Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09
CHAIRMAN ]. K. JONES
Will Call Democratic National
Committee to Order
TUESDAY, THE 18th
vENTIoN TO BE FIXED.
Three Cities in Competition-St. Louis,
New York and Chicago-The Last
Named the Favorite.

Chairman James X. Jones of the demo-
cratic national committee will call that
body to order at IL o'clock noon in the
ball room of the Shoreham Hotel next
Tuesday, the meeting of the committee be-
Ing called by him to select the place for
holding the next democratic national con-
vention and to name the date thereof. 1t
Is expected that the meeting will extend
through the following day.
Senator William J. Stone Of Missouri is
vice chairman of the committee Mr.. C. A
Walsh of Iowa, secretary. will be present
and will have the aid of Mr.. Edwin Seton.
assistant secretary. Mr.. M. F. Dunlap of
Illinois is treasurer of the committee.
The first business will be to call the roll
A large attendance is expected, as very
few proxies have been certified to the Sec
retary. The committeeman from Alaska
will have a proxy in the meeting. There Is
vacancy from Hawaii, occasioned by
death. which probably will be filled by the
chairman appointing a member.
The committee will pay tribute to its de-
ceased members, four men having passed
over since the last meeting of the commit
tee, Messrs. Sewell of Maine, Otey of Vir-
ginia, Russell Of Massachusetts, and Corn
well of Hawaii
Of convention site and naming the date.
1t Is said that the weight of opinion seems
to favor a date a week or ten days after
the republican convention. It is usual, 1T
is said, for the party in power to hold its
convention first. There is a. movement to
anticipate the republican convention and
set the political ball rolling, but 1t is be-
lieved that the majority of the committee
men will favor a subsequent date.
Question Of Site.
There Is likely to be very lively contest
for the convention site. st. Louis, Chicago
and New York will fight for IT. st. Louis
is coming down with a delegation next
week that will offer a contribution Of $4,000
in cash to the war bags OF the national
committee, free hotel accommodations for
the national committee and guarantee of
ample accommodations at reasonable rate
for the delegates.
Chicago is now engaged in hustling for a
cash bonus. Reports from Chicago say that
difficulty Is being experienced in securing
signers to the guarantee fund The ma
tional committee will not do business with
boom committees that cannot guara ntee
the delivery of the goods. Chicago wants
to see the st. Louis ante and raise it, it is
said, but is still shy several stacks of chips.
New York Is expected to make a strong
play for the convention. Thus far the New
York booms have appeared largely upon
paper, but Tammany politicians are said TO
be interesting themselves in 1t and proms
ing to push IT along. The trouble is, 1t is
hard to stir up enthusiasm among New
York business men over the convention.
They seem inclined to look upon a national
convention a kind of county fair meet
Ing anyhow and, besides, they are as busy
as they can be, their hotels are packed and
jammed all the time and they don't need to
draw custom to the metropolis.
Chicago is known to be the personal
choice Of the leading spirits in the national
committee. The only question is whether
the city can guarantee q reasonable fund
and make the ordinary arrangements for
toll 1xi Of hn fa co
that II reasonable assurances are given in
these directions there is little doubt that
the influence of the leaders will be thrown
to Chicago.
Roster Of Committee.
The roster of the democratic committee
follows:
Alabama, Henry D. Clayton; Arkansas,
James P. Clark; California, James H. Budd:
Colorado. Adair Wilson; Connecticut. Ho-
mer s. Cummings; Delaware R. R. Kenny;
Florida, George P. Raney; Georgia, Clark
Howell; Idaho. E. NJ Wolfe; Illinois, Thos.
Gahan; Indiana, Thomas Taggart; Iowa, c.
A. Walsh; Kansas, ]. G. Johnson; Ken
lucky. Urey Woodson: Louisiana, N. c.
Blanchard; Maine. George e. Hughes;
setts, George Fred williams; Michigan.
Daniel ]. Campau; Minnesota. T. D.
O'Brien: Mississippi. Wallace McLaurin;
Missouri, William ]. Stone; Montana, John
s. M. Nefll; Nebraska. James Z. Dahlman;
Nevada, ]. R. Ryan; New Hampshire, True
L. Norris; New Jersey. w. B. Gourley; New
York. Norman e. Mack: North Carolina.
Josephus Daniels; North Dakota, ]. B.
Eaton; Ohio, John r. Mclean; Oregon. M.
A. Miller; Pennsylvania, ]. NJ. Guffey;
Rhode Island George w. Green; South Car
olina, B. R. Tillman; South Dakota, Maris
Taylor; Tennessee, James M. Head; Texas.
r. M. Johnston; Utah. David c. Dunbar;
Vermont John H. Senter; Virginia, ]. Tay-
lor Ellyson; Washington, w. H. Dunphy;
West Virginia, John T. McGraw; Wisconsin,
T. E. Ryan; Wyoming, John e. Osborne;
Alaska, Louis L. Williams; Arizona, ]. A.
Breathitt; Oklahoma, ]. r. Jacobs; Indian
territory, H. B. Spaulding: New Mexico, H.
B. Ferguson: District of Columbia, Edwin
Seton