Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-04
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Milwaukee After the Democratic
National Convention.
4 GUARANTEE FUND OF 100000
Room for 5000 Spectators in the
Hall to Be Used
nET EN A. TON COON TO COME
DELEGATION SOON TO COME

| If Milwaukee does not capture the DEM
| ocratic national convention when the ma
1 tional committee meets in Washington the
| latter pars of this month it will not be due
| to any inactivity on the part of her cit
| liens.
| Mr.. Roger Mercein Andrews, secretary of
| the Milwaukee democratic convention COM
| mittee. and representing the brewing in
| terests and the Commerce and Manufac-
turers' Association of Milwaukee, arrived
| in the city last evening, and has established
headquarters at the Metropolitan. Mr.. An
| drews is a native of New York city, but
! Milwaukee is the only metropolis in his
eye at the present time. He is a young
| lawyer. a graduate of Yale, was formerly
| a newspaper man. and has come to Wash
| ington prepared to sound to the fullest ex-
| tent the praises of the beer city.
| milwaukee, came within one vote of Sc
| curing the democratic convention in 1892,
| and at that time comparatively no prepara-
! tons had been made for taking care of the
| convention if we had been successful Mr..
| Andrews SAID to a Star reporter today.
| Conditions different now, and there
| is no tangible reason why we should not
| succeed. On the contrary, there are plenty
| OF reasons why the convention should come
| to Milwaukee.
Effect on Vote of the state.
| neutrality-suspicious. is sure to be an i'm
portant issue in the coming campaign. Mil
Waukee is a German city and Wisconsin is
| distinctiveiy a German state. The leading
| German newspaper of the northwest, one
| that is read daily by the king of the Ger
| man empire, is printed in Milwaukee. This
| is a republican journal, but it is diametri-
| cally opposed to the policy of expansion
| as promulgated by the present administra-
| ton If the convention comes to Milwau-
| = believed moi X6hn
| emily in a position to know something about
what they talking that Wisconsin can
| be switched from the republican column to
! the democracy.
| The municipal election in Milwaukee oc-
| ours in the spring, and the present mayor,
| David 5. Rose, a democrat, will enter the
| race for reelection. The assurance that
| the democratic national convention is to be
| held IN Milwaukee will have a surprising
| erect on the result in the city. 1t will be a
| boom to the local administration. l hon
| cstly believe that it will solidify the demo-
| cratic vote in Wisconsin, and that the state
| Will go democratic as result. If the Ger
| man papers of Wisconsin oppose expansion,
| as they are bound to do if il is an issue
! Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and perhaps other
| nearby states which have many Germans
, are likely to join the democratic column
| Western Candidates.
| Now, as to Milwaukee's chances Her
| competitors are Chicago, Kansas City. Gin
cinnati and possibly New York But let
us analyze the conditions: Chicago by rea-
| son of the Altgeld Harrison split. is vir-
| tually out of the race, because MANY MEM
| bers of the national committee have posi-
| lively stated that on this account they Will
| oppose holding the convention there With
| this in view we believe that We have Sc
| cured the cooperation of very important
| FACTOR In the matter VIZ: the Chicago Ho-
| tel Mems Association Chicago, .reaIizes Of
| course. that If the convention is held i'm
| Mil"aukee she will get much of the bust
ness gong and coming, and she affects to
| pc content with that Another thing that
| should not be lost sight of is that rhe. com
| 1ntteeman from Illinois, Thomas Gahan is
not opposed to Milwaukee
Kansas City is receiving the support of
81: LOUIS, and has an advantage in the
| friendship of Chairman Jones of the ma
tional committee. Nevertheless he has
made no direct statement concerning his
views he committeeman from some of
the southwestern states, as for instance
| Texas, oppose Kansas City and favor Nil
Waukee on the simple grounds of climate
| ana location When ii is so in the shade
| IN Kansas City man in Milwaukee has
| to keep his coat buttoned and protect his
nat with string. l predict that Kansas
CITY will be stronger on the first ballot than
| at any time in the contest
Cincinnati Is lively competitor The
national committee owes considerable to
| John r. Mclean, but. keeping this in mind
| the leaders, nevertheless, favor strongly
central western location, where may be
rallied TO the best advantage the anti-im-
peilaiistic forces.
New York so far as the leaders are
concerned, neither desires the convention or
expects to get it, Tammany's influence will
be found in the Milwaukee column Over
one-ha-f of the members of the national
committee have visited Milwaukee since
last June. and they are uniform in their
praise of the climate and facilities for
handling great crowds. At the annual car
nival held each spring in Milwaukee 12J. 900
visitors are taken care of in comfort and
luxury, and the art of taking care of strang-
erS in our city has advanced to point
nearing perfection.
Guarantee Fund of 100000.
"A guarantee fund of 100000 has al
ready been raised, and the movement is
backed by the leading men of the city, re-
CARELESS of party. If more money Is re-
CURED by the committee 1t will be forth
coming in two hours time. Our people
want the convention. We want to show to
the country what we can do in the way of
hospitality
The exposition building in which the
convention would be held, has been used
for the annual liberal arts exhibition, and
1t is situated about a block from the CEN
ter of the city, not more than ten minutes
walk from the farthest of the big hotels.
The acoustic properties Of the building are
excellent. When the building is used for
mass meeting or convention purposes a
unique device is adopted to make hearing
even easier SO that speakers have no trou-
BILE to be heard.
Room for $4,000 Spectators.
I'm the plans adopted by the local con-
vention committee, in remodeling the build
ing, the delegates will sit in large arena
before the platform and speakers desk.
From this arena seats for 1900 spectators
will rise tier by tier, SO that from ali points
the speaker may be seen as well as heard.
The destruction of the Coliseum in Chi
cago left the Milwaukee exposition building
the only large convention hall in the north
west.
I'm 1896 Wisconsin was virtually the
home of the gold democracy and many
votes were switched from Bryan to Palmer
Notwithstanding this, the state gave Col.
Bryan several thousand votes more than
ever before accorded to a democratic presi-
dental candidate. The last three years
have largely effaced the lines of opposition
and the democracy of Wisconsin. like the
democracy of not few central and west
ern states, has agreed to make anti-impe-
rialism particularly the rallying standard
in 1907
Mr.. Andrews said that a delegation of
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