Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1904-01-18
ST. LOUIS BEsTs CHICAGO IN
CONVENTION CONTEST.
BLAME LAID TO THE PRESS
Party Leaders Feared the Newspapers
of the Stockyards Town Might
Bring Unreasonable Pressure to
Bear on the Delegates in Favor OF
One Candidate.

Washington, Jan. 13.-The demo
cratic national committee furnished
surprise, selecting st. Louis as the
place for holding me national conyen'
ton of 1904. The date fixed for the
convention was wednesday, July 6.
Previous to the meeting of the com
mittee it seemed a foregone conclu-
sion that Chicago would be selected as
the place OF meeting but political ext
gencies entered in the situation and
a majority of the committee voted for
st. Louis. For some hours previous TO
the meeting of the committee there
was talk in the corridors and among
the democratic leaders that the con-
vention in Chicago might be subject
to the influence of a strong movement
and strong newspaper influence in IA
vor of some particular candidate.
Charles w. Knapp, of the. st. louis
Republic limited at this in his speech
by saying that the convention, if held
at st. Louis, would be welcomed by
an absolutely fair press. Two ballots
were taken:
First-New York, G; Chicago, 20;
st. Louis, %.
second-St. Louis, %; Chicago, 81.
Much Political Discussion.
The committee meeting occasioned
considerable discussion of politics and
a
were advanced by their partisans, but
nothing like favoring any candidate
appeared in the committee proceed
ings.
Chairman Jones appointed j. t. Nc
Graw of West Virginia, ]. l.. Ellyston
of Virginia, w. b. Bourley of New Jer-
sey, j. NJ. Guffey of Pennsylvania, and
Norman Z. Mack of New York as a
committee to consider the disputed
committee membership from the Dis
tTict of Columbia. 10 this committee
was also referred the request Of the
democratic central committee from
Hawaii, asking that Mr.. Wood be
Iade the member from Hawaii. and
also the request from the democratic
central committee of Porto Rico re-
questing permission to send six dele
gates to the national convention.
A resolution commenting the st.
Louis exposition and the proposed ex-
position at Portland, Oregon, to COM
memcrate the Lewis and Clark expe-
iition to the Pacific coast, was agreed
TO. The committee adjourned at 5:15
to meet at the call of the chair.
Bryan Speaks ouardedly.
William j. Bryan, when the com.
mittee had concluded its labors, APP
peared, but his visit was without any
apparent political significance. He did
not come to the hotel until after the
committee had about concluded its
business. He was warmly greeted by
the members of the committee and in
vited n number of them to call on him
at his hotel in the evening and hold a
conference with Chairman Jones.
Asked what he thought of the Panama
situation, Mr.. Bryan said that he
(Bryan) moved with elaboration and
events occurred too rapidly in some
quarters for him to keep pace with
them. In answer to another question
he replied that it was yet too early to
outline the issues for the coming cam
paign.
Democratic Callers.
President Roosevelt received among
his callers yesterday several promi-
nent democrats who called to pay
their respects to the chief executive.