Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-04-25
Time Fixed for Holding Republican
State Convention.
KE0KUK MAN TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN
Ratio of Representation VIII Be the
Same as Last Year and Will Be De-
cided Upon When the Call is Is
sued.

iSoPoiluCllSS.J- - w me luSI Z 10 SSACi-
al regret among Des Moines people ov,
er the action of the republican cam
paign committee yesterday in locating
the state convention at Cedar Rapids,
this feeling is confined largely to the
few who would be directly benefited
thereby and to those politicians who
feel that the atmosphere at Cedar
Rapids might not be as favorable to
them as they could wish. The per-
sons most interested in the convention
We're the hotel keepers and restaurant
managers and they had. so taken it as
a matter of course that Des Moines
would get the convention that the
news came as decided shock to them
at the last moment. But the commit
tee of Des Moines men representing
the commercial bodies and republican
club made a clean and fair presenta-
ton of the claims of Des Moines, and
rested the case with the committee, re-
alizing at the time that it was useless
to talk because of the fact that long
before the committee met it was
known just how each member would
vote. The Cedar Rapids people were
not able to make quite as pleasing a
SAtO"Aio bSlolS IuS DuG IL
was one which, in all fairness, was en-
tirely satisfactory.
Des Moines' Claims.
The claim made by Des Moines was
that it is the only city in the state
Where the convention can be enter
tanned properly, that it is the only city
IN the state which has not raised hotel
charges on convention dates, that it
is nearer the center of the state and
easier of access than any other city,
and besides that Des Moines republic
ans as individuals are the most gener-
GUS contributors to the republican
campaign funds. For Cedar Rapids it
was represented that while the city is
not quite as near the geographical
center of the state it is nearer than
Des Moines to the center of the popu-
1atlon of the state. Cedar Rapids
offered an auditorium which will COM
fortably seat 1000 persons. where all
the delegates can be seated in the
more than 1000 chairs on the ground
floor, where there are abundant com
mittee rooms, and hotel facilities near
ly doubled since the last convention
was held there. The committee prom
1sed to see that every person who
comes there has a place to sleep and
something to eat.
Vote in Committee.
AS between these respective claims
as made by the representatives of the
two cities there could be no choice on
the ground of superior conveniences
to the delegates and visitors. In the
committee secret session on the vote
four stood for Des .Moines to seven
for Cedar Rapids The four for Des
Moines were Leach, Phillips, Scott
and Bruce. All others favored Cedar
Rapids. In the committee meeting
several of the members read tele-
grams and letters from different parts
OF their districts urging them to vote
for Cedar Rapids. They stated that it
seemed to be the desire of the repub-
llcans generally to have the conven-
ton go to Cedar Rapids.
The sixth's Preference.
G. W. Phillips, of Maquoketa, the
second district member stood steadfast
for Des Moines, on the ground that
Des Moines was better able to care
for the convention and more convent
ent. R. w. Clayton, of Oskaloosa,
sixth district member, declared after
1t was over that while he would per-
sonally have liked very much to come
to Des Moines to the convention as
far as he had been able to ascertain
the views of other republicans of his
district, they preferred Cedar Rapids.
Des Moines could not expect to get
every convention simply because it
has an auditorium. Mr.. Weaver, of
the first district, expressed himself in
similar manner
Cummins VIII Not Like 1t.
The other candidate who will not