The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-01
JULY 4IH THE DATE NAMED.
Honer Lay Between Kansas City and
Milwaukee and the Former Won.

The Democratic national commit
tee met in the parlors of the Hotel
Raleigh at Washington, Thursday at
noon, to fix the time and place for
holding the national Democratic con-
vention. The committee was called to
order by Senator Jones, chairman OF
the committee. Every state and ter
ritory was represented either by the
national committeeman or by proxy.
Kansas City, Missouri, and Wednes-
day, the 4th of July, was the time and
place decided upon for the convention.
The really significant thing about
this decision is found in the absolute
and decided refusal of the Democratic
leaders to hold their convention on
the 9th of May, the date on which the
Populist national convention will be
held. The sentiment against the prop
osition to hold the convention on that
day was practically unanimous. ,
Its strongest advocate was National
Committeeman Thompson, Of Nebras-
ka, who in some respects has been re-
garded as Mr.. Bryan's personal repre-
sentative on the committee. That IN
his advocacy of this date he did not
represent the wishes of MIR. Bryan
however, was strongly attested by
other members of the committee who
have been in conference with the
leader since the member from his own
state has seen him.
Mr.. Bryan was in favor OF some day
in the first week in June, preferably
the 5th, and the committee would have
selected that date except for the strong
appeals made by the representatives
from Oregon, who pointed out that
this would conflict with their cleo
tions, and that they would be unable
to send delegates to the national con-
yention if there were such conflict.
Outside of this refusal to accept the
Populist date, the most significant de-
velopnent of the days conference is
found in the emphasis given the fact
that the Democratic campaign is to be
pitched 40 as to catch, if in any way it
is possible, the German vote. This
first manifested itself in the appeal OF
the orators who spoke for milwaukee,.
The geographical arguments advanc'
ed by Kansas City proved efhcacious.
To the eloquent appeal of the repre-:
sentatives of Milwaukee they pointed
TO the fact that with the convention o.
1896 at Chicago, the Democrats los'
Illinois by nearly 10000 votes
while the Republicans lost the state
in which they held their convention
BY about 20, 900 votes. Kansas City
won by vote of Al to 9.
Cincinnati had q delegation or
board headed by John 8. Huff, former
" of Atlanta, with an offer OF s25, 600
but it was decided not to present tn
city's name, as the sum was too small
to give it a chance.
The claims of the rival cities as K
hotel accommodation, railroad and tel
egraph facilities were presented. II
open session by representatives o
each city, and subsequently in execu
tive session Ex-Governor Stone on be
hall of Kansas City, and National Com
mitteeman E. C. Wall, on behalf o
Milwaukee, explained the hnancla
inducements which the city lie repre-
sented was willing to make.
Each offered the committee SoO,oOo
but in addition Kansas City was will
ing to furnish hotel accommodation
Tor the members of the committee an
the half with decorations and musl
free of expense to the committee:
A speech which had q great deal o
influence in fixing the date was mad
by ex-senator German. He said tbs
four years ago it might have been we
to hold the convention early, as tn
party then took new position, on
which drove many of the leaders OF
of the party or into temporary retire
ment. The organization then we;