Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25
THE NEXT CONVENTION
st. Louis Wants to Capture
the Republicans.
COMING CEREMONIES
TO BE UTILIZED TO WORK UP
FAVORABLE SENTIMENT.
Objection Because Of the Exposition
Matter Will Be Determined
Next February.
COMING CEREMONIES

The attendance of prominent republican
politicians upon the worlds fair ceremonies
in St. Louis next week is to be utilized py
the exposition officials to work up senti-
ment in favor of holding the republican
national convention in st. Louis in the
summer of 1904. st. Louis, in fact. hopes
to secure both national conventions.
Within the past week or two there have
been some informa! talks among leading
republican politicians in Washington as 20
the advisability of holding the republican
convention in st. Louis. The parties to
these conferences, while not in position
to say yes or no as to whether the conven-
ton shall be held in that city, may WELD
influence in the council of the national COM
mittee which will decide the question.
Opposition on Account Of Exposition.
1t is said that there is decided opposition
to the ST. Louis proposition among infiuen-
tial republicans. based upon the undesir-
ability, as they view 1t, of holding ma
tional convention in city where an inter-
national exposition is in. progress. There is
no objection to St. Louis as a city, but
some of the leading republicans do not
want the big political show in any way to
be overshadowed by another show.
Chicago is the choice of those republicans
who balk at the ST. Louis plan, and the
peculiar thing about the whole affair is
that Chicago does not care whether the
convention comes there or not. Chicago is
Surfeted with national conventions, 1t is
said; has found by experience that there is
nothing in it, for Chicago; hence doesn't
care whether school keeps or not.
To Decide Next February.
The republican national committee will
meet in this city next February and will
decide the question. but although the date
of decision is SO far off it is not unusual
that the question should be mooted now.
A great many. prominent republicans will
be in st. Louis next week, and it is said
the exposition management is preparing to
take excellent care of them and to impress
upon them the desrability of giving the
city an opportunity to extend its hospitality
to the convention.
It is thought quite likely that both ma
tional conventions will go to the same city
next year. 1t is not known how the demo-
Gratis feel on the question of location, as
they have not discussed it, as far as can
be learned. The Indications, however, are
that there will be struggle between the
far western and the eastern factions, as 1t
is thought Mr.. Bryan will desire the con-
vention to come as far west as possible.
During next winter the republican and
democratic congressional campaign COM
mittees will be reorganized and put in
readiness for work. 1t was generally I'M
derStOOd When congress adjourned that the
republican congressional committee might
have to be completely reorganized, on ac-
count of the unwillingness of Messrs. Bab-
cock. Overstreet and Hull, the old wheel
horses of the committee, to serve again.
They all swore by black and by blue that
they were finished with campaigning and
would not undertake another. But 1t was
recalled that they had baked before and
had finally been induced to turn to and pull
the old machine another trip SO the re-
publ1cans are not worrying on that score.
Shake-Up for Democrats.
The democratic congressional committee
is likely to get a shaking up, 1t is said as
Chairman Griggs is not anxious to go
through another siege. The democratic
committee is doing something this recess
that has never been done before by a con-
gressional committee-that is it is keeping
up a skeleton organization between cleo
tionS.
The committee has lively little press
bureau, running about 1000 newspapers.
which is served with good campaign mate
rial every week. The republicans have not
kept up their press bureau, the managers
thinking that there is no necessity for the
service. in view of the roseate hue of poll
tics as looked at through republican spec-
tacleS.