The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-01-18
A REO-HOT TALE
OF TWO CITIES
Tall HuStling Done by Chi
cag0 and Omaha.
OMAHA HANDS OUT
A FINE ARGUMENT
Saws Nebraska Man viii Be
Secretary of Interior.

at 10 O'Clock this morning and will then
lsethe the very perplexing question
where shall the next convention be?
/ Chicago ana Omaha have marshaied
their forces. The last skirmish before
/ the big battle has been fought and both
cities are claiming victory.
At l O'Clock this morning, when the
Hghts were turned out in Chicago's
headquarters. ColAe1 Skinner smiled
amiabIy and declared his town had the
/ convention in its pocket. At the same
/ hour. when the glasses were turned up
side down over at the Nebraska rendez-
/ vous, and the last barrel of Krug was
declared empty. Big Chief Hake said
there wasn't the slightest doubt as to
! the river town carrying the day.
] These predictions are based largely.
I no doubt. on the developments of yes
/ terday, which We're both startling and
| numerous. Omaha showed the great
I est activity, Chicago rooters having
I taken the stand on Wednesday that
/ they had cinch and without doubt the
| Nebraskans did some effective work.
Story About Thurston.
Early in the day the announcement
came from Omaha headquarters that a
member Of the delegation had received
a dispatch, and that it conveyed the in
telligence that Secretary of the Interior
! Hitchcock was about to resign and that
/ his successor would be John NJ.
Thurston of Omaha. The report was
given credence generally. being stated
/ so positively that it left no room for
doubt unless anyone should want to say
IL was a falSehOOd pure and simple.
| This nobody said. The significance of
the announcement became obvious at
once. The Nebraskans urged that it
r. ,ser1,
have the stockmen come to his place
and that as secretary of the interior
he would control the leasing question.
In short so said the wise men. the an
nouncement would have a big effect
upon the votes Of the western states,
Idaho included.
Claims Of Each.
The situations were sized UP as fol-
lows by the leaders Of the campaign:
Said Mr. Cheek of Omaha: I'VE are
absolutely certain of victory. By con
ceding Chicago everything they claim,
we still nave them beaten by a half
I hundred votes or more No one need be
much surprised TO see Idaho cast 212
votes for Omaha tomorrow. We believe
we have broken the combination be-
tween Chicago and Idaho. Texas we
I cOncede- Montana we no longer con-
Cede. While it has been in the Chicago
Z
have a big part of the vote of that
state We have Wyoming solid since
yesterday. In fact, our accessiOns have
been 50 numerous that all doubt is re-
moved Kansas City, with her 36 votes
came around today and they will be
cast for US. We do not know positively
how many votes there are in the con-
ventiOn. bat our figures show that we
viii have 5S4 to Chicago's $50, giving
them the benefit of every doubt. and
this ratio at least Will exist whether
the number Of votes is greater or less
Said Colonel Skinner of Chicago:
I Our friends are loyal and viii be loyal
to the last We are not making any
exaggerated claims. but we confidently
expect TO have an Overwhelming major
ity in the morning. We believe the M
JOrity of the members of the livestock
association see without further arSu-
ment the advantage of taking the next
convention to Chicago. If there are 1.240
votes in the convention we expect at
least $50 of them. The west and the
east are with US. There has been no
falling off in our support since yeSter-
/ day and were going to win We did
not come out here with the expectation
of losing"
Which Of the estimates is correct viii
be determined at TO o'clock this morn
( ing and about the hottest time the as
sOciatiOn has had is anticipated. Orig
! inally, the vote for the location of the
! next convention was to have come up
4, in the afternoon but at the solicita-
ton of both cities the time was cnang-
ed owing to the proposed departure of
several delegations today noon Both
sides want a full vote.
A great MANY local stock growers are
asking, What stand viii Utah take IN
the balloting? 1t has been announced
and subsequently, denied that the Vote
{ of this a-nrrfH 10 ilN divided
Now both sides are claiming "A major
ity of the vote The Utah Wool Grow
ers association met yesterday and de-
clared for Chicago. There are 100 votes
IN this body. There are still lJ0 un-
pledged, so far as known. Chairman
( j. G. LeaTy Of the citizens committee.
in q letter sent to Jesse. NJ. Smith Of
! the Utah Wool Growers association
and to John H. White of the Titan
Livestock association, takes the stand
that for Utah to favor either one city
or the other is out of place and Wouid
cause bad feelings. This state IS the
/ most, he says and should be nOn-par-
tisan. He suggests that Utah's vote
be equally divided and recalls the OBJ
legations the Utah people are under to
both the contesting cities as the re-
suit Of the Fort Worth contest. In hne
with this view, it is believed that the
100 votes of the Utah Livestock asso-
citation VIII be cast for Omaha
Nominating Speeches.
F. E. Sanborn of the Omaha board
of trade viii place the Nebraska city
in nomination this morning. Besldes
being a member of the board of trade
Mr.. SanboTn is president of the stock
company now erecting the big audi
forum convention hall in that city
Mr.. Sanborn in his speech will urge
that Omaha's situation geographically
and the feeding and breeding interests
which center there make It the lOglcal
place for the convention He will point
cut that the feeding and breeding in
terests between the middle west and
far west are closely allied. He viii
point to Omaha's great facilities for
taking care of a crowd, as demonstrat-
ed during the Omaha exposition in
1898 He Will show that the projected
auditorium is to be an ideal place for
such q convention and viii promise that
It win be completed six months before
the convention meets. Finally he VIII
point 10 the mquestioned hospitality
OF all Nebraskaus and promise the as
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