The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-02-23
KANSAS CITY CHOSEN.
Milwaukee Loses the Demo
cratic Convention Race.
MEET ON INDEPENDENCE DAY

July Is the Date Fixed by the National
Committee For the Nomination of a
Candidate For President-Can Tor the
Meeting Is Issued.
WASHINGTON, Feb 23.-The next ma
tional Democratic convention will be
held at Kansas City July f. This was
the decision of the Democratic national
committee, which met at the Hotel
Raleigh yesterday to fix the time and
place Of holding the convention. Mil
waukee was the only city which COM
peted for the honor of entertaining the
convention and the poor showing she
made when the vote was taken-the re-
suit being Kansas City, 40; Milwaukee
9-caused general surprise. The claims
OF the rival cities as to hotel accommo-
dations, railroad and hotel facilities We're
presented in open session by representa-
tives of each city, and subsequently in
executive session, Governor w. j.
Stone on behalf of Kansas City and Ma
tional Committeeman e. O. Wall on be-
half of Milwaukee, explaining the finan-
cial inducements which the city he rep
resented was willing to make. Each
offered the committee $50,000, but in
addition Kansas City was willing to fur
nish hotel accommodations for the
members of the committee and the hall
with decorations and music free. Mil
waukee's strongest argument was the
political effect which the holding of the
convention in that city would have
upon the German-American voters, who
We're represented to the committee as
wavering i'll their allegiance to the Re-
publican party. 1t seemed to be taken
for granted by at least two speakers
that Bryan would be nominated and
that the Chicago platform would be re-
affirmed. Opposition to trusts, expan-
sion and imperialism, together with
every mention of Bryan and the Chicago
platform aroused enthusiasm, but dur
ing the open session there was no allu-
sion to the issue of free silver Three
dates for holding the convention We're
| proposed, May 8 by Townsend of Ore
| gon, June IA by Tillman of South Caro-
lima and July 4 by McGraw of West
Virginia. A speech by ex-senator Cor
man in favor of holding to precedent
and naming date later than that for
the convention Of the party i'll power
had considerable influence in causing
| Independence day to be chosen.
After the committee had selected the
"Gate City" of the west the Kansas
City boomers held a jolliication meet
ing in their rooms at the Raleigh. Ex-
| Governor Stone addressed the gather
| ing, predicting that those who attended
the convention would depart with
| praises upon their lips for the hospital
| ity they had received and that the
| nominee of the convention would be the
| victor at the polls in November.
The national committee issued the
following call:
.'The national Democratic commit
tee, having met i'll the city of Washing
ton, on the 22d day of February, 1900,
has appointed Wednesday, the fourth
day of July, as tie time, and chosen the
city of Kansas City, Mo-, as the place
| for holding the national Democratic
| convention. Each state is entitled to a
representation therein equal to double
| the number of its senators and repre-
sentatives in the congress of the United
States, and each territory, Alaska, In
dian Territory and the District of Co.
lum bia shall have seven delegates. All
Democratic, conservative, reform citi-
zens of the United States, irrespective
of past political associations and differ
ences, who can unite with us in the eff
fort for pure, economic and constitu
tional government, and who favor the
republic and oppose the empire, are
cordially invited to join Us in sending
delegates to the convention"