropolis of tho southwest. The IN
vita,ion he presented, he SAID, came not
only from the citizens Of Kansas City,
but firm the uuIaltering, triumphant
Democracy Of Missouri.
Kansas City has SO lines of railroad,
and her telegraphic facilities are ex-
crllept Her hotels are more than am
ple. Outside of the great hotels Of
New York. there were In Kansas City
seven hotels that will rank as high as
any in the Uuited States. The COM
mit,ee, he said, should have the hrst
choice Of rooms at these hotels. the
delegates the second choice. Hotel
rates he promised would no, be raiseda
MIR. Reed was especially fulsome III his
euIogy of the convention hall, which,
he said, would seat 5000 people.
New York was passed, as there was
no Que 10 present her name.
Mayor Rose Of Milwaukee presented
the claims Of the Badger City, whose
selection, he said, would do its De-
| mccracy good Although Mckinley
carried Wisconsin by l0O, 900 majority
he promised that the State would this
year give her electoral vote to Bryan.
This announcement was greeted with
great applause. The same element
which carried Wisconsin in 1892 was in
sympathy with the Democrats now, he
said. The hope Of success for the De-
mocracy this fall lay in the German
American vote.
Show to the Germans" he said,
that the Democrats are opposed to
imperialism and expansion and they
will be with US" (Applause.)
Mayor Rose then turned TO the IA
cili,ies Of Milwaukee for accommodate
ing the convention. In the matter Of
railroads, hotel capacity aud tele-
graphic facilities he said that the con-
veprion had Lothing to gain BY going
to Kansas City. Besides, Milwaukee
hal a summer climate superior 10 that
Of her rival The determlua,i 10 OF the
convention city, he said, should not be
question Of personal prcdcliction but
OF party welfare.
Among the others who spoke were
Ex-Governor Peck of Wisconsin and
Representative Lenlz of Ohio for Mil
waukee and David Overmyer c. Kan
sas for Kansas City.
At 3 clock the committee reassem-
bled. The vote then taken resulted:
Kansas City -; Milwaukee 9.
The vote fixing the date OF the con-
ven,ion was in favor of July 4, u
votes; June II, 81 votes; May 9, vote:
A speech which had great deal Of
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