Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-02-23

stated that the hall could hardly b,
surpassed. Tle mention of Bryan
name drew the first applause Of tn,
| meeting.
He also quoted the late Dwight L
Moody as having said that no hall il
this country or Europe could equal it
| Mayor Rose, of Milwaukee. pre-
scented the claims of the badger city
He opened with bit of pleasantly
AS the Mayor of the city he would in
of the delegates or visitors from
breaking into the police station.
Mayor Rose urged the selection oil
Milwaukee for the great good it would
do the Democracy.
The votes for the election of the
next Democratic president must come
from the middle west. Eight years
ago Milwaukee had asked for the
convention and had said I'VE could
carry Wisconsin" They were laugh
ed at. Yet Wisconsin was carried FOL
Democracy. Now, althougih Mckinley
carried Wisconsin by 100000 MAORI
ty, he promised that the State would
this year give her electoral vote to
Bryan. This announcement with
greeted with great applause.
The hope OF success for the De-
mocracy this fall lay in the German.
American vote.
He Recalled the Furore
created by the speech of Representative
Lentz. of Ohio, in Milwaukee, last fall
He said it had aroused the German!
and that now four-fifths of them were
opposed to imperialism and Mckinley
ism.
In the matter of railroads, hotel ca
pacity and Geographic facilities he sale
that the convention had nothing tt
gain by going to Kansas City. Be
sides, Milwaukee had summer eli
mate far superior to that of her rival
Representative Cowherd, of Missouri
reinforced Mr. Reeds argument in IA
vor of Kansas City. This city came
not with promises of the future, bu
with her record of the past.
the Ex-Governor Peck, of Wisconsin. was
the second speaker in favor of Milwaukee
David Overmyer, OF Kansas, made tht
closing speech for Kansas City. He arous'
ed much enthusiasm by saying that plat
form and man were already selected by
the Democracy of the whole country.
Representative Lentz, of Ohio, closed fo1
Milwaukee, arguing that upon the German
vote the fate of the next election would
hinge. Milwaukee was the center of Ger
man art and literature. The influence Of
the convention forced out through German
channels from Milwaukee
Could Not be Overestimated.
The Germans were in earnest, he declar
ed; they wanted an opportunity to punish
the Mckinley administration. If the com
mittee failed to win the election next fall
it would be because thsY lost the oppor'
tunity to get the German vote
The committee then went into executive
session, and later announced that the con-
vention had been given to Kansas City by
vote of 40, to 9 for Milwaukee.
The vote upon fixing the date of the
convention was:
In favor of July 4, u votes; June Ia, 2
votes; May g. l vote.
A speech which had a great deal on in.
fiuence in fixing the date was made by ex'
Senator German. He said that four years
ago it might have been we'll to hold the
convention early as the party then took q
new position, one which drove many of The
The organization then went into new
hands, in the hands of able men, but many
of whom had not been active in control OF
party affairs 1t took them some time tc
organize. Now there was good organiza-
ton. The party was ready and equipped
to enter upon the campaign. The party in
power should be allowed to hold its con-
vention first and the indictment of that
past
Mr.. Mclean, Of Ohio, also
Favored the Latter Date.
The committee decided the District OF
Columbia contest for National Committee
man in favor of James l.. Norris.
A subcommittee was named to audit the
accounts of the committee. Chairman
Jones was authorized to appoint a sub
committee of seven to make arrangements
for the convention 1t is probable that
Messrs. Stone of Missouri, and Johnson,
of Kansas, will be members of the COM
mittee.
The national committee issued the fol-
lowing call:
The National Democratic Committee
having met in the City of Washington on
the twenty-second day of February, 1900
has appointed Wednesday, the Fourth Day
of July, as the time, and chosen the city
of Kansas City, Mo-, as the place for hold
ing the national Democratic convention
Each State is entitled to representation
therein equal to double the number of its
Senators and representatives in the Con-
Sress of the United States; and each ter
ritory, Alaska, Indian Territory and the
District of Columbia, shall have six del
egates. All Democratic conservative re-
form citizens Of the United States, ire
spective of past political associations and
differences, who can unite with US in the
effort for pure. economical and constitu-
tional government, and who favor the re-
public and oppose the empire. are cordially
invited TO join us in sending delegates to
the convention"
The committee at $50 a m. adjourned to
meet at Kansas City July 3.
MOUNDSVILLE,